That CR500 is no joke! Years ago, a buddy I used to work with took a CR500 motor and swapped it into his 250R racing quad. He had to do a little welding for it to mount properly, but he got it to work mint. That quad was balls to the walls scary fast! I was following him in my car once while he rode it home from the trails, and after a red light turned green, i watched as he left 50 yard strips down the street ripping power ban through every gear. That monstrosity of a 4 wheeler was a loud, eye watering fast, force to be reckoned with, for sure. He smoked Banshees and ate quadzillas for breakfast. Definitely the craziest motorized vehicle I've ever had the pleasure to hold onto as it took me for a ride lol.
Psh! Yea they run ok , and they all seemed like a beast untill I fully built a 93 xr600r into an animal that literally walks away from them and weighs….213 lbs 🔥 Old 4 stroke with new 450 pumper carb alone is insane ! Not a 500 out there even my buddys kx500 AF won’t beat it ! 4 stroke for life
@@alphaomega3633 lmao yep knew you would laugh 🤘 I’m not knocking them they rip but this isn’t your average xr600r 💪. More than happy to meet ya and run them no matter were I have to travel it’s worth the proof lol🤘 Not even a AF kx500 can hang !
Try kx500 BLASTER !!!!! 😵😵😵💀💀 oh boy that was bad ….. no extensions nothing and (huge mistake) lol twist throttle 🤦♂️ Broken femur later!!!! I sold it 🤣🤣🤣😆😆
I grew up on screaming 2 strokes. I had a CR 250r that I still remember fondly. When everything went 4 stroke I honestly couldn't bear the sound of them. lol....So it's great to see the old 80s CR's cleaning up like this.
Crazy right? A fully built nitro methane hill climber looks faster than a stock swingarm and engine 450. Who would've thought? Would you like to compare power output when they're both stock? Modern 450s make ~63. CR500s made 55-56.
@@davidbrennan5 the early CR500s made mid 50s. I own one and have the certificate of origin. I agree it's all rider, but they ARE weaker. That's just a fact.
@@StrykerV8 The 85 was the most powerful stock, shorter stroke and better ignition, Honda detuned them every year after until 92. Honda Claimed the 85 had 67.59 HP real world was closer to 61.
@@davidbrennan5 and that's why I own an 85. Would like to purchase an 87 as well. Unfortunately, my 2020 is more powerful. Again, for the third time, they only made about mid 50s. Show me a stock dyno sheet making more. You can't, because they don't.
В 90 тые годы жил я в г. Подольск Московской области, так у нас была девчонка звали ее Изаора, отец у нее был тренер по мотокроссу, она такие чудеса на кроссовом Чизете творила что тем кто в этом видео и не снилось. С 9 лет занималась в мотокроссе у отца.
I raced an 86 CR500 in the open class years ago, a beast to hang onto! But hands down of all the dirt bikes I rode and raced over the years the big 500 CR was my favorite. Never have I been so thrilled to be terrified.
Crazy power but not a good run. The 450 has more easily used power, and had a great run. I'm sure rider skill played a part as well but that's a pretty good snap-shot of the two bikes.
People are never going to understand two strokes are always going to be faster than four stroke but four strokes are always going to feel better and be better at trail riding then two strokes
I did a lot of pipe calculations as a young man and I always thought you could never fit an optimum sized pipe on a 500cc bike. Figured you'd only ever see one on a 500c speedway car.. That black and red CR 500 proved me wrong.
In 1988,I ran a Pro Circuit Pipe that Bones put on my CR 500 when he revalved my rear suspension.It made the bike have much more usable power.After that pipe, that bike was a rocketship.
2 strokes are everywhere except the in America very few compared to every other country ,only dirt bikes here, in some countries there are more 2 strokes than cars .
I love these video's man! Watching a bunch of 500 2-strokes totally unleashed is awesome. Thanks much for posting them Ken. The 4-strokes that rock are 750-1000's and the Harley's.
2 strokes ruled this meet. 1 thing that chaps my ass though is people laying on the rev limiter. Obviously they think it sounds cool, but I think it sounds like they know nothing about engines.
Probably the wrong hobby for you if you dont like rev limiters.... Just saying. you sound like a hoot to be around... None of these bikes are going klack klack klack klack. Kopy Karen? Its not cool to you, so its not cool to anyone else? Rear Admiral Funpants here probably thinks drifting wastes tires too. What possibly could be the problem? Excessive engine wear? you think youre going to float a valve? Its a bloody dirt bike and it's called preventitive maintenance. These are hillclimb bikes, most of an will never see more than 10 hours of run time a YEAR... No one is competing on a 120hr old piston. That old cr500 is worth as much as a new Subaru, pretty sure they started it with an impact.
@@ericoverdorff8880I get what you're saying, but no. You will not find a single article or professional document that states hitting the rev limiter does anything but wear out wearable items ie rings and bearings, that are intended to be replaced.. Obviously holding it WOT bouncing off the limiter for anything other than a reminder to shift or to panic rev you could consider unnessessary wear. But that is it What I am saying is a 3 tenths of a second hold on the limiter isn't enough to heat up the rings to cause excessive wear, at normal running temperatures its just one more revolution, your engine does not care or know if it's underload. Your tune might... Most of these bikes idle rich as fuck and lean out underload at WOT. so they don't wash the rings at 12k. If you want to show off your 2000 dollar exhaust. So be it. Now. If the bikes were popping and spit when they were wraping them out in neutral, dumping fuel into the head washing the rings... Since I hear, nore see any of THAT. So yeah bro... There pretty Damn cool. Cept Nicole with the ponytail..... But the bike still sounded good and he didnt hurt it in the slightest coming off as a squid. With the cleanest gear and boots of the day.
idc what these other people think if you rev a engine without a load on it your bond to eventually sling a rod, it doesn’t take 120 hours to sling a rod you can you it right after a perfect break in if you just rev the crap out of a engine without a load on it
thanks for posting ken ive been riding open class machinery since i was 18 i can say i am one of the few people still walking on planet earth who has owned a cr 500 the kicker ripped a big hole in my boot tx 10 honda line
Reminded me when we were little kids, tearin up my brother’s ‘Zuki 125 climbing hills, (sorry bro’ that wasn’t my bike to bust up…iou), then we we started ridin the CR250, we were so little-it was so huge to us, mad power, alway catchin air on little 6’ dips, so fun, and suddenly the sun went down. We didn’t know a day had passed so quickly. You are only allowed a given # to spend. Great video, bad-A bikes, thank you!
Got to love the 2strokes love the sound and speed .quickness .the 4strokes just sound like there struggling and puking all the way up the hill .but great vid bud godbless and stay safe
@@MiikeyLawless Same amount of work, in twice the rotations... Bouncing off of the rev limiter all the way up the hill so the engine doesn't come apart to keep up with the 2t is 100% struggling, puking and farting to get up the hill. 😂
We had a sandpit near our farm in upstate NY back in the 80's. Everyone tried to climb it,.....the only one ever to do it was my ported 250-r with wooly boogers. Long live 2 strokes!!
I’ve only been on dirt bikes a few times, I stuck to my cruiser but with my limited dirt experience the 2 stroke I was on felt crazier than the 1 linger did.
This vid so smacks the freakin' crap out of that hill. The bikes are quite frankly phenomenal and so are the riders who have nads bigger than King Kong and don't worry the gal is all guts & skill too make no error they are as equally fantastic to watch as the boys. I rode both 4 stroke singles [500cc & 600cc] & my 1981 Suzuki RM 465X during the '80s over here in New Zealand. I was an apprentice automotive engineer on GM trucks & buses [Bedford & Isuzu] I swapped my 1979 Honda XR500 for the 1981 Suzuki RM 465X [mate's bike]. The RM465X was the most powerful motorcycle I have ever ridden - it was an ex-race bike and I think it may have been re-bored. The powerband was so vicious I fitted a Boyesen Reed to the inlet manifold to try and smoothen the powerband out and it worked perfectly. I wanted to do high speed max running over long gravel roads and so tall geared the bike [smaller less teeth on the rear sprocket and a bigger more teeth front sprocket sorry I don't remember the exact number of teeth for both sprockets. I ran the engine on Bel Ray 2 stoke oil that was very expensive at the time. I considered also using ethanol/methanol blend for fuel, however as I couldn't afford to pay for repairs if the engine blew/seized or the top of the piston melted due to excess heat from the incorrect fuel/oil ratio, so I just used pump petrol at the time. Still the bike performed excellently over long gravel road running at max speed. Unfortunately the bike never had a speedo so I couldn't measure speed. Plus I was light in weight [70kg] and 170cm/5ft 7in in height. I actually convinced a mate to pillion with me and the extra weight proved beneficial for traction. There were the odd corner/bends in the road and so I could power-slide the bike exiting and that was more fun than ever. I have ridden many powerful and fast motorcycles over 10 years during the '80s here in NZ. The story to my final bike; a 1985 Kawasaki GPZ 750 Ninja is worth reading. Here is a pic of my 1981 Suzuki RM 465X: www.flickr.com/photos/35707376@N00/50855348636/in/album-72157713681398176/
Didn’t realize this was a Kaplan america video till the first 2 stroke came on and i heard his voice. Great video!! Love me some 2stroke hill climbing!! Rock on!!
Man nothing like the sound of an.old school 2 stroke! Always loved hondas when i used to ride! My brother had a cr 80 then a 125. I rode a yz250 and an xr350r, fun times! Those 500s mske the hill look easy!
I am an old retired Diesel Mechanic and I was a Detroit Diesel Specialist, nothing creates raw Horsepower at the throttle like a 2 stroke. Bike or other wise less moving parts and power on every stroke.Beast they are.
My cousin bought the first 1985 CR 500. It had the most horsepower of all the years. It is one hell of a hill climber. Always smoked the 4 strokes on the way up!!
Two strokes gone, solar panels here, electric cars here, diesel particulate filters and DEF here, big V8 gas guzzling muscle cars soon to be gone…. What happened to America???
Geez, enough of the fanboys. Can’t people learn how to like and respect both bike. Both are fun in different ways. 2 strokes there fast but guzzle down so much dam gas and blow up more. 4 strokes smother in every way possible more traction BUT more expensive to rebuild.
Been ridn dirt bikes my whole life...and when that 1st CR500 jettisoned the starting gate and blew half the hillside down to the bottom via roost, I let out a loud "F*** Yeah!!"
So lucky to have been a part of the SMP Country family in 96-99 at the 15/215 Temecula hwy split! CR500’s and Crusty Demons of Dirt was the shit! RIP, Bubba⚡️⚡️🤘🇺🇸
There is nothing better than the sound of a two stoke. Never rode a cr500 but had kx500s and yz500s. The yz came up in every gear. It did not mater speed or landscape. The only bike I was scared of. But loved as much.
The woman on #9 kept it alive up that hill. Great job. But I thought at the start line it sounded really blubbery. Could just be me after hearing a crisp 500.
Those 4 strokes have well over 70hp, so im doubting you had an 80cc that was even close. Im curious how much those 500cc 2 strokes were though, id bet min 120hp.
. youd be surprised what a watercooled polished and ported cr 80 with a good pipe can do and its half the weight..Ive owned and built many bikes including a 160hp suzuki quad with a yamaha fzr 1000 motor on it ..trust me many of the 80s Ive built cant be touched by fourstrokes in a short run
as a kid i remember riding one of my friends cr 60 in the early 80s and had a hard time keeping the front end down on it, actually flipped it back on me once, but loved 2 strokes ever since. especially cr's
Wow a 60? I had an 80 Elsinore badass. 2 stroke all the way. The last one I had was a wr 250 stock, had a blast on it until a grade 3 dislocated shoulder, had to give it up .😔
@@jameskelly3745 yeah it was a cr60, and i was somewhere between 10 and 12 i think, i hate that i scratched my friends bike up but i had no idea a bike could be like that,.fell in love with cr's after that. and 2 strokes
2:34 Twin spark plugs, no radiators, and an expansion chamber bigger than the fuel tank... damn that thing is raw!
IKR buddy, she's a sexy BEAST !! 👍👍😎💨
HONDA CR500.
Enough said 😜
when he said holy shit about that bike he was right
The one that is my favourite
Nice !
Yessir!
That CR500 is no joke! Years ago, a buddy I used to work with took a CR500 motor and swapped it into his 250R racing quad. He had to do a little welding for it to mount properly, but he got it to work mint. That quad was balls to the walls scary fast! I was following him in my car once while he rode it home from the trails, and after a red light turned green, i watched as he left 50 yard strips down the street ripping power ban through every gear. That monstrosity of a 4 wheeler was a loud, eye watering fast, force to be reckoned with, for sure. He smoked Banshees and ate quadzillas for breakfast. Definitely the craziest motorized vehicle I've ever had the pleasure to hold onto as it took me for a ride lol.
not to mention the rider road the absolute piss out of it lmao he was halfway up the hill by the time he landed LMAO sheeeeeeesh
Psh! Yea they run ok ,
and they all seemed like a beast untill I fully built a 93 xr600r into an animal that literally walks away from them and weighs….213 lbs 🔥
Old 4 stroke with new 450 pumper carb alone is insane ! Not a 500 out there even my buddys kx500 AF won’t beat it !
4 stroke for life
@@elitecystuning Lol Okay buddy
@@alphaomega3633 lmao yep knew you would laugh 🤘 I’m not knocking them they rip but this isn’t your average xr600r 💪.
More than happy to meet ya and run them no matter were I have to travel it’s worth the proof lol🤘
Not even a AF kx500 can hang !
Try kx500 BLASTER !!!!! 😵😵😵💀💀 oh boy that was bad ….. no extensions nothing and (huge mistake) lol twist throttle 🤦♂️
Broken femur later!!!! I sold it 🤣🤣🤣😆😆
Just hearing those bikes puts a smile on my face
500 is the best so far
You mean the 2strokes rite
Same
I got the same, but man the 2 strokes 😎💪🏻
Wow 3:00 a beast
I grew up on screaming 2 strokes. I had a CR 250r that I still remember fondly. When everything went 4 stroke I honestly couldn't bear the sound of them. lol....So it's great to see the old 80s CR's cleaning up like this.
See those 500s rocket up that hill, especially that 1st 1. Made the 450 4 strokes look slow and gutless.
Crazy right? A fully built nitro methane hill climber looks faster than a stock swingarm and engine 450. Who would've thought?
Would you like to compare power output when they're both stock? Modern 450s make ~63. CR500s made 55-56.
@@StrykerV8 The early CR 500's made 60,8hp on a dyno. They will hold their own against a stock 450 with a good rider behind the bars.
@@davidbrennan5 the early CR500s made mid 50s. I own one and have the certificate of origin. I agree it's all rider, but they ARE weaker. That's just a fact.
@@StrykerV8 The 85 was the most powerful stock, shorter stroke and better ignition, Honda detuned them every year after until 92. Honda Claimed the 85 had 67.59 HP real world was closer to 61.
@@davidbrennan5 and that's why I own an 85. Would like to purchase an 87 as well. Unfortunately, my 2020 is more powerful. Again, for the third time, they only made about mid 50s. Show me a stock dyno sheet making more. You can't, because they don't.
В 90 тые годы жил я в г. Подольск Московской области, так у нас была девчонка звали ее Изаора, отец у нее был тренер по мотокроссу, она такие чудеса на кроссовом Чизете творила что тем кто в этом видео и не снилось. С 9 лет занималась в мотокроссе у отца.
I raced an 86 CR500 in the open class years ago, a beast to hang onto! But hands down of all the dirt bikes I rode and raced over the years the big 500 CR was my favorite. Never have I been so thrilled to be terrified.
I raced an 89 CR 500 for about 10 years. Best bike I ever had.
The two strokes once again prove Who is the king of the hill.
Hahaha what a dumb*ss. You cant compare 450 4t to 500 2t. 🤦
@@nikobello8918 what should we compare it to? A 600cc enduro? 🤣🤣🤣 my WR300 could best those 4t anyday
@@Kelseymiller0 compare exotic 500 2t to 600++ 4t
@@Kelseymiller0 from racing CR500 in pro classes growing up, there’s no comparison at all
@@Kelseymiller0 we makes a 300?
The 1st CR500 was crazy !!!
Crazy power but not a good run. The 450 has more easily used power, and had a great run. I'm sure rider skill played a part as well but that's a pretty good snap-shot of the two bikes.
@@stephenloflin4772 wdym not a good run it was one of the best times
@@jamesdellaquila1939 wdym? Anyway, I was speaking about the first CR500 run. He didn't even finish.
It had a banshee motor!
It’s crazy, it has dual spark plugs
the pipes on the 500s were nuts
The expansion chambers, WOW.
People are never going to understand two strokes are always going to be faster than four stroke but four strokes are always going to feel better and be better at trail riding then two strokes
Init though 357 was crazy bike 😂
@@selltheoneonofferup3768 if your talking about bikes, then yes
rrrreeee
I did a lot of pipe calculations as a young man and I always thought you could never fit an optimum sized pipe on a 500cc bike. Figured you'd only ever see one on a 500c speedway car.. That black and red CR 500 proved me wrong.
I can smell the BelRay and Klotz from my couch.
I know right that’s the main thing with these bike engines, you can’t get a properly built pipe to fit the bike well
In 1988,I ran a Pro Circuit Pipe that Bones put on my CR 500 when he revalved my rear suspension.It made the bike have much more usable power.After that pipe, that bike was a rocketship.
@@elmohut hell Ya!
That first big 2 is a testament to perfectly dialed big 2 stroke magic! F-ing amazing!!! 🤩❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸👍💥💥🔥😎
Don't leave us hangin Sr!
That Black CR500 was crazy!!! Max power from start to finish! Kid killed it🤘🏼🤟🏼⚡️
The roost proves it! Think he sprayed cars in the parking
Man notice that bike turn in to a completely different beast was one of the most badass things Iv seen/heard.
Holy crap, those 500s are vicious. Sound of music
Those CR’s whooped the 4 strokes !!!
That first one destroyed all of them he was fucking gone
@@ccixv3050 dude was pulling G's uphill in deep sand!
Beast bike!
To be fair it is 50 more cc’s
@@xdJacko it’s about same power stock tho
@CCIXV true that
It's a proven fact that the cr 500 motor was the best race motor ever made.
It’s more of a proven opinion. The cr was a good race bike but I think the best all round bike would have been an RM250 for trails and stuff
@@ksteph02 didn't they rip off the yz250 lol I guess maybe they made it better idk?
Just anything they stuck it in rattled to pieces damn near lol.
Not really from a function standpoint. The inline 4’s are better for climbing. They make more power and turn more rpm
490 Maico, hold my beer
God I love the sound of a 2 stroke. Sounds like freedom. 🇺🇸🤘
US? if theres one country that has no two stroke past then thats the united states
And those 2 stroke mostly either being made in Japan or Austria
Yessir.
2 strokes are everywhere except the in America very few compared to every other country ,only dirt bikes here, in some countries there are more 2 strokes than cars .
@@butterfinger4393 no we have lots of goped 2 stroke scooters. Popular for over 20 years.
I rode a cranked up YZ465 in my riding days and I could climb things my 4 stroke buddies couldn't touch. Nothing better than 2 stroke power!
that first CR blew my hair back on the computer!!
Ken:"Holly Shit"!
You're absolutely right Sir 💥
That 1st Cr500 was insane! Absolutely Love mixing gas and kicking ass.
I love these video's man! Watching a bunch of 500 2-strokes totally unleashed is awesome. Thanks much for posting them Ken. The 4-strokes that rock are 750-1000's and the Harley's.
Absolutely no comparison with two stroke versus four stroke it’s not even fair lol
2 strokes ruled this meet. 1 thing that chaps my ass though is people laying on the rev limiter. Obviously they think it sounds cool, but I think it sounds like they know nothing about engines.
Probably the wrong hobby for you if you dont like rev limiters.... Just saying. you sound like a hoot to be around... None of these bikes are going klack klack klack klack.
Kopy Karen?
Its not cool to you, so its not cool to anyone else?
Rear Admiral Funpants here probably thinks drifting wastes tires too.
What possibly could be the problem? Excessive engine wear? you think youre going to float a valve? Its a bloody dirt bike and it's called preventitive maintenance. These are hillclimb bikes, most of an will never see more than 10 hours of run time a YEAR... No one is competing on a 120hr old piston.
That old cr500 is worth as much as a new Subaru, pretty sure they started it with an impact.
@@peeonu25 it's not good for an unloaded engine.
@@peeonu25 also I have a 98 cr500. Pretty sure nobody will trade me a new Subaru for it.
@@ericoverdorff8880I get what you're saying, but no. You will not find a single article or professional document that states hitting the rev limiter does anything but wear out wearable items ie rings and bearings, that are intended to be replaced.. Obviously holding it WOT bouncing off the limiter for anything other than a reminder to shift or to panic rev you could consider unnessessary wear. But that is it
What I am saying is a 3 tenths of a second hold on the limiter isn't enough to heat up the rings to cause excessive wear, at normal running temperatures its just one more revolution, your engine does not care or know if it's underload.
Your tune might...
Most of these bikes idle rich as fuck and lean out underload at WOT. so they don't wash the rings at 12k. If you want to show off your 2000 dollar exhaust. So be it.
Now. If the bikes were popping and spit when they were wraping them out in neutral, dumping fuel into the head washing the rings...
Since I hear, nore see any of THAT.
So yeah bro... There pretty Damn cool.
Cept Nicole with the ponytail..... But the bike still sounded good and he didnt hurt it in the slightest coming off as a squid. With the cleanest gear and boots of the day.
idc what these other people think if you rev a engine without a load on it your bond to eventually sling a rod, it doesn’t take 120 hours to sling a rod you can you it right after a perfect break in if you just rev the crap out of a engine without a load on it
The good old days of 2 stroke.. I had a KX 500 in the 80's what an animal, wish i still had it.
Gotta love a 500 2 stroke. The Rhode Island flat lander coming in and showing them how it’s done.
hahaha
Man those 500's just fly up that hill, now that's some serious 2 stoke power.
Just something so nice about a 2 stroke sound
thanks for posting ken ive been riding open class machinery since i was 18 i can say i am one of the few people still walking on planet earth who has owned a cr 500 the kicker ripped a big hole in my boot tx 10 honda line
Reminded me when we were little kids, tearin up my brother’s ‘Zuki 125 climbing hills, (sorry bro’ that wasn’t my bike to bust up…iou), then we we started ridin the CR250, we were so little-it was so huge to us, mad power, alway catchin air on little 6’ dips, so fun, and suddenly the sun went down. We didn’t know a day had passed so quickly. You are only allowed a given # to spend.
Great video, bad-A bikes, thank you!
On any Sunday... Your memories remind me of the end of the film with Malcolm, Steve, and Mert riding on the beach. Motorcycles are great. Good times
That roost at 3:30 is insane! Long live the big bore 2 strokes
Got to love the 2strokes love the sound and speed .quickness .the 4strokes just sound like there struggling and puking all the way up the hill .but great vid bud godbless and stay safe
No they didnt.
@@MiikeyLawless Yes, they did..
@@MiikeyLawless Same amount of work, in twice the rotations... Bouncing off of the rev limiter all the way up the hill so the engine doesn't come apart to keep up with the 2t is 100% struggling, puking and farting to get up the hill. 😂
Two Strokes love to rev and scream!
@@RickyGuterson who set the fastest times? I love 2 strokes, but hillclimbing suits the tractability of a 4t much better.
We had a sandpit near our farm in upstate NY back in the 80's. Everyone tried to climb it,.....the only one ever to do it was my ported 250-r with wooly boogers. Long live 2 strokes!!
That 2 stroke sound just does it for me every time no wonder these things are rocketing in value.
Number one comes up and it ends 😂. Funny guy you are. Where’s part two 🇺🇸
I’ve only been on dirt bikes a few times, I stuck to my cruiser but with my limited dirt experience the 2 stroke I was on felt crazier than the 1 linger did.
This vid so smacks the freakin' crap out of that hill. The bikes are quite frankly phenomenal and so are the riders who have nads bigger than King Kong and don't worry the gal is all guts & skill too make no error they are as equally fantastic to watch as the boys. I rode both 4 stroke singles [500cc & 600cc] & my 1981 Suzuki RM 465X during the '80s over here in New Zealand. I was an apprentice automotive engineer on GM trucks & buses [Bedford & Isuzu] I swapped my 1979 Honda XR500 for the 1981 Suzuki RM 465X [mate's bike]. The RM465X was the most powerful motorcycle I have ever ridden - it was an ex-race bike and I think it may have been re-bored. The powerband was so vicious I fitted a Boyesen Reed to the inlet manifold to try and smoothen the powerband out and it worked perfectly. I wanted to do high speed max running over long gravel roads and so tall geared the bike [smaller less teeth on the rear sprocket and a bigger more teeth front sprocket sorry I don't remember the exact number of teeth for both sprockets. I ran the engine on Bel Ray 2 stoke oil that was very expensive at the time. I considered also using ethanol/methanol blend for fuel, however as I couldn't afford to pay for repairs if the engine blew/seized or the top of the piston melted due to excess heat from the incorrect fuel/oil ratio, so I just used pump petrol at the time. Still the bike performed excellently over long gravel road running at max speed. Unfortunately the bike never had a speedo so I couldn't measure speed. Plus I was light in weight [70kg] and 170cm/5ft 7in in height. I actually convinced a mate to pillion with me and the extra weight proved beneficial for traction. There were the odd corner/bends in the road and so I could power-slide the bike exiting and that was more fun than ever. I have ridden many powerful and fast motorcycles over 10 years during the '80s here in NZ. The story to my final bike; a 1985 Kawasaki GPZ 750 Ninja is worth reading. Here is a pic of my 1981 Suzuki RM 465X: www.flickr.com/photos/35707376@N00/50855348636/in/album-72157713681398176/
Thanks for sharing! That first #357 CR was sick !
It was a beast in the 80s and it's still a beast today.
man I was so ready for him up next and then the video ended. what!!!
His exhaust was dope as hell
Me too, it looked like some kind of parallel twin or triple sport bike engine on that thing..
I know Right!
Thank you for all the videos all the bike you show are the ones that I've written my whole life very cool thanks again
Nothing better than good old hill climbing!! Thank you!
2 strokes rocks 💪🤟
The CR500 is a crazy bike, bone stock it had about 61Hp. Gotta love the insanely of 2 strokes.
Didn’t realize this was a Kaplan america video till the first 2 stroke came on and i heard his voice. Great video!! Love me some 2stroke hill climbing!! Rock on!!
Ronnie Mac would be proud to see at least 6 or 9 of those 2 strokes kicking ass!
The 2-stroke was and will always remain invincible
15 years later and 2 STROKES still RULE 👌👌😉😉👍👍
I miss that 2- stroke sound un our streets....godi love that simple technic
Man nothing like the sound of an.old school 2 stroke! Always loved hondas when i used to ride! My brother had a cr 80 then a 125. I rode a yz250 and an xr350r, fun times! Those 500s mske the hill look easy!
2:17 when you get that certain ping from the expansion chamber scavenging all the fuel, you know she gonna rip.
The key to hill climbing is keeping the revs up and hit the hill with speed and don’t let it bog down.
Thanks
Wow, whoda thunk that?
Pretty sure you’re supposed to let it bog down actually
Its pretty important to stay upright too.
Damn I been doing it in 4th half throttle. No wonder I never made it
I am an old retired Diesel Mechanic and I was a Detroit Diesel Specialist, nothing creates raw Horsepower at the throttle like a 2 stroke. Bike or other wise less moving parts and power on every stroke.Beast they are.
Thanks for this! Awesome recording!
If you don't get chills and smell the Klotz at 3:25 you didn't grow up pre 2000... "2 smokes 4 life!"
The raw - usable power debate has been settled
Badass video boss man!!!
Haven’t been to a hill climb since I was a kid, sure brings back memories.!!
My cousin bought the first 1985 CR 500. It had the most horsepower of all the years. It is one hell of a hill climber. Always smoked the 4 strokes on the way up!!
Holy hill climb 2 strokes foeva!
To me, it sounds like the four-stroke are struggling!!!😮😮😮
The rooster tails coming off those 2 strokes is so cool. I love Motorsports in the dirt, so much fun
Wow huge hit video major views man rock on! Everyone loves these CR500s!
That 500 is the definition of 'rocket ship' holy smokes! I wonder if even a stock 500 could conqeur that hill
2 Strokes Rule!!!They even sound Faster.
oh the sound of those two strokes!!! I can smell it from here. Love it!!
My buddy’s dad had a CR500 I got to ride when I was old enough. Scary quick bike but I couldn’t remove that smile for a month.
3:35 "Holy shit" 😂😂😂 I said the exact same thing the same time
Me too! Haha
SAME SAME!!! :)
Two strokes gone, solar panels here, electric cars here, diesel particulate filters and DEF here, big V8 gas guzzling muscle cars soon to be gone…. What happened to America???
When I graduated from college I got a CR500, that '86 was a beast!
You keep the flag of two strokes high mr Caplan, With your great videos!
Biggest 2 stroke I ever rode was a 360 KTM. Can’t imagine what a 500 feels like. I was just a kid on the 360 so I could probably handle it better now.
That may have been a cr500 chassis but that was a banshee 350 motor
That’s what I said
Dual plug head?
@@toiletpaper5770 yessir , if u look at it closely u can see the second one . He also started the second piston after he was set !!! 🔥
@@flacco1679 I don't know, man
@@toiletpaper5770 i doesn’t look like a regular banshee head but the sound , the size of the pipe and the two plugs adds up to my conclusion 😂
Really liking this channel. These bikes are awesome
Man, you can shave hair with the sharpness of the exhaust note alone! Those 80’s CR’s and KX500 makes it look easy! Golden era stuff.
If you were behind that first 500 it would be worse than a shotgun blast
The 500 2-strokes have the perfect power for that or lots of mid-range torque at a lower RPM compared to the 4-strokes.
Geez, enough of the fanboys. Can’t people learn how to like and respect both bike. Both are fun in different ways. 2 strokes there fast but guzzle down so much dam gas and blow up more. 4 strokes smother in every way possible more traction BUT more expensive to rebuild.
@@sihx8932 "4 strokes have "more traction"" LOL ok
Reminds me of 1980's Des Nations GP, you rode for your Country & gave it all !! Baaarrrp!!
Those big bore 2 strokes just give me cold chills.
Ken you gotta find out what's been done to the first CR'S engine! That thing sounded
PRETTY DAMN POTENT⚡⚡ 😊
@3:35 I said the same thing..that bike was wicked!
I love the Sound and smell of 2 Strokes! 😍 ♥
Been ridn dirt bikes my whole life...and when that 1st CR500 jettisoned the starting gate and blew half the hillside down to the bottom via roost, I let out a loud "F*** Yeah!!"
They may have to make the hill steeper and longer for those CR500’s. Badass!!
Yeah, but 4 stroker guys will get all whiney, in their whiney voice “we cannnt get up the hill.....it’s not fair”
You're gonna need a bigger hill if the 2 strokes are allowed to play.
So lucky to have been a part of the SMP Country family in 96-99 at the 15/215 Temecula hwy split! CR500’s and Crusty Demons of Dirt was the shit! RIP, Bubba⚡️⚡️🤘🇺🇸
There is nothing better than the sound of a two stoke. Never rode a cr500 but had kx500s and yz500s. The yz came up in every gear. It did not mater speed or landscape. The only bike I was scared of. But loved as much.
Hard to beat the torque of those 2 strokes.
god dayum that 500 showing the 4s kids how its done xD
Mantap,berkelas motor balap nya.
The 357 on the cr fucking rocks !! Love it !! Shame we dont have hill climbs like this in the uk . Great video as always!!!!
Wow! Those 450s sound like they are struggling lol. The first 500 was nasty! And elec Start?
First 500 was started with an external device ;-)
Just ask Uncle Ron what he thinks of the four strokes.....
2 strokes rock. Torque monsters. I grew up on them and its still all I ride. So easy to rebuild.
That big 2 stroke made me cry it was beautiful and hella fast
That’s awesome non of them cr500’s had radiators
Not needed in such short periods^^
@@danielbermingrud3655 yeah I heard ken say that in the one other video, pretty grnarly. Makes you realize air coolers can hang too
Air hammers ran motocross for years before radiators came around, they just run hotter which leads to shorter service intervals.
The woman on #9 kept it alive up that hill. Great job. But I thought at the start line it sounded really blubbery. Could just be me after hearing a crisp 500.
@@gregbishop3167 she definitely did a good job
ive owned 2 stroke 80s that were faster than them four strokes
Those 4 strokes have well over 70hp, so im doubting you had an 80cc that was even close. Im curious how much those 500cc 2 strokes were though, id bet min 120hp.
. youd be surprised what a watercooled polished and ported cr 80 with a good pipe can do and its half the weight..Ive owned and built many bikes including a 160hp suzuki quad with a yamaha fzr 1000 motor on it ..trust me many of the 80s Ive built cant be touched by fourstrokes in a short run
@@georgealmeida7382 it will depend on gearing and top speed.
357 is the perfect number for that first cr500 because it's fast, loud, and mean. The dirt that bike throwing behind it was insane.
as a kid i remember riding one of my friends cr 60 in the early 80s and had a hard time keeping the front end down on it, actually flipped it back on me once, but loved 2 strokes ever since. especially cr's
Wow a 60? I had an 80 Elsinore badass. 2 stroke all the way. The last one I had was a wr 250 stock, had a blast on it until a grade 3 dislocated shoulder, had to give it up .😔
@@jameskelly3745 yeah it was a cr60, and i was somewhere between 10 and 12 i think, i hate that i scratched my friends bike up but i had no idea a bike could be like that,.fell in love with cr's after that. and 2 strokes