My 2000 kx250 always brings a smile to my face- not only bc it's so fun to ride, but because I can get my dad to smile like a kid when we work on it, or when he rides it too. Retro shit, for life.
@@robertlaube574 Starting in 2016, we finally started getting good again. I don't know if you noticed, but there is a lot of very good things happening in the world. The sportbikes will never look as good as a 916 Ducati or a 2001 Yamaha R1 1000cc sportbike. And no bike will ever look better than the 1980's motorcross bikes with the perfect symetry to every piece and part. But there are some good things happening, bad people are finally being removed from power, in a big way, and that means more fun and more money for all.
The motorcycle industry does a great job of making riders feel like last years model is inadequate and slower in every way... Whereby in reality models change very little from year to year.
Indeed. Refinements... but overall, it won't change the lap times. Training and riding more will change the lap times and how long you can go. A new bike won't do that by itself. For example, David Pingree did a review of a carburated CRF450 2006 and conclude that he can do the same lap times with it than he can with the newest model. What is needed is a well adjusted bike in perfect shape, not necessarily the latest model.
I raced a 89 Rm 250 back in 1990.. I loved the thing. I was only 13 and lied about my age to race in the adults 👌 the bikes back then had such character.. the Honda, Yams and Kawasaki all felt so different to each other. You was either a fan of one and not the other. I tried all 4 makes that year, but only gelled with the suzook and kwakers. Golden era.
The eighties were the decade of MX bike evolution. The difference between a 1982 motocross bike and a 1989 was enormous. Every year, a different manufacturer would introduce a new piece of technology that made the rest of them look antiquated. This went on for the entire decade until it started to slow down around 1990. It was a very exciting time to be a motocross racer, to say the least.
@markochs2495 Enormous. The Hurricane had Suzuki build what ended up being a virtual yellow Honda with a few of his own personal touches mixed in. The difference between my '87 RM 125 and my '89 model was astronomical. The '89 handled so well it felt like it was custom built just for me.
Imo, the biggest evolution came from 1976 to 1983. ‘76 - six inches of travel, dual shocks, air cooled, drum brakes, etc. By the mid ‘80s, twelve inches of travel or more, single shock, water cooled, and eventually disk brakes. I rode a ‘77 RM100 with 7” of travel maybe. Then bought a ‘78 CR250 that had 12” of travel with fox air shocks. Bikes went from easy to ride to scary as heck in a few short years. The TM400 Cyclone has the infamous reputation as a wild machine, (I owned a TM125), but, imo, a late ‘80s CR500 can make someone consider their life choices after a bad day of riding.
Deck the head, porting, bigger carb, lightened flywheel with a timing adjuster and whatever personal pipe to shape the power that you like. Micro polish the gears. Alot more power to be had. Send the suspension out have updated internals put in, bigger brake rotors, aftermarket pegs. These bikes are still competitive, if you know how to ride them.
That's what I did to my 95 cr250. Bigger brakes, adjustable pegs, taller seat foam, forks from a later crf450, found a rear shock from later bike, etc. Every nut bolt and bearing gone through. Everyone that rides it is blown away that it's an older bike
I dont know why but those curved back fenders on these 90s era bikes look MUCH better than the pointy ones we have today. :P It really makes the DIRT bike -look.
@@nonameinfl OH yeah whats up with that too! Looks like someone wanted to install an erectile dysfunction instead of proper front fenderto these new bikes :D
70s...beautiful? Maybe mid 80s like the 85 KX125 the 86 KX250 and 500, 1987 CR250, RM125 from 1981 to early 90's RM250 from 85...YZ250L and N and from 88 onwards. 1983, 84, 87 and 89 CR500......oh...and that beautiful 1986 KTM500, 86 onwards Cagiva......and Maico. All 80s Maico...and Husky.
i just got a rM250 from 1997 :-) and i love it. i repaired a lot of parts and now she´s running like crazy. fro my first dirt bike i am very happy and hope to have a long time to come with her ;-)
I've had everything from. 76 rm 370 to 88 kx 500 82 - 85 - 87 yz 490 84 cr 250 89 yz 250 rode friends newer 2 smokers.If these bikes are in good working order. You can go just as fast as anyone else on something newer. It's fun smoking people on newer shit.
That was the highest hp 500 85- 86 Road 2001 cr 500 at mosses lake at the dunes.faster out the hole than my kx 500.mine was better on top.Better be in shape.
@@brianjacobsen5762 For my rebuild I went with an 87+ prox long rod conversion and a cometic 5mm cylinder spacer due to lack of availability for the correct short rod. But its on a fresh bore 91mm wiseco piston, oem rebuilt crank with the above mentioned rod setup. 3 new trans gears, new clutch. Whole bike is basically new. Only been run twice for short heat cycles. Will start riding it next week after buttoning up a few small things.
@@berube361 I learned to really ride on my 89 yz250 road my friends 97 is 250 in the sand kx didn't wander yz did like riding a street bike on a groved freeway. Honda's Kawasaki stabler Suzuki Yamaha turn quicker. I sold all my dirt bikes .all I can do is dream .Your heat cycles are done. Gear up go out rip. Peace.
@@brianjacobsen5762 2 strokes will always be awesome, especially the ones not made anymore. Mine still needs a few little things address before I can ride tho, front brake needs bleeding as theres no way I'm riding a 500 with no front brake haha. And some other small pieces to put on. But hopefully end up the week I'll take it on its maiden voyage.
Awesome to see others keeping on 89's. Running an 89' cr250r great bike first year with inverted forks for honda and it screams coming through every gear ready to lift that front end.
I rode a 1993 rm250 from 2011 to 2015. I rebuilt the whole thing..it was a basket case when I got it. All my friends rode new bikes and I was right there with the old bike. They used to give he a hard time when I first got it together but after we rode there were surprised..
Spare piston in the paddock? Hell, I raced a 1989 RMX 250 in state and national Hare scrambles every weekend for 6 years and never took the top end off. I loved my RMX. The pegs as stated were replaced... The suspension had to be tuned for me... It ripped. I retired it in 1996 with the purchase of a KtM 300 MXC. I'd take back either one today in 2019 and chase you through the woods.
had a '99 RM 250 and that was the best turning bike have ever ridden.. Drop into the rut, ride the outside of an offcamber.. that thing just STUCK, period.
Ive still got my 1989 KDX200, it sat in a garage for 10 years and started in less than ten kicks on the fuel still in the tank. The tyres had turned to concrete, but I rode them with no air on a 100 mile French offroad event.
@@rigging1377 its all opinion based man some people like 2 strokes better, some like 4 strokes better. I'm a 2 stroke guy but you can't say one is better without saying why its better. each have their own pros and cons.
Yep, that was my bike, bought new . Actually mine was a RMX 250....I put a competition kit on it, and rode all over up North MI. ...I WANT IT BACK...DAMN IT...!!! Remember adding wider foot pegs, skid plate, and bark busters
Motocross got faster when fourstrokes started coming up, two strokes are dope and all like I motocross a banshee 350, but I’ve been working and saving up and I’m about to buy a kx450f, that thing pushes 60 hp, all stock, a 250 two stroke pushes around only 44, don’t get me wrong though, it all comes down to the rider.
@@2smokepipo812 So has the cost and the injuries More people have given up Mx simply because of cost no matter how good the rider is 4 strokes have been hugely damaging to Mx/SX
@@2smokepipo812 First of all the kx450f doesnt push 60 stock even from the engine, and what kind of a dumbass would compare a crank hp fantasy which cant be achieved stock to a probably lowest wheel-horsepower figure taken out of a brand new 250 2 stroke?
totally right i had a rm 125 1989 and it wasent anywhere near as fast as my kx 125 of same year or my first rm a 1985 rm 125j same with 250 rm cr kx or yz kick holes out of it
The real magic of that era of rm was how glued to the track the front tire was. I'm betting on a tight track without huge jumps an old rm 250 would surprise modern 450's with it's cornering speed.the engine was just ok. Gear box silky smooth.
@@hdrjunkie I have a roller chassis complete engine and a spare cylinder no tins"gas tank, fenders,side covers...if your interested in a project....from Wyoming USA 🔫🤠
@@hdrjunkie I'm disabled now....the last old bike of mine that I restored before I got hurt was my old flattracker a bighorn 350 kawi....the old Yamaha just sits at my buddies shop...
So was the 1993 RM250 faster than the newer ones? Because that sounds really extreme. I wonder if they detuned them at some point? I hear the early CR500 was much faster and had a higher, sharper power band and more peak horsepower than the later models.
I have a 89 RMX250 with relined bore , and maintained everything else . She leaves a lot of the new bikes behind ... Well we do . As for power comments below , if it don't rear up in fourth , it ain't tuned properly and you might wana stay on a four stroke nana 😂😂😂
Motocross bikes were really ahead of cars and snowmobiles in the 80s and 90s. Not much has changed today. But if you compare a car from 89 to now its a world of difference.....
I've been on all sorts of mx bikes I current have a 98 cr125 I restored and built back up. Even the 125s are pretty wild bits of kit . Mines also road registered on a day time mot . Always fun nipping to get some milk on it 😁
Had one of these, and a 1990 too. Good bike, the footpegs destroyed boots though and used to sag. I modified mine, made them much wider, built up the area the sat on to stop them sagging.
Cary O Phil Len Yeah man! Has good compression, all it needs is both brakes rebuilt, new back fender, and triple trees. Sure was a scary test ride without having any brakes 😂
I have owned a rm250 and trust me you guys don’t want to touch that bike. I thank god everyday that someone was stupid enough to buy that thing off me.
I remember an article in a specialised magazine in 2004. They were comparing the 1994 CR 250 and the 450 CRF 2004. Result: the'94 cr250 was barely as efficient as the 2004 CRF450. That means that Motocross bikes do not evolves that much through the years.
My 2000 kx250 always brings a smile to my face- not only bc it's so fun to ride, but because I can get my dad to smile like a kid when we work on it, or when he rides it too. Retro shit, for life.
I also own a 2000kx 250 and smiles for days when I ride.. God bless the 2 stroke God's 🙏 🙌 lol
Can’t believe how GOOD that thing sounds!!! 🤯
And looks! 😍
Music
90's bikes are legendary.
all in 90s was better..and i mean all
@@commantrosexetlos4700 the 90s were the peak, everything since has been sheeeeee it.
@@robertlaube574 yeah brother 80-90s was in another level..in all
@@robertlaube574 Starting in 2016, we finally started getting good again. I don't know if you noticed, but there is a lot of very good things happening in the world. The sportbikes will never look as good as a 916 Ducati or a 2001 Yamaha R1 1000cc sportbike. And no bike will ever look better than the 1980's motorcross bikes with the perfect symetry to every piece and part. But there are some good things happening, bad people are finally being removed from power, in a big way, and that means more fun and more money for all.
Totally!! Had an RM 250 just like this, was a beast!!! Miss it
The motorcycle industry does a great job of making riders feel like last years model is inadequate and slower in every way...
Whereby in reality models change very little from year to year.
Indeed. Refinements... but overall, it won't change the lap times. Training and riding more will change the lap times and how long you can go. A new bike won't do that by itself. For example, David Pingree did a review of a carburated CRF450 2006 and conclude that he can do the same lap times with it than he can with the newest model. What is needed is a well adjusted bike in perfect shape, not necessarily the latest model.
maybe dirt bikes but in the 1000 cc road bike class no way
Crazystuffyousee very little indeed, I’ll take 80’s and 90’s bikes no problem at all
Hampus h you can do just as good on a 10 year old bike trust me
moron
This was my favourite bike I ever owned. Always felt it flattered the rider and encouraged you to push harder. Such a great sound too.
My yz250 2 stroke is 10 years old and I'll never be able to give it what it's got its mind blowing
When these bikes were around it was some of the best times of my life!
The most fun you can legally have with your pants on.
Without burning your right inside leg.
😂
Brian Jacobsen yeah I had to take the fmf off my crf150r Suzy it kept burning my pants and leg
You can’t beat the smell and sound of the 2t’s especially the 500s.
As the owner & rider of 4 (3 rideable, 1 being restored) 500 2-strokes, I approve this message.
Amen to that brother
It's like being with a girl. His perfume and voice are something that really matters.
125s sound epic also
@@skinnybigstuff1040 125 sound the best
Everything that dude said I believe I have an 89 rm250 and I just love it! Rides soooo good for how old it is
I raced a 89 Rm 250 back in 1990.. I loved the thing. I was only 13 and lied about my age to race in the adults 👌 the bikes back then had such character.. the Honda, Yams and Kawasaki all felt so different to each other. You was either a fan of one and not the other. I tried all 4 makes that year, but only gelled with the suzook and kwakers. Golden era.
The eighties were the decade of MX bike evolution. The difference between a 1982 motocross bike and a 1989 was enormous. Every year, a different manufacturer would introduce a new piece of technology that made the rest of them look antiquated. This went on for the entire decade until it started to slow down around 1990. It was a very exciting time to be a motocross racer, to say the least.
Bob Hannah had a lot of influence on the Honda and the Suzuki
@markochs2495 Enormous. The Hurricane had Suzuki build what ended up being a virtual yellow Honda with a few of his own personal touches mixed in. The difference between my '87 RM 125 and my '89 model was astronomical. The '89 handled so well it felt like it was custom built just for me.
@@stkyfngrszmooth my 87 cr 250 was the best motocross bike I ever had. Who gets the credit Johnny Omara, David Bailey or Bad weather Bob?
@markochs2495 Ricky Johnson, of course. 😁
Imo, the biggest evolution came from 1976 to 1983. ‘76 - six inches of travel, dual shocks, air cooled, drum brakes, etc. By the mid ‘80s, twelve inches of travel or more, single shock, water cooled, and eventually disk brakes. I rode a ‘77 RM100 with 7” of travel maybe. Then bought a ‘78 CR250 that had 12” of travel with fox air shocks. Bikes went from easy to ride to scary as heck in a few short years. The TM400 Cyclone has the infamous reputation as a wild machine, (I owned a TM125), but, imo, a late ‘80s CR500 can make someone consider their life choices after a bad day of riding.
I used to own an 88 KX500, that thing was a beautiful beast! I miss it.
Deck the head, porting, bigger carb, lightened flywheel with a timing adjuster and whatever personal pipe to shape the power that you like. Micro polish the gears. Alot more power to be had. Send the suspension out have updated internals put in, bigger brake rotors, aftermarket pegs. These bikes are still competitive, if you know how to ride them.
even stock standard it takes a very good Rider to ride it to its limit.
That's what I did to my 95 cr250. Bigger brakes, adjustable pegs, taller seat foam, forks from a later crf450, found a rear shock from later bike, etc. Every nut bolt and bearing gone through. Everyone that rides it is blown away that it's an older bike
@@doppies2001 Absolutely right most riders can't get everything out of what they are riding.
First things first, have to change the clutch and basket off the showroom floor! RM's clutches suck to this very day!
People blow out their 4t and you use the roller for your 2t.
Still goes alright, looks better than ever!
Looks to me like a 2019 model 👌 old 2 strokes are the best.
The fact that they are 30+ yrs old is the appeal the simplicity and raw power of those bikes will never be matched by any 4 stroke made today
I dont know why but those curved back fenders on these 90s era bikes look MUCH better than the pointy ones we have today. :P It really makes the DIRT bike -look.
Yes and I'm sick of seeing modern front fenders that look like bird beaks and black rims on every bike!
nonameinfl the black rims make it faster tho
@@nonameinfl OH yeah whats up with that too! Looks like someone wanted to install an erectile dysfunction instead of proper front fenderto these new bikes :D
Gotta love a 2 stroke so easy to work on ..great power
Wooooo! I rode a 1989 RM 125! Loved That bike, snappy as hell. God, I love that sound...
Use to rip a 94 loved it great bike would love to find another
👍👍
like angels from the heavens.. is the sound of a 2 stroke when "on the pipe' is magic..
modern motocross bikes MUST return to look like the beautiful motocross bikes of the 70's and 80's!!!!
The 90s bikes where by far the best looking ....70s bikes look well dated today
70s...beautiful? Maybe mid 80s like the 85 KX125 the 86 KX250 and 500, 1987 CR250, RM125 from 1981 to early 90's RM250 from 85...YZ250L and N and from 88 onwards. 1983, 84, 87 and 89 CR500......oh...and that beautiful 1986 KTM500, 86 onwards Cagiva......and Maico. All 80s Maico...and Husky.
i just got a rM250 from 1997 :-) and i love it. i repaired a lot of parts and now she´s running like crazy. fro my first dirt bike i am very happy and hope to have a long time to come with her ;-)
I've had everything from. 76 rm 370 to 88 kx 500 82 - 85 - 87 yz 490 84 cr 250 89 yz 250 rode friends newer 2 smokers.If these bikes are in good working order. You can go just as fast as anyone else on something newer. It's fun smoking people on newer shit.
I have a 1990 RM250 and i love this machine!!!
Gotta love the old 2 strokes. I'm in the process of finishing up restoring my 1986 Honda cr500 and it's an amazing bike.
That was the highest hp 500 85- 86 Road 2001 cr 500 at mosses lake at the dunes.faster out the hole than my kx 500.mine was better on top.Better be in shape.
@@brianjacobsen5762 For my rebuild I went with an 87+ prox long rod conversion and a cometic 5mm cylinder spacer due to lack of availability for the correct short rod. But its on a fresh bore 91mm wiseco piston, oem rebuilt crank with the above mentioned rod setup. 3 new trans gears, new clutch. Whole bike is basically new. Only been run twice for short heat cycles. Will start riding it next week after buttoning up a few small things.
@@berube361 I learned to really ride on my 89 yz250 road my friends 97 is 250 in the sand kx didn't wander yz did like riding a street bike on a groved freeway. Honda's Kawasaki stabler Suzuki Yamaha turn quicker. I sold all my dirt bikes .all I can do is dream .Your heat cycles are done. Gear up go out rip. Peace.
Spell check 97 Kawasaki 250
@@brianjacobsen5762 2 strokes will always be awesome, especially the ones not made anymore. Mine still needs a few little things address before I can ride tho, front brake needs bleeding as theres no way I'm riding a 500 with no front brake haha. And some other small pieces to put on. But hopefully end up the week I'll take it on its maiden voyage.
Nice bike! I clicked back about 5 times on that slow motion wheelie. Beautiful!
Great video.
Brings back a lot of memories.
I had a 88 RM125. I miss that bike it was a lot of fun.
Kept my '90 RM125 all these years and it is still great.
Man oh man, bike was super clean. Makes me wish I still had my 85 CR500!
Awesome to see others keeping on 89's. Running an 89' cr250r great bike first year with inverted forks for honda and it screams coming through every gear ready to lift that front end.
I rode a 1993 rm250 from 2011 to 2015. I rebuilt the whole thing..it was a basket case when I got it. All my friends rode new bikes and I was right there with the old bike. They used to give he a hard time when I first got it together but after we rode there were surprised..
Nothing has changed with 2 strokes other than styling, you could still win races on this thing.
Exactly…. A new bike might be a little lighter or a few minor changes but this bike is just as fast as modern 250s.
Believe you’re right turbo Sam 👍
My favourite Suzuki of all Time....my Brother had one and i loved riding it
2 strokes set the standard and are still a beast and a blast to ride.
Four strokes were the beginning of the end of amateur MX racing.
Yes and all the tracks lost due to the bloody nose they make!
Had one just like it for mucking about on the farm. The sound takes me right back there. Thanks.
Spare piston in the paddock? Hell, I raced a 1989 RMX 250 in state and national Hare scrambles every weekend for 6 years and never took the top end off. I loved my RMX. The pegs as stated were replaced... The suspension had to be tuned for me... It ripped. I retired it in 1996 with the purchase of a KtM 300 MXC. I'd take back either one today in 2019 and chase you through the woods.
Me too bro I absolutely loved my 89 RMX! I rode it till 98 and got an RM250 which I had to do quite a bit of work on to be as fast on it as my RMX
had a '99 RM 250 and that was the best turning bike have ever ridden.. Drop into the rut, ride the outside of an offcamber.. that thing just STUCK, period.
What pegs did you get to put on your RMX?
I’ve got a 98 here in aus it’s got road registration turns a lot of heads when I punch it around the local streets 🤜
“It just stayed planted”
Suzuki mate 👊🏻
Thanks for the memories of the "Good old days".
'89, Japan just entering their Golden Era of two-stroke bike building, the 1990s. Not just off-road machines, but road machines as well.
Ive still got my 1989 KDX200, it sat in a garage for 10 years and started in less than ten kicks on the fuel still in the tank.
The tyres had turned to concrete, but I rode them with no air on a 100 mile French offroad event.
91 KDX 200 and 88 XR 200 here, LOVE my 2 smoke!!!!!!
I would buy an aircooled.
My old Yam IT175 just ran and ran and was so much lighter.
The Cr era from the 80s, the 500 was a monster and the 550 Yamaha can climb any mountain.
Amazing a 30 year old bike doesnt look all that dated compared with modern machines .
Looks every bit as fun as a new bike!
Want these videos of old 2 strokes on my recommended list every day
Had me one of these early 90’s, man I loved it.
I’d take that bike over any new 4banger any day. My best friend had the 125rm brand new back then. I still have my 87kx125. And she rips real good.
Got a 91yz for sale. Pro circuit pipe and silencer, carbon Reed's, new ufo plastic, runs great.
Yes! I had one back in 92, wish I still owned it! The good old days!
Pleasure to watch
Great video! Very well made on a fun era in motorcycling.
I always had a two stroke for a motocross. Never will l ever get a four stroke.
I can't ride 4 stroke fast. I kill em in the corners.
@@brianjacobsen5762 yep, me too. Everyone always thinks it's the other way around because of torque. I'm better on a two stroke woods riding too.
what a shame that KRoc could not start on RM 250 built by RCH.. he was in best shape ever
I've rode both and 4 strokes are better
@@rigging1377 its all opinion based man some people like 2 strokes better, some like 4 strokes better. I'm a 2 stroke guy but you can't say one is better without saying why its better. each have their own pros and cons.
Love the bikes from the 70's and 80's!!
Best memory of two strokes was watching willet and easty going at it in the original dep two stroke series,epic
Better than a 4 stroke.
Nowt beats a 2 stroke. The sound, the smell it's got it all
Back when bikes had real seats!
I like my 89 kx .this guy told the truth about a older bike.
I had an 84 when i was 14 in the mid 2000s as an old field bike the nostalgia!!!
Just got a a 91 rmx250… gives me more power than I’ll ever need!
Great. Something else to remind me I shouldn’t of sold me ‘95 rm and 94 yz last year 😢
Sounds nice
I got a 94 yz 250 I'm selling today
I got a yz250 94 10 years ago and didn't check the frame no later on realised it didn't have one, so I'm stuck with it. lol
@@mullaway5746 buy a new frame off ebay👍
Sounds crisp 👌
Yep, that was my bike, bought new . Actually mine was a RMX 250....I put a competition kit on it, and rode all over up North MI. ...I WANT IT BACK...DAMN IT...!!!
Remember adding wider foot pegs, skid plate, and bark busters
4 strokes will never be real Mx no matter how much there pushed on people
Motocross got faster when fourstrokes started coming up, two strokes are dope and all like I motocross a banshee 350, but I’ve been working and saving up and I’m about to buy a kx450f, that thing pushes 60 hp, all stock, a 250 two stroke pushes around only 44, don’t get me wrong though, it all comes down to the rider.
@@2smokepipo812
So has the cost and the injuries
More people have given up Mx simply because of cost no matter how good the rider is
4 strokes have been hugely damaging to Mx/SX
karl hewitt and you’re right, two strokes are a lot cheaper to maintain and fix.
Commie Obama.....I wish trump would get rid of the regulations 😭
@@2smokepipo812 First of all the kx450f doesnt push 60 stock even from the engine, and what kind of a dumbass would compare a crank hp fantasy which cant be achieved stock to a probably lowest wheel-horsepower figure taken out of a brand new 250 2 stroke?
Love the old school 2 stroke
nice back in that era the Suzuki was a little down on power but was nice to ride
totally right i had a rm 125 1989 and it wasent anywhere near as fast as my kx 125 of same year or my first rm a 1985 rm 125j same with 250 rm cr kx or yz kick holes out of it
The real magic of that era of rm was how glued to the track the front tire was. I'm betting on a tight track without huge jumps an old rm 250 would surprise modern 450's with it's cornering speed.the engine was just ok. Gear box silky smooth.
No 4 stroke bike will ever compare to a 2 stroke motocross bike
You cant teach an old dog new tricks but you can teach an old bike new tricks
1996 Kawasaki kx 500 is my dream bike
Back in1983, had a 79 YZ 250 now that was a hell of a machine! Lol....
That's the bike with the rear suspension built into the backbone.....from Wyoming USA 🔫🤠
@@billallen4793 yep the old Mono shock.. lol
@@hdrjunkie I have a roller chassis complete engine and a spare cylinder no tins"gas tank, fenders,side covers...if your interested in a project....from Wyoming USA 🔫🤠
@@billallen4793 Nice... but too far away. im on the east coast. Thanks any ways. why dont you restore it? its a killer bike!
@@hdrjunkie I'm disabled now....the last old bike of mine that I restored before I got hurt was my old flattracker a bighorn 350 kawi....the old Yamaha just sits at my buddies shop...
The RM's were bad ass back in the day- 250 125 or 80cc it didn't matter! I grew up racing em! Even had a PE175! Loved the powerban on the RM'S!
Carnt wait to see Tommy's cr 250 out on the youtube. Long live the two strokes 👍 👍 👍
This was my erra of racing, i love the slingshot series
I had a tsr 200 slingshot in the early 90s great time
I had a 94 YZ 80 when I was a kid. I was the fastest kid on my block.
I have a built '93, and I love it!! The Power Band will pull your arms out of their sockets!! LMAO!!
So was the 1993 RM250 faster than the newer ones? Because that sounds really extreme. I wonder if they detuned them at some point? I hear the early CR500 was much faster and had a higher, sharper power band and more peak horsepower than the later models.
Like the decal sticker Castrol TTS that 2 stroke oil Is the best for racing
I have a 89 RMX250 with relined bore , and maintained everything else . She leaves a lot of the new bikes behind ... Well we do . As for power comments below , if it don't rear up in fourth , it ain't tuned properly and you might wana stay on a four stroke nana 😂😂😂
Some of the later RMX models were road compliant. Pity Suzuki don't make them anymore
She’s a looker. Love these old RMs.
I don’t really like Suzuki too much but this bike is gold!
Crap build quality
Motocross bikes were really ahead of cars and snowmobiles in the 80s and 90s. Not much has changed today. But if you compare a car from 89 to now its a world of difference.....
I've been on all sorts of mx bikes I current have a 98 cr125 I restored and built back up. Even the 125s are pretty wild bits of kit . Mines also road registered on a day time mot . Always fun nipping to get some milk on it 😁
@:Cam Truth ! yes mate I am , Norfolk , I'm thinking of supermoto wheels on the cr next 🤙🤙
I have a Suzuki 1990 Dr 350 4 stroke and it is unstoppable
Had one of these, and a 1990 too. Good bike, the footpegs destroyed boots though and used to sag. I modified mine, made them much wider, built up the area the sat on to stop them sagging.
Two strokes dont get old...same engine as in 1989 with minor changes to increase power and they r still competitive..
just got a 1989 cr80r for $200, great project bike
Bargain !!!!
Cary O Phil Len Yeah man! Has good compression, all it needs is both brakes rebuilt, new back fender, and triple trees. Sure was a scary test ride without having any brakes 😂
I still ride old faithful 100’s of km in a season, 87 CR500. Hasn’t let me down yet!
AWESOME VID!!!
THE BIG 80'S!!! YEAH!!
Had a new RMX version. Still love the look
Have a kawasaki kx from 1989 and it still is solid,lots of power.
YZ pre water cooled was my favorite
Carla on the 490 was brilliant, then Yamaha forgot to develop a water cooled bike and left him in the poop!
I still ride my 1989 kx80 big wheel
that bike sounds great braaaaaaappp
I have owned a rm250 and trust me you guys don’t want to touch that bike. I thank god everyday that someone was stupid enough to buy that thing off me.
Because it's a hellride or because it was in perfect shape?
Ive Got a 88 rm250 and its been nothing but trouble and a huge moneypit
I still crack around on my 1989 yz80 large wheel. 2 stroke 4 life
I can almost smell the pre mix
Ahh! The smell of Castor beens in the morning.
Ahh ! The smell of Castor beans in the morning.
BRINGIN IT BACK OL-SCHOOL
the amount of improvement from 1979 to 1989 were massive. from 1990 to 2000 were very small in comparision.
Awesome bike, I had that one in '85
Wish I had still had my 88 cr125. Was nicely modified and could keep up with a cr500 in the straight and then out corner it
I remember an article in a specialised magazine in 2004.
They were comparing the 1994 CR 250 and the 450 CRF 2004.
Result: the'94 cr250 was barely as efficient as the 2004 CRF450. That means that Motocross bikes do not evolves that much through the years.