Project Husqvarna TC500CR 2 Stroke - Dirt Bike Magazine
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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We teamed up with former factory Kawasaki race team mechanic Jonny Weisman, who now owns The Ride Shop in Arizona, to build a modern Husqvarna TC500CR two-stroke of our own.ome builds go from concept to completion very quickly without any issues at all. This was not one such project! This build was a long, slow grind with tons of fabrication on just about every aspect of the build. After all, a 2001 Honda CR500 engine doesn’t just drop right into a new-generation Husqvarna FC450 chassis. If it did, we would see them all over the place. Like we just mentioned, the chassis started off as an FC450, but it wasn’t bought all at one time. First, the main steel frame was purchased on eBay, and the entire lower engine cradle was removed. A new cradle was fabricated by Weisman that would later house the new 500cc Honda powerplant.Surprisingly, once the main frame was modified, everything else was kind of straightforward on the chassis. The FC450 four-stroke air boot was removed and replaced with a unit off a TC300 two-stroke, but it didn’t just bolt right in place. Heat was applied, and the rubber was massaged into the correct form. Besides drilling some vent holes on the air-filter cover, the FC450 airbox was left unchanged. With all the major cutting, welding and sculpting done, Weisman focused his attention on some of the finer details relating to the chassis. The stock Brembo braking master cylinders and calipers got a brown Cerakote finish. A Fasst Company rear-brake spring system was also added, replacing the OEM Husqvarna system that always seems to break. We also used Fasst Co. Flexx handlebars in hopes of reducing overall vibration, and added impact absorption is never a bad thing in our book. What would a big-bore 500+cc modern-day Husqvarna two-stroke look and run like? If it was like our TC500CR project, we guarantee they would have no problem selling every one produced. From start to finish this project took Jonny Weisman at The Ride Shop just over two years to complete, spending what some would consider a small fortune. The finished product is impressive on paper, but to really appreciate his work, you have to see it in person. Here at the magazine we love these types of builds because it takes vision, skill and creativity to make it happen. Sometimes they are all show and no go, and that’s kind of a bummer. The TC500CR is show with go that will make just about any big-bore two-stroke lover smile. It has tons of bottom-end grunt and loves to be short-shifted. Starting is a breeze, as you can imagine, and even kick-starting the TC500CR is fairly easy. We wouldn’t do it without a boot on that’s for sure.
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I’ll never get sick of hearin a good 2 stroke story 💪🏻👍🏻
I'll never get tired of hearing a good 2 stroke!!
2T is the soul of motorcycle racing.
Somebody, for the Love of God, bring them back.
Man, this brings me back so many good memories from the late 70's and early 80's. There is nothing like a 2-stroke engine. Gotta love that rabid sound, and that instant gratification.
The 500 bigbore TWOSTROKES should definitely come back into production and be the PREMIER CLASS💪 AT THE OUTDOOR MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP NATIONALS !!! 👍
#307 former open expert/pro
87 CR-500 83 CR-480
yeah bro, no more of this BS twice the dispacement advantage.
Im nearly 50yrs old i owned a few cr500s when i was a teenager and mates had them also and kx500 since then ive owned always bigbores i currently have kx450 and ktm 500 exc as much as i love the old 500 2strokes people who think there are faster than the new 450s are kidding themselves in saying that i still have been on the look out for a decent rolling chassis to build 1 of these myself ,the best 1 of these ive seen is a fuel injected cr500 in ktm chassis i think it was a new zealand company ,this build is a nice 1 also.
Had a 86 XC500 back when I was a teenager.I used to bump start it when I first got it cause my 14 year old lil leg couldn't kick it for the first couple weeks. Then a random rider in the woods taught me what TDC was and I fell in love with it. No clue back then the impact that bike would have on my riding..Hahahaha Miss that bike
Dear factories: PLEEEASE make a modern 500cc two stroke, IT WILL SELL LIKE CRAZYYYY!!!😄
SSR can do a 07 450CRF that Honda parts fit. Bet they could make one of these. Any pre-orders? 🤣
There's only a handful of people who will buy them. The
You obviously live under a rock...these bikes are not any fun to ride.
MAICO is the answer. Go and buy it today.
@@eduardosampoia5480 They might be hard to ride but they are definitely fun.There is Nothing like a 2stroke engine.
WOW two stroke the best sound 💪💪
And its boss
The unmistakable sound of a CR 😍
Love the simple Black and White scheme. Really makes it stand out.
Love the idle. It sounds like someone hitting an empty can against a glass table lol
Two stroke hater I suppose? I think the 500cc. 2-strokes are the best off-road bikes made!
@@jeffflick2573 My comment was kind of a complement. It sounds good.
@@barsaf9989 I think it sounds good also. Sorry for my misunderstanding of your comment. A lot of 4-stroke riders I know & ride with often make comments about 2-strokes sound like a big garbage bag with empty beer cans being shaken profusely. I ride a older 2011 ktm-300xc 2-stroke so riding with mostly 4-stroke riders I hear alot of negative comments about 2-strokes.
@@jeffflick2573 nbd. I see how my comment can seem sarcastic. My riding buddies like both 2 and 4 stroke bikes haha. Both have advantages and disadvantages.
@@barsaf9989 I agree and truthfully I've owned and love both 2 & 4 strokes. I ride alot of single track in the mountains and for that I prefer a 2 stroke. My next bike will be a street & trail 500cc 4-stroke. I love to ride either one.
Love it,we want the 2 strokes back!
God I love the hum of those big bore two strokes.
Watch all you want, but you must first ride upon the the beast to appreciate it. It lives for Forth/Fourth. A modern Two-Stroke 500 should just be required to have an "Auto - Fourth" Transmission.
Zero to eighty, instantly! Just add throttle. BRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
So.. that Premix logo at the start of the video would make a killer T-shirt.
Now mass produce them.
You'll have at least a 1 year backlog.
I watched the raw video first and actually thought it sounded like a CR engine, now i know 🤙
Felt immediately at home - Nothing like a big bore 2 stroke MX bike - in my head I was kind of scrubbing the top of that hill -
Two Strokes are the premier motocross machine. It's time the manufacturers and promoters stop with this ridiculous 4stroke charade and bring the 2strokes back to racing!!
That is the most amazing build I’ve ever seen 🤤🤤🤤
Finally someone who can ride a 500🤣
Kyler Eskildsen for how long though,im betting updated suspension and engine mounts makes it a bit better
Most 90s guys can...
This was so much easier to listen to than the MXA 500 videos. This guy at least had some enthusiasm and wasn’t just reading notes off of a piece of paper.
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Give Tomac a go. He will shred that thing like its meant to be ridden
The dude riding it looked pretty good to me
Et cant ride a 2stroke to save his soul. And the guy riding looked like it was his first time.
Give it to Tyler Bowers. He can ride one, has his own kx500 that he rode in straight rhythm
ben ashlin give it to Rick Johnson!
@@samking6941 he rode that as smooth as fuck what you on about
I've been riding dirt bikes my whole life, and I have never even ridden a 250 2 stroke, let alone a beast like that!!! Man that thing sounds sick!!!!
Do a full comparison to a modern 450!!!!!!!! Id love to see how it stacks up!!!!!!
It's faster but harder to ride. 2 strokes ya gotta man dafkk up. 4 chokes throw y6 further over jumps, but they don't register how fast your going into your bushing you ass, I mean all the way to the top pro levels, never mind us Amateurs.
2 strokes SCARE the shht out of you and FORCE you to pay attention and be on your game or it will spit you on your head.
These bikes should be able to run in the MX1 class, displacement to displacement. 250 vs 250, 450 vs 500
450 would thrash it
The 450 is just more rideable, smoother, more tractable, will not waste you as much and will do better consistent laptimes. Both are more capable than the vast majority of riders can handle anyway.
450s are faster but some would argue the person on the 2 stroke is having more fun 😉
@Tim Allen doesnt matter, you'd still get smoked by the 4T
I sounds like my friend Robbie's 1973 Yamaha DT-1 360. Well, it has been 47 years and I can't recall exactly - but pretty much a similar braaaap! 😁
BEAST BIKE!!!
That bike just sounds angry ! Awesome job !
I’ll would watch anything as long as Sean lipanovich is riding, dudes a beast😱
Curious how it would compare to a BRC Racing KTM 500cc conversion.
Love two stroke sound👍
Would love to see Dave Thorpe ride and review this bike old school .
That man was like poetry in motion on the cr500 esp in 86
Rode my first 500 2 smoke when I was around 15 years old, couldn't kick it over 😂😂😂
Wimp
@@ceofirstclass3050 soon bumped it 😂😂😂😂
About time 500 cc 2strokes come back,we need them
Make one on production line and see how fast they sell🤔😂 sell like hot cakes
Seeing other comments, i know everyone is waiting for a rereleased 500 2 stroke. Im sure it can happen but when?
Im new to dirt bikes and a 2-stroke of that size sound insane. (Power)
Oh now we talk 😊👌
Like this bike bring back the 2 stroke 500cc.
Awesome bike congratulations the Team
Thats the real,Deal...2 Stroke...High Performance...Weapon...
OMG, amazing machine!!!, great audio in the video to listen to that engine!!!
🤤🤤 looks amazing and not wrong the closer you got the better it looked , that engine was 👌🏻👌🏻
That bike looks amazing! Talk about a dream bike !
Bike looks bad ass for sure
Ronny Mac's new bike!
The mid section of the pipe doesn't look as big as a standard after market pipe but maybe just spreads the power not so hard to ride?
Sweet Bike
You guys or MXA should get this bike & all other CR500 builds like service Honda CR500AF & The KX500 builds
Have a open class Shootout
Sweet ride
Woooooooooow!! I love it!!
This bike looks beautiful and sounds nasty! I love it.
I really do miss the sound of that big cr500cc two stroke engine
Love to see Tomac race it
It only makes sense to push the limits of riding even further and add a 500cc class.
If you build it they will come! I will buy a modern 500 two stroke right now. I agree with comments below, these will sell. Modern riders aren't intimidated by big bore bikes anymore.
Top spec. Love that Low boy cone pipe starter motor in there.looks the dogs bollox 👌nice
She needs a shorter silencer
Nope, that adds MORE low end, that long assed beeyotch is to extend the powerband into the upper ranges.
What year is this CR-500 engine? It's important because Honda started de-tuning this motor after 1986....to the best of my recollection.
Always loved the smell of bean oil!
Hermosa la moto algún dia primero Dios
2stroke is my favorit motocross
Wow , just like Malcom .
Dream bike 👌
🔴😁✊👊✊ I♥️2 STROKES 💨💨
Mark you need to bring that bike to the d37 grand prix series and race it
450 fart stroke: this is what Moto sounds like
Big bore 2 stroke: hold my premix fuel tank ..
Right on
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAaaaapp
F Khan amen 🙏
That pipe though 🙏
How 4 stroke sounds like a fart wtf?
Put a Husky 500cc motor, have him tweak it,road a older husky 500,front end wouldn't stay on the ground, from low end right across the power band was incredibly smooth, was a rocket!
Very cool
Mate, I'd love to see a KX500 in a '90's KX250 Steel Perimeter Frame, Never seen 1 done, I do Believe the Late Great Aussie Andrew McFarlane, had a Custom Built Perimeter Frame 'Factory' KX500 G.P. Built for him to Compete in the 500 MX World Championship, I always wondered why didn't Kawasaki Upgrade their Awesome Powerhouse 500 with the Awesome 250 Steel Perimeter Frame, Kawasaki was 10yrs Ahead of the Game with the Perimeter Frame Design, It Instantly made the Opposition Bikes Look Dated Overnight when the 1990 KX250 was Launched, I owned a '91 Model 'Green Meanie' with Blue Anodised USD Forks, It Looked Bad-Ass then as it Still does Today Imho!! -Cheers 😉👍🇦🇺
Carlos Tasty-Weiner Dave Thorpe rode for Kawasaki factory team in 1990,and he had a perimeter-framed factory 500.If I remember right,he got hurt in the pre-season race.
Yeah,if you Google Dave Thorpe Kawasaki theres some pics of that bike.
@@heikkiuusi-rauva45 Wow! Great Info- You learn something new everyday!! -I didn't even know Dave rode for Kawasaki, I remember seeing lots of photos riding his HRC Honda CR500, I'll go Check it out! -Cheers👍😉
Pro-Circut or FMF made one in the early '90s as a test mule.
So fire
2 strokes and KYB ftw
I 💓 This Sound
Badass bike
Cant beat a CR500 , i think are the best big bore 2 stroke
Alan milyard should make a 1000 cc v2 combining 2 cr 500s he's a genius.
nice project .... but i think the BRC engine with balance shaft is better less vibration
I like this motocycle,and i hope i have this motocycle😍
It sounds like it's running on one cylinder.
Because it is
@@user-lm8fx6kc1b , It is running on only one cylinder? I knew it.
*BRUH*
No it's an LS 1 running bad.
Oh man that cracked me up😂🍻
Beautiful 😍😍
Does it take glock mags ????
Joe Dirt This is why your parents deserted you at the Grand Canyon
No , it takes 460 Rowland mags.
@@goodboyringo9716 Right
He must be scared of it. Used to ridding a four stoke. Hammer that thing wtf
I would buy it for the sound alone
I had a service honda 500 and i could start it wearing tennis shoes on the first kick.
Yeah but if your foot slips off or it backfires the kick starter could rip a hole in your calf as it flicks back up. Happened to me with my KX 500. Trip to emergency and 12 stitches thanks very much.
Green socks starting my built 04’ CR250R my foot slipped off and it came back up and took a chunk out of my shin bone. I always wear a moto boot to start it now lol.
@@honda8192 ouch... Why are you guys starting your bikes in socks? 😆
KD Customs what a damn fool lmao.
Later generations of cr500’s had little dimples just below the exhaust port to make starting easier. After a couple rebuilds when it’s time for a bore, starts get a little harder, but noticeable more power.
I was thinking this the other day only no electric start, 85 or 86 motor and an eye on weight. 60+ hp and a sub 200 lbs. A handful to be sure. 😛
How fast does it climb the big hills of Glenn Helen Raceway, or your usual test track, compared to a modern day 450 4 stroke? BTW, I used to ride the 1990's versions of CR500 and they were beasts! At the time, I preferred the CR250's. However, a modern one might be tempting.
> thnx daisy/hi torque; from the air cooled twin shock league...back in the day special coating(s) were liberally applied '@ the track' using the 'this old maico' formula - ride the motor bike till its warm enough to 'ping' as it cools, scrap off any glop best you can with whatever shop oil clothes you got and then douse it with wd-40 from a hand pumped insect sprayer; results in the slickest husky youll ever own. pressure wash (only) your riding duds (preferably with 'soap' on the cement pad back @ the homestead), good to go, i'd fix only the 'powerband' the 2020 offering.
I'D BUY IT.
That is FUCKING PERFECT!
Duuude. My dkkk just got hard.. 😳 fahk I miss my KX500 daze. 😎👍🏾
Beastly brass balls BRAAAAP
i live in AZ
2stroke fav never fade. ❤️❤️❤️
Gift please 😍😇
WOW BAD ASS
Id love to see an A rider rip this thing.
Супер 👍✌️🤙🤟
I always think it sound like a 4 stroke when it hits the power band
*30+ year old CR500 engine come on guys*
Still faster than the 4chokes...
you gonna next snivel about fast cars using a LS-1 engine? 30 years ago engineers knew how to do their jobs and the only thing a CR500 engine could use is a counter balancer for vibration
Would have been good to see a BRP engine build in this bike, since he’s an ex Factory mechanic, why wouldn’t you go with a BRP setup.
@@maverick2242 The BRP kit's cost if you do not already own a KTM 2 stroke puts it well into the $15,000 range if you have to buy a new KTM 250 and the kit on top of that. Finding a blown up KTM fourstroke and a used 500cc engine is much more realistic and just as fast or faster.
Sleepy .Time dude, I realise that, did you watch the vid? it’s a 2016 TC 450 which is a white KTM, he’s a Factory mechanic, they said in the vid the engine had all the bells and whistles (though they didn’t tell us other than superficial stuff like pipe etc) so from that I deduce money is no object, be more expensive to cut a frame fit a Cr500 engine, get the geo right and then add all the bells and whistles to the engine, that’s not cheap or easy, it’s already a donor bike ready hence why I replied to the original comment it would have been good to see a BRP kit, why I also didn’t comment on the main section as no disrespect to the build, but if you have a TC 450 already why wouldn’t you go that way, though they are hard to get, understand they’re is a long waiting list to meet demand.
This market never went away the Japanese turned there backs on us, they wanted us to buy into there 4t bs, I have owned and raced both, like bith for different reasons, but the BS around 2 stroke by 4t media and manufactures is just that BS. demand is still there. I’m loving the content, though don’t get this name or renaming seems a bit indulgent.
Scalvini pipe exhaust its art opera
Nice never roda a 500 ,once flipped a rm 250 lol
Pokok e ambyar
Kawasaki trbaik mgunakn tagki air.. Engine sperti kawasaki Rr
Husqavonda?