1986 HONDA CR500 VS 1987 VS 1988 VS 1989 VS 97 & 03 SHOOTOUT @ THE COMPOUND

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  • @baby-sharkgto4902
    @baby-sharkgto49024 жыл бұрын

    The internet is loving all of these new 500 videos!

  • @yamaharaptor01able
    @yamaharaptor01able4 жыл бұрын

    If these guys get a tv show this year,2020 won't be such a bad year after all!

  • @kdcustoms1272

    @kdcustoms1272

    4 жыл бұрын

    nah this is better than T.V. shhhhhhh!!!!!!

  • @andyb9994
    @andyb99944 жыл бұрын

    Best 30 min of my day, I would love to hang with these guys, just hanging at the compound and riding 500s what a way to spend any Sunday...they know how to rock.

  • @getsomepack
    @getsomepack4 жыл бұрын

    I hope discovery gives you guy’s a tv show you deserve one!

  • @yamaharaptor01able

    @yamaharaptor01able

    4 жыл бұрын

    I hope so too,cannot get enough!!! I'd watch every day lol

  • @TheRacingGenius88

    @TheRacingGenius88

    4 жыл бұрын

    They are come Fall 2020.

  • @getsomepack

    @getsomepack

    4 жыл бұрын

    No shit that’s awesome can’t wait!

  • @borismcgillicutty3042

    @borismcgillicutty3042

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gotta get more RM bikes though!!

  • @dougcoleburn1579
    @dougcoleburn15794 жыл бұрын

    It’s like the Macho Man never died! He’s just wrestling big bores now!!

  • @joshvickers3825

    @joshvickers3825

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol I thought the same thing! Looks in even better shape than macho man.

  • @oldskool83

    @oldskool83

    4 жыл бұрын

    Randy saying to Kaplin - Snap into a into a CR500

  • @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443

    @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443

    4 жыл бұрын

    *DIG IT!! OOOOH YEAH!!*

  • @villarreal2025
    @villarreal20254 жыл бұрын

    I'm calling it......the Kaplan klans gonna get a TV show.....just an all around good dude , who him and his crew love what they do which makes for natural content.......keep being "BAD ASS" brother.....sending some love from Dallas Texas.

  • @ngreco7027
    @ngreco70274 жыл бұрын

    This looks so fun just ripping a huge field

  • @yfz350twin

    @yfz350twin

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did I see a green one sitting in the back?

  • @eastbaymauiboy

    @eastbaymauiboy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yfz350twin Really, where?!. Awe man, now I gotta go back and look!

  • @that_s1041

    @that_s1041

    4 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could have a field like that to open up my 150r and my cr85

  • @SpartanReserve870
    @SpartanReserve8704 жыл бұрын

    CR500s are why chest protectors were invented.

  • @scotthayes5710

    @scotthayes5710

    Жыл бұрын

    Bigtime brick tbrowers

  • @zsokke
    @zsokke4 жыл бұрын

    I am so F*** jealous right now !! You wrote history here, AWESOME !!!

  • @joshvickers3825
    @joshvickers38254 жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous women and 500 breathing two strokes! Best combo in the world 👍👌

  • @bumpstartnether
    @bumpstartnether4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing content. Music to my ears. But please... save some Big Bore 500s for the rest of us 😂

  • @bigoofboi4916
    @bigoofboi49164 жыл бұрын

    Can we take in the fact this dude looks like a whole wwe wrestler

  • @JohnErikjohansson

    @JohnErikjohansson

    4 жыл бұрын

    ive heard he do big numbers in bench to! so not only a show off !

  • @malky525
    @malky5254 жыл бұрын

    Loving the content lately guys🤙 Seniors 97 is still the hole shot king there. The 86 sounds wicked!

  • @dougcoleburn1579
    @dougcoleburn15794 жыл бұрын

    Makes me remember how smooth and effortlessly David Bailey made it look riding a 500. Love your guys channel😎

  • @JRRACING1327
    @JRRACING1327 Жыл бұрын

    85 had a heavier frame than the 86 and they lightened the 86 frame by changing the gusseting on the frame along with lightening the plastics by making them thinner. When you put them side by side you can see the difference, tank and seat is noticeable. I worked for Honda 85-87 and put these guys together I also have one of each. Love your videos.

  • @jhenry7406
    @jhenry74064 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for Taking me for a ride,been awhile since I've seen any dirt

  • @noahlindsey5100
    @noahlindsey51004 жыл бұрын

    I was smiling the whole time!😀😁 just amazing guys. These bikes are just legendary pieces of history. God bless Kaplan America!👍🇺🇸

  • @paulwoodcock6570
    @paulwoodcock65704 жыл бұрын

    12mins in loving it. All these 500s. The 85 and Kaplan America do it for me

  • @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443
    @dr.hugog.hackenbush94434 жыл бұрын

    I feel the 89-up engines have more top end while 86-88 are just monsters right off the bottom, but flatten out on top. Never rode a 480 though, would love to give one a try.. Minor frome geometey changes in '94, along with a wider 4th and 5th gears, better fork in '96, better shock in '97.

  • @TNTMOTO
    @TNTMOTO4 жыл бұрын

    When the bikes are idling and warming up at the house with all those FMF and pro circuit pipes it sounds like you are in the pits of a top fuel drag strip.

  • @evanwalker9298
    @evanwalker92984 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Thanks for this! Takes me back in time to stress free days. My brother lived on a farm in NJ with big grassy fields and hills. We used to ride there in summer of ‘89. I had ‘89 kx500, bro had ‘87 rm250 and friend had ‘85 Kawasaki tecate 250 three wheeler. We had a blast ripping through those fields. Felt like I was there again.

  • @tescr500
    @tescr5004 жыл бұрын

    I was only put on this Planet to love CR 500'S beasts. Absolutely love it. 👊👊👊👊👊👊👊

  • @JohnJohnson-et3ox
    @JohnJohnson-et3ox3 жыл бұрын

    i really love riding times. this is my favorite video thus far

  • @ridetillidieharleyyamaha4063
    @ridetillidieharleyyamaha40633 жыл бұрын

    You know what, I'm getting a cr500 and I'm going to strip it and rebuild the whole thing so it looks brand new... thank You for getting a spark into me🇦🇺🤙

  • @clarkieboy9007
    @clarkieboy90074 жыл бұрын

    I’ll do anything for a yard like that no messing about the exact same with all 2 strokes racing about music to my ears all day every day ducking love this channel 💯💪🤜

  • @jdm91hatch
    @jdm91hatch4 жыл бұрын

    Love how much they love 500’s

  • @mrhappy8966
    @mrhappy89663 жыл бұрын

    huge respect to those guys who road these at a motocross level for 45 minutes these things will wear the average man out in about 3 laps lol Kaplan America that was fantastic living the dream god bless America

  • @canadiansbeingcanadians9835
    @canadiansbeingcanadians98353 жыл бұрын

    I am having a 1996 cr500 being built right now. I can not wait for it to be finished.

  • @rocket2811
    @rocket28114 жыл бұрын

    So much entertainment in New England..Wish I was there to see all that’s happening..💪🏻💪🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @johnnyem-grafix4024
    @johnnyem-grafix40244 жыл бұрын

    Sooo cool !! I saw that Jr. how you cut around the trees to get up front - dope move- swapping the bikes !!! Soo awesome!!!!

  • @Meyham-TR
    @Meyham-TR4 жыл бұрын

    Looks like a blast, wanna see y’all on the compound track bring it back

  • @hillbillyhorticultureselki7899
    @hillbillyhorticultureselki78994 жыл бұрын

    BOLD NEW GRAPHICS. Someone grew up reading DIRT BIKE MAGAZINE

  • @ribbledean4111
    @ribbledean41114 жыл бұрын

    My man jr, he can ride the hell outta them 500s

  • @chrisjones9115
    @chrisjones91153 жыл бұрын

    That is a humongous field, but that 500 looks like it’s sucking it up so fast it’s still not enough room lol!!!! Awesome!!

  • @PHILIPWATSON82
    @PHILIPWATSON823 жыл бұрын

    It's like looking at a remote control rally car for the first time when you were a kid Words can't describe the feeling

  • @johnwickouski112
    @johnwickouski1124 жыл бұрын

    I must say that you are a good dad.

  • @Natedoc808
    @Natedoc8083 жыл бұрын

    Making me miss taking my dads 87 out for WTFO pulls down the dirt road as a teenager- that’s a man’s bike right there.

  • @stevenlane9272
    @stevenlane92724 жыл бұрын

    Love the big 500's i miss my old 86.

  • @Cody_4
    @Cody_44 жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to come out in September to the shootout and watch you guys rip it up on the big bores!! See ya soon Kaplan America!!! 👍✌️🇺🇸

  • @davidroeder7299
    @davidroeder72994 жыл бұрын

    Settling bar bets the world over... Kaplan America!

  • @RadioReprised
    @RadioReprised Жыл бұрын

    89 was the most Scary Fun of any Bike I ever had. Instant arm pump if you revved it so Torquing around a gear high was the way to stay alive! Nobody could touch me in a Drag at 120lbs!🤣🤣

  • @MJKircher1221
    @MJKircher12214 жыл бұрын

    I would love to hangout and go riding with these guys!!! Definitely a bucket list addition.

  • @toddjacobs5660
    @toddjacobs56604 ай бұрын

    Hell yeah good ol video w Great Bikes n friends , im a retired pipefitter & pipe welder, out of local 23 pipefitters union Rockford,Illinois, my friend is also, we were talkin about ridin our bikes over to yr place & possibly buying a couple bikes from you , all yr videos bring back great memories , it's how we are, im going to be 58 , July 15, 2024 , i definately relate to yr vids, we are big kids & will never grow up, just the way i like it 👍👍👍

  • @FadedbyJay
    @FadedbyJay4 жыл бұрын

    Haha when he blew into the pipe I died lol!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mikeschlup5279

    @mikeschlup5279

    4 жыл бұрын

    When he blew the pipe.the earth vibrated...

  • @TheRacingGenius88

    @TheRacingGenius88

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too.

  • @RollingnBodfish93518

    @RollingnBodfish93518

    4 жыл бұрын

    Captain Chaos style from Cannon ball run!

  • @haydenspence6952
    @haydenspence69524 жыл бұрын

    I had a 79 rm400 when I was 13 I loved it.then I got a yz250 with a yz400 motor 78 I think.before that I had a 76 ts250 when I was 10 then a Yamaha dt360 then a ts400 then a dr400 79.ended up with a it490 but never got it running now I have a 96ktm 300.love the bikes and the attitude.stay blessed stay humble.

  • @elissouabc
    @elissouabc4 жыл бұрын

    it must be so pleasant to ride these

  • @elissouabc

    @elissouabc

    4 жыл бұрын

    shout out from france btw

  • @jamesfeige572
    @jamesfeige5724 жыл бұрын

    Two thumbs up! I miss my 86 500,if you could hang on, that thing would rip thru anything, loved to eat tires, riding a big thumper today.

  • @joshcastro4056
    @joshcastro40563 жыл бұрын

    That is the best video of all times really 2 stroke is life guys!!!

  • @jamescarbonaro596
    @jamescarbonaro5964 жыл бұрын

    Break out the Blendzall and the 2 strokes,,,, and the World is Right... Kaplan for President. :)

  • @yamaharaptor01able

    @yamaharaptor01able

    4 жыл бұрын

    Got my vote!✌🇺🇸

  • @youcanbesmartaskhow3857

    @youcanbesmartaskhow3857

    3 жыл бұрын

    MAKE AMERICA RIP AGAIN!!!!!

  • @three7950
    @three79503 жыл бұрын

    78,000 views and only 1k likes 😩guy is a legend come on people🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

  • @tescr500
    @tescr5004 жыл бұрын

    Awesome brings back a lot of memories that's for sure. Love it

  • @swully-ol4lx
    @swully-ol4lx3 жыл бұрын

    I WAS WATCHING THIS VIDEO AND THINKING THAT I WOULD BE THE GUY THAT PULLED UP ON A KAWASAKI KX 500 LOL

  • @robertnocerajr3985
    @robertnocerajr39854 жыл бұрын

    Yeah this one Kaplan is riding is crazy

  • @locked-down4wders671
    @locked-down4wders6713 жыл бұрын

    Out of all my bikes my 1990 cr500 was my favourite by far

  • @eastbaymauiboy
    @eastbaymauiboy4 жыл бұрын

    Those are some beautiful (and BRUTAL) Super-Scoots!!. I had an 86 CR500. It threw rocks, and squirrels. That 500 motor should be in the Smithsonian. Oh, and my name is also Kenny... so I got that goin for me

  • @kenduro2222
    @kenduro22224 жыл бұрын

    Having all the fun again. Love. It

  • @bjornchristiansson2827
    @bjornchristiansson28273 жыл бұрын

    Just awesome! I'm from Sweden Scandinavia and I did race those bikes from 1983 whit the 480 up to 1999. I never race the AF frame and I personally think they are to stiff. I'm use to the flex from the carbon steel frame. On my race bikes I use Öhlins as I'm swedish and WP and Marzoochi conventional fork. There is nothing better they fit for different tracks ! On sand or bad conditions upside down is by far the best choice! On hard track whit Sharp edges the conventional fork is smootning your ride so less armpumps will take place! My friend Marcus Hansson did win the world championship 1994 on Hayden Honda CR500. A longer rod smooth out the engine but compression play hugh part in how it runs. My race bike had 12:1 and was run race fule 120 octane. What das that do. Stronger pull from low mid to high mid. I use stock exhaust and hole list of pipes in our days we had probably 10 different setups and the muffler length play big part how motor will perform! Sad I was not there whit you could have told lots of historical things. Did like the video much 👍 best regards from Sweden 🇸🇪 Bjorn

  • @DM-qp7do
    @DM-qp7do4 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid on my CR 80 and was at camp while the big boys took a ride i could always tell the sound of my dads CR 500 out of the pack. PING DADING DADING DING..

  • @youcanbesmartaskhow3857

    @youcanbesmartaskhow3857

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is known as The Beast of the Woods. You can ALWAYS HEAR A CR500!!!!!!

  • @davidabbott4782
    @davidabbott47823 жыл бұрын

    You guy's are having so much fun nice.

  • @wolfsavage6547
    @wolfsavage65474 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel y’all get straight to it no bullshittin an y’all race classic shit we not gonna see anywhere else 😂😂🤘🏽🔥

  • @neldcammock3053
    @neldcammock30533 жыл бұрын

    That 2 stroke sound a must with good head phones, shat myself when one flew by lol. And no police I live in the wrong country. Shit mine would be in the crusher by now.

  • @TaylerKaplan1
    @TaylerKaplan14 жыл бұрын

    Too bad neither of the Kaplan girls got an invite 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @baby-sharkgto4902

    @baby-sharkgto4902

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'll agree with that ❤

  • @philforcedotcom

    @philforcedotcom

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aren't famly members automatically invited to the shenanigans? ;)

  • @that_s1041
    @that_s10414 жыл бұрын

    Y’all make those wheelies look so easyyyyy

  • @chemohaan5718
    @chemohaan57184 жыл бұрын

    Love this video! Thanks for sharing this awesomeness with us.

  • @yamaharaptor01able
    @yamaharaptor01able4 жыл бұрын

    You guys should add a quadzilla 500 to the mix at some point. They're right up your alley. BRRAAAAPPPP!!!!!

  • @2_stroke_brothers121
    @2_stroke_brothers1214 жыл бұрын

    Dude you the best! Everytime you make me lough and love your content more! 2stroke 4 life

  • @tomjarels5732
    @tomjarels57324 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this is great!

  • @SUNshine-uu8hs
    @SUNshine-uu8hs3 жыл бұрын

    A real amazing guy and American...awesome.

  • @Giant2020creepin
    @Giant2020creepin4 жыл бұрын

    Ok ok ok that's what the hardest intro yet! It about time somebody put the 500 in the fields we're they love to be. Thank you kaplen God speed! #GodblessAmerica

  • @Giant2020creepin

    @Giant2020creepin

    4 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤟🤘

  • @stonecold7036
    @stonecold70364 жыл бұрын

    So blessed, look at them camera girls...

  • @markdjsonicfxalsop
    @markdjsonicfxalsop4 жыл бұрын

    AWSOME riding, your in perfect shape for pro racing , ABSOLUTELY amazing. 👍🙏

  • @stephenbrown5844
    @stephenbrown58443 жыл бұрын

    Cheers guys for the video, another fantastic day, brilliant line up of 500s 💖👍😁

  • @yamaharaptor01able
    @yamaharaptor01able4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly what time were you guys all out riding these monsters today? I thought I felt the ground shaking here in Massachusetts lol🤔😄🇺🇸

  • @jeansebastienmccaie
    @jeansebastienmccaie4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome videos guys!! Love them 500!

  • @chrisirving8712
    @chrisirving87124 жыл бұрын

    Capes should be mandatory 🍁🛡

  • @cecilwilson5442
    @cecilwilson54423 жыл бұрын

    Best videos for the lovers of 500 two stroke ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️awesomeness from the northern Ireland classic

  • @dannywilliams3516
    @dannywilliams35164 жыл бұрын

    That looks like so much fun guys. Those bikes are awesome!

  • @Bricklinsv1970
    @Bricklinsv19704 жыл бұрын

    That was some build up!! CR 500 always scared me lol!

  • @jerrymarcum9981
    @jerrymarcum99814 жыл бұрын

    I think they have discovered the fountain of youth! Great video.

  • @paulbrinston3336
    @paulbrinston33364 жыл бұрын

    Another awesome video guys! The pipe summons had me in stitches! Haha Now next time let junior include his Kx in the testing! I’m a Honda guy too but the Kx has a monster motor when jetted and afternoon adding a fmf desert pipe! Keep it rolling boys and congrats on the show! I’ll be tuning it! Also I’ll be in contact soon I’m having a hard time finding a 85-86 Cr 500 here in Canada

  • @leecameron7059
    @leecameron70594 жыл бұрын

    Two strokes will be best sounding crossers always than grunting four stroke more fun when the power band comes in

  • @sedition1142
    @sedition11424 жыл бұрын

    My dream house & land 👏🏼🙏🏼😁

  • @PRO4XKEV
    @PRO4XKEV4 жыл бұрын

    How fun, I would love this..

  • @djp4206
    @djp42064 жыл бұрын

    Everyone thinks cr500 is rare the kaplan family own them all😂👌

  • @McGotGot
    @McGotGot3 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. My new favorite bike page. Nice

  • @waynemarcotte1654
    @waynemarcotte16543 жыл бұрын

    On that nice green grass my 85 yz250 has no problem with 3rd gear starts

  • @robertnocerajr3985
    @robertnocerajr39854 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I’m currently riding my xr650l right now here but I cannot forget the 2 cycles and my cr 250

  • @Darrenjudy5
    @Darrenjudy53 жыл бұрын

    The 86 CR500 is a monster

  • @SamboC177
    @SamboC177 Жыл бұрын

    I remember watching Jeff Liesk and Jean Michel Bayle in a sand race in Manjimup Western Australia....they were flying and just gliding over the sand. They lapped the field.

  • @telboy1965
    @telboy1965Ай бұрын

    Cr 500s in the eighties were the monsters of Moto x long live the eighties 🤙🤙🤙🤙

  • @kentuckylife2724
    @kentuckylife27243 жыл бұрын

    I think the nicest is the one with yellow number plate ,Sweet ride man

  • @SamboC177
    @SamboC177 Жыл бұрын

    What a job! I'll fly from Australia to join you guys in the fun and ripp up some golf courses.

  • @thomasnikkola5600
    @thomasnikkola56004 жыл бұрын

    Ok! I see Senior Kaplan as the moto-cross Hulk Hogan!!! Straight up WWE dude!!! The old iron is still awsome!!

  • @chrisgrace6179
    @chrisgrace61794 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from England,love what you’re doing there,awesome bikes,I had an ‘87 cr500 then a ‘90 cr500,loved them both,’90 was a lot smoother to ride I found because of the usd forks and smoother powerband but loved the raw aggressive power of the ‘87.Wish I had either of them now,just even to look at :) oh and I had a maico 490 but at the time I thought it was just another old motocross bike with a weird left hand kick and decompressor,now I’m constantly searching internet to buy one again !! Love your videos keep it up man !!

  • @villarreal2025
    @villarreal20254 жыл бұрын

    helll yeah, I called it just heard on the video there gonna be getting a show in the fall it sounds like....."BAD ASS MAN"...

  • @sirjhonson8218
    @sirjhonson82184 жыл бұрын

    The 80`s were the best years for 2 stroke dirt bikes.

  • @markdjsonicfxalsop
    @markdjsonicfxalsop4 жыл бұрын

    WOOOOW KEN YOU REALLY PUT A GOOD SHOW ON , THIS VIDEO IS AWSOME, IM GOING TO SHARE THIS BUDDY THANKS.🙏👍

  • @echofunandgames7874
    @echofunandgames78744 жыл бұрын

    I want to ride one of these so badly

  • @FISTSLIKEBULLETS2
    @FISTSLIKEBULLETS23 жыл бұрын

    "The Hemi Cuda " or "Big Block Chevelles " Great stuff Ken ! I love it all different beasts and deserve respect , My lil 87 CR250 for me atm just perfect AAA Top Shelf # 1 , Thanks for the uploads as always

  • @SamDaMan-ov6hl
    @SamDaMan-ov6hl3 жыл бұрын

    Those are wicked fast!😎😮

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