Stock 1998 Cr500 Vs. Mod 1989 Cr500

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • Thought I'd kick off the year with some sweet 2 stroke noise from these dream Cr500 's from Travis Sawyer & Ben Probst. More to come!
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Комментарии • 227

  • @MrEliasdl
    @MrEliasdl Год назад +43

    If you've never ridden one, you will never realize the balls it takes to stay wide open throttle on a CR500 for more than three seconds in that situation.

    • @fearoshima666
      @fearoshima666 4 месяца назад +1

      Love the powerband 😂😂😂

    • @StevieDee73
      @StevieDee73 3 месяца назад

      My balls definitely aren’t big enough, thing almost ripped my arms off 😂

    • @iv9252
      @iv9252 Месяц назад

      Fucking crazy evil this bike

    • @shaneconrad7816
      @shaneconrad7816 6 дней назад

      You got that right

  • @KaplanCycles
    @KaplanCycles Год назад +102

    Amazing skills to manhandle the mighty CR500R like that!

    • @waferzworld
      @waferzworld Год назад +8

      We want to see you on a track ripping!

    • @wiiumad1342
      @wiiumad1342 Год назад +3

      Did you not know modern 450fs torque and hp will rip these old things to shreds

    • @KaplanCycles
      @KaplanCycles Год назад

      FACT; Modern 450 has 20% LESS tourqe and 1 hp less than any 80"s stock cr 500. Truth bought to you by the heartbreaker the DYNO. all others are liars living in a dreamworld.

    • @harleydavidson6851
      @harleydavidson6851 Год назад +4

      Myyyy Goddd! Makes me ( Feel) 40 yrs younger JUST WATCHIN that!! TIME is truly A THIEF!! God Bless....

    • @TopRevs
      @TopRevs Год назад +7

      @@wiiumad1342 sure buddy😂

  • @dennismillus4581
    @dennismillus4581 Год назад +4

    For the record the 98 is not stock. It has an after market pipe. Lol just saying. I wish you guys would race the 500's you do have against the new 450 4pukes.

  • @jayb9687
    @jayb9687 Год назад +8

    You haven't lived until you've ridden a CR500

  • @thecommonsenseconservative5576
    @thecommonsenseconservative5576 Год назад +3

    The only problem I have with a 500 is that it doesn't have enough power.
    Said no one ever

  • @TheHemiphil81
    @TheHemiphil81 Год назад +2

    My saying has always been, riding a cr500 is like fighting a gorilla in a phone booth 😊...

  • @someoneyouknow96
    @someoneyouknow96 Год назад +24

    Well the 89 looks the best. One of the best looking bikes ever produced.

  • @johnnygross4415
    @johnnygross4415 Год назад +2

    500 Kawasaki cool too

  • @jumpingjoe628
    @jumpingjoe628 Год назад +15

    While racing in the Northeast with ACR I’ve had (2) 85 CR500s, an 86 CR500, a 91 CR500, a 99 CR500 supermoto street legal and also an aluminum frame 05 450 chassis with my 91 engine that Mickey Kessler built me. With all the free riding I did not one other bike beat them in a drag race. Wasn’t even close. My #1 85 CR500 was the fastest and most violent power delivery out of them all. That one was modded by Joel Macdonald in south Jersey, fully ported, head modded, DG pipe and silencer, RAD Valve and a 42mm carb. Had that one the longest out of them all till I got back into more modern 2-strokes. Got a 06 CR250 with a Chad Watts modded / rebuilt engine that has holeshotted 450s on the regular. 2-strokes for life!!!

    • @tommywallbanger
      @tommywallbanger Год назад +2

      I'm 2 stroke for life that's for sure but I'm happy with 200 cc's. I've never rode anything bigger than a 250. I had an RM 250 and I've ridden other people's CR 250's, YZ 250's and KX 250's. I have been on the back of a YZ 490 and once I rode a CRF 450 4 stroke. Maybe I would own something like that out in the dessert but my KTM 200 is plenty for me. I tucked a 200 SX engine into a 150 SX frame to get linkage rear suspension. If I ever went for another 250 it would be a YZ 250 because of the KYB SSS suspension or maybe a Beta 250 dual sport. I can't even imagine the power that a 500 cc 2 stroke has.

    • @j.thomas7128
      @j.thomas7128 Год назад +2

      I remember the days of swapping out of the dome in the head and using a thin copper head gasket to raise compression. Then spending hours trying to tune the volume of the expansion pipe.... Good times!

  • @wtfftw24
    @wtfftw24 Год назад +19

    Long live two strokes ❤️

    • @TheFox2racing
      @TheFox2racing Год назад +1

      Amen brother took the words out of my mouth.👍

  • @zackk695
    @zackk695 Год назад +2

    I miss those 2 strokes and motocross all together. What they have now is a joke and poorly run. The AMA needs to be shut down and a new organization set up where all races are reported and riders gets points and rankings per state. The small things like the sound of the 4 strokes is just bad. It affects the overall sport. I would love to see the right person get a hold of the sport and get it to where it should be.

  • @termuxx.
    @termuxx. Год назад +5

    Bro is riding a 500 like a 125

  • @michaelagius8853
    @michaelagius8853 Год назад +11

    I dont think I've seen a 500 thrown around like that. Wow guys allot of skills.
    The 89 is My pick for sure. That one sounds of its head and yet looks so planted and stuck.
    Loved the vid . 👌🏽

  • @mvcvm6398
    @mvcvm6398 Год назад +6

    We had an '86 CR 500, with some mods. It destroyed everything I came across.

  • @fooliganvlogs
    @fooliganvlogs Год назад +10

    Awesome video. Mines almost done, can’t wait now 😂

    • @weekendwarriorsmx
      @weekendwarriorsmx  Год назад +4

      There’s plenty more 500 content on my channel that will make the wait worse 😂

    • @randydoan7536
      @randydoan7536 Год назад +1

      love my 91 cr500

  • @7080nik
    @7080nik Год назад +38

    I recall back in mid 80's, even the top tier pro riders were saying that the '85 CR 500 was just too powerful. Very violent. Way too cool!!

    • @Mr1Tanker
      @Mr1Tanker Год назад +1

      I had an '85. Fast AF...especially with the 6" Nankang rear tire i had on it. What a bitch to start though... usually just bump-started it, to save my ankle.

    • @shreader327
      @shreader327 Год назад

      I had a 86. They were way too much for the track but damn were they ever a amazing trail bike.

    • @7080nik
      @7080nik Год назад +1

      @@shreader327 Thats what I mostly rode...trails in northern Michigan. I was big strong rider back then. 6'3" 225. I rode a 250 RM Suzuki. I jumped on a buddies '85 CR500 and hit some big sandy berms. That 500 wanted to stretch my arms out pulling thru those berms . Thats when I really noticed the power. The 250 would bog down just a bit and just wouldnt pull nowhere near that 500. I wanted a CR500 since then!

    • @pabloescobar7802
      @pabloescobar7802 Год назад +2

      Same .. I had a YZ 490 and it was just scary fast ... very violent power band .. but what a rush

    • @jamieteal2107
      @jamieteal2107 Год назад

      @@pabloescobar7802👍🇦🇺

  • @rex.d4810
    @rex.d4810 Год назад +12

    Great riders on great bikes awesome to watch and especially to listen. Love that 89!! 2 stroke for life!!

  • @KN-lq4zv
    @KN-lq4zv Год назад +3

    I remember getting roosted by Michael Byrne in the late 90’s, he was on one of those, was like getting shot in the chest with a shot gun. He as immediately a long way in front.

  • @Lightspeeders
    @Lightspeeders Год назад +2

    Not really stock 1998

  • @ioanngeo006
    @ioanngeo006 Год назад +3

    The CR 500 of 1989 is the best Moto Cross bike ever..

  • @BIG_BODWELL
    @BIG_BODWELL Год назад +12

    absolutely tearing it up!!!! i love it keep these 500 videos coming

  • @JohnBoyDeere
    @JohnBoyDeere Год назад +6

    Worked with Magoo in the 80's and was speechless as he would o 3rd gear starts with a 4 speed transmission on a CR480 hole shoting the rest of the boys by several bike lengths every time! RIP Magoo..

    • @tommywallbanger
      @tommywallbanger Год назад +1

      I was wondering what gear those guys take off in at the start with one of those big monsters. I had a 1984 KX 80 when I was a kid and I used to take off in 4th gear with a hand full of throttle. Probably my favorite bike ever.

  • @albundy6804
    @albundy6804 Год назад +9

    Man you can see how the 89 is just aggressive!!

  • @garylivingston9052
    @garylivingston9052 Год назад +2

    love the sound of those bikes! so much better that those obnoxious 4 strokes. Crisp, clean power. Braaaaaap!

  • @robbocop33r12
    @robbocop33r12 Год назад +2

    I was getting arm pump just watching that! ;-)

  • @lance4217
    @lance4217 Год назад +4

    CR500, the Undisputed King of Dirt Bikes🏁🏁

  • @polarbear751
    @polarbear751 Год назад +3

    Can be modded to the max but if rider can't hang on not get arms ripped off old mate on the stock bike probley just as fast if not faster takes a special rider tame a 500

  • @freeradical6390
    @freeradical6390 Год назад +9

    one of the best sounds on planet Earth! Makes me want to go ride my 97!

  • @LMActionsports
    @LMActionsports Год назад +6

    You sir are a dying breed of talent. That bike will definitely separate the boys from the men. And you are riding it like it should be ridden. Too bad they don’t have a 500 class like back in the day.

    • @weekendwarriorsmx
      @weekendwarriorsmx  Год назад +3

      Thank you! A lot of 500 content will be on this channel this year so don’t miss out.

  • @saxon1177
    @saxon1177 Год назад +3

    I'm still waiting on the VS.

  • @navydad1475
    @navydad1475 8 месяцев назад +1

    Had a buddy with a 85 CR500. I crashed every time I rode it. It’s truly a man’s bike.

  • @camronbay1
    @camronbay1 Год назад +3

    Man I miss riding these bikes.

  • @zachfarkash6430
    @zachfarkash6430 Год назад +5

    Both really good bikes and both sound amazing not to mention the Riders riding them are awesome dude to be able to handle those mad machines. I used to have an 85 CR500 that thing was a beast.

  • @mrdjangofreeman5560
    @mrdjangofreeman5560 Год назад +2

    Definitely a beautiful bike and sound, designed for biiiig balls only, lol !

  • @jm7488
    @jm7488 Год назад +2

    Both those bikes are beautiful, my last smoker was a 94 kx125, I kick myself for not keeping it 😢

  • @kylecolby3581
    @kylecolby3581 Год назад +6

    I love to see big CC 2 strokes making a comeback

    • @tommywallbanger
      @tommywallbanger Год назад +1

      right I see these videos all the time on RUclips lately.

  • @AZTB
    @AZTB Год назад +8

    Love watching these 500’s come back to life. My dad had an 87 CR 500 and watching videos like this brings back great memories….something about the sound of a 500 at start up and launching off the gate can be compared to the effect one gets from hearing the cannon run on an A-10. Brrrrrrrraaaaapppppppp

    • @juniorcarney16
      @juniorcarney16 Год назад +3

      Never heard it described like that (Warthog),but now I'll never be able to get it out of my head

    • @juniorcarney16
      @juniorcarney16 Год назад +3

      Only difference is you MITE still be alive after hearin the CR!

    • @jamieteal2107
      @jamieteal2107 Год назад +1

      @@juniorcarney16well said

  • @greensocks4507
    @greensocks4507 Год назад +3

    Good watch. Got an '01 CR in the barn under cover, zero time. And 1989 was 34 years ago. Far out. Wonder if you'll see videos like this about early model CR450s ? I'm a KX500 man but love the big Hondas. Thanks for the post.

    • @weekendwarriorsmx
      @weekendwarriorsmx  Год назад +1

      Possibly and I’ll probably be the pilot for the video haha! Here’s some kx action for you.
      ruclips.net/video/NdOFlsbBYm8/видео.html

  • @rahkinrah1963
    @rahkinrah1963 Год назад +2

    I'll pick the '89. It has more "character".

  • @77bronc14
    @77bronc14 Год назад +1

    The CR500 was the king of the hill, no other big bores even came close

  • @junekatana78
    @junekatana78 Год назад +2

    That sound is 🎶🎶🎶

  • @ridin_solo
    @ridin_solo Год назад +4

    never seen a weekend warrior that rips and whips like that...GREAT RIDING!

  • @F3502000
    @F3502000 Год назад +1

    '89 is the best looking CR!

  • @Dirtydrock001
    @Dirtydrock001 Год назад +2

    89 fav year number one for me then 95 and 96

  • @MtlDeath
    @MtlDeath Год назад +1

    I had a '85 stock cr 500 when i was teenager back n 80's, 1 my favorite bikes ever, wish idda kept it.. still ride cr250's have a 99 thats great.. but nothin compares that.. n im gettin old as fk.. but still love ridin.

  • @albertosoro932
    @albertosoro932 Год назад +2

    Ottime moto...e ottime 500 da cross a due tempi... Con un ottimo video!💚🤍❤️💪👍

  • @viktorkarlsson4900
    @viktorkarlsson4900 7 месяцев назад +1

    Man I miss my Cr500. At the gates your pulserate was 220 bpm because you never new what is was gonna do to you.

  • @boatlover2296
    @boatlover2296 Год назад +2

    Those were the days

  • @salmanpradita4969
    @salmanpradita4969 Год назад +1

    Aku suka motornya keren

  • @o.s.p.r1490
    @o.s.p.r1490 Год назад +2

    Bring back the 500

  • @DaveBegotka
    @DaveBegotka Год назад +2

    Nice Bikes! The KX500 is faster

    • @weekendwarriorsmx
      @weekendwarriorsmx  Год назад

      Kx500 AF Stock Vs. Mod
      ruclips.net/video/NdOFlsbBYm8/видео.html

    • @DaveBegotka
      @DaveBegotka Год назад

      @@weekendwarriorsmx I saw that one great vid! My KX500 made 68hp at 600 feet above sea-level the compression was so high i broke the kick starter and had a pit guy with a spare and wrench on the starting line whenever i raced...it started easier at Pikes Peak but you start at like 9000 feet above sea level.....on a dynojet inertia dyno

  • @wayneholford9796
    @wayneholford9796 Год назад +1

    Just a proper insight to true moto x

  • @davewin1792
    @davewin1792 Год назад +1

    None of these "500 two stroke" videos are truly representative of how people rode them back in the day. The tracks weren't balls to the walls, and if anything, we would lug the motor and be a gear or two too high in the corners :) There was a time when riders tried to conserve energy and not ride like maniacs.

    • @j.j.3391
      @j.j.3391 Год назад +2

      Yeah it's kind of insane that it's the norm to ride a dirt bike like a maniac now. It started with Carmichael, Reed, and Stewart when a lot of people rode for fun and they made it next level competitive. I can't even fathom trying to ride in a race with the way things are, so instead I just ride by myself for fun in the mountains and desert where it's okay to suck at dirt biking.

  • @christianrabe7984
    @christianrabe7984 Год назад +1

    The red colour with the white wing logo are the best looking CR's

  • @Jesus-Biker
    @Jesus-Biker Год назад +1

    Motorsport vom Feinsten...❤

  • @davidwagner8776
    @davidwagner8776 Год назад +1

    definitely a sound we all miss. i had the 1983 rm 500. was a screamer also with full floater suspension.

  • @jayparvin2897
    @jayparvin2897 Год назад +2

    Sweet music to my ears!!

  • @ogmundurgretar4506
    @ogmundurgretar4506 Год назад +1

    Both bikes have bin mod both have after market exhausts so this is not right.

  • @brycedalleygabrielsen5724
    @brycedalleygabrielsen5724 Год назад +1

    You rip brotha!

  • @giuliopisani6522
    @giuliopisani6522 Год назад +1

    l' 89 resta sempre la più bella di tutte!!!

  • @merdvded-mx4rt
    @merdvded-mx4rt Год назад +2

    CR500❤

  • @ediedi9972
    @ediedi9972 Год назад +1

    Aku lebih suka motocros yang 2 tak

  • @aleyuri9471
    @aleyuri9471 Год назад +2

    Che moto!!! Spettacolari!!!

  • @utubetrutharrowmichael-and9105
    @utubetrutharrowmichael-and9105 Год назад +2

    Sweet noise 2:45 perfect note 3:12

  • @doviziosodesmo3537
    @doviziosodesmo3537 Год назад +1

    Cr 500 1989 much Better!

  • @ivancalvoibanez3783
    @ivancalvoibanez3783 Год назад +2

    WoW beautiful rides

  • @zeusruger3588
    @zeusruger3588 Год назад +2

    I wonder how much faster and easier they are to ride with new suspension, I noticed they both have inverted forks, im sure it’s light years better than original right side up forks but how much better?

    • @weekendwarriorsmx
      @weekendwarriorsmx  Год назад +2

      World of difference. Not even fair.

    • @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443
      @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443 Год назад +2

      Actually, in '89 they were a huge leap backwards! Honda didnt really get the forks right untill '96, followed by a shock to match in '97. I went the Race Tech Gold Valve route with my '96, and its even better still, allmost on par with anything else out there, at least for me.

  • @СтасЕрушен
    @СтасЕрушен Год назад +1

    Такие мостики просто красава!!

  • @alfredoluisbaute1579
    @alfredoluisbaute1579 Год назад +1

    Que maravilla de máquina japonesa....

  • @Olsnedzy
    @Olsnedzy 8 месяцев назад +1

    Love these older 500 , they look amazing.

  • @rpmillerthree
    @rpmillerthree Год назад +1

    A friend had an 85 with the drum brake, I had the 91 250. That 500 was a beast and nearly put me in the hospital. Now his is gone and so is mine but I picked up a stock 90 500 for free. It runs perfectly, my friend just wasnt into it anymore and asked if I wanted it. I have thought of doing a gasgas or one from BVC offroad. I always hated the white frame. What to do?

  • @GatesRapes
    @GatesRapes Год назад +1

    Holy Armpump

  • @tubesockets120v
    @tubesockets120v Год назад +1

    It all comes down to the rider.

  • @peaceprayer595
    @peaceprayer595 Год назад +5

    Ok...I've made my choice. Both!

  • @tomparker962
    @tomparker962 Год назад +1

    What a lovely couple 😍

  • @borehole8631
    @borehole8631 Год назад

    I fucked that up guys. I thought it was the 88 vs 89 500.

  • @jgriffin5715
    @jgriffin5715 Год назад +1

    I actually thought you were going to drag race

    • @timmwhite9218
      @timmwhite9218 Год назад

      That would be impossible as it's the same rider on both bikes...

  • @sergeysamsonov5652
    @sergeysamsonov5652 Год назад +1

    Это просто пушка !!! Такой техникой уметь надо управлять. Я в 16 лет ,зимой тренироваться ездил на cz500 ,у нас в то врем только чезеты были. Это как раз 90 годы . Так я скажу ,в 16 лет побаивался я такую кубатуру . )))

  • @kentr2424
    @kentr2424 7 месяцев назад

    IIRC Honda and Kawasaki basically stopped developing their 500's after the 80's. The only things they'd change were the plastics and suspension settings. Still, they sound GREAT and I wish they were still making them.

  • @grabir01
    @grabir01 3 месяца назад

    Wanted to see a drag. I love the 400cc and larger 2 strokes.

  • @brihosk
    @brihosk 8 месяцев назад

    I watched Jeff Stanton, Jeff Ward and Ricky Johnson ride 500's at Budds Creek in 1990. Most of them would upshift as they rolled into tight corners then fan the clutch just a tad coming out and they were gone!

  • @19Jharris
    @19Jharris Месяц назад

    That was awesome boys !!
    Bring them back
    I can’t believe that people don’t want to see a 500 class anymore. Total chaos riding a man’s bike

  • @calvinhobbs89
    @calvinhobbs89 8 месяцев назад

    The power on the 98 is much smoother, I'd say, more controllable, but that's laughable.. props to the riders

  • @austinsonger388
    @austinsonger388 Год назад

    Now when you say stock. Are you talking internals. Cause that's not a stock exhaust system and that definitely changes the power plant!!!

  • @f5tornadeau
    @f5tornadeau Год назад

    “Do you know how to ride?”
    “Yes.”
    -watches video
    “Well, actually no…”

  • @stevenanderson2816
    @stevenanderson2816 Год назад +1

    Both great bikes

  • @brianhoffman4861
    @brianhoffman4861 14 дней назад

    Hanging on like fuck twisting the throttle wide open

  • @Rillust
    @Rillust 9 месяцев назад

    Gotta love how nasty that power band is. 4th gear and suddenly the front tire goes skyward lol.

  • @kirkdunn1379
    @kirkdunn1379 6 месяцев назад

    last big bore 2 st i had was an 87 CR500......so cal dez in the 80s

  • @Gatorinnola
    @Gatorinnola Год назад +4

    I wish I could ride my 89 like that. Awesome video.

  • @kopronko
    @kopronko Год назад

    Where is the video of the clickbait of starting on the line ??

  • @borehole8631
    @borehole8631 Год назад +1

    I would think the 88 has way better forks. Those 89 USD forks were brutal, I can't recall anybody anyone at that time that could make them work.

    • @charleswinters7129
      @charleswinters7129 Год назад +1

      I was a suspension development rider for Sudco in 89. I worked with Jake Thompson who was also the factory suspension guy. The secret was those cones on the top of the forks. They trapped the pressure from both the air and oil as the forks moved up. We had to put bigger holes to relieve pressure and they changed the shape of them slightly. Also revalued the fork for 1990. Certain factory rides had really stiff setting that they ran. It made an 89 CR 500 fork feel not that bad. Other factory riders had firm setting but they were really good. I had two different factory riders living next door to me and one other that would come and stay once in a while. I got to ride all the factory 500s-250s. They all had big horsepower. Made my PC motor not seem so fast. I couldn’t keep up to them but I had a good feel for suspension. If you put the 90 top cones in your 89 it made them much better.

    • @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443
      @dr.hugog.hackenbush9443 Год назад +1

      What about the propensity for the fork internals to gall and eat themselves up?

    • @j.j.3391
      @j.j.3391 Год назад +1

      None of these CR500s on RUclips have the stock suspension setup from back then. Some of them have better forks/shock than my brand new Gas Gas.

    • @weekendwarriorsmx
      @weekendwarriorsmx  Год назад +1

      @@j.j.3391 I did a video on this 89 that is all stock. Motor and suspension. You can see how terrible the suspension is. Let me know what you think.
      The Perfect 1989 CR500
      ruclips.net/video/__b6ZsaLLDo/видео.html

  • @StevenReaves-d7g
    @StevenReaves-d7g 8 месяцев назад

    That 89 sounds clean and ready too kick some ass 😊

  • @jimmy_dirtbike
    @jimmy_dirtbike 3 месяца назад

    Idk who the creator of this channel is, but I’ve got a 91 cr500 project that’s about to be done when Adam Millar send the cases back to me and 86 cr500 project in progress. I live in Spokane. Would be cool to link up and film so content!

    • @weekendwarriorsmx
      @weekendwarriorsmx  3 месяца назад +1

      I’d be honored!
      If you’re on Instagram you can dm me there! @motovan_zandt
      I’m in tri cities also!

    • @jimmy_dirtbike
      @jimmy_dirtbike 3 месяца назад

      @@weekendwarriorsmx i will be in your DMs dude!

  • @RubendaniloRodriguez
    @RubendaniloRodriguez 6 месяцев назад

    Que maquinas donde se consiguen una de estas

  • @brianhoffman4861
    @brianhoffman4861 14 дней назад

    What about xr5r500

  • @danielgery7692
    @danielgery7692 23 дня назад

    Je vote pour le retour du 2 temps !
    🇨🇵

  • @jewintheoven9442
    @jewintheoven9442 Год назад

    Do you know what you did for the forks on the 89? Trying to build a 89 cr 250 and the stock forks are terrible

    • @weekendwarriorsmx
      @weekendwarriorsmx  Год назад

      The trick is 2003 crf450 forks. That’s why this 89 rides so good. In this video you can see how terrible the 89 suspension is.
      The Perfect 1989 CR500
      ruclips.net/video/__b6ZsaLLDo/видео.html

  • @StevieDee73
    @StevieDee73 3 месяца назад

    That 89 is so sick 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @lesterliston4692
    @lesterliston4692 Год назад

    If you have balls of steel!!!