I would gladly allow this masterpiece to put me in the hospital 😂

I think we can all agree this is a better masterpiece than any electric bike will ever be lol

I rode that bike in Wareham Mass,what a awesome handling machine!!!! The power he's not kidding 2 gears is all you need, it will pull your arms out of the socket. I had a 250 WXC the guy that owned the 500 needed a rest. That is a monster!!!

What an absolute masterpiece!!!! I love it

Next to the 1983 RM500 this has to be the 2nd best most gorgeous motorcross bike ever built

Words can't describe a bike like this.

I LOVE your channel! Your passion for these classics, bikes is awesome! Both in preservation, and restoration!

These late 80's huskies are some of the best looking bikes from any year in my opinion. Redoing an 87' WR250 right now!

il y a 25 ans je ridais avec ce husqvarna un bonheur merci

That is one gorgeous big bore motocrosser. Love it's colors, and the graphics on the tank.

Amazing, way ahead of the competition at the time. Looks like a modern 1995 bike.

I had the 85 CR 250 , it looked exactly like the 500 and it was also very fast and had the excellent Ohlin's suspension

A Bute and a Brute! Had a 390 with the 430 head kit and it was one of my favorites Ever!! I grew up on Elsinore/CR bikes had that 40year old thing so went out in 05 and bought a crf450r..whoo surprised me. After riding two strokes whole life with a cr500 as my last bike...just completely different! I was impressed and after I got the new worn off it and experienced speed wobbles at top speed downhill with a stiff wind at my back and on pavement I sold it. If it was 1985 I'd have to own that!!! Way too brittle now and you can't ride those anything but balls out! They are happiest at full charge!!!

STUNNING good looks! All those years ago they made that thing RIGHT to look amazing even to today's standards ✅️👌😁

One of my favourite classic 2 strokes. Absolutely stunning example

So deadly, Those vintage husqvarna are just straight fire 🔥!

I remember how cool looking this was. And you could tell if it was a husky coming. Some nice and raw sounds came from them. Monsters! 👍

It's mind blowing how you find all of these classic, minty bikes

Holy shit Ken you are gonna have to agree that this bike is in the top 5 King of ping category. She is beating on some steel This bike sounds amazing

My dad had an 84. When I was about 13 I asked if I could ride it. He said if you can start it. I pushed it right off the patio down the driveway clicked up a few gears and bump started it. I thought I was bad ass when I came back in one piece.

As soon as I see a video of a Big Bore 5 Hundo, I run over and turn on the surround sound 👍🏼

Husq Varna means house by river in Swede . Their logo is a gun sight. I had may air cooled twin shock ones . Miss those Swedish made Husqvarna s.

Nice Ken! I’m putting together the 85 XC500 version with the uptight pipe and Powerdynamo Vape ignition all rebuilt should have it ready to fire this weekend. Great video!

Nothing beats the sound of a 500cc 2 stroke .

That is gorgeous and brings me back to high school. One of the magazines used a husky like this for the cover. Ripping through California poppies. Magazine got in trouble.

The frame design is so neat.

Husky made some beautiful bikes and this is one of them, I used to drool over the brochure of the 510 four stroke.

Cool story about 80's motocross glory, Ken. A childhood freind's older brother had one, he'd let you ride, if you could start it, I'm a left leg dominant bmx/MTB rider at the time, so I got it fired up, at 14/15, the fastest bike I had ridden was a 79 YZ 250. Thing was a beast.

Jordan is doing an awesome job on the camera work!

I think Ken was probably much like me as a young man,built with an upper body suitable to have been a ball player,a boxer any kinda athlete, you name it and he chose MX. I just admire the hell outta that!

Interesting Frame Design! I like the Big Tube Backbone like an "Egli" Tubular Spine Frame design!! 🤍👍

Stunning looking machine's these Huskies 😮❤💯👍🤟🤠

My friend had one of these and let me ride it. It's a gorgeous bike. I always thought that model husky looked big. A real mans bike. He also said 2 gears were all you needed. Nice one here.

Love when you take these bikes out..this Husky flys !!

I just love the European big bore two stroke Dirtbikes.

That’s a piece of art I’d love to have this bike for next time my friend mouths of about his 98 Honda CR500❤❤❤

I always loved the distinctive sound of the Huskys.

Grew up/cow trailed with #9 (OKC/NWCHS), RIP Gary ..

I has a '85 six speed husky 500. Fastest bike I ever rode.... period. Was hard to keep front down even in hard corners. Sold it when left thumb was cut off with tablesaw. Still miss that ride

I had one of these as a kid ,I would get the hole shot every race but never finished a race . Bitch to start once warm ,thanks for sharing dude

The bike is awesome! I love the left side kick start! Old war injury on the right leg from desert storm, makes starting a cold 500 2 stroke next to impossible lol!

Sweet Swedish monster! Extremely nice looking 👀 and great sounding bike!

im 53....i ride in the wenatchee natiinal forest, in the early 80's, thats the bike that dominated the trails up here.....🌲🌲🌲

I got the 1987 400 wr , it's a beast !

One of the deeper sounding 500s I’ve heard, sounds nasty 🔥🔥

I can feel the spokes vibrating the spokes lose from California. I wanted one in the worst way when I was young enough to hang on... Cool bike!

Can you imagine Malcom Smith racing that cr, he would have been even better. Only man I ever watched ride flat out almost all the time.

Another amazing piece! When 2 strokes were built right! Where have you been Ken?!? Missed u! Interesting to see this today, as a we are doing a memorial for my good friend Mac, who passed away a month ago, today. He is mozdef in the cosmic ether.

I'm high as a kite listening to that exhaust idle. I had to snap myself out of a trance like state....lol Pretty cool stuff. I miss my Honda CR 500's (1989 and 1991). I should have never sold them. But then again, all my good riding spots are now heavily patrolled and enforced by cameras. The 90's really were great years. Cops rarely had to enforce shit. But then people started trashing the Jersey Pine Barron's and then that was the end of it. Cameras and GPS sealed the deal.

Love these husky’s have 2 85 500’s ones the prototype that was supposed to be destroyed one bad motor

The huskys of that era sure were different! I owned a 125 enduro version.Super tall,ridiculous soft suspension,weird long wheel base and heavy. Objectively all the 125MXers i raced against were better yet i still got lots of class wins in Hare scrambles. It's because the bike made it easy.You could run near max pace for hours on end

Sounds absolutely amazing!!😀

I've got the same year XC model! I think it's geared a little different, and not as rare, but still a POWER HOUSE

Love that drum rear brake.

🤩Looking really good that Swedish oldschool Mx masterpiece there,I enjoyed a lot to have had the oportunity to be able to get to know another old timer this time from the welknown Nordic brand Husqvarna👍🏻🇵🇹🙋🏻‍♂️...

The tone of these era 2 strikes reminds me of my childhood

Sweet looking bike, Sounds Amaaaazing!

Sooo fast! I had an 84 CR500 with a factory 6 speed (from the desert racer model) and that bike was blazing fast. So sooo fast.

Wow absolutely stunning what h husky cr500 absolutely love this bike if I had an extra 20 grand 😊

I owned that same exact year and model. I got it from Cycle Design and Doug let me uncrate and assemble it out in his warehouse. This was a massive improvement over the air cooled 4 speed YZ490 that I was coming off the previous couple of seasons. That rear Ohlins shock costs more today than I paid for the whole bike back in 1985. 😆

Love an old school husky

Holy mackerel.. what a beauty!

BIG DADDY is back in town.... incredible x 1000... I would be proud to have the cops chase me though town in an helpless attempt to identify this monster.

Nice bike , same or similar graphic design as the '23 Husqvarna heritage editions, NICE❤

That bike goes up in the top 10 king of ping big bore category that you have had in the past few years It sounds almost as good as the super moto CR 500 y’all built a year or so ago

If I can only find a nice one like this to buy!

Been at work for an hour. Thanks for the great videos.

Not a word over Cagiva ❤

Born the same year as me. I wish i was still looking as good as that 😁

THE BIKE IS LITERALLY THE HOLY GRAIL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

😈😈😈 i love those old school 2 strokes . They last the distance 😈😈😈

Omg I miss the one I had and hearing that 500 omg dam got my gears grinding 😂

Freaking unbelievable the husky dirt bike 2 stroke 💪

The mention of frame rails being mint makes me look at my 95 honda cr250 and cringe a bit. This bike is absolutely beautiful.

Your bikes are beautiful,🤘😍💪🏻🇺🇸🙏🇫🇷

The second you guys get a 1982 RM 250, and I have the money, I will buy it!!

Just Awesome!! 👊🏻Had 78 125 and that was a beast!!

Whats up kap God bless America 🇺🇸

That is a monster of a bike! The sticker on the bike is 500 CR, but the title of the video states 500 XC.

I watch so many of your big bore videos this by far the best big bore beautiful a bad ass motorcycle should buy it D.h

I just picked up a 86 cr 500 for 300$ missing parts and needs work but I'm so excited

So much for the fresh mortar repair on my foundation...

Now that is a very cool bike 👍

Loved my 390 ,simple bike .

Nothing like that metallic " ting " of a finely tuned two stroke.

You always got the best bikes

I feel this power. ❤️

God bless America! God bless Kaplan!

That is badass, would love to have it..

the blocky cylinders of the old water cooled husky's are so cool.

I have this bike! Its a rocket ship. I've been on a lot of bikes and its the one!

The purple colored breather hoses! Cherry on the Sunday!

What a beast!

Listen to that Baby. Sweet. Now. That is Motocross ! Spanky.

Wow!!! Crazy clean!

Period correct grips. Wow, now that’s detail

Still looks good !!

Definitely a certified "cream puff "😆😆😆🙏🤟 much love man

When Husqvarna was Swedish!

WOW, an absolutely awesome bike i would love to have a ride on this monster 😆