Nothing will ever beat the sound of a raw big bore 2 stroke. Even the ratcheting sound of the kick lever returning is unmistakable

@elitecystuning

2 жыл бұрын

My xr is a one off build dominates 5002ts every time ! Boy if only you fellas could see 🤘

@thatcarguy6190

2 жыл бұрын

@@elitecystuning Well it's youtube why don't you upload vids?

@thatcarguy6190

2 жыл бұрын

Comment should have more likes i agree 100% 👍🏻

@elitecystuning

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatcarguy6190 I upload vids all The time for what I’m doing with development in a drag racing game featuring the real Street outlaws and adults highly recommend checking out ! I will man kids on the way you’ll see I will Deff do that and all My atcs🤘

@billymadison8036

2 жыл бұрын

@@elitecystuning maybe you misunderstood my comment, which is just an opinion anyway...but I said "beat the sound". I don't care how fast a 4 stroke gets. Its the joy that comes with the hit of a 2 stroke combined with the sound that makes 2 strokes so enjoyable to ride. That being said, I'd put my 88 kx500 that weighs about 225lbs against any other dirt machine on the planet. Win, lose, or wipe out, it puts a smile on my face

When you need an old bike to feel alive,something's wrong with what the bike manufacturer' are putting out! Long live the real (old) bikes!!!

@5tr41ghtGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree. I rode a very new CR500 back in 1986, and it was (and still is) *way* too dangerous for all but the best riders to open the throttle wide. Nowadays I've got a '06 crf450x tagged, and it is still plenty fast enough to get you killed.

@robspear03

2 жыл бұрын

@@5tr41ghtGuy cool story

@elitecystuning

2 жыл бұрын

@@5tr41ghtGuy 5 mph can get ya killed my man lol 450 Way to weak just my opinion . These bikes were and still are ( including xr600r ) 4 stroke are crazy power but the ride style is different. On the 450 You just down shift let off Into corner and hard out of it. On these u steer with the rear tire lol it’s true skid in sideways and leave sideways lol . Power always useable again tho that’s my opinion .

@5tr41ghtGuy

2 жыл бұрын

@@elitecystuning yep, those 450's are fsckn' WEAK! What I can't figure out is, why they have dominated the Baja 1000 for so many years?

@elitecystuning

2 жыл бұрын

@@5tr41ghtGuy so did the 600r 93 model to be exact and kx500s Larry rosler Scott summers bud. How many times do I have to plead my case when I own all three 😂

Love hearing these start up, the sound of my childhood 👍

She's a runner ain't she. The 50 cal of MX bikes

I have a 185 RWHP Busa and the fastest thing I ever rode was my cousins built KX500 back in the 80's. It scarred the lining $hit out of me.

@jhenry7406

2 жыл бұрын

Same here,95kx 500, modified,was a freinds if mine, across a coal road,thru a 4foot ditch like it wasn't there,thru a field back thru that ditch right back to the owners loving hands! He spent the weekend throwing rocks at everyone with his roost

@mikerieck306

2 жыл бұрын

@@jhenry7406 Awesome machines....man once again figured out how to build something that was just about unridable. I'd start in 2nd gear....I should have tried in 3rd.....what an F'ing beast.

@doylee469

2 жыл бұрын

Uhh i dont think so.. a honda 500 isnt doing almost 200mph like a busa does

@justin6307

2 жыл бұрын

@@doylee469 he meant quickness not top speed turd.

@jaket7716

2 жыл бұрын

@@doylee469 busa is built for speed and feels safer and more stable going fast, a 500 is big bore bicycle that has the seating position of a moped, and still can do like 85 on a dirt road

Rick Johnson was an animal on that bike. I wanted an 86 so bad when I was 14 but it was brand new and expensive. I saved up over three summer jobs and bought a used 84 air cooled CR 500 when I was 17. Damn that was amazing coming off of a 125 up to 500!

@renaecampbell5780

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up out in the country with no cable tv. Motocross would be on occasionally on the few antennae channels we had. Rick Johnson had me glued to those broadcasts. I also drooled over that bike back then. I was 13yrs old. I saved for one but ended up settling in a 250r trike....it was a rocket ship. But def not a cr500

@bones6173

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah floor g84 old are cool that was a beast

I bought one brand new in 86! She would fly !!!!!!💞♥️🇺🇸

Good to see another part of the world still enjoying these blasts from the past...greetings from Sydney Australia.....

Everytime Kaplan does a cr 500 video the price of my cr 500 goes up keep them coming sir good work 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘🤘

Great! My 490yz felt the same.. A crazy horse, back in the day!.

In my teens I rode the 495 KTM, 490 Maico, 490 Husqvarna and the 500 Honda up to about “85”. I weighed 145 lbs. what a blast. I raced 125’s but the 500’s were a thrill!

I had that same bike many years ago. LOVED that bike. The way I learned to start the big 500's was to turn on the gas and turn on the choke then lay the bike on the ground until I saw a puddle of gas on the ground then pick it up and kick once and done. Trick worked just as well on my KX500. Cannot remember the year of the KX500 but it was the last year before inverted forks. Was my favorite dirt bike I ever owned.

@codenamenoob4973

2 жыл бұрын

Don't see people's logic in laying the bike over, all you're doing is emptying the float bowl which gets refilled the instant you pick it back up maybe if it's old fuel in there I can understand that but leaving it filled in the first place for any length of time is a bad idea 🙈

@georgehunter4023

2 жыл бұрын

@@codenamenoob4973 It literally primes some of that fuel into the cylinder. 1 to 2 kicks max starting that way.

Such a sweet looking older 500 in stunning good condition. The shape of the pipe is really nice.

The right off idle torque monster.. Allmost stupefying power right above idle. It will last forever because you'll never need to rev it.

I was waiting for Larry to jump on, and just send it! 😂

I love how it's ripping wheelies as you barely crack the throttle. What a machine🤘

@elitecystuning

2 жыл бұрын

4 stroke with (pumper carb) feel Just like a 2 stroke 👍

I'm proud of ya'll you've got your helmets on.

Thats so badass!! The stance, the colour, the sound.. Wow

Nice one Ken...I was born in Newburgh and grew up in Walden. Right across the street and field from my house was a place called Louie's and Walden Playboys had races there...2 stroke heaven!!! I remember sneaking in as a kid and one time I was right up against the fence and got hit by a bike! Legendary days there! 70's...

Loop out Larry lol, that 500 he looped sure did bruise his ass up, another badass bike Kap 👍💪

@michiganmafiamx5543

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking this as soon as I saw him..

@Cody_4

2 жыл бұрын

@@michiganmafiamx5543 it bruised him up baaad lol (not funny, but funny )

@rickyhineman4124

2 жыл бұрын

Poor Larry is never going to live that down haha

@Cody_4

2 жыл бұрын

We better leave Larry alone he might break all Kaps back fenders lol

I'm gonna get into dirt bikes soon. Cut my teeth on homebrew dual sports, moved onto an Africa Twin in 2018. I want to take it to the next level and do some real riding on a track and trails. This channel keeps me drooling over these bikes.

@sethbolin5145

2 жыл бұрын

Get a 2 stroke Kawasaki their bullet proof and great bikes for beginners!!!!

@yzmoto80

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man... you haven’t touched anything until you have thrown your leg over a “closed course competition only” two smoke bike. That would be your YZ, CR, KX, RM, SX..... THEY ALL AIM TO PLEASE AT THE STARTING GATE...CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON ! Oh...and hold the hell on my friend, when you feel her start to talk back !!! That would be the “POWa BAND !!! 😂😂

@anthonytamilio9501

2 жыл бұрын

That Africa twin must be pretty fuckin awosem

@AnyMotoUSA

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonytamilio9501 I mean, its just ok on the trails and thats what I'm wanting to get into. A bit too heavy to be picking up. Fun on the gravel and highways though. Put 70k on it in 4 years ish.

@Junior-fd8ux

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnyMotoUSA wow 70k in 4 years. I love to hear that, really admire guys who enjoying riding that much. Def grab yourself a 2stroke brother. Take your time and find a nice unmolested one...or if you want to spend more get a new ktm or another new 2stroke.. Personally id find a cr250 lol. Yamahas are great...i mean as long as there a 2 stroke there all great lol.

So glad this guy got this bike! Id seen this up for auction and it kept coming up. Kept thinking, someone is missing out on a serious bit of kit! Tear up the 4 strokes Ryan! You bought my favourite bike👌🤙

@stephencowley8585

2 жыл бұрын

You can tell it really means something to him. Cool to see, would love to loop it out a few times lol.

It'slitterally like a breath of FRESH AIR ! whenever I watch this channel

As a rider and racer years ago who rode an 86 CR500 I agree completely!

What an awesome bike!congrats on your new bike man!

The sound of a big bore cr 500 is absolutely pure awesome,brings back soo many memories of my high school years 1979 I was running a maico 490 and buddy had a husky 390,in a drag both bikes were neck to neck

Always starts on the last kick

I noticed you got a nice little Honda Twin Star sitting there? My dad had a 185 TwinStar when I was 11 years old and I used to take off on it when he was at work. Awesome 👌

As much as I love the sound of that cr500, the whole video I'm trying to get a good look at the minty cb400 off to the side, both are jewels!

Respect for putting adds at the end 👍watched them both and didn’t skip lol

Looks like another happy customer! Great work fellas!

une pur beauté la 500 cr 1986 la moto magnifique. une tres belle restauration superbe

Stay safe on that beast. Sounds beautiful!

I love the vids u put out kapp. Im from Australia were in lockdown now for over a month but i have been watching all ur vids and it helps with the time go by. Keepem coming thx for all the vids and time u take to make them. Ur a legend buddy

@oblivianation9759

2 жыл бұрын

That's a tyrannical germ you have over there. Praying you find some disinfectant and use it.

@elitecystuning

2 жыл бұрын

I back that 💯🔥🔥

That cr500 is epic! Good memories!

Jr is getting huge!! Lol keep doing that workout brother great for the business I see. Got going on!! Congratulations on another one!!

Roger Decoster once rode Jacky Martens works husky 610. He said it was the fastest bike he ever rode. I myself had a 91 610 that was built for the 4 stroke nationals. It was insanely fast. Ported,cam,lightened flywheel,pipe.sweet cr500.

Love those old 500’s, I will say, I had an 87’ CR430 Husqvarna that smoked many many Honda CR500’s. Didn’t handle as well as the Honda but straight line performance was insane. Love all you do!

@ronshoemake6889

2 жыл бұрын

I had that same Husqvarna in 88 and it was a freaking beast and in 90 I picked up a cr500 and a friend and I would race them against each other and the Husqvarna always one. Anyways, that's a nice, clean cr500 you have there. Have fun and be careful because it will bite you if you don't respect it.. I gave up riding dirt bikes but still ride street on my 2012 ZX14R.

@fishfire_2999

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronshoemake6889 Thunkin bout getting another dirt bike wanna ride traffic just way out of control where I'm at ✌

I wouldn't trust myself on that thing for even 5 minutes. It looks incredible with those lettered tires and gold rims and chain. Absolutely wicked color scheme!

Be still my beating heart, what a beauty! Love the white letters!

Your doing gods work. Thanks!

"Probably not a good idea to start it in sneakers." No truer words have ever been spoken!

2 stroke nostalgia....they always seem to excite folk who rode them!Lucky buggers

Super Cool! Clean bike. I rode a cr480 as a kid, couldn’t believe the speed and torque..scary!

Good lord guys I m commenting early in the video... what a gorgeous bike .. you guys do amazing work on these old but great machines..

I had an 85 and a 86. Loved them miss them

I’ve been on a 6 days edition 300 gasgas for 6 years now and I definitely want to try one of those!!🏴‍☠️

That dude got some sweet bikes! Pretty cool to see the sale. 👍

Wow, that thing's awesome!! Best CR year ever with that iconic seat logo, I love it 💕 She's a rippa, itsa monsta 👍

You guys are living the dream

Old dirt bike riders like me who love and rode these bikes back in the day should always read the comments bye the many folks that watch your videos. Very informative and fun stuff to read. You really miss out if you don’t read them. You guys have created quite the cult following here!

I grew up near Newburgh. Back in the 70's you could ride back behind Stewart Air Force Base. There were miles of trails and a motocross track. It was a dirt bike riders wet dream.

Had an 82' 480R that was an absolute beast! The iconic 500 was THE 2 stroke monster!

Nice machine! Iv never experienced the CR500 unfortunately but I rode a 88 model KX500 it was bloody crazy👊

@MrElliott1979

2 жыл бұрын

I had the 86 CR500 and the 88 KX500, the KX had more torque definitely in my opinion.

On a motocross track choose 2nd and feather. Play riding 3rd gear starts are a blast. I love my 86 !!

difficult start!! beautyfull badass machine ,pipe ,fork,frame 👍

There was nothing better than the height of 1986 with Ricky Johnson and Jeff Ward battling it out on their CR 500 and KX 500 respectively! Braaaaaaaap

Coisa linda de se ver e ouvir eu em particular nunca vi um motor desse ligado na minha frente ñ temos no brasil

Another Great vedeo fellas 👏 I enjoying hearing that 2str. noise I'm shaking just when I watched 😃👍 I remember when I had my KX500 🤔 this is a best filling when we driving this caind of beast 😃😃👏👌👍 this caind of bikes it's a hilarious 😂 😃 😄 😁 more time in air than on asphalt 😃🤣👏👌👌👍 cheers fellas take care of the 500cc 2str. that's a queen 👍👋

Absolute mint👌still one of the best looking bikes there is👍

@Bigbob458

2 жыл бұрын

@@tcrooks25 hahaha!! Defo pal.

I bought once of these (same year) back in the early 90s because I always wanted one. I'm not a big guy like you and I can tell you it was a nightmare to start and it a good way to injure yourself. The power was ridiculous -- not enjoyable on trails. My off road experience was numerous 125cc MX bikes (my first a '75 CR125 new). This 500 is best suited for open high speed riding and sand dunes. I only rode it a couple times and then sold it. I feared it more than the '75 Kaw H2 I had in college in the mid-80s -- that's saying something.

@tomatopotato1218

2 жыл бұрын

You're the type of guy to entertain yourself while youre wife hangs out with the boyfriend lmao 🤣

Nothing better than a two stroke sound in 20 life times there epic monsters the smell was like a pizza shop on Main Street at night driving by insane power from These old bikes it’s a forever love after you had your first two stroke dirt bike there was nothing that could compare

Just picked up a mint 01 cr250, and I thought that thing was fast😂 awesome bike!!

@cesarcesar8545

2 жыл бұрын

Your 250 is fast as my KX250 and ride right along with the 500 on track :)

@CainSample

2 жыл бұрын

Your cr250 isn't much slower than a cr500....500 just has more torq n no bog that the 250 has

@TheCeki1982

2 жыл бұрын

What do you run in these engines : oil mix, brand and percentage? In y SX125 I use Interceptor at 2.5 percent. The gearbox : 10w40 also Amsoil. I just want to know other peoples opinion. Thanks. Grtz

@s1ckksn0w

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCeki1982 I run atf type f in the gearbox it requires more frequent fluid changes but it’s cheap and feels good shifting

@FirstNameLastName-ul5mj

2 жыл бұрын

@| Little fucker. I run Castrol 927 at 32:1

Beautiful machine absolute monster gotta love it..

That bike is killer wow so crisp sounding

Wayne Netherland again , please give us more videos , I’ve got to where every time I stop working I want to watch y’all , give us a videos of one of them grave yard 2 stroke finds and how they tear them down and clean them up that stuff is cool

Thank you Ken for this cold start👍 I just posted more vids trailriding my 84 cr500👍✌️

You are so living the dream !!!!!!!!

We love the cold start videos

I worked at Portland Honda during the shuttle crash during the time of this bike an this bike was popular! One thing I remember, make sure mixes are correct an good fuel. (That's issue your working on now). 250CR was popular too! They were taking bikes out to Colton tree farms around Mt. Hood!

I still love the back bone on the older bikes way more then the newer bikes

Ryan is one lucky fella! That bike is mint!

For those who never ridden a 500 especially a cr500 it's a job. The bike takes you for a ride you just hold on tight and hope your buddy's behind you have on plenty of riding gear lol, It will throw boulders lol

I never had that much trouble starting mine, you guys are a couple of Twinkies

I always tilt my 87 cr500 on its side till i see gas come out the overflow on the carb...then get it on compression stroke and kick it like a mule....she comes to life every time....2 strokes forever

Mean, mean machines. We used to do 4th gear no clutch wheelies on mine. Absolutely insane power

Love watching your videos and wishing I could get the wizard tune on my kx500

@robertreighard6102

2 жыл бұрын

What’s the odds of getting some info from The wiz

Captain that made me laugh when you said "put it in fourth and let it eat"... I was at a Hill Climb a week ago and someone yelled to one of the contestants "let it eat son" , I instantly thought of you, lol.😎

@tommypetrie21

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to have that sayung in my head when I'm flat track racing between getting on the brake and back on the throttle to steer!

Sometimes i take for granted how easy my 2015 rmz is to start compared to the older bikes

Do you have a 1983 CR125R you could do a video on? One of the funnest bikes I ever owned as a teen!! I can't find but one cheesy video on some old junk piece ,, there's nothing about the 83" 125 250. There's a few about the 83'480R. I'd just like to see what one looks like today in profile, and of course a little rippin up the grass for shits and giggles!! Great videos,,, keep em coming ..God bless Kaplan America!!

My 92 CR 500 Started the 2nd kick after sitting for 16 years !!! I was hopping on the FIRST !!!!!

@rockyesterline7942

2 жыл бұрын

I had a 1986 A 1992 and a 1998 all CR 500s and the fastest bike I ever road was my 92 CR 500 this friend of mine was on the Jeremy McGrath Yahama team Riding a brand new CR 250 Honda He was on my tail at Carlsbad California Track and could not catch me and the 250 are suppose to be faster on a track that's how fast my 92 RC500 was !! and to mention never got beat at ocotillo Wells or Glaims but I had a lot of porting cylinder head and carburetor work and pipe work done to The bike !!!!

Man, beautiful bike! Just like I remember them in the 80's. It looks like new right out of the shipping container. Was it restored?

Hi kaplan I am a fat 62 year old former exclusively open bike racer.love your video's they make my hands shake again. 75 360 bultaco pursang 76 maico 400.with points and condenser. Only ran when it wanted too.79 Yamaha 400 with low 426 kit.82 rm465 with that crazy 17 inch metzeler rear tire conversion bunch of hop ups fastest bike ever. Missed the 78 ktm 400.best most reliable bike.quit for awhile.then a 91 cr500.never even rode a 4 stroke. Sorry for the long comments. You are my new super hero. Later bro Norm

@KaplanCycles

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Norm! ML&R

Had a 89 those bikes leave an impression on you never forget .

you wanna take it for a ride? man hesitates......you got a helmut for it? man i felt ya that thing is a beast

I've wanted a KX500 super moto ever since watching Eddie Lawson on wide world of sports/superbikers. And an XR750. 🤔

I have rode a 86 CR 500 it’s a powerful bike but after owning riding a 1984 CR 500 nearly killing myself in a sandpit I figured I would be better off riding a 250 of the reason I like twisting the throttle way to much. One thing is for sure you definitely have to realize respect who’s the boss when you ride the 500s

I did a hole shot in a big sandy gulch 2cnd gear a 76 yamaha trials bike until then I thought the vision of flying behind the handlebars was a joke it hooked up real good!

Years back attending Virginia city grand prix. A local on a cr500 was tearing up the factory riders on pro day, day 2 is amateurs and nostalgic class.

My friend had an 86 cr500. What a loud beast

Awesome..... Best color CR ever!

love all your vids, also a CT native, long shot do you have a 80 or so honda cb 750 k for sale? would love to replicate my dad's old bike

Had a maico 490 sand 🕷. I also had a 250 both were the best experiences of my life. I'll never forget those times. After you hear that first "pop" out of the exhaust. It's only a matter of time before you'll be flyin.

Love it! Another happy 2s dude(

You can't beat the 2stroke Crossers I loved them all.

Pure music!

Damn that thing sounds good!

I love how the expansion chamber is shaped to fit perfectly in with the side plastics. Or maybe it’s the other way around idk. This bike is an absolute missile though. Not for the faint of heart.

What I wanna know is, Where are these guys getting all these vintage parts? I cant even find a new expansion chamber , among other things, for my 96 RM125. Please advise. Thx...

My old neighbor bought a brand new one when I was a kid. He used to blast it up and down our alley once in a while. Seems like he could go from one end of the block to the other in like 3seconds, with the front wheel off the ground the entire time.