He might have lost the race but the difference is he just kept going at the end of the strip into the woods and enjoyed an afternoon of dirt riding.

@spastor92

4 жыл бұрын

Real

@SP-xi4xd

4 жыл бұрын

Gold

@GiuseppeSimonetti

4 жыл бұрын

The difference is they were o concrete what the street bike was made for, if they were on dirt then the green shark is in it's own waters and would have smoked that street bike.

@davidmuse1351

4 жыл бұрын

Best reply ever, Captain K!

@smarthands2297

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaaaaa

Next time... 1.) Swap out the rear knobbie for a supermoto tire 2.) Swap out the front wheel with a smaller diameter rim to bring the front end down 3.) Put a holeshot device on the front fork 4.) Launch in 2nd or 3rd gear WOT and control the delivery with your clutch 5.) Get as far forward on the bike as possible 6.) Don't listen to anyone on youtube

@romankozlovskiy7899

8 жыл бұрын

don't listen to anyone on youtube including you

@ScottLilja

8 жыл бұрын

yeah, congrats on being the only person who didn't get the sarcasm

@anthonyperella4357

8 жыл бұрын

yeah but what you said is true

@thatfast3002

8 жыл бұрын

this

@schwantz037

8 жыл бұрын

+Scott Lilja 7.) buy some bike boots.

I drag raced my '93 KX500 at 4400' elevation. Swapped the rear knobbie with a street tire and installed taller gearing. Ran a 12.89 @ 100.51mph.

@reedgalbraith6508

2 жыл бұрын

Streetbike numbers that would be one slow streetbike..

@carlhothan9028

2 жыл бұрын

@@reedgalbraith6508 Yep, sure is. We were running high 10's at the same elevation on our basically stock '86 GSXR 1100's...

That KX500 had something to show, sadly the pilot was absent his stones.

@StrykerV8

2 жыл бұрын

So you think a 55hp dirtbike should have outrun a sport bike with 3x the power? Really?

@visionvfx.

2 жыл бұрын

@@StrykerV8 thats not the point. no dirt bike will ever beat a hayabusa but that guy could have definetely done better to not embarass one of the greatest dirt bikes out there edit: z1000 not hayabusa

@DesmoProfundis

2 жыл бұрын

@@StrykerV8 yes, at the start the KX should have whooped off on the street bike leaving a large gap to make up for toward the end where the street bike could use all that power. It's the gearing not the HP that makes the difference.

@dwdaad764

Жыл бұрын

@@StrykerV8so the you should try to launch control it ..... it pops a wheelie in everyfucking hear. You cannot push it down with your own force... abd the gears arevery short too..

@GratefulEd907

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if that street bike had been a 500cc too instead of 1000cc 😮

Love the zoom in on the race shoes, i laughed so hard

@rchydrozz751

2 жыл бұрын

I had a KX. The shoes are casual, the KX's power was not.

80s and 90s must have been so fun

@barneyrebel0123

3 жыл бұрын

They were. Thank you...

@jamesbaxterandthebeachball7005

3 жыл бұрын

It was , totally .

@whosaidthat5236

3 жыл бұрын

It’s was as far as I can remember

@justajoe8466

3 жыл бұрын

Best time in my life. It’s indescribable.

@joeroy4039

3 жыл бұрын

They really where never again will our country be like that sadly

OK guys, here is top speed run of the same bike: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYiZz5KoqKSyYMY.html

2 Strokes long life

nice launch for the Kx considering the power to weight ratio and on street....love that 2 stroke sound

Whattt? a KX500 with motocross tires, that is insane

love the fact theres two huge bikes out in front and what do you hear? a bike with half the capacity, les than half in the busa's case 2T ALL DAY!

@moses8835

8 жыл бұрын

dam right xD

@1320fastback

7 жыл бұрын

+amanoncrack But fires twice as often

@xsatn2082

6 жыл бұрын

that high end feq

@satanlucifer1003

3 жыл бұрын

450 4t sounds better

@markilleen4027

3 жыл бұрын

@@satanlucifer1003 yeah if you like the sound of someone shitting them selves

At the end of the day , Johnny won enough money to buy some boots . Sadly this took .5 seconds off his time so he quit drag racing for good. Last seen busting dirt in a pasture . Good luck Johnny !👍

2 strokes ROCK! My old 1972, H2 750 triple 2 stroke with chambers, K&Ns, clip ons, rear sets, bored .040 0ver, ported to the max at Phx Kaw. Never got beat by any 1000, 1100, 1200 cc anything! Power wheelies at 100 mph, just twist the throttle, carefully as it could go right over! Now the 4 strokes are catching up, 2 strokes had to be limited to 500cc in Moto GP while competing against 1000 cc 4 strokes. Now they are 800cc V5, over 280 hp. I still love the light weight and flickable power of the 2 strokes but i never drove a Moto GP bike, lol

two-strokes forever!

Nice of him to clear all of the mosquitos out before the start of the race ....

Back in the day (1980s) I'm pretty sure it was Bob Hurricane Hanna that put drag racing tires on a Yamaha YZ 490, the bike hooked up so violently the counter-shaft and rear sprocket teeth were stripped off.

@frenchfryfarmer436

3 жыл бұрын

I had two of those YZ490's......MAN .... they were FAST! And could climb like a 4 stroke (we had LARGE strip mines ....hill climbing was HUGE)

Dont think the kx quite had the tyres for a good launch

Many years ago I rode my '87 Ninja 750 to the Brotherhood strip in the Port of Long Beach. It was a "test and tune" day and lightly attended. Went with a full tank of gas and rode it home when the reserve light came on. Was clicking off 11.34's in the mid 120s run after run. That was a lot of runs crossing the line at 12,000 RPM. Japanese inline 4 street bikes are freakin' durable 😆

Now that's a proper two stroke 🤘 Braaaap

Photographer is absolutely fascinated... by his camera!

2smokers kicks ass even on-road!!!

@timedrifter117

6 жыл бұрын

Skeptical Open-mind need 700cc maco 2stoke man

@JS-ji5bl

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah.. Gotta love them 2 strokes

loving the guys trainers on the kx500 ..

god bless 2 strokes. simple and strong

The KX did amazing!!!👌👌👌

Dude cool video, I love it!

Kx is love its exhaust is very satisfying

I bet that swapping the knobbies out for road tires would produce much better results.

I was glad to see that the guy on the KX had protective drag racing shoes accompanied with the slide resistant Dickies slacks

Awesome 😍😍😍

Would have been really close if the kx rider could launch and shift.

@NgapuhiTrump

7 жыл бұрын

Josh Ribeiro as if you could launch a gutless 500,

@cander58

7 жыл бұрын

Cruz Wikaira you obviously don't ride dirt bikes. A 500cc 2 stroke dirt bike is extremely quick. That guy was no where near full throttle, hell he hardly even hit the powerband.

@Community-Action

7 жыл бұрын

Josh Ribeiro- knew there was going to problems when I saw him ready to drag race in sneakers!!!

@Sandy-rx5cv

7 жыл бұрын

Colin Anderson ya

@nk0723

6 жыл бұрын

Probably a bit hard to launch with a dirt bike with that power stock suspension and nobby tires

Really wanting to do a CR500 supermoto build for shananigans like this. 550 ish overbored, 10% taller gearing than stock, aluminum frame, auto cutch, lectron carb.

Interesting comparison.

Kx500 a Dream.❤️

Tires, holeshot device, and more rider experience and I can promise the kx would win the 0-60

Rear sprocket can be more than 36 teeth and the front end was still lifting on the KX500

Gotta love that 2 stroke power! Surprised the front wheel wasnt all the way up at the powerband like my KX 125's does :)

Master chief

All those 500 dirt bikes would scream 😳 I loved my 480 4 speed then I bought 93 500 unbelievable until you feel the power you don't understand

@StrykerV8

2 жыл бұрын

You should try riding a modern 450. Even more power!

When you pull over with your sports bike and the woods starts speaking KX500

Let's all appreciate the Vauxhall calibra parked up in the back

I've done it on a CR250. 1/8th mile. Full motocross gear. 72-75 mph iirc. Can't remember ET. In the 7's ?? 60 ft was pretty quick. Knobbies let it spin a little, but still a lot of clutch action. Dude, a KX will probably run at least 90 mph wide open with stock gears. I was shifting into 5th at the lights.

Badass KX rider with trainers on..

That dude on the Kawi put it down tho.All he really needed to do was lean forward a bit to keep it from flying away and I think he would have taken the streeter.

horrible launch

@uradixukr

3 жыл бұрын

ayee fresh kicks lmao😂

@christopherbassit2757

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao 8 years ago

@jgs1703

3 жыл бұрын

That was not thag bad homie. Im sure you launch hard in your 14 second subaru lol

@briantaft5622

3 жыл бұрын

ya

@briantaft5622

3 жыл бұрын

@@jgs1703 it was pretty bad tbh

stoping with those tires must have been a good time

Brave man on that if it's a 500 lol especially on nobblys aswell haha not surprised he short shifting nrly looped it in second and third as it is :)

legend

Had a 91 kx 250 was a beast.

yes. but what is the powervalve for? what are the benifits?

@1:40 what're those

Had a cr500 2 stroke back in the day that and this kx are probably still the fastest bikes on the dirt to this day ...had mine geared tall and could easily hit 100mph that's crazy fast in the dirt.

@swappedoutZ71

8 ай бұрын

Honorable mention to Honda xr650 as well

The KX was so untuned I sorta felt bad for it :(

@brianmorrison9066

5 жыл бұрын

Wow so rich. Tuned right it might have been close.

2 stroke baby !

das ist ein geilen video. die cross 2 takt motor erinnert mich an meine ermalige ktm 300 2t. geile sound

The rear damper and shock needs raising on the kx and harder spring in and supermoto rims and tyres on

I miss my 04 KX500. That thing beat me up good.

No. It's tuned for ice racing (ported/pipe/sprockets).

Did it even hit the Power band😂

wow 12.66 was that for the KX? not bad with knobbies.

That's insane that a dirt bike can keep up with a street bike like that. I want to get a KX500 this week but idk if I'm gonna be scared to ride it.

@kevinmorrison1553

3 жыл бұрын

You won’t find a kx500. A friend has a mint one and now they bring up to 10k$!!!

@GiuseppeSimonetti

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmorrison1553 It was mint with a title because this kids father passed away that owned it and he was scared to ride it for $2,200.

Cool Video. Everyone Be Safe Out There 😎

Screw all of your professional opinions. I know all of you think you know everything. Put your egos aside. This video is rad. That guy kicks ass I give him mad props. You don't see that kind of stuff. Kawi all the way

the KIPS "Kawasaki Integrated Power-Valve System" sit on the Exhaust side. Reeds sit inside the head, between carb and intake, inside the cylinder, which keeps fresh fuel being blown back out into the Carb

Yea, I like to run road tires when I ride at millville.

That KX500 suffered greatly under the novice rider. He launched horribly and missed every shift point by under revving. So says I who owned 3 Cagiva 500's at once !! (C.1985-87)

@jasmine66666666

Жыл бұрын

Cagiva mito 125 7 speed that gives me memories haha

first or second gear?

@Rezaroth Yes that's correct.

@cranberryfool yes the kx went 162.....years into the past and was state of the art once more

Some tuning , take the knobbies off and a good rider ....kx 500s rip , I rode one in the Baja 500 years ago , mine did well over 100

not bad not bad...i had weekend warrior kdx 420

what a champ in skate shoes and nobbys :D

No hate, but why dirt tyres on a drag strip?

I had aZX-14R with 210 HP at the back wheel and 126 lbs of torques, and I also had a old 1986 KX500 two cycles mean machine, and I swear on my life nothing I’ve ever tried doesn’t matter how many wheels, nothing is more agressives than the KX500 maybe it’s because mine wasn’t in good order but the feeling wasn’t like it was going fast, it was like ......nothing and bam everything, not a throttle but instead it was a switch on/off, And like I was gonna say it didn’t feel like it was fast, it was more of a kinda time machine, when I opened it in the pit sand for the first time I said it’s the first time I seen the scenery go backwards full speed, it really was like I was staying there holding the handlebars and someone rewinds the whole scenery at the fastest speed it could rewinds, violent is the right word to qualify this monster

the power valve is to try and control exhaust flow with more back pressure at low revs and less back pressure at high revs which is how a 2 stroke runs best

@zwanny1 the kx500 is KIPS technology and does not have the same kind of band as a 250 would. It is more like a spike that flatlines lol, rather than a curve :-)

respect for 2strokes..king of the jungle..

Doh! Knobbies

Shes a older Kawi. Anyone know the year??

What did you think was gonna happen?

knobbies?

1/2 the size and still kept up. Miss the 2 strokes.

Making a smoother more "usable" powerband than a classic style reed box.

Honestamente creo que hasta bien lo hizo tomando en cuenta el reto de competir con una moto de carreras contra una motocross. Creo que una KX500 de dos tiempos es comparado a un caballo de rodeo si se le acelera de eso al arrancar. Saludos!

What were they waiting for? the KX to foul a plug?

2stroke is so much more wild to drive on then 4stroke. I had both. I had 2stroke Yamaha yz250 old engine with 55hp year 1998.. some of the most funny bike to ride. Then I had some 4cyl inline bikes zuki and kawa. There was awesome to. But a light 2stroke there just want to go fast from home is awesome funny

KX500 👏👏👌👍👍

Back in my day the 490 Maico was king of the big 2s. I wonder how it would compare to that 500?

@davidjames9615

7 ай бұрын

I had an 86 kx500, my best friend had a 72 maico 400 with only 4 gears i was always shocked at his ability to keep up with me.

i didnt even hear the kx hit power band ?

My thoughts. With that crazy small sized rear sprocket (appears to be a 32-34 tooth or so) a 2nd gear launch on asphalt (high traction) would be extremely difficult and third gear there is just no way even launching it at around 6000rpms where its power peaks it would either stall, the bike would bog badly or you would have to slip the clutch excessively to the point where it’s counter productive. Removing knobby tires definitely would help as would a holeshot device. Bike trapped 101mph (162kmh) which while decent for a dirt bike is nothing compared to most street bikes. The 12.68 ET at only 101mph trap is actually pretty decent et vs trap speed. Example most rwd cars that trap 101mph run high 13s to low 14s. Basically the good ET versus trap speed tells me that it’s actually getting off the line decently overall but it’s running out of acceleration at around 80mph plus due to aerodynamic drag overpowering the engines power. A 500 is knife in a gun fight on the streets.

@kingkong81icloud

Жыл бұрын

You need a sprocket like that for top end , I had them on my KDX KMX an DTR etc an they are better for wood riding, had a big one on my YZ 250 it just wants Front wheel all time up in air on roads

I used to (illegally ) ride a KX500 on bitumen back roads. The power on that thing was crazy and if you weren't careful (or not sitting way forward )the front wheel would easily pop up in 4th or even 5th gear.

@billmeade9029

3 жыл бұрын

I had a XR600 four stroke thumper but my buddy had a CR 500 and i couldn't keep the front wheel on the ground in any gear on his two stroke rocket ship!🚀 good times

I had no idea a 500 ring dinger could pull 12s at the strip and I had a CR500 back in the day! haha... Not the best at trail riding which is what I love so got an RM250 which was just right. Long live 2strokes man we gotta get these kids on more 2strokes so they don't disappear forever like road going 2strokes did... If u need twice the motor to keep up your machine aint shit. Meaning if u need a 450 4stroke to b competitive with a 250 2stroke, its obvious there is waaaay less performance (and fun) 2b had on the 4strokes...

@williamfabiano543

9 жыл бұрын

your dead on bro.

@johnb3231

7 жыл бұрын

2wheelobsessed I'm pretty sure that was the time for the street bike. 167mph on a kx i dont think so

@B0SSNINE

7 жыл бұрын

KPH. Thats around 100 MPH.

@M4TT4TT4CK

7 жыл бұрын

2wheelobsessed it doesn't matter how many people still ride them. emissions are going to kill them off

@savagesalvage4957

7 жыл бұрын

M4TT4TT4CK6161 Not true. Ktm and husqvarna are going with fuel injected 2 strokes that pass euro 4

suomi perkele :D

He started in 1st gear, anything bigger that a 65 cc motocross bike should start in 2nd. The kobby has no contact patch, no way to put down that power on tarmac with that tire. Bike seemed to be running rich. I’d like to see a great running 500 2 stroke and a great rider blast the course.

Dangg it !

I'm sure it's been said but try that on a less that slick road surface. The KX500 is an arm straightening dream!

1/8 mile here or is it full 1/4 mile track ?

race starts 2:05

@sidecarbod1441

Жыл бұрын

.....and once it starts it's not worth watching!

Dirt tire No hole shot device Kips power valve That kx did just fine for 1/2 the hp And he broke loose

Love the old 2 strokers...........I got a KX 250

@jennihanitsch6644

8 жыл бұрын

+Greg Overstreet Yeah, the old 2-strokes had a soul and were all out. Love them! I hade a 87 YZ 490 and it was insane!

@robbycarpenter2322

7 жыл бұрын

Greg Overstreet thats sweet what year?

Even if you junked the conrod out the side,through your leg,still better than a great day at work.