@@JohnDoe-pt7xx no disrespect just saying but he is he that kid that has it and spoiled or the guy that was cool and without you burn it down the street and burn it back up if you knew how to ride and shift it using the clutch but not dog it out is he that cool of a guy or is he that other guy you all know that guy I'm talking about you know a lot of us didn't have that stuff we saved our pennies and our dollars and whatever we could get but as long as we was in the wind and never matters what you're on God bless all you guys on here and families too in the fallen ones we looked up to amen
The 80's was the greatest decade ever. I used to race back in 78-82 and had a RM and a YZ 80. Loved the smell of the Castrol oil that mixed with the fuel. Lets not forget the music that came out of the 80's either. What a blessing it was to be a kid in the US during the 80's. Now I look at the world and it seems as if I am on a completely different planet.
We ripped back then , I was in HS at that time and remember the first time I rode a friends RM250 (an 81 and 1st year of the full floater swingarm) -- took about 30 minutes to get used to the power, you better respect it. Kaws and Yams were few and far between, everyone rode Hondas and Suzukis
Me I dislike totally because I'm just a jealous guy !! This is my Grail, Never forget that Lackey had the Tittle World Champ on it, and I'm not american, but a real addict old Suzie. My dream is the 77, 78 RM 125 and the ice on top of the cake THIS ONE , all world champs with Watanabe, Rahier and Lackey. I'd fit some DG exhaust on it and wear my old Arai helmet with 5 buttons, yellow shirt, blue Yoko trousers and old bleu Fox boots. It was the best era ever of Motocross, Lackey, Sun and Laporte were the US outsiders, the solid contenders named Vromans, Malherbe, Noyce, Carlqvist, Bruno, Kinigardner, Wolsink and so many in the list...Wow, missed the smell out of a hot muffler !
In my opinion most of the major changes took place in the 80's. Anybody remember the 1981 Suzuki RM 125? You either had that bike or wished you had one.I remember people jumping ship in the middle of the year and halfway through the season you would roll up to the start and 90% of the riders were on the Suzuki. Honda couldn't give their 125 away that year and the Kawasaki was still air cooled.
@@attilalako8090 man that is no joke!!! This channel is new to me! But I love it! Combines my favorite things from growing up! Bad as dirtbikes and well the era itself! We that were there are some very lucky people! That I have zero doubt of!
Thats not a bad place to be stuck in. The 80's were so much more free from cops showing every damn minute for some stupid neighbor bitching about this and that! BBQ's, Block partys , B##ches , Beers and Badass Big Boy bikes!😂😂🤟🏻💪🏻😎
@@bradleymorris8875 i mean these motors are making very similar power to the modern 450's if not more, its the frame and suspension that lets them down.
All of the 80s 500s were so badass! That thing sounds super dialed! A friend is lucky enough to have one of those super rare birds. I love the CRs of the era, but that RM is a unicorn, great job building that one!
Yea he is! He definitely cool! And he knows what he is talking about! Out of all the video makers out there, I actually like this guy. The rest of them, say they know, think they know, but when they open their mouth someone who actually does know thinks " what an Idiot" , another one, telling old wives tales and giving bad advise thinking they are educating the world but they are not doing anything but feeding into and spreading narrative driven techniques that are designed to sell products whether you need them or not, will ever need them or not, or if you will ever even need to use them or no. That does not matter, because all that matters to them is that they convince people to buy their product. Like never seize and loc-tite. There is a time and place for them, but these people use one or the other on everything and some use both at the same time. Someone who recommends that you loctite every nut and bolt, has an issue with properly tightening, or pretention Ing the big spring that a bolt or stud actually is. And they have had a problem with things loosening and falling apart after they assemble them, which is why they have to use a thread glue to hold their junk together. And never seize, their are different types with different metals in them for different purposes. Not to them, there is one kind, and that is the kind they have, and it is never seize, it says it is right on the can! Yes they are right, it says never seize, but not anti-corrosion compound, and that is what they are using it for.
This guy is the coolest, most rad dude on UA-cam! Thank you for the all the work you put into your reviews man! You're so passionate at what you do bro, and it makes watching your reviews that much sweeter! The bike is off the charts and the throttle response is insane! Great vid man! As usual!
the days of the 2 strokes were the best ever, the sound, the smell, that power band, and the relatively inexpensive repairs, 4 strokes have killed the dream for budget riders. LOVE YOUR VIDS DUDE, KEEP EM ROLLING !!
That bike is RARE Ken, that thing rips too and it's minty! Awesome find man, lucky! I got a 1988 Rm250 super clean, was the king of Leapers in 88. Bike Was a Huge break through for Suzuki in 1988. You can see the bike on my channel 👍, awesome vid 👍 💯
Only once in the video did he drive the engine correctly. Most of the time the engine was struggling, and he was thrashing it. Only once did the engine rev smoothly from low to high revs. This silly display man drives all the unique bikes, the same way. Why make bikes different if You're going to ride them in the same way? Surely 1 of the bikes will fail to do a wheelie cause It's tuned to win races. We're not buying them cause they did a wheelie. That feature causes you to become a jackass and loose the race.
@@wessteele1058 yeah I should have been more specific because what time period I was referring to was the late 70's early 80's because the KX 500 owned the mid 80's and there after in my humble opinion.
no I'm totally with you in the mid 80s and there after nothing and I mean nothing could compare to the KX 500 hands down! I guess what I was trying to say was the RM's were most popular in the late 70s ateast around my neck of the woods.👍
That was the last year of the double rear coil springers. There's no way these kids today could sky on that machine. Shortly after was the RM465. With a full floater which dominated the YZ mono shock
Those old Full Floater (and Kawi Uni-Trak) rear suspensions were heavier and a bit more work to maintain than the linkage types used now, but they worked so well. Smooth and progressive... This bike is an absolute gem.
Totally irresponsible, out there spreading Five Honey fever. I’m gonna have to stay 600’ feet away from this channel and put on two M500 mask 😷 to keep from catching it.
I know u cant keep every bike but this Bike is so rare should be in your museum. It will never be this clean again. Someone's gonna buy it and destroy it. Would be a shame.
My first woody for dirt bikes started around 77-78. I can’t remember exactly which year but I remember it was an RM80 the kid on the street behind our house had. I was 9 and we had just moved to Connecticut from the Bronx and I heard this noise from off in the distance curious I went to go see what it was. Then I saw it. I’ll never forget that as long as I live. I’m 53 and I can still remember the sound it made, and that 500 brought me right back. there.
@@dreyn7780 thanks for posting. I can somewhat agree but 500 goes thru a open baffle same as an 80 and that’s where the sound comes from. Besides the fact that I’m listening to the video thru my phones speaker. Lol.
Love that full floater. My uncle had a PE 175 with that suspension and i got to ride it a bunch and it was plush. Thing is a beast. Throw some disk brakes on it and send it!
Used to go to watch enduro and the 2 blokes who took me rode in them 1 being a p.e 175 rode it couple of times and that thing was so quicker than the dt 175 Mx at the time real fun surprised me....
@@jonathansmedley123 haha...are a.. one was a relative by marriage he was a bouncer in Chester back in the day when doormen wore dicky bows and didn't ask nicely...he stopped Enduro for a year ask me to start back up with him both of us fixing up a bike for me but tragedy struck and he was killed in a accident... GRT bloke he made that XR 600 of his look like a 125..his mate would come along with p e 175 but he never looked after the bloody thing..one time me+Russel had to carry the bike out of his garage because he'd been Beach racing the week before and hadn't cleaned it 4am carrying it out of his garage he just stood there and watched,he was funny though looked like the comedian Lee Hurst... GRT going to Enduro at a time when geraint Jones was racing on his husky....to street Wise for perverts but thanks for askin...haha 🤗👍👍👍...
i’m sure the RM500 won the aussie mr.motocross title back in the day...one of the few non Hondas i would own....so love the rort of an aircooled open class bike...awesome
I had a 1984 RM500, tallest bike i ever owned. I think rear suspension travel was like 14.2", one of the best through whoops. These are 4 speeds, torquey.
@@davidcarper5411 No, it was a 4 speed, pretty crazy. But with all that torque it worked. Later had '86 & '91 KX500's and my belief on the '91 is that it would have been faster with a 4 speed.
hey Kaplan , man i have seen just about every 500 2 stroke on your page, expect the WR 500 ? my father has had his 92 Wr 500 for 26 years all original and in sweet condition! keep up the great content man :)
I lost count how many times I've watched this video now officially one of my favorite KAPLAN videos can't get enough of this primo RM 500 I need to buy this bike!
@@MitzvosGolem1 you ain't lying 82 RM is a hard-hitting engine but it's like an overgrown 125 it's all top end not much on the bottom drawer in the middle but when that thing hits on the top it explodes and revs to the Moon
@@navyseabee7245 Im about to restore an '82 rm250. It doesnt have 1st gear and its so used to klotz 28to1 it wont run on anything else but shes a screamer lol lots of potential
Why, why, why must you continuously taunt me with this amazingly awesome old school big bore 500s that I know I’ll never be able to ride, you are the luckiest man in America, ride on man
Deano W, broooooo that’s the saddest shit ever, cr500s are fuckin amazing, my brother had a kx just a year back and I loved riding it, unfortunately he sold it
Release the Kraken! My KX 250s ran extremely strong as well 79, 80 , 82. The 79’s swing arm was metal art. Beautiful welds a gold anodized aluminum. Bel-Ray MC1 by the case.
And they stop iron steam tractors and multi carrage freight trains made of thousands of tonnes of metal. It's as if computers can't calculate. These people are gossiping idiots.
Hey Ken you and your boy are going to kick ass on discovery Channel. You folks deserve this show. We can see y'all worked really hard for it. Keep it up player.
I had the same bike but 1 year older, I had the 1982 RM 465Z. Bought it brand new in 1982 for $2,495. I also added the same air box, I got it from White Brothers in Cali. Also sent the rear shock to White Brothers and put a terry fork kit on the front. It was a beast, but so fun to ride. I had it for 8 years and sold it in 1990. Ran like a top, started first or second kick every time, and I never had one engine problem with it. Best bike I ever had.
Lived my dream brother! I’m 21 now and just bought my 82 rm465 after looking for so long, I’m very happy! Got the single sided airbox too but I wish I got that fork upgrade so cool to hear!
Back from an era when men were men and bikes were bikes and made without taking into consideration the princesses that may want to ride them covered in bubble wrap and not quite decided yet whether they want to transition or not.
I want like a 90 ish 500 port the head, carbon reeds& run it on 116 octane. All these skills and knowledge but no bike boy would it be a blast if I had one now. In the early 2000s I had a 87 CR500 used to rip that bad boy in the belleplain state forest in all the dunes & woods in new Jersey
I still have my 1983 RM 500 I've had cr480 CR500 yz490 kx500 all between the years of 1980 to 1986 I I love them all but the rm500 was my favorite so I kept it and sold the rest only downfall is it 4 speed transmission
I own one of these my uncle bought it when he was young used it a few times then chucked it in the shed I got it after it had been sitting 27 years drove it once but as it sad with petrol in it etc it will need a full rebuild finding it hard to find parts I’m based in Ireland does any 1 know where to get them
I had one of these in the 90s. You could literally just hold it flat in every gear the engine would misfire and just stop pulling but not blow you could rev the ring out of those things.
I was wondering what the hell happened to buddy ripperton from Christine and who knew he could ride bad ass two strokes like a friggen maniac !!! Lol , old two strokes are the best !!!
Man you cannot beat the old skool big bore two stroke MXers from the Japanese big four👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 RM, CR, YZ and KX. All are total beasts. That RM reminds me of the good old days Sir👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
When I got my 89 cr 125....... That's the first thing I checked was the bottom of the frame and not one dent in it.............the people that were around me at the time....... It was like They seen a ghost ........... That bike is awesome........ That is a pretty rare bike I have never seen one in person....... Love your videos👍👍👍👍👍
I sold my cr 500 2 years ago I bought it mint 3 years after original owner bought it new. I have owned kx500s as well. And rode one of these rm many years ago. Man I miss these big bore machines! I had a cr 480 you had to pull or roll a start it all the time. Great times
DUde that thing its absolutely disgusting...jeeezzee O peASE.....MCNASTY DOESNT EVEN DO IT JUSTICE!!!!....THAT IS THE TIGHEST MOTOR IVE EVER HEARD ON ANY air cooled big bore!!!!! MAN i wish that thing would go for under 5 grand and id be all over it...but we all know it will sell for much more than that!!!!!! i had my first bike at 14 a clapped out 79 rm250 and rode the wheels off that thing and it never let me down...Suzuki def got their shit together in the 70s and 80s suspension was number 1 for years across the board.......i really got goosebumps first time i heard that idle and growl.........
Proper Lucky guy,! Awesome bike, store it man, never seen a mint any crosser like that,can ride to, like the bike big time, I have mint 90 Kmx200, stay safe from Darlington Co Durham England 🇬🇧😀
Great, Bike,& it Was Fun To Watch you Send it ,🌬💨& From A Stand still & Right up into A Wheelie & it Looks Like You Could Have Rode That Wheelie For 2 Blocks 🤜🎯🤛Bad Ass,,Reminds Me of my 78 RM 400 ,I Had As A Teenager, That Bike Taught me how to ride A wheelie & then my 76 Yamaha RD 400 made Me A Master Wheeler,,I Remember One Time ,This Truck dropped Some Debris in the Road & I had to do a Wheelie over it to get Away & Over it & as soon as I ,Set The RD 400 down A Cop pulled me over & I told Him, I had to do a wheelie over that debris in the road & he's like yes you did a Good job. Not Recking That Motorcycle ,,,But you didn't Have To Ride the Wheelie For 2 Blocks,Son 🤜🤣🤛 Got Me Dead To Rights There 🤜🤣🤛
I'd take that over a new 2021 all day anyday..I can feel that power band watching you ride that bike just tiling up the ground though the gears .....and it just looks amazing sitting there such good looks and stants.
I love the sound of a 2-cycle motocrosser in the morning! I also am impressed with the going through the gears with the front tire airborne. I had a 1978 RM100 in high school in the early 80s. Loved it; just could not afford it-took all my cash that I made!
As my dad would say "More power than Duquesne light...lol...bro that is theee nicest air cold 500 by far, and the video did the sound justice, it sounded great very crisp and deep sound for a 2-cycle but that's a 500 low RPM tones of HP....I love it and I want it....
Respect. The stock exhaust was *loud as a MF* on these animals. Family that lived up the street from me had 83/84 250 and 500 RM models, they had late 70's Rupp Nitro 440, and Magnum 500 sleds for winter too, lucky bastards. Thanks for a blast from the past. I want to paddle it up, and take it up to Silver Lake state park sand dunes.
That is one beautiful Suzuki rm500 I used to race Motocross I'm back in the late 60s 70s and 80s and into the 90s so I've been on mostly Suzuki and Honda but also remember riding Husqvarna has in the desert Bowl tacos Hodaka CiCi's nice bikes beautiful brings back good memories. Bike sounds very crisp smooth sounds real smooth that's one thing about Suzuki😁💀💀💀🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
This dude is like the ''cool'' uncle of that one kid you knew from the neighborhood growing up.
Uncle Rico if Uncle Rico rode dirt bikes
I was that kid.
he's like a big kid...lol
Reminds me of the kid in my neighborhoods dad he rode an RM lol
@@JohnDoe-pt7xx no disrespect just saying but he is he that kid that has it and spoiled or the guy that was cool and without you burn it down the street and burn it back up if you knew how to ride and shift it using the clutch but not dog it out is he that cool of a guy or is he that other guy you all know that guy I'm talking about you know a lot of us didn't have that stuff we saved our pennies and our dollars and whatever we could get but as long as we was in the wind and never matters what you're on God bless all you guys on here and families too in the fallen ones we looked up to amen
This is that guy you keep your girl far away from.
The 80's was the greatest decade ever. I used to race back in 78-82 and had a RM and a YZ 80. Loved the smell of the Castrol oil that mixed with the fuel. Lets not forget the music that came out of the 80's either. What a blessing it was to be a kid in the US during the 80's. Now I look at the world and it seems as if I am on a completely different planet.
Ur not kidding it's not the same
Ohhhh yeah, the smell of Castrol R30.
100%!!
Born 78 so I'm right there with you. 💯 Honda 50 fat tire then YZ80 and the powerband on that minibeast ripped🤙
We ripped back then , I was in HS at that time and remember the first time I rode a friends RM250 (an 81 and 1st year of the full floater swingarm) -- took about 30 minutes to get used to the power, you better respect it. Kaws and Yams were few and far between, everyone rode Hondas and Suzukis
Who the hell would dislike this video? Must be some Ebike guys.
@Kalel Vance no one does care
Exactly 🏍🔧⚙️🔩📛💯. So true
@Kalel Vance go away...
Me I dislike totally because I'm just a jealous guy !! This is my Grail, Never forget that Lackey had the Tittle World Champ on it, and I'm not american, but a real addict old Suzie. My dream is the 77, 78 RM 125 and the ice on top of the cake THIS ONE , all world champs with Watanabe, Rahier and Lackey. I'd fit some DG exhaust on it and wear my old Arai helmet with 5 buttons, yellow shirt, blue Yoko trousers and old bleu Fox boots. It was the best era ever of Motocross, Lackey, Sun and Laporte were the US outsiders, the solid contenders named Vromans, Malherbe, Noyce, Carlqvist, Bruno, Kinigardner, Wolsink and so many in the list...Wow, missed the smell out of a hot muffler !
Someone lacking a soul
I grew up in the 80s and thats the best sound there is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@G Skelton yea that sound jacked me up big time lol
He’s got awesome bikes. He’s definitely stuck in the 80s but hey it was a great tine
the 80's were the best years to be a teenager with a dirt bike !! life was great
In my opinion most of the major changes took place in the 80's. Anybody remember the 1981 Suzuki RM 125? You either had that bike or wished you had one.I remember people jumping ship in the middle of the year and halfway through the season you would roll up to the start and 90% of the riders were on the Suzuki. Honda couldn't give their 125 away that year and the Kawasaki was still air cooled.
@@attilalako8090 man that is no joke!!!
This channel is new to me! But I love it! Combines my favorite things from growing up!
Bad as dirtbikes and well the era itself!
We that were there are some very lucky people! That I have zero doubt of!
Try1982 ktm 495 mxc -a real monster.....
Thats not a bad place to be stuck in. The 80's were so much more free from cops showing every damn minute for some stupid neighbor bitching about this and that! BBQ's, Block partys , B##ches , Beers and Badass Big Boy bikes!😂😂🤟🏻💪🏻😎
Absolute legend of a guy keeping the 80s alive
I love this guys passion for dirtbikes. He has the best taste in bikes. What a machine .Greetings from England
Bike sounds more dialed in than any 500 i've heard!
It’s a crisp sounding engine
Facts!!!
@@teediggy1785 are the boys coming to dilla this weekend?
@@bradleymorris8875 He said "at amateur level". He is probably correct.
@@bradleymorris8875 i mean these motors are making very similar power to the modern 450's if not more, its the frame and suspension that lets them down.
All of the 80s 500s were so badass! That thing sounds super dialed! A friend is lucky enough to have one of those super rare birds. I love the CRs of the era, but that RM is a unicorn, great job building that one!
Yea he is! He definitely cool! And he knows what he is talking about! Out of all the video makers out there, I actually like this guy. The rest of them, say they know, think they know, but when they open their mouth someone who actually does know thinks " what an Idiot" , another one, telling old wives tales and giving bad advise thinking they are educating the world but they are not doing anything but feeding into and spreading narrative driven techniques that are designed to sell products whether you need them or not, will ever need them or not, or if you will ever even need to use them or no. That does not matter, because all that matters to them is that they convince people to buy their product. Like never seize and loc-tite. There is a time and place for them, but these people use one or the other on everything and some use both at the same time. Someone who recommends that you loctite every nut and bolt, has an issue with properly tightening, or pretention Ing the big spring that a bolt or stud actually is. And they have had a problem with things loosening and falling apart after they assemble them, which is why they have to use a thread glue to hold their junk together. And never seize, their are different types with different metals in them for different purposes. Not to them, there is one kind, and that is the kind they have, and it is never seize, it says it is right on the can! Yes they are right, it says never seize, but not anti-corrosion compound, and that is what they are using it for.
This guy is the coolest, most rad dude on UA-cam! Thank you for the all the work you put into your reviews man! You're so passionate at what you do bro, and it makes watching your reviews that much sweeter! The bike is off the charts and the throttle response is insane! Great vid man! As usual!
That's a nice bike! It wanted to stay on the back wheel 🤘🤘 Best drug mankind's made.. 2 stroke
the days of the 2 strokes were the best ever, the sound, the smell, that power band, and the relatively inexpensive repairs, 4 strokes have killed the dream for budget riders. LOVE YOUR VIDS DUDE, KEEP EM ROLLING !!
I'm amazed there is still grass on the other side of the road.
😅😅😅
Well, atleast they don't have to cut it 🤣 The bikes take care of the lawn service.
They're not ripping them 500's enough
@@rocknrye9273 how cool
I wonder who is the owner of the lawn, is it public or private? 😂
That bike is RARE Ken, that thing rips too and it's minty! Awesome find man, lucky! I got a 1988 Rm250 super clean, was the king of Leapers in 88. Bike Was a Huge break through for Suzuki in 1988. You can see the bike on my channel 👍, awesome vid 👍 💯
Crisp, clean, trick pipe, RARE Suzi. Nice. Always loved that yellow n blue
Rare cause you ruined them.
nothing like rototillin fresh grass on a 500
I had an 87 CR500 Ditch Witch
@@eddiebones20 You're not communicatin.
Only once in the video did he drive the engine correctly.
Most of the time the engine was struggling, and he was thrashing it.
Only once did the engine rev smoothly from low to high revs.
This silly display man drives all the unique bikes, the same way.
Why make bikes different if You're going to ride them in the same way?
Surely 1 of the bikes will fail to do a wheelie cause It's tuned to win races.
We're not buying them cause they did a wheelie. That feature causes you to become a jackass and loose the race.
I don't know about yall but back in the 80s were im from RMs were the most fearsome and badass bikes to own hands down and thats coming from a KX guy.
IDK the kx came into it's own in the mid to late 80s not much could touch them especially in the big bore
@@wessteele1058 yeah I should have been more specific because what time period I was referring to was the late 70's early 80's because the KX 500 owned the mid 80's and there after in my humble opinion.
no I'm totally with you in the mid 80s and there after nothing and I mean nothing could compare to the KX 500 hands down! I guess what I was trying to say was the RM's were most popular in the late 70s ateast around my neck of the woods.👍
Nice bike, brings back memories, I worked at a Suzuki dealership in the 80s.
That was the last year of the double rear coil springers. There's no way these kids today could sky on that machine. Shortly after was the RM465. With a full floater which dominated the YZ mono shock
Those old Full Floater (and Kawi Uni-Trak) rear suspensions were heavier and a bit more work to maintain than the linkage types used now, but they worked so well. Smooth and progressive... This bike is an absolute gem.
They sure as hell don't make em' like that anymore. And it's a damn shame too!!
The guy or the bike?🤔🤣
You should ride a new 2 stroke , they are a lot better handling and the power band is a-lot more predictable and not as “peaky” as the old 2 strokes .
They sure don't. Now they have power at half the displacement and are faster and better handling.
That pipe !!!! It’s like a beautiful thigh spread - that bike is beautiful- love the RM’s - 🤦♂️🤤🤤
Totally irresponsible, out there spreading Five Honey fever. I’m gonna have to stay 600’ feet away from this channel and put on two M500 mask 😷 to keep from catching it.
Karen
Excellent 👍
I know u cant keep every bike but this Bike is so rare should be in your museum. It will never be this clean again. Someone's gonna buy it and destroy it. Would be a shame.
That's what fathers think about their daughters 🤣
Whoever could afford to buy it, most likely would cherish it...
My first woody for dirt bikes started around 77-78. I can’t remember exactly which year but I remember it was an RM80 the kid on the street behind our house had. I was 9 and we had just moved to Connecticut from the Bronx and I heard this noise from off in the distance curious I went to go see what it was. Then I saw it. I’ll never forget that as long as I live. I’m 53 and I can still remember the sound it made, and that 500 brought me right back. there.
Funny but 500 cubic capacity doesn't sound like 80.
The 125 was so awesome to hear too..I had too get my hands on a piped 2 stroke so bad after hearing that!
@@dreyn7780 thanks for posting. I can somewhat agree but 500 goes thru a open baffle same as an 80 and that’s where the sound comes from. Besides the fact that I’m listening to the video thru my phones speaker. Lol.
Love that full floater. My uncle had a PE 175 with that suspension and i got to ride it a bunch and it was plush. Thing is a beast. Throw some disk brakes on it and send it!
Used to go to watch enduro and the 2 blokes who took me rode in them 1 being a p.e 175 rode it couple of times and that thing was so quicker than the dt 175 Mx at the time real fun surprised me....
@@jonathansmedley123 haha...are a..
one was a relative by marriage he was a bouncer in Chester back in the day when doormen wore dicky bows and didn't ask nicely...he stopped Enduro for a year ask me to start back up with him both of us fixing up a bike for me but tragedy struck and he was killed in a accident... GRT bloke he made that XR 600 of his look like a 125..his mate would come along with p e 175 but he never looked after the bloody thing..one time me+Russel had to carry the bike out of his garage because he'd been Beach racing the week before and hadn't cleaned it 4am carrying it out of his garage he just stood there and watched,he was funny though looked like the comedian Lee Hurst... GRT going to Enduro at a time when geraint Jones was racing on his husky....to street Wise for perverts but thanks for askin...haha 🤗👍👍👍...
i’m sure the RM500 won the aussie mr.motocross title back in the day...one of the few non Hondas i would own....so love the rort of an aircooled open class bike...awesome
H3AVYHAUL3R you’re right. Ray Vandenberg won on a Suzuki in 1983. So the year before this bike, but the same model etc.
You’re spot on and lots of state titles and some big super x races here in aus back then 💪
My friend had an 89 RM 250 and when I ride it I was hooked. Always loved the 2 tone blue decals. Thanks again for kick starting my memories😁😊🤘👍
I had a 1984 RM500, tallest bike i ever owned. I think rear suspension travel was like 14.2", one of the best through whoops. These are 4 speeds, torquey.
@@davidcarper5411 No, it was a 4 speed, pretty crazy. But with all that torque it worked. Later had '86 & '91 KX500's and my belief on the '91 is that it would have been faster with a 4 speed.
That RM is a low tech power house wheel standing rooster tail blaster
Low technology? My arse. You make something out of magnesium.
You're FULL of disrespect.
@@dreyn7780 It was an air cooled reference calm down.
hey Kaplan , man i have seen just about every 500 2 stroke on your page, expect the WR 500 ? my father has had his 92 Wr 500 for 26 years all original and in sweet condition! keep up the great content man :)
Dude I had forgot about the wr 500!
I have never seen one in person but remember them in the magazines!
Very cool!
Nasty Bike! Love the sound they produce! Would love to own 1 some day.
I actually have 1 i just bought
I lost count how many times I've watched this video now officially one of my favorite KAPLAN videos can't get enough of this primo RM 500 I need to buy this bike!
Love the early 80’s RM’s had an 82 250 I wish I’d kept it.
I I have an 82 RM250.. that I just finished restoring...
82' 250Z fastest motor Ever..
Wicked . 83 toned down motor.
Got my first trophy in 1983 on that 250z new leftover . RM never broke much.
mitzvah golem I was about 13 years old when I had mine early 90’s was a fairly wild ride 😉
@@MitzvosGolem1 you ain't lying 82 RM is a hard-hitting engine but it's like an overgrown 125 it's all top end not much on the bottom drawer in the middle but when that thing hits on the top it explodes and revs to the Moon
@@navyseabee7245 Im about to restore an '82 rm250. It doesnt have 1st gear and its so used to klotz 28to1 it wont run on anything else but shes a screamer lol lots of potential
Like the Captain says No Replacement for Displacement 500 big bore like a BigBlock Chevrolet!!
Why, why, why must you continuously taunt me with this amazingly awesome old school big bore 500s that I know I’ll never be able to ride, you are the luckiest man in America, ride on man
I have no place to ride anywhere near me. Thats why I sold my 91’ cr500 back in 98’ 🙁
Deano W, broooooo that’s the saddest shit ever, cr500s are fuckin amazing, my brother had a kx just a year back and I loved riding it, unfortunately he sold it
Ken u are ripped ! You should make a video on your workout regime and what your diet is like.
Release the Kraken!
My KX 250s ran extremely strong as well 79, 80 , 82.
The 79’s swing arm was metal art. Beautiful welds a gold anodized aluminum.
Bel-Ray MC1 by the case.
I had this bike back in the day, loved it.. Should have never sold it, I think I sold it for 1250 bucks 😔
snide 2 this exact bike ????
@@highrpmful yes
snide 2 I got the 85 250cc 2-stroke fresh top end 1st kick cold start ITZ a beast I guess I’ll keep it 🤟🏾
@@LORDFOOTAGE2020
I definitely would, give it another 10 years and they will be VERY hard to get..
Enjoy..
I had the RM465 the year or so prior. Had the best suspension for its day. I even raced it stock, and I was only 5’7” 150lbs. So much fun
Drum brakes, lol, like if they could stop a 500 two strokes.
And they stop iron steam tractors and multi carrage freight trains made of thousands of tonnes of metal.
It's as if computers can't calculate.
These people are gossiping idiots.
Omg what a bad ass rippin machine!love the 80s blue and yellow!
Thing hangs wheelies and he's not even trying
Ken is the guy you went to when someone gave you a hard time growing up. I bet he was a bad ass dude, but a good dude.
All of this pinging of two stroke engines and flinging dirt makes me wish they hadn’t cancelled mid Ohio
Hahaha nice name
Hey Ken you and your boy are going to kick ass on discovery Channel. You folks deserve this show. We can see y'all worked really hard for it. Keep it up player.
Love you brother
Had a RM250 in 1988 when I was 22, it was an awesome bike. The fantastic sound of this 500 took me straight back there. Thank you.
Wow something about air cooled 500s sounds amazing what a beautiful rm 😍
Kaplan America is just an all American dude, who lives what he believes in. His videos are inspiring...can’t believe how much he accomplishes
I had the same bike but 1 year older, I had the 1982 RM 465Z. Bought it brand new in 1982 for $2,495. I also added the same air box, I got it from White Brothers in Cali. Also sent the rear shock to White Brothers and put a terry fork kit on the front. It was a beast, but so fun to ride. I had it for 8 years and sold it in 1990. Ran like a top, started first or second kick every time, and I never had one engine problem with it. Best bike I ever had.
Lived my dream brother! I’m 21 now and just bought my 82 rm465 after looking for so long, I’m very happy! Got the single sided airbox too but I wish I got that fork upgrade so cool to hear!
Lovely bike but not for everyone... too much power for drum brakes
And it was considered down on power compared to the other Open bikes of the time..
I need one for my collection.
Just needed porting to pull the power through the rom range! Eric Gorr would fix that up quickly
@@terryfonz4603 Id love to see the stock port map. I could probably greatly improve it myself...
@@terryfonz4603 👍
Wow that's clean.... looks like its just come out the factory, absolutely stunning👍👍
Back from an era when men were men and bikes were bikes and made without taking into consideration the princesses that may want to ride them covered in bubble wrap and not quite decided yet whether they want to transition or not.
How ya going Brian?
@@Jorge_Jones haha good mate. Don't blow my cover now 🤪
I want like a 90 ish 500 port the head, carbon reeds& run it on 116 octane. All these skills and knowledge but no bike boy would it be a blast if I had one now. In the early 2000s I had a 87 CR500 used to rip that bad boy in the belleplain state forest in all the dunes & woods in new Jersey
Unreal bike. Senior can ride like a madman. Thanks for sharing. 😎👊
Heck Yeahhh... 👍🏻🤠🇺🇸
Thought That Was Bob Hannah There For a Minute LOL
I still have my 1983 RM 500 I've had cr480 CR500 yz490 kx500 all between the years of 1980 to 1986 I I love them all but the rm500 was my favorite so I kept it and sold the rest only downfall is it 4 speed transmission
I own one of these my uncle bought it when he was young used it a few times then chucked it in the shed I got it after it had been sitting 27 years drove it once but as it sad with petrol in it etc it will need a full rebuild finding it hard to find parts I’m based in Ireland does any 1 know where to get them
U in nort or south ireland
@@eddiewalsh4792 south just outside cork
My first two stroke was a 1982 rm80, I also had a km90 ag type two stroke bike, that 500 takes me back to my younger days
What a beauty 2 stroke heaven you my sir have great taste! God bless you kap the energy is through the roof. She rips 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤟🏾
Nice bike...lets see the 84 cr500r vs 84 rm500 drag races...jr vs sr💪
What a torque monster! Sounds like it's barely above idle and you can't keep the front wheel down! Beautiful vintage MX bike!
I wanna grow old and be shredding at that age.... 🤞
I had one of these in the 90s. You could literally just hold it flat in every gear the engine would misfire and just stop pulling but not blow you could rev the ring out of those things.
Rode the snot out of mine for years. Great bike!
Ken looks like he's loving it such a great relationship with Jr. Great guy with such a passion. Keep up the great work guys. Love that bike.
It's a pleasure ken and Jr. you bring back such beautiful memories with these prestigious machines. thanks.
I was wondering what the hell happened to buddy ripperton from Christine and who knew he could ride bad ass two strokes like a friggen maniac !!! Lol , old two strokes are the best !!!
I love the big bore air hammers. Spent many hours in the deep woods on my 84 cr500, would love to have that bike. Is that a 4 or 5 speed gear box?
Love it. Suzuki dirt bikes have personality.
I got raised on a 250rm I would love to see a pe400 and this bike,BRING BACK TWO STROKES
You looked like bad brad lackey on that bazookie rippa..great video brother!!
God, i love the sound of the big air cooled machines, so sweet. I think it's the best looking 500 from that era. Absolutely awesome!!!
hi i know this cycles have one 1980 125 CC very strong and nice speed i like it
That IS two stroke Power without an end ! I Like this great Sound !greetings from Germany !
Man you cannot beat the old skool big bore two stroke MXers from the Japanese big four👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 RM, CR, YZ and KX. All are total beasts. That RM reminds me of the good old days Sir👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Ken in all my years I’ve seen everything except on of those
They are rare !!
great looking bike to bad they didnt make liquad coold 500 in the dirt bike like the quadzilla
Whoa burnout and a willy at the same time I've never seen can do that on his CR500!
When I got my 89 cr 125....... That's the first thing I checked was the bottom of the frame and not one dent in it.............the people that were around me at the time....... It was like They seen a ghost ........... That bike is awesome........ That is a pretty rare bike I have never seen one in person....... Love your videos👍👍👍👍👍
I sold my cr 500 2 years ago I bought it mint 3 years after original owner bought it new. I have owned kx500s as well. And rode one of these rm many years ago. Man I miss these big bore machines!
I had a cr 480 you had to pull or roll a start it all the time. Great times
Gorgeous machine!
What do you think is the price on this baby?
An absolute beast for sure!! A truly rare find. Lots of torque as well. Love it!
I used to have RMZ250Z... I SOLD IN 1998... I HAVE UNTIL NOW THE MANUAL OF THAT MOTORCICLE.
Gorgeous bike! Love the old RMs!
DUde that thing its absolutely disgusting...jeeezzee O peASE.....MCNASTY DOESNT EVEN DO IT JUSTICE!!!!....THAT IS THE TIGHEST MOTOR IVE EVER HEARD ON ANY air cooled big bore!!!!! MAN i wish that thing would go for under 5 grand and id be all over it...but we all know it will sell for much more than that!!!!!! i had my first bike at 14 a clapped out 79 rm250 and rode the wheels off that thing and it never let me down...Suzuki def got their shit together in the 70s and 80s suspension was number 1 for years across the board.......i really got goosebumps first time i heard that idle and growl.........
These RM's are the best sounding bikes of the 80's and still in 2021
Proper Lucky guy,! Awesome bike, store it man, never seen a mint any crosser like that,can ride to, like the bike big time, I have mint 90 Kmx200, stay safe from Darlington Co Durham England 🇬🇧😀
RM's of that age were monsters!!
Ever been on a CR500? 😁
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Great, Bike,& it Was Fun To Watch you Send it ,🌬💨& From A Stand still & Right up into A Wheelie & it Looks Like You Could Have Rode That Wheelie For 2 Blocks 🤜🎯🤛Bad Ass,,Reminds Me of my 78 RM 400 ,I Had As A Teenager, That Bike Taught me how to ride A wheelie & then my 76 Yamaha RD 400 made Me A Master Wheeler,,I Remember One Time ,This Truck dropped Some Debris in the Road & I had to do a Wheelie over it to get Away & Over it & as soon as I ,Set The RD 400 down A Cop pulled me over & I told Him, I had to do a wheelie over that debris in the road & he's like yes you did a Good job. Not Recking That Motorcycle ,,,But you didn't Have To Ride the Wheelie For 2 Blocks,Son 🤜🤣🤛 Got Me Dead To Rights There 🤜🤣🤛
TEAM SUZUKI!!
I'd take that over a new 2021 all day anyday..I can feel that power band watching you ride that bike just tiling up the ground though the gears .....and it just looks amazing sitting there such good looks and stants.
I'm from that era in time and rode all the rms even going back if anyone remembers Suzuki made a TM series before the RM came out..
I love the sound of a 2-cycle motocrosser in the morning!
I also am impressed with the going through the gears with the front tire airborne.
I had a 1978 RM100 in high school in the early 80s. Loved it; just could not afford it-took all my cash that I made!
Friend had a 100t in the mid 80s he was a good rider boy he made that thing fly
I have -83 suzuki Rm 80 and it's a beast too , love it
As my dad would say "More power than Duquesne light...lol...bro that is theee nicest air cold 500 by far, and the video did the sound justice, it sounded great very crisp and deep sound for a 2-cycle but that's a 500 low RPM tones of HP....I love it and I want it....
And a 1984 belt, medal, and haircut to go along with it.✊
Respect. The stock exhaust was *loud as a MF* on these animals. Family that lived up the street from me had 83/84 250 and 500 RM models, they had late 70's Rupp Nitro 440, and Magnum 500 sleds for winter too, lucky bastards. Thanks for a blast from the past. I want to paddle it up, and take it up to Silver Lake state park sand dunes.
You'd hear the CRs coming, and the KXs/Yzs, but you you always knew that RM scream coming down the line!
Next level..I have got to stop watching this channel,
it is addicting!!
That is one beautiful Suzuki rm500 I used to race Motocross I'm back in the late 60s 70s and 80s and into the 90s so I've been on mostly Suzuki and Honda but also remember riding Husqvarna has in the desert Bowl tacos Hodaka CiCi's nice bikes beautiful brings back good memories. Bike sounds very crisp smooth sounds real smooth that's one thing about Suzuki😁💀💀💀🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
This dude’s hilarious!!!
Every time I see a vintage Suzuki I think of the bomber Mark Barnett 🤘🏻 awesome bike
What surprises me most is the fact that you guys still have grass left lol