1983 Honda CR480 Two Stroke Wide Open! - Dirt Bike Magazine
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
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An exclusive first look at a 1983 Honda CR480R build done by Carson Brown and the legendary fabrication crew from BBR Motorsports. This bike is probably the closest anyone has come to recreating the factory bike raced by Honda pilot Danny”Magoo”Chandler . A current motocros/supercross pro on a 1983 Honda CR at Mountain View MX in Oregon by himself. This video is to show what the bike can do at over 30 years old with a current pro on it. No talking or details in this one...just riding. We will have a detailed video on the 1983 Honda CR480 Two Stroke build soon for you to see. Until then, enjoy some footage of a super fast pro on a bike from the past.
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Thats how you make a dirtbike video no talking and bs just a cool bike and sweet 2 stroke sound
Had my 480 for 25 years now and it still runs like a clock. Love it…
Its a forever motor.
Hang onto it brother, even if you think the thrill is gone don’t sell it, you’ll regret it. I had some nice bikes and let them go, they are almost impossible to replace, also too many memories to let go.
Magoo is smiling from heaven..nice build Guy's.
He won so much that European s refused to race if he came in 80s
Amazing talent he had . I met him at Unidilla in 83.
Man what a bike,40 years old and look what it can do.what a rider and great camera work.i love it
I see 5 thumbs down, obviously butt hurt 4 stroke riders, and their boyfriends
Great to see the mighty CR480R getting around the track so fast, by an excellent rider. Very impressive. Your pro might have gone even faster though. In '83 Honda put most of the 480's power bottom to middle, so the bike like to be short-shifted. It would rev, but the power fell off. The '83 Yamaha 490 was the opposite. It liked to rev and had a huge top end. It just didn't like to turn. The Honda could cut with a Maico and was way easier to ride. As with their works bikes, Honda began moving the power delivery higher until the '87, which had power everywhere. That was one of the best years for CRs. The 250 was great as well. Thanks for the memories.
A dinosaur that can still run with the new kids on the block bad ass!!!
Just saw Top Gun: Maverick. There was an interchange in the movie referencing that it's not the plane, but the pilot. I believe Carson Brown just proved that point.
My 83 cr 480 was my all time favorite ! They hit harder than the water cooled 500 's i had later on
Then your watercooled 500 weren't probably running right 😏
@@TopRevs they were running perfectly , I didn't say it was faster , it's not the air cooled bike had a harder hit but don't rev out quite as much
@@jimbo4203bro i had the 83 480 and my 86 cr500 hit soo hard there really was no comparison! Dont get me wrong! I think i liked riding the 480 better! Its just because that liquid 86 was an animal and if u got even a little bit sloppy on it at speed, it would hurt you!
Air cooled 2 strokes hit hard with all the power in a smaller window, don't rev as high as the water cooled bikes do and not as smooth, kinda abrupt, the water cooled bikes are just smoother and easier to manage
@@garyhatstat8449 I rode an 85 cr500 for years and that fucker would and did for sure put a hurting on me every time I got stupid on the throttle.. what a fun bike should never have gottin rid of it
Carson Brown is a certified badass.
This was an awesome bike back in the day. Open class motor in a 250 chassis.
I got one n love it!
Handles well, (short shifting works well, plenty of torque to git er done)
Whites Bros rear suspenders
CZ bend handle bars( my favorite)
I bought my 1st '83 480 in 1987. I bought that one from a serious rider and it was immaculate. I think that was my favorite dirt bike ever. It elevated my riding several orders of magnitude right off the bat. Overnight I went from sucking dust on my '80 PE250 to being way the hell out front of all my riding buddies. I foolishly sold that bike and missed it terribly. Bought my 2nd '83 480 not long after, which I still have. The guy I bought the 2nd 480 from was a hack and I spent a lot of effort undoing his "mods", but I got it into good rideable condition. I learned my lesson and will never sell it.
I have a 2001 CR500 which I absolutely love and a 2022 CRF450RL which I'm really excited about and keeps getting better with every ride, but the 480 is still magic.
@@huckfinn4260 My brand new bike just recently opened up. Exhaust sound and power just jumped once the rings were set. I love it. Couldn't imagine trying to redline a 480 around an MX track. Even in this little short video there was a sketchy part where the guy almost fell. There's a reason they're Nick named widow makers
Trust me I had one these bikes so dam easy to ride ..light and very reliable. Handled like a modern bike.. awesome. Just missing the disc brakes and the suspension that was yet to come..the 1983 cr's are the template for all modern motocross bikes.. the seat .bar and peg relationship .and rider position..changed mx forever..I luv hondas
Honda pulled the ergos for their lineup from the 1981 model Maicos. They bought a ton of 490s, and with DeCoster's help the Honda 480 was redemption for their disaster of a 450 in 81. What's funny though is by the late 80s the ergos were very different, with less seat-to-peg distance than these early-80s bikes, or the modern ones which have gone back to the flatter profile.
Lived every moment of that in cedar city Utah 1984. Running against a guy on my XR80. Yep!
I bought one brand new. Rode enduros with it after a few mods.
Greatest open class bike ever made
Oh! Yes love it. That's fun and I think we have lost something as motocross bikes are very complicated but great but aircooled is simple. Can't wait for build details.
Those 83-87 CR’s are among the best looking bikes in motocross history
Loved my 480 that's what they do, great round long high gear Berms. They flew well too, always stable in the air. Couldn't start right kickers after half dozen left kickers- and this bike. Great vid. Cheers👍
I’ve got the 82 model, my god that thing is a rocket ! Nothing like those old air cooled big bores ! (Also got the 74 Kawasaki f9 350 bighorn, that’s also a heavy monster)
The AIR HAMMER 🛠 💪🙏🇬🇧
Honestly, that add got me hyped to ride!! Then seeing it in 4K made my day. Great video!!🔥💪
Another mighty CR in its day 😊
My dad had one. Damn thing was a beast
I love that bike! Great 2 smoke video, ironic it ends with the pipe smoking with the length of the video being the said amount.
It's soooo strange seeing it ridden like a modern bike. It actually looks fast! Also this is the first time i've seen one of these whipped *intentionally * 😆😆
We need to see Uncle Ronnie riding this beast. Would be a great video
Dude! That Coke-Bottle swingarm!!!
I had that bike raced MX then . It was perfect out of crate needed nothing.
Sound reminds me of sharp exhaust note .
So Rad its great to watch you ride from a pit bike to a 500 keep it up!!
I can hear those cooling fins sing all the way up here in Ontario! Haha
That thing would smoke a lot of bikes out there today!
The carb stutter was killing me man. Thank God we finally transitioned to fuel injection. I remember when my 2007 crf250 would do that to me. I hated it
Got to ride my buddy bobbies 480 at croom in Florida hell of a bike I had no experience on old 2 strokes it definitely gave me some respect for the guys that used to ride these things I switched between that and a ktm 300 all weekend felt like a horse wagon vs a space ship
amazing to see.
So damn cool....
I need one (or 2) for my collection.
Hatte ich auch 12 Jahre. sprang immer beim 2ten mal an und wahr nie was kaputt.Wenn man bedenkt das sie heute nach 2 Jahren den Kolben und anderen Scheiß tauschen dann wahr die 480er Honda eine super Maschine!
yeah carson🤘
The brap
Air cooled two strokes are the best
That thing sounds angry 😮
.....I could smell the smoke at the end.
These bikes were way ahead of their time.. its..2020. & they.. basically looking the same..
The motocross bikes got landing gear in 79,80 and I was 15 and it was so fun and so different because you could afford one and there were places to ride. The 87 Cr 127 was a great bike.
Sounds like Orson Welles?!
Best video yey
He is riding that bike like is a 125
Any one notice the swing arm
Love these big bore 2 strokes!! They were king until they started making the 450s with even MORE power!!
Dude we get it. Literally no one still thinks an older 480 or 500 makes more power than a modern 450
I got a 450 haha
@@rickszudarek4320 Old cr500's literally still make more power than a new 450.
@@McNamEvan omg lmao. No, no they don't. I can't stop laughing.
Crf450r: 57whp czcams.com/video/dKBrM0zgqFo/video.html
@@rickszudarek4320 that's an RWE WORKS EDITION. Not a standard 450. It costs like $14,000 if you can even get one.
These 4 stroke bikes don't have anything on the 2 strokes😊
I think it sounds better than a 500! More like a kx 500!
Who thought it was a good idea to put the music over the riding