1992 YAMAHA WR500 RARE 1 OF 1000 MADE LIMITED EDITION OF THE LAST AIR COOLED BIG BORE 2 STROKE
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What a bike.... Man. A have a 1989 honda cr 125. That a just rebuild. And a have a maico 490 not sure that year it is. A have to send to the US for parts. There's not much parts here in Scotland..
@@paulhenry1011 your lucky to have a maico 490
@@thindonut8879 yes specialy here in Scotland. But it's gonna be hard to get eny parts for
@@paulhenry1011 yeah
@@paulhenry1011 you got many that sale maico parts in uk
The 90's colors never get old, would love any bike from that era
Tell me about bought a 1978 ke125 kawaski
Would
Like a cr500 personally like a 94’
They got real old in the 90’s. That’s why Yamaha went to dark blue, and back to yellow and black. 😂 . Miami Vice was over, time to move on. That stuff is just now becoming trendy again.
Hell yeah
Ugh I hated neon and pastels. Give me 80s colors all day, hahahaha. To each their own tho, cheers Kap!
90s bikes can never be replaced, glad this beast is in good hands💪
Why do motocross bikes come with kickstands? I do like this design that can be unbolted from the swingarm without the steel nub that hangs of the frame of most production bikes.
I just bought a 97 yz 125 & 250 , does anyone anything about them , was this year underpowered?
@@thatsallfolks3115 I've got 125 and 250 dollars respectively for pair
The best colors and styling ever!!!
@@kurtvonfricken6829 that's actually the woods version of the YZ
I bought a WR500 when I was 22 for $500 and put about $2000 of parts into it. What a labor of love... I had the head shaved and ported, header, KX500 carb, etc.. Clutch basket impossible to find. Do not forget to replace the crank seals to see the bike's true power potential. Shell adjustment swingarm design does not suit the torque produced by this bike. YZ250 swingarm mod was ideal for being lighter than the Deltabox and also threaded for nut-bolt adjustment. Suspension not designed for weight of bike. A set of forks and rear shock can really wake the bike up. Clutch was smoothest I've ever used on an older bike. One-finger pull. Impressive really. Very fun machine, and very particular. Unlike anything, really. Hillclimb and woods were its strength for me. Also they sound meaner than the CR and KX because they are a long-stroke motor and therefore make it sound throatier. CR and KX will take this bike for a walk any day though. Buyer's guide: check clutch basket, crank seals, compression, and swingarm for damage where chain adjusts.
Not through the woods they wont
I turned 11 years old the year this bike came out. Always dreamed of owning a yamaha and this year I was finally able to purchase a 2021 wr450f. Life is good my friend. Great video Sr.👍
@gary clark its a wheelie machine lol
@@bobg1219 yeah those new ones are nice dude 🤘🏽
I own a mint 98 WR400 before the aluminum frame and it absolutely rips. Wonderful bike.
Why is Elon Musk pissing around with fireworks when he could spend the rest of his life riding big bore 2 smokers?
Because he will make mx track to the mars
He had a motorcycle accident when he was younger and now he’s just not interested. So I’ve heard
I bought the first one in Oregon!!! Had it on order and had to wait 4 months to get the first one.back when I was 22! Shout out to old Gresham Yamaha in Oregon back in the day!! Great bike for a air hammer
Funny part is I have a picture of me with the brand new bike on my dresser still today. Great bike we all had in our past.
@@davidmays3333 Wow I'm 17 and getting a new-ish yz250f at the end of this summer and I hope to be in your shoes one day saying the same thing....have you ever thought about how much that bike would be worth if u kept it 100% stock and in perfect condition today
@@sprocket6251 was considering getting a yz250f as i wanna ride track, tell me how it is when you get it man, been riding a dt125
@@nissan_6828 well I have ridden I'm buddy's 2008 yz250f and it is absolutely mint and with an electro carb is so ucking fast tops at 130kph and it a get up and go if ya know what I mean if you're racing this is the bike to go to
@@sprocket6251 is it reliable? They’re expensive to maintain no?
Not only bike but his outfits are also from 90s... LOve uuuuuu
Ken i loved when you mentioned super hunky i used to love to read his articles in dirt bike, they were funny as fuck. Cheers and god bless ken!
Funny AF is right! Couldn't wait for my new Dirt Bike mag to arrive via mail to read his column. Bad ass! Lol
I owned a 98 WR250 (2T). One of my most favorite bikes ever. 90s Yamaha 2t's were the best.
If I ever get some REAL money I’m going straight to you guys. You always have the most absolute beautiful vintage machines known around. Killer🤙
love me some air cooled big bores ...sweet bike
It even has the 90s color scheme. Brilliant
Them colors are freaking awesome. I miss the 90s
My uncle has a 1992 wr500 that looks identical to yours. It has a replica built Damon Bradshaw motor and that bik hauls ass. I rode it once and thank the lord it was at my house because I needed clean underwear when I got off of it.
Lol
Did it have the liquid-cooled YZ500 mod?
They were built in ‘91 and sold as 1992-3 models...
You should be very nice to your uncle,get your hands on it one day😅
When you saw dirt bikes and jet skis with this color scheme, you knew you were going to have a good time
Yup..EXACTLY! It was all good times back then!!
older bikes like this just hit different
Damn right they do ..I had a IT 490 that thing was an absolute monster ...I waxed 4 strokes daily ..i miss that bike ..classic yamaha blue and yellow graphics..
I had the WR 250 was great beast
I can imagine the 500. Lovely bike.
I say this about any of the 80s and 90s dirt bikes... awesome!
If I had a collection I'd need this bike in it!
Finally a WR! I bought a basket case 95 wr250 off a coworker, did a complete rebuild, and it's my favorite bike of all time. My ridin buddies dubbed her, the Wicked Ride!
This is one of my bucket list bikes they are a rare as rocking horse shit even more so here in England 😔Great video sir thank you 💯🇺🇲💪✌❤🙏
1o.more.songs
Sounds like a sad place.
Love your videos. Takes me back to my childhood days of drooling over bikes at the dealer with my old man. Puts a smile on my face every time.
Put a smile, on my old yamadog face. ✌
Someday I'm getting my yamaha tuning fork tatoo
There is quite a few of these bikes in New Zealand and Australia that have been rebuilt. I bought one 4 years ago and fully rebuilt it. The suspension was rebuilt and the suspension guru in NZ said the shock was very high quality and said it didn't new any aftermarket parts as he could modify it very easily. As for the forks I had gold valves added. I also change the springs to suit my body weight and that made a big difference.
I also fitted a Lectron carb which made a big difference to the bike and increase the fuel range too. The best thing about these bikes is when you are going through a bog and then have a steep up hill climb to get out, the motor just pulls like a tractor with it's huge torque and you just slowly wind the throttle and haul yourself out.
Long live Big Bore 2 Strokes!
To be able to ride one of these big bore motocross motorcycles you had to be a brute, with the power and size of these monsters they were a handful. Anyone that could ride one of these to it's full potential has my full respect!👍 !
Facts.
I did a 125ft foot jump on my 86 490 in Sand Dunes once.Now I ride a ATC70
Damn. You always one up yourself. That is a rare sweet and very clean bike. Amazing that you find these and share with all of us. A big thanks✌
I've never even seen or heard of this bike until now 🤘🤘 and I been riding dirt bikes since 1980
same here, but since 1971 - the genuine definition of rare.
For real lol?? Where have you been,on another planet??😂
Shoo wee what a monster, beautiful too. I wish I could find a WR200 of that year
Nothing beats the ting ting of a rip roaring 2 smoker I got to get one & that WR is mint
I went from a YZ250N to the 1992 WR500 scared the shit outta me I wish I never sold it .. Good video man thanks for sharing
Now that's my unicorn. That's the bike I've always wanted one and it's about impossible find now days. And the colors on are so awesome. My god do I love it.
Serious FOOTAGE ken 😎😘Great Britain stands with Kaplan America. 🤘💪🙋☇
Long Live Great Britain 🇬🇧 🙏 ML&R
Hey ahh shows what you know David Bailey was long ago paralyzed from an accident long before that bike was built . . . . . I love your videos and and I love what you stand for because you are usually spot on. But I absolutely love what you stand for for this Industry and market and I don't think there is anyone as compassionate as you and telling the past. Ken I give you 2 thumbs up but it just . . . Ehhhnn probably because David Bailey never got to "throw a leg over" the new ones and I hate to even say that. But I very much so appreciate everything you do for the motorsports industry and your definitely an ambassador to all ! THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU KEN
I temporarily lost my lust for mx when David was paralyzed in (87?) He was a hero to me. When the song came out memorializing his career and accident there was not a dry eye in the house...
Probably my favorite looking stock big bore of all time. It was love at first sight when I first saw one.
Ken, you are 1 of my favorite channels to watch. Super nice to see your passion for the older bikes!
A dream bike of mine for a long time. Love it.
80s & 90s colour schemes were badass ! 🍻
I was hoping when I first seen this bike back when you were in the desert ....you would end up with it ....love the crs but I am a yamahammer man ....first dirt bike I ever owned was a 1982 Yamaha 80 enduro ......dt 80 I think it was ....and I now own a 2006 wr 450 that I am almost done doing a complete restaration on
thats the year i started riding crossers i had a 1983 kx80 fastest thing i ever rode to 50 mph. cant imagine what that beast would have been like maybe abit too much to handle for a 9 year old. kx 80 was more than enough power.
I wish they still made air cooled two strokes. Especially for trail bike riding.
The early 70s TS 250's and the PE's were great. I remember super hunky too. Happy days.
The BEST days there were👍
Love this bike my first big bike was a WR250 1991 great throw back video 👏🤙🤟✌️
I have a 91wr250 right now. Basketcase for like 10-12 yrs now. This vid is motivating me to FINALLY get started on it👍
I really like the old school colours of the nineties 😎
Those old bikes just have a classy look that new bikes can never have.
I just made the trip back home for my dad to pass down his 87 yz 250 works bike, its an era forgone
I love it You kicked that over like it was a 125 you are witnessing the most fastest bike besides the Yz 490 or Kx 500. What a mint machine.
What an incredible and rare bike, gotta love the 90s color scheme!
Very Nice motorcycle ☺️ great years for all companys 2 stroke and 🏍️ thank you🏁
i had a wr 500 exact same bike about 5 years ago this video makes me miss mine
I worked at a yamaha dealer for years here in california back in the 90s. In that time ive only ever seen 1 come thru the shop. I had a 465 in my teens now i have a 490. Always wanted a wr 500. Please dont sell this wr lol. Love you guys huge fan here and motorcycle collector all my life
I bought the last ‘92 at my dealership. It sat on the showroom for two years. We couldn’t give them away...sold a lot of liquid cooler CR500r’s
Wouaw..! Oh yes a Yamaha WR it's the beauty and the power..! 👍😍
I have learned endless information from your team keep up the excellent work God bless your team God bless America
Hearing damon bradshaw took me waaaaay back to my childhood!!!! Love it!
Ken is the best .this guy wreaks of the new represntive of all two wheels. Saw damon toss one of those in the pond at delmont national. 😁
dude i swear every single video of any 2 stroke youve ever owned the front tire is never on the ground. combination of great bike and rider. all these bikes are classics
Thank you Andrew
just hearing you talk about these bikes makes me think of being a teenager in the 1980s
Oo man this brings back memories. First big boy bike I rode was a wr250 same color. Such a gorgeous bike
THANK YOU MR KAPLAN SIR.YOUR A LEGEND.YOU SIR ARE THE MAN
Dad had a 86' CR 500 it was the only machine that actually scared me. Bought it for woods riding but was too much power. Good for fields and MX tracks. Excellent video
Such awesome bike. I have an 89. My brother had an 87 when I was young I had a cr 125 and I remember being so blown away by the power of the 500 and always wanted one. I bough it in 2002 and I’ve gone through everything on it it’s basically brand new.
That is a gorgeous bike Ken, I am drooling 👏
I remember when I was a kid seeing a crowd standing around that thing at Chaparral in Cali
Chaparral was the catalog all us MXers loved back when. Bought a ton of stuff from them
Can't beat a 90s big bore
Love my 91 dr650r
Imho the 90s bikes,best looking bikes ever made
Air cooled baby!
I love that this guy stuck to his passion.
I had a ‘93 wr500. Miss her every weekend
That’s the Beauty of it.... and as always God Bless America...! I absolutely loved riding my 80’s air cooled KDX bikes... Great Video as always very informative... 👍🏼👍🏼✌🏼
This man knows his shit, this bike was and is a beast 🤜🏽💪🏽🤜🏽
Beautiful!!! And the sound! Love the old smaller shorty mufflers!
I always wanted a YZ or an IT490 in the late '80s/early '90s. I read from an unverifiable, but seemingly well informed source (the Internet) that these were YZ490 motors in the YZ250 frames and that the model was put into production to empty their stock of 490 motors. I would be interested to hear opinions in either direction. This specimen looks BRAND NEW to me. I still don't understand why they discontinued the ITs, especially given that the KDXs were made for 20 more years, but so be it. The compound looks great, Ken!
Motocross action mag did an excellent article on these beasts , outlining the reasons it was birthed
That's the best looking Motocross bike I've ever seen ^^ A true piece of History and yes I remember that bike " Lovely " !
What a gorgeous piece of history 😳
I never even knew these existed! I grew up in the 80's and remember the yz490's. They were yellow with a black seat until I think 1984 or 5 and then they were white with a red seat.
In Canada, the last year of yellow yz s was 1981 . Then red/ white in 1982 . I had a 81 yz125h , rode it into the ground, finally sold it with cracked cases, the cases had cracks all the way around each crank main bearing ; it would start & run 5 min. Then foul from motor oil getting into combustion chamber. I took it apart, cleaned it up, ran it again, 5 min. Then cleaned it again, sold it for $400 & made sure the buyer knew what he was buying , no deception.never deceive .
Oh yeah baby that puppy is RARE. Had an 89’ wr250. Still miss that bike
The thing’s I’d do to have that in my collection can’t even be spoken of lol. What a beauty
I've got an 02' wrf 426. Its a beast... love. I've never seen this one before. It is an awesome bike. Beautiful...
I passed up picking one of those up about 10 years ago partialy restored, for 2 grand ,still hatein myself for that one
Rode mine in so cal desert 15 years 504 cc ported , head done, kx 500 carb 16 44 gearing teraflex rear tire. 105 mph. Never left me stranded sold it 1 year ago it's now in Australia. Great times.
Your channel rocks man!
I feel so blessed to have grown up in the mid 80s into the late 90s.
I am beyond nalstogic any way , but if I can wake up on every Saturday morning after a back breaking mind numbing week hit a button on a stupid ass mobile rage machine and be taken back to a better time (my opinion), it would be just fine by me!
Sometimes when I watch these demos you do , In my mind I can all most smell the and see the very pourly mixed (ratio) yamalube or power punch 2 stroke oil dripping out of the silencer of my first dirtbikes !
Thank you .
Me too !! Awesome huh !!
Favorite dirt bike of all time, in those colors.
If Steve McQueen were still alive this would be his bike. Air cooled, big bore and bad ass. Just something to be said about an air cooled beast that sits in a more modern frame, seat and looks
Owned one that looked identical, when I was 15 I love that thing!
3 or 4 times I nearly pulled the trigger on buying a WR500 over the years… sadly never did 😢
That WR is a beauty! The WR200 is a great bike as well, I never knew a WR 500 even existed, a 500cc 2 stroke thats aircooled is amazing, I have a 1995 DT200R and a 1987 DT200L here in Canada, I just finished rebuilding and restoring the 200R and the 200L is next in line
DOES THIS BIKE HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON WITH THE GREATEST 500cc DIRTBIKE EVERMADE,,, THE BIG NASTY OF DIRT BIKES THE ONE AND ONLY YAMAHA YZM500 . I LOVE THAT BIKE FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never owned a WR 500! Awesome bike!
I had a WR500. I never liked the graphics and the front disc was barely adequate but 3rd gear power wheelies were easy even for me. I recently tried to track it down but failed to find it. I had to weld the subframe when I got it from somebodies nasty get-off. Banshees always wanted to race me. I never lost in a drag. Such a long and comfy bike, it felt so big compared to my friends CR250. Power everywhere!
Yessir those 90s colors pop like nothing else .
My dad took me to pick up my brand new 1990 Suzuki DR 100 for my birthday🥳🥳🥳🥳,.... and while I was there at the dealership,...... I actually grabbed the color fold out brochure for this bike because it was about to come out. It hung on my wall for many years. This is the first time I've ever seen one since that brochure. So cool to finally see one in motion and up close.
I have the 88 DR100 that my close childhood friend and i rode the wheels off of. Needs a ton of work but i love it and will never sell it
Beautiful. Go one in excellent shape sitting in my shop begging for a new top end. I scored the rarest part, a brand spanking new fuel tank on eBay a few years ago for $99
If you want to sell it,id buy it
@@listenupfools731 Unfortunately, I sold the bike about 3 weeks ago after owning it for 16 years. I just turned 40 and realized my days of serious riding are over
I had the choice of the wr250 or 500. I took the 250 & won a heap including a variety of events from mx to cross country & enduro, & for a few seasons. It was faster around a track & lighter yet super reliable aswell. It was the best bike I've ever owned to this day..but I'd still love the big girl as I did have an IT490 before the wr250. It was a tough choice but the correct one at the time..but now in 2022 it was the incorrect one ha ha. Nice
You always have the sickest bike's. Absolutely love and enjoy what you've been doing I can see all the hard work you put into it but to you it's just fun I have to say you got it made brother.
Amazing colour scheme, sounds lush.
What a beautiful rocket ship !!!
Thanks again guys and girls. 😍
I feel like everything here is stage one. Super nice to see these restorations
What a beauty I miss the loud old school in your face graphics of these bikes ..brings me back to good times ...I sure miss riding these powerful 2 strokes ..
Damn I miss those 2 strokes!
thank you for sharing! you have a ton of knowledge on these old bikes.
What a channel! I love these vintage machines.
Love it😍 It was my dream bike when i was young and still 🙂😎
90s bikes color ways were ridiculous and I love it
I am late to the party, but OMG I love this bike. While other kids in high school were into their sports, I was obsessing over bikes Motocross Action and other mags. I distinctly remember this bike in one of they buyer guides. (Probably still got the mag in storage). Thought it was cool then - it’s so much more so today. Air cooled big-bore on ‘modern’ suspension and geometry. Love it. A bucket-list bike for me. Hope the new owner is enjoying it.
Absolute perfection, I bet the buzz you get when riding this is unbeatable
Bradshaw shocked everyone when he holeshotted millville and led many laps. I didn't know they used the 250 frame. Good idea
Yes they did but they also opened it up and moved the front tube forward stretching it out to 58”...increased the rake a few degrees...