BATTLE OF THE BIG BORE 2 STROKES MONSON MA QUABOAG HILLCLIMB HONDA CR500R VS KAWASAKI KX500, H2 750

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Жыл бұрын

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@craigsnider5199 Жыл бұрын

Those 4 strokes absolutely SUKK !!

@freeradical431 Жыл бұрын

I have a 96-97 CR500. The frame and or swing arm was bent on the original 96 so I found a mint 97 frame and a 2001 swing arm for her. Extremely rare Noleen pipe, shortened FMF silencer- barely pokes out past the number plate, ported, head shaved. Shes a beast and I love her! Long live the CR500!

@nickacelvn 3 ай бұрын

The KX made more power! Sorry m8 the CR had the better chassis but the KX500 had the better engine.

@toddrunion2 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I never competed in any hillclimbs. I did go to watch a few of them. For anyone who has never been to one and just see video, and think 'aww this is easy', think again. Whether is a TV event or KZfaq video, you don't get a real feel to just how steep these hillclimb hills really are. Way steeper than any MX track hill I raced on in over 1000 moto's all over the US.

@Nvenus27 Жыл бұрын

The sound and smell of a 2 stroke….. Come on Honda get your head out of the butt and give us a 2023 or 2024 2-smoker!! Love this channel!! Especially the 2 stroke content. Thanks for the great entertainment!!

@JamesOtoole-mm5sj 6 ай бұрын

Óku

@sonnyseabury4051 Жыл бұрын

That first guy, on that's mindblowingly gorgeous CR 500, was badass!

@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын

Yea and it was super fast. those old honda bikes in that era could not be beat on the drags. And it was all power good bottom end too.

@GatesRapes Жыл бұрын

@@Mikefngarage YZ 490

@GatesRapes Жыл бұрын

Running a YZ 490 engine

@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын

@@GatesRapes WOW looked like a CR500 engine to me. first guy. They were fast. Rode lots of bikes in my time. The fastest bike I ever rode was a Suzuki Gs1150. On the street. pulled 1st second 3rd power wheelie sitting over the bars. finally came down in 3rd. IDK how fast I was going must have been over 100. slowed down then turned around. came back to my buddy and said. Well that will be the last time I ride this one. It is just too fun I will kill myself. He said I didnt think you were going to open it up. I said if I ride it and dont open it up then whats the point.

@Mikefngarage Жыл бұрын

@@GatesRapes I think you are referring to the one at about 6 minute mark. sounded like a YZ.

@joshuarainey6796 Жыл бұрын

The extent of my racing days were the eartly 2000's at Milan MI and Delta Oh. Wish I had someone like Ken cheering me on back then!

@mobilizedorb438 Жыл бұрын

im right outside of milan in dundee! small world

@joshuarainey6796 Жыл бұрын

@@mobilizedorb438 Oh cool! Im from romulus right by the airport.

@hazardousgarage9546 Жыл бұрын

And I’m in Toledo

@cristinaschmidt5542 Жыл бұрын

@joshtucker58 Жыл бұрын

Nice I raced Milan and delta on the weekends for years

@copula1930 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Holland Great video 😛

@sonnyseabury4051 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the awesome video, Brother. Laughing at that guy with the pink tutu. I was pulling for Mike Nardone on that beautiful red and white YZ 490. He was so damn close to the top. For his age of 67, he can still definitely more than hold his own! That girl on the KX 85, with the regular swingarm wheelbase did damn good for her age, even though she didn't make it to the top. I would love to try this hill on a 2 stroke dirtbike! Nicole O'Donnell did Awesome. That girl is bad to the bone, and can outride many of the men. I know her Father is Proud! I hope the girl on the KX 450 did well, and made it over the top!

@stupidhead9117 Жыл бұрын

Pulling?

@MrEliasdl Жыл бұрын

Not many bikes have the HP and Torque to get up the hill with as bad a start that that CR480 had. What an awesome motor.

@pabloescobar7802 Жыл бұрын

Man what a fun event to be a part of .. I don’t care how much 4 strokes evolve they will never have the appeal of the 2 stroke .. just can’t beat the sound and rush of riding one ..

@A-non-theist Жыл бұрын

Especially when 4 strokes run methanol.

@damn9274 3 ай бұрын

i mean the street bike engine sounding so good and it ripped

@randallburgess46 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful day at the hill climb! Thank you Ken,this was a great video! Super bikes and super people.

@chadjohnson2853 Жыл бұрын

Love absolutely love your passion brother thank you for keeping it alive

@bobg1219 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Sr. Love the hillclimb!

@joshuarainey6796 Жыл бұрын

Great people enjoying a great sport! Just doesnt get better or more American than that! Wish I were there

@joshuarainey6796 Жыл бұрын

Man Ken has just an awesome life!

@1980VINZ Жыл бұрын

Man I appreciate you a lot, you have a big generous young heart, lot of respect for that. Big salut 🫡 from France, ViNZ.

@savage22bolt32 Жыл бұрын

Ken, thank you very much for filming & posting this. I wanted to attend, but wasn't feeling well and couldn't ride up to Monson. You always do a great job behind the camera ❤ I felt like I was right there! PS, back in 1968 I tried the Monster on my 350 Ducati Scrambler. Unfortunately, I only made it about halfway up.

@davidbarber2010 Жыл бұрын

Look at video on you tube from France 🇫🇷 that’s hillclimb You guy’s not hill

@electrolytics Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Your videos are awesome.

@mcxr420 Жыл бұрын

Much love for the quaboag riders! Thanks Ken.

@H8er-Maker 11 ай бұрын

The stock wheel base really put the hill in perspective. Cameras don't do the terrain any justice. That CR480 was mint.

@jamessmith84240 Жыл бұрын

For anyone who has never had the pleasure of hearing a performance engine without any baffles close up... It is beyond a loud sound. It rattles through your entire body and smashes your eardrums to a flapping mess.

@raywebb7501 10 ай бұрын

Stand next to a top fuel, funny car on a test fire, 3 feet away, It almost robs your soul

@BryanClark-gk6ie 10 ай бұрын

Try standing on the mounting platform of 4 155mm cannons going off simultaneously on a battle ship.

@killswitch6673 Жыл бұрын

Great video ken I love this stuff

@mdemed Жыл бұрын

Love to watch these guys send it!

@cotyshotyou Жыл бұрын

Mad props to the guy on the yz426f that thing is freaking sweet man. One truly Great piece

@muzicfinder1 Жыл бұрын

That bike with the 4 cylinder street bike motor in it was narly!!!🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

@stoney-wan Жыл бұрын

Those Honda 2 strokes were on another level as usual 🤘

@donniebaker5984 9 ай бұрын

too bad nobody today knows the first thing about 2 strokes and why it is impossible for a four stroke naturally aspirated of the same displacement to make as much horsepower as a two stroke of the same displacement ..i happen to personally know the inventor of honda's two strokes and was his apprentice for eight years RIP "Pops" Yoshimura known all over the world as the greatest bike tuner of all times and the inventor of honda's Elsinore which i was apart of the development from the beginning up and till 1983 when i was told by a honda rep to keep my month shut about the major defect of every CX500 as none of them are success and will come apart

@adamotheloanguy Жыл бұрын

Great video. Love your commentary

@heldersilva5357 Жыл бұрын

excellent video, two-stroke engines are spectacular!

@justinsnyder6256 Жыл бұрын

Never saw the stick kickstand through the chain and wheel like that. Gotta remember that. What an amazing collection of bikes and to see them do what there made to. Thanks for bring us along bro. Or should I say wolverine lmao. U da man. Thankyou

@sgtliles30 Жыл бұрын

That guy on the Yamaha flew... 💪🇺🇲👍

@joshuarainey6796 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see how the Maico 700 would have done lol

@darbydrummer5298 3 ай бұрын

Looks like an absolute blast of a time.

@stevebloke5455 Жыл бұрын

Some good clean fun right there!!! Thanks for posting.

@stupidhead9117 Жыл бұрын

Clean?

@stevebloke5455 Жыл бұрын

@@stupidhead9117 Cleaner than drugs, crime or some other obnoxious behavior!!

@bryanwarm2471 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see this venue still in operation. I attended events here in the 1960's.

@randykindle6313 Жыл бұрын

Dad: what length do u want your swing arm to be? Me:YES

@ReptileAssylum 10 ай бұрын

Awesome mate I loved the Harleys too but all were great

@jamesmac4447 11 ай бұрын

Good lord! I don’t know why I found your channel a few days ago? I been thinking about getting a bike ? But that 4cyl bike was insane

@noahlindsey5100 Жыл бұрын

Just attended the American Hillclimb today in Oregonia Ohio at the devil's staircase. Seen some Cr500s. I was cheering them on all the way up👍🏁😎

@dimmacommunication Жыл бұрын

Didn't tought people from USA would buy Scalvini pipes ,probably cost hefty to import

@bigdude3603 Жыл бұрын

*thought😅

@dimmacommunication Жыл бұрын

@@bigdude3603 I'm Not native english

@darisgonzales2056 Жыл бұрын

Sep 30 DAILYGRIND 😁👍♥️♥️

@electrolytics Жыл бұрын

It's not "thought" anyways. It's "think" in your case. Rock on Andrea. Your English is great.

@bigdude3603 Жыл бұрын

@@electrolytics I said what I said 🤣

@mowerman60 11 ай бұрын

Had a KX500 in the late 80s,but I love the sound of those big 4 strokes nowadaays to be honest.

@b7shoota 8 ай бұрын

i still have my 85' xr80r im never selling that thing. still runs like its brand new too. my favorite bike of this whole video was that air cooled cr500. what an amazing bike.

@andrewwaggoner1831 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah!!! So cool thanks for sharing

@dougney3026 Жыл бұрын

👍 Watching your channel 👍 What happened old school 70s just taking your reg CR 250 RM 250 and just rip up the hill . Who needs all the extra swing arm 😜

@roymartin4771 5 ай бұрын

Love the old bikes. We had a alcohol fed yz465 in a micro-midget. Dad sold the car i put it back on the bike,still on alcohol. Whaaaaat a rrrruuush!! Mom cought us jumping the creek into the cornfield,made trade it for half a beef.😭 None the riders around would ride it....not enough sack.

@joelmcintyre3061 Жыл бұрын

Bro, you very closely resemble one of the characters on airplane repo. Great coverage of the event.

@metalted6128 Жыл бұрын

Great video!! Great widow maker bikes!! Bad ass!!!

@fmap4life Жыл бұрын

I can smell the mix now!

@yachtie75 9 ай бұрын

Saw you walk past a yz250s 86 , do you have footage of it?

@gp1234567ful Жыл бұрын

Some sweet bikes for sure!!! I know the camera doesn't do the hill justice, but...... I'd love to see them climb some bigger hills. Utah has some big hill climbs

@edwindol3597 Жыл бұрын

awesome video nice commenting always keep it up

@philhoke7857 11 ай бұрын

Great video made me wish I would have done mountain climbing.

@mattcuddy814 Жыл бұрын

M 1987 Ported for top end 1987 Honda CR500 (the BEST year, cartridge forks 44 mm Showas) regularly cracks 97-98 MPH with the front fender on, off it goes 105 all tucked in, flat track style. Fuck yeah the Honda CR 480/500's were some of the biggest horsepower years, along with some losers, like the 4 speed 450, the four speed 480, the ping king, etc. But by '87 they had it all together, "88 with the USD forks, is was back to the drawing board. Never beaks, change pistons and rigs out of guilt. 32.1 Yamahalube R. It will never wear out.

@Diametrales Жыл бұрын

The 170% Honda her sound and her back Tire😍

@dee3368 Жыл бұрын

Wow that place looks so clean now my friend lived at the house at the bottom of the street and we used to go and sled on the hill in the winters it's an insane hill to ride a sled down

@ShaneZettelmier Жыл бұрын

It’s weird watching videos now. Are used to watch hill climbing a lot and I haven’t seen in a while and watching these guys fly out with drones have around their heads is Trippie tell her it’s like a little UFOs😅 I am a four stroke guy for my riding I love them, but that big bore two-stroke sound and smell is just badass.

@joelboutier1736 4 ай бұрын

Those were some great bikes. That hill looked tame compared to those European hill climbs. Those guys across the pond are insane. Most never make it to the top.

@phernand7711 Жыл бұрын

170% 🙏greetings from Portugal

@joeohara2429 9 ай бұрын

Are you local to Massachusetts?

@phimister78 Жыл бұрын

absolutely awesome brother, would love to have been there good to see someone else get excited when spotting a 480 like I definitely would have.. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@mikepires2765 Жыл бұрын

Wow... The Cr-500's pull u up the hill..lol.lol..Did u hear that Cr-480 pulling, even though she needed piston+rings?? Love the footage!👍🇺🇸

@reidspeed77 Жыл бұрын

Far out ,down tools, chewing gum in ,this is the absolute juju, check out them 6+over pro_links,the H2"0",the xrs ,right on mr Kaplan 🔥☘

@jdtv...9134 Жыл бұрын

The gnarliest hillclimb I ever went up was near Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Way steeper than this hill for sure 🤟 That Kawasaki was obnoxious man 🤣 One of the craziest engines I saw was an upside-down snowmobile engine stuffed in a dirt bike frame

@ButtSnorkler9000 Жыл бұрын

That kawi sounds violent 😮

@mariomessinese5287 Жыл бұрын

So that af500 for that class they're not allowed to use a teraflex tire?

@mikehawk9626 Жыл бұрын

SERIOUSLY SICK BIKES & RIDERS🤘🏻😜🤘🏻

@gregnowak6450 Жыл бұрын

Jim Hunter keeps walking in front of the camera, is that why they call him Hollywood?

@Bulletfrank72 Жыл бұрын

verry nice greetings from Berlin Germany

@dougney3026 Жыл бұрын

I was climbing hills like this in my 5 horsepower mini bike when I was 5 years

@MrToppox Жыл бұрын

😈😈😈 man , get these things doing flat mud or sand drags .... wicked 😈😈😈

@l4ncer2005 Жыл бұрын

So if its custom frame its not no more honda ? Parts

@metalted6128 Жыл бұрын

Is it common to run a water cooled bike with out water cooling it, for hill climbing??

@nunuchemicals4031 Жыл бұрын

2 stroke it sound like racing ♥️

@chupacabraracing181 Жыл бұрын

Hey Senior is this the hill that you guys fought to keep open? Awesome video brother!!

@KaplanCycles Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@darisgonzales2056 Жыл бұрын

😱👍🥒🥒🥒🥒

@phernand7711 Жыл бұрын

10:46 love to see my designs out there 😍😍😍😍

@danielsullivan2558 Жыл бұрын

Hey Ken, what was your favorite bike that was there??? Personal opinion???

@KaplanCycles Жыл бұрын

Yes CR500R

@williamdon3442 5 ай бұрын

Good gawd. The 1st ones take off

@tigasinblog1096 Жыл бұрын

Good job. 👍👍👍

@fahadalnajdi1895 2 ай бұрын

Can any one help me to find the graphics on the crf at the beginning of the video

@rileym866351 Жыл бұрын

This hill looks familiar which one is this

@elen5871 Жыл бұрын

I find it so charming the "aww yeah, motorcycles!" guy from _I think you should leave_ got a job amount motocross hillclimbs 😅

@maxracingteam23 Жыл бұрын

Hill climbs are no joke. Just goes to show you how difficult they are on a bike with a stock chassis

@sgtliles30 Жыл бұрын

Great to see girls rippin up the dirt

@bkwil6078 3 ай бұрын

I think part of the Harleys issue not making it was the choice of front tire watch how he crest the first hill and it just washes out needs an M5B front

@patrickthemayor2524 Жыл бұрын

What" couple of champions" have you won?

@mrniceb8727 Жыл бұрын

1990 cr 250 and 500 my favourite bikes evor.

@veke9321 6 ай бұрын

Awesome 1997👊💪

@scottbaker4314 Ай бұрын

@ The 5:07 mark that KX rear tire is outside of the bead partially!!

@cookieman876 Жыл бұрын

I mean I live in an area where there is the countries oldest hillclimb so maybe I’m used to more extreme hills or maybe it’s the camera angle from the bottom only but that hill looks fairly easy to summit on a bike

@bartbullock9742 Жыл бұрын

At 9:10 I hope people realize what they are looking at.

@xaydee3631 Жыл бұрын

What is it? Sorry i dont know much

@bartbullock9742 Жыл бұрын

@@xaydee3631 that is a TT Harley motor,,xr750( could be bigger) notice exhaust is in front on both cyl. Many years racing has proven,it is bullet proof!!!(does not break) I can't really tell on this particular one, but... I have seen these with one downdraft carb., and one side draft carb.130 h.p up to 150h.p. over 100 year old engine design,has only had competition recently....on a 1 mi.dirt track

@gowengetter4599 Жыл бұрын

2:50 SEND IT!! That sound boy..

@stephenbatdorf8928 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done ✅💯🆒🆒

@OttoByOgraffey Жыл бұрын

Man, I miss my bikes!

@tanneralexander5886 Жыл бұрын

The old man wrecking made me laugh so hard🤣

@dimmacommunication Жыл бұрын

Awesome :)

@petterihamalainen8291 Жыл бұрын

I HAWE SUZUKI TSX 125cc enduro and IT IS Good on My MIND and MIKKO SOININEN😊

@petterihamalainen8291 Жыл бұрын

That IS Good on My MIND 😊

@anthonyking4387 9 ай бұрын

So all stretch frames are in the same class single cylinder or 4 cylinder! I know my 500 is bad but i still dont think it should be in the same class as a multy cylinder nitro bike! Even if its not on nitro! I stumbled up on this busy & couldnt lay it dwn! Where is this?