29-Year Old Honda CR 500 Races Hawkstone Park vs Modern MX Bikes
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Yes he's back!! 2 stroke legend Nev Bradshaw returns once more to tick racing Hawkstone park on a big ol' 500 off the bucket list. In tough conditions Nev gives his all to keep the 1989 CR 500 near the front of the pack at the Maxxis British 2 stroke championship.
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Awesome video man. I’ve had 500s and thought they were the greatest thing until I had a four stroke 450. I didn’t wanna like it better but it just turned out that way.Better suspension and more manageable power. Those two stroke 500s have two speeds. On and off.Don’t get me wrong, I love those stump pulling 500s but it’s kind of like asking why the biggest strongest UFC fighter doesn’t always win. Manageability and finesse some times outshines Especially when the big guy gets gassed quickly.
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Hi guys just seen this fantastic video of nev went to hawkstone park in 89 90 91 had great time there is love to go back one day those glorious 500cc wicked days I'll never forget forever 2 strokes
Glad you enjoyed it
Racing a CR 500 around Hawkstone in those conditions!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!!!
Great race. I read through a lot of the comments and i have to laugh at all the trolls and the people who have obviously never ridden a steel frame 2 stroke 500. It is very rare to get a 2 stroke 500 out of 2nd or 3rd gear on any track. Its one thing to fly up and down a road or a field popping gears. Its a totally different game on a track. A 2 stroke 500 will take every bit of energy right out of you. Very few people in the world have ever tamed one. Now i love My CR500 and my KX500 but i have to side with the 4 strokers on who would win a track race. Even if you put a 2 stroke 500 engine in a new frame with new suspension and handling, the 2 stroke will just beat the crap out of the rider over a 30 minute race. The 2 stroke 500's are faster in every way than a 450. But the truth of the matter is that a rider will be able to go faster on a 450.
too bad we can't bring back Magoo, he'd show you how to ride that bike!
Love it... no offense but get a guy who knows that bike. They will win against any 450.
jeff pallaro um, no they won’t
Evan Woodgate id have my money on the 500
jeff pallaro no denying the speed and performance of the cr the bike is a legend. But it’s not going to beat a 450 around a modern mx track. As an aside there are not many people in the world who will be able to ride that bike better than Neville.
Evan Woodgate all I'm saying is that if these kids that ride pro today practiced on a 500 like they practice on a 450, they could beat a 450. Especially since you can convert old suspension parts and old tech. And it isn't always the bike more the rider. You have your opinion. I have mine.
Haven't seen a 450 do a 3rd gear start..
Those of us who have rode a cr500 and a 450 know that bike will eat some lunch and still be hungry.
That is the best comment i have heard all year.
That Honda was made in an era when we didn't have health and safety, the 500 2 stroke was a bitch to start and a bitch to ride.... Totally different world today, I had the Yamaha 490 which at the time was considered to be slightly infereor being air cooled but was still brutal to control. Motocross bikes today are just gay by comparison.
Looks like a pretty fast track great job mate!! I can only imagine it in the dry!! Awsum!!
All the modern technology going in those 4 strokes and an old 2 smoker running away from them lmfao
Except for the fact that all those bikes he's racing are 2 strokes.
@@jaymoto9820 they are still loaded with more modern technology
nik mxforever - Oh yeah for sure. I'd love to see him race a hybrid CR500 of some sort; one with that engine in a modern frame!
What tech do they have that the CR doesn't have? yes they are refined but all the tech a modern 2 stroke has was around when the CR500 was still being made just Honda chose not to adapt it.... On technical tracks the 250's were always faster that's why 500's died off.
@@MrKdr500 - I dream about somehow adapting a counter balancer like the current KTM/Husky 2 strokes have to a CR500 or KX. That was always one aspect of those old 500s that was so f@#%ing brutal that it was about the only thing that kinda took away some of the fun of riding them..., and makes Neville such a beast hahaha.
The sound 😍🎼👂
cant beat that sound up hawkstone hill!
Nicely done! Track looked pretty muddy. Don't listen to all the UA-cam pro riders that have probably never raced.
Sounds like he quarter throttle the while track and still stayed out front. Very cool!!!
Great holeshot. I think u can tell which bike had the power. Looks like arm pump early on. You slowed down really soon. I've had 2 500s and would get arm pump after 3 laps if I was out of shape. Bike constantly pulls on your arms so u have to stay over the number plate.
Very Cool! Wish I could ride mine like that. Getting old and too scared. Great job! Thumps up!
Nev is no spring chicken,nor is the bike he seems like a good dude who can ride anything 😂
Now imagine if it was piloted by someone who could actually clear a double or a table.
Buckeye Derrick there's some great vids of Sean Collier manhandling his KX500 around some tracks
He's a pro rider.. if he's not clearing the jumps it'll be for a reason, not his skill level.
Buckeye Derrick get outa here quad boy
Jacob Crawford calm down bicycle bandit.
I don't know... Looked pretty soggy to me. I'd cut the guy some slack. I know I couldn't handle a 500 in those conditions. They're atrociously unforgiving bikes.
I'd hate to be behind that beast...buckets of roost. Couldn't see much but just listening was beautiful.
Man I miss racing my old 83 cr480 n my 87 cr500 ain't no other motocross bikes like the old big bore two strokes with more power than you'd ever need !! Just wish that I would have kept them because they'd be worth alot more than what I paid for them brand new !! Distict#7 OPEN A #307 SENIOR A #37
Next time ride the 1985 model put the guy that came in 2nd place in this race on it and the results would be much different.
Bodhi Zafa wrong ! A 1986 model was the best my buddy raced a 86 n I raced a 83 480 and a 87 CR5OO. I actually preferred the 86 due to it having a narrower seat n tank than the 87..
you put McGrath on that bike when he's in shape he'd check out on those boys, dude really knew how to gas a 500
Hugeroost thanks 😜
@@bobmcgrath1272 lol, well played Bob
Bad ass
Put the 450 coil MEB on there
Crf 2002 to 2008
Mikuni 40mm 2004 2007
Tapered needle best carb I've ever ran. That will give that 500 more horsepower
love the big bore 2 strokes !!
YES!
Wow! Bikes are quick!
respect due. to have a 500 is one thing to race on one is another which i wouldn’t even attempt. i would have fell off out the gate!
I have competed on a Kx500 at Hawkstone park and hard work and in practice snapped my fork damping rod and Paul Coppers machinic rebuilt the fork for the first race. The 500 are great bikes but need treated with respect or they bite.
Nice video!
Love it.
cant wait until I can get back out racing again😂😂😂
Well done mate. Just a little bit more practice and you'll be up with the leaders eventually. The bike certainly has it in it that's for sure
I am riding a 250 cc 4 stroke KTM but the CR 500 is amazing...
The bike has the power but the rider doesn't have the skill.
David Barr It's almost impossible to ride a cr500 at It's full potential
Do you...
@@andya857 He prolly doesn't even know how to ride a dirtbike lol
Yeah no doubt, rides one of those 49 cc mini racers that people ride in shopping mall parking lots . Fool...Peace ...
It's neville Bradshaw dude a pro
Bike was never keept in power band enough. Lot of bikes potential never used. Great bike . Bogged it down in corners. Gotta find the bikes happy place
If a 500 is running it's in its happy place. They make plenty of power everywhere. So much so that you need to ride it 1 or 2 years higher then you think you need. I personally prefer a 14 53 gear set up on my 500 for the track, makes it's a lot more violent. Just the way I like it. My beast is a 2001 Service Honda 500af.
CR500's don't bog, my friend. On a corner you would come out of in second on a 250 and wind it out, you should be in fourth on a 500. The low end is plenty strong enough to spin the tire, and right when the vicious mid-range hits its time to shift already.
Respect!, not quite an easy track, at Foxhills he was faster!?
I want to see an electric bike in there, just out of curiosity.
that track looked double hard work to ride that beast on
motoxmainia imagine the arm pump
Having some fun ehhhhhhh!!!! #keepingitalive👋
like bro !! top video !!
Beast mode
Luv it😍
wow them ktm 250sx aren't slow lol i have one nice to know with me on it its not so quick like that though
Hawstone park , a proper moto X track .....
Is it just me that seemed really slow I think I could have passed you on my daughter's klx 110
Darren Burkland u wouldn't even make it round I was there watching
O I would definitely make it around bud I could ride that groomed track all day
Darren Burkland nah it's not smooth it's very rutty very soft very rough
mike stradling how can I make a video now stupid I'm just saying u wouldn't make it round on a klx 110 and even if u had a full sized bike u may still not because of how difficult it was u have no idea how it looked in real life these are some of the best uk 2 stroke riders that's why it looks easier than it is
i watched that race
More conviction !
Start it 3rd and leave it there.
30yr old bike and a 65yr old rider
Was thinking the same actually. Could well be an older guy riding
You can see why these honda cr 500's fetch so much money really they are totally amazing savage beasts that took hairy arsed blokes to ride them, if you didn't give them respect they just fucked you up, quality wish I could find a nice example I would get it tomorrow. and yes I have an hairy arse.
i dont like big cc 2 strokes... they dont sound like 2 strokes anymore. far too similar to 4 strokes. i love my cr125, love that high rev scream. i guess its a moped next to a cr500 but still, that 125 sound cannot be beaten. its my favourite sounding engine full stop. even sounds better than a rotary to me.. and i love rotary engines.
A 500cc two stroke sounds nothing like a 4 stroke.
Give that bike to someone who will twist the throttle. He got smoked.
No offense I think you did great but you need to stay on the pipe a little better. I’m just going by sound here but it seems you’re riding it like a 4 stroke.
500's work better short shifting. Instead of winding it out in second, you should be in fourth, and it will pull like a freight train all the way to the next corner. There is plenty of power to spin the tire at any RPM. When that mid-range power band starts to hit, it's time to shift already, because the next higher gear will pull like that too.