I have a 96-97 CR500. The frame and or swing arm was bent on the original 96 so I found a mint 97 frame and a 2001 swing arm for her. Extremely rare Noleen pipe, shortened FMF silencer- barely pokes out past the number plate, ported, head shaved. Shes a beast and I love her! Long live the CR500!
Great video. I never competed in any hillclimbs. I did go to watch a few of them. For anyone who has never been to one and just see video, and think 'aww this is easy', think again. Whether is a TV event or UA-cam video, you don't get a real feel to just how steep these hillclimb hills really are. Way steeper than any MX track hill I raced on in over 1000 moto's all over the US.
The sound and smell of a 2 stroke….. Come on Honda get your head out of the butt and give us a 2023 or 2024 2-smoker!! Love this channel!! Especially the 2 stroke content. Thanks for the great entertainment!!
@@GatesRapes WOW looked like a CR500 engine to me. first guy. They were fast. Rode lots of bikes in my time. The fastest bike I ever rode was a Suzuki Gs1150. On the street. pulled 1st second 3rd power wheelie sitting over the bars. finally came down in 3rd. IDK how fast I was going must have been over 100. slowed down then turned around. came back to my buddy and said. Well that will be the last time I ride this one. It is just too fun I will kill myself. He said I didnt think you were going to open it up. I said if I ride it and dont open it up then whats the point.
Never saw the stick kickstand through the chain and wheel like that. Gotta remember that. What an amazing collection of bikes and to see them do what there made to. Thanks for bring us along bro. Or should I say wolverine lmao. U da man. Thankyou
Ken, thank you very much for filming & posting this. I wanted to attend, but wasn't feeling well and couldn't ride up to Monson. You always do a great job behind the camera ❤ I felt like I was right there! PS, back in 1968 I tried the Monster on my 350 Ducati Scrambler. Unfortunately, I only made it about halfway up.
Thanks for the awesome video, Brother. Laughing at that guy with the pink tutu. I was pulling for Mike Nardone on that beautiful red and white YZ 490. He was so damn close to the top. For his age of 67, he can still definitely more than hold his own! That girl on the KX 85, with the regular swingarm wheelbase did damn good for her age, even though she didn't make it to the top. I would love to try this hill on a 2 stroke dirtbike! Nicole O'Donnell did Awesome. That girl is bad to the bone, and can outride many of the men. I know her Father is Proud! I hope the girl on the KX 450 did well, and made it over the top!
absolutely awesome brother, would love to have been there good to see someone else get excited when spotting a 480 like I definitely would have.. ❤️🏴
I've been a downhill mountain biker my whole life, until I saw your channel 4 months ago, now I'm hooked on dirtbikes😂 everytime I go out I'm like ehhh I'm not pedaling today and I take the 125 out instead.
too bad nobody today knows the first thing about 2 strokes and why it is impossible for a four stroke naturally aspirated of the same displacement to make as much horsepower as a two stroke of the same displacement ..i happen to personally know the inventor of honda's two strokes and was his apprentice for eight years RIP "Pops" Yoshimura known all over the world as the greatest bike tuner of all times and the inventor of honda's Elsinore which i was apart of the development from the beginning up and till 1983 when i was told by a honda rep to keep my month shut about the major defect of every CX500 as none of them are success and will come apart
Man what a fun event to be a part of .. I don’t care how much 4 strokes evolve they will never have the appeal of the 2 stroke .. just can’t beat the sound and rush of riding one ..
Some sweet bikes for sure!!! I know the camera doesn't do the hill justice, but...... I'd love to see them climb some bigger hills. Utah has some big hill climbs
i still have my 85' xr80r im never selling that thing. still runs like its brand new too. my favorite bike of this whole video was that air cooled cr500. what an amazing bike.
For anyone who has never had the pleasure of hearing a performance engine without any baffles close up... It is beyond a loud sound. It rattles through your entire body and smashes your eardrums to a flapping mess.
👍 Watching your channel 👍 What happened old school 70s just taking your reg CR 250 RM 250 and just rip up the hill . Who needs all the extra swing arm 😜
Wow that place looks so clean now my friend lived at the house at the bottom of the street and we used to go and sled on the hill in the winters it's an insane hill to ride a sled down
It’s weird watching videos now. Are used to watch hill climbing a lot and I haven’t seen in a while and watching these guys fly out with drones have around their heads is Trippie tell her it’s like a little UFOs😅 I am a four stroke guy for my riding I love them, but that big bore two-stroke sound and smell is just badass.
Love the old bikes. We had a alcohol fed yz465 in a micro-midget. Dad sold the car i put it back on the bike,still on alcohol. Whaaaaat a rrrruuush!! Mom cought us jumping the creek into the cornfield,made trade it for half a beef.😭 None the riders around would ride it....not enough sack.
The gnarliest hillclimb I ever went up was near Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Way steeper than this hill for sure 🤟 That Kawasaki was obnoxious man 🤣 One of the craziest engines I saw was an upside-down snowmobile engine stuffed in a dirt bike frame
Those were some great bikes. That hill looked tame compared to those European hill climbs. Those guys across the pond are insane. Most never make it to the top.
I mean I live in an area where there is the countries oldest hillclimb so maybe I’m used to more extreme hills or maybe it’s the camera angle from the bottom only but that hill looks fairly easy to summit on a bike
26:16 a sure sign of too much horsepower in the powerband. Just too hard to control that.....The one I really liked was the late model 4cyl that just RIPED up the mountain. OMG if you knew how hard that is to control.
M 1987 Ported for top end 1987 Honda CR500 (the BEST year, cartridge forks 44 mm Showas) regularly cracks 97-98 MPH with the front fender on, off it goes 105 all tucked in, flat track style. Fuck yeah the Honda CR 480/500's were some of the biggest horsepower years, along with some losers, like the 4 speed 450, the four speed 480, the ping king, etc. But by '87 they had it all together, "88 with the USD forks, is was back to the drawing board. Never beaks, change pistons and rigs out of guilt. 32.1 Yamahalube R. It will never wear out.
I think part of the Harleys issue not making it was the choice of front tire watch how he crest the first hill and it just washes out needs an M5B front
I have a 96-97 CR500. The frame and or swing arm was bent on the original 96 so I found a mint 97 frame and a 2001 swing arm for her. Extremely rare Noleen pipe, shortened FMF silencer- barely pokes out past the number plate, ported, head shaved. Shes a beast and I love her!
Long live the CR500!
The KX made more power!
Sorry m8 the CR had the better chassis but the KX500 had the better engine.
Those 4 strokes absolutely SUKK !!
Great video. I never competed in any hillclimbs. I did go to watch a few of them. For anyone who has never been to one and just see video, and think 'aww this is easy', think again. Whether is a TV event or UA-cam video, you don't get a real feel to just how steep these hillclimb hills really are. Way steeper than any MX track hill I raced on in over 1000 moto's all over the US.
What a wonderful day at the hill climb! Thank you Ken,this was a great video! Super bikes and super people.
The sound and smell of a 2 stroke….. Come on Honda get your head out of the butt and give us a 2023 or 2024 2-smoker!! Love this channel!! Especially the 2 stroke content. Thanks for the great entertainment!!
Óku
Awesome video Sr. Love the hillclimb!
Love absolutely love your passion brother thank you for keeping it alive
Thanks man. Your videos are awesome.
Man I appreciate you a lot, you have a big generous young heart, lot of respect for that.
Big salut 🫡 from France,
ViNZ.
That first guy, on that's mindblowingly gorgeous CR 500, was badass!
Yea and it was super fast. those old honda bikes in that era could not be beat on the drags. And it was all power good bottom end too.
@@Mikefngarage YZ 490
Running a YZ 490 engine
@@GatesRapes WOW looked like a CR500 engine to me. first guy. They were fast. Rode lots of bikes in my time. The fastest bike I ever rode was a Suzuki Gs1150. On the street. pulled 1st second 3rd power wheelie sitting over the bars. finally came down in 3rd. IDK how fast I was going must have been over 100. slowed down then turned around. came back to my buddy and said. Well that will be the last time I ride this one. It is just too fun I will kill myself. He said I didnt think you were going to open it up. I said if I ride it and dont open it up then whats the point.
@@GatesRapes I think you are referring to the one at about 6 minute mark. sounded like a YZ.
Love to watch these guys send it!
Never saw the stick kickstand through the chain and wheel like that. Gotta remember that. What an amazing collection of bikes and to see them do what there made to. Thanks for bring us along bro. Or should I say wolverine lmao. U da man. Thankyou
Much love for the quaboag riders! Thanks Ken.
Ken, thank you very much for filming & posting this. I wanted to attend, but wasn't feeling well and couldn't ride up to Monson. You always do a great job behind the camera ❤ I felt like I was right there!
PS, back in 1968 I tried the Monster on my 350 Ducati Scrambler. Unfortunately, I only made it about halfway up.
Look at video on you tube from France 🇫🇷 that’s hillclimb You guy’s not hill
Mad props to the guy on the yz426f that thing is freaking sweet man. One truly Great piece
Great video ken I love this stuff
Great video. Love your commentary
excellent video, two-stroke engines are spectacular!
Greetings from Holland Great video 😛
The extent of my racing days were the eartly 2000's at Milan MI and Delta Oh. Wish I had someone like Ken cheering me on back then!
im right outside of milan in dundee! small world
@@mobilizedorb438 Oh cool! Im from romulus right by the airport.
And I’m in Toledo
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Nice I raced Milan and delta on the weekends for years
Not many bikes have the HP and Torque to get up the hill with as bad a start that that CR480 had. What an awesome motor.
Thanks for the awesome video, Brother. Laughing at that guy with the pink tutu. I was pulling for Mike Nardone on that beautiful red and white YZ 490. He was so damn close to the top. For his age of 67, he can still definitely more than hold his own! That girl on the KX 85, with the regular swingarm wheelbase did damn good for her age, even though she didn't make it to the top. I would love to try this hill on a 2 stroke dirtbike! Nicole O'Donnell did Awesome. That girl is bad to the bone, and can outride many of the men. I know her Father is Proud! I hope the girl on the KX 450 did well, and made it over the top!
Pulling?
Man Ken has just an awesome life!
Good lord! I don’t know why I found your channel a few days ago? I been thinking about getting a bike ? But that 4cyl bike was insane
absolutely awesome brother, would love to have been there good to see someone else get excited when spotting a 480 like I definitely would have.. ❤️🏴
Oh yeah!!! So cool thanks for sharing
The stock wheel base really put the hill in perspective. Cameras don't do the terrain any justice. That CR480 was mint.
I've been a downhill mountain biker my whole life, until I saw your channel 4 months ago, now I'm hooked on dirtbikes😂 everytime I go out I'm like ehhh I'm not pedaling today and I take the 125 out instead.
That bike with the 4 cylinder street bike motor in it was narly!!!🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Great people enjoying a great sport! Just doesnt get better or more American than that! Wish I were there
Those Honda 2 strokes were on another level as usual 🤘
too bad nobody today knows the first thing about 2 strokes and why it is impossible for a four stroke naturally aspirated of the same displacement to make as much horsepower as a two stroke of the same displacement ..i happen to personally know the inventor of honda's two strokes and was his apprentice for eight years RIP "Pops" Yoshimura known all over the world as the greatest bike tuner of all times and the inventor of honda's Elsinore which i was apart of the development from the beginning up and till 1983 when i was told by a honda rep to keep my month shut about the major defect of every CX500 as none of them are success and will come apart
Some good clean fun right there!!! Thanks for posting.
Clean?
@@stupidhead9117 Cleaner than drugs, crime or some other obnoxious behavior!!
awesome video nice commenting always keep it up
Looks like an absolute blast of a time.
Nice to see this venue still in operation. I attended events here in the 1960's.
Awesome mate I loved the Harleys too but all were great
Bro, you very closely resemble one of the characters on airplane repo. Great coverage of the event.
Man what a fun event to be a part of .. I don’t care how much 4 strokes evolve they will never have the appeal of the 2 stroke .. just can’t beat the sound and rush of riding one ..
Especially when 4 strokes run methanol.
i mean the street bike engine sounding so good and it ripped
Great video!!
Great widow maker bikes!!
Bad ass!!!
Some sweet bikes for sure!!! I know the camera doesn't do the hill justice, but...... I'd love to see them climb some bigger hills. Utah has some big hill climbs
i still have my 85' xr80r im never selling that thing. still runs like its brand new too. my favorite bike of this whole video was that air cooled cr500. what an amazing bike.
Would love to see how the Maico 700 would have done lol
That guy on the Yamaha flew... 💪🇺🇲👍
Great video made me wish I would have done mountain climbing.
Just attended the American Hillclimb today in Oregonia Ohio at the devil's staircase. Seen some Cr500s. I was cheering them on all the way up👍🏁😎
For anyone who has never had the pleasure of hearing a performance engine without any baffles close up... It is beyond a loud sound. It rattles through your entire body and smashes your eardrums to a flapping mess.
Stand next to a top fuel, funny car on a test fire, 3 feet away, It almost robs your soul
Try standing on the mounting platform of 4 155mm cannons going off simultaneously on a battle ship.
👍 Watching your channel 👍
What happened old school 70s just taking your reg CR 250 RM 250 and just rip up the hill .
Who needs all the extra swing arm 😜
Wow that place looks so clean now my friend lived at the house at the bottom of the street and we used to go and sled on the hill in the winters it's an insane hill to ride a sled down
It’s weird watching videos now. Are used to watch hill climbing a lot and I haven’t seen in a while and watching these guys fly out with drones have around their heads is Trippie tell her it’s like a little UFOs😅
I am a four stroke guy for my riding I love them, but that big bore two-stroke sound and smell is just badass.
Didn't tought people from USA would buy Scalvini pipes ,probably cost hefty to import
*thought😅
@@bigdude3603 I'm Not native english
Sep 30 DAILYGRIND 😁👍♥️♥️
It's not "thought" anyways. It's "think" in your case.
Rock on Andrea. Your English is great.
@@electrolytics I said what I said 🤣
Wow... The Cr-500's pull u up the hill..lol.lol..Did u hear that Cr-480 pulling, even though she needed piston+rings?? Love the footage!👍🇺🇸
Had a KX500 in the late 80s,but I love the sound of those big 4 strokes nowadaays to be honest.
SERIOUSLY SICK BIKES & RIDERS🤘🏻😜🤘🏻
Awesome :)
Far out ,down tools, chewing gum in ,this is the absolute juju, check out them 6+over pro_links,the H2"0",the xrs ,right on mr Kaplan 🔥☘
Dad: what length do u want your swing arm to be?
Me:YES
Good job. 👍👍👍
The 170% Honda her sound and her back Tire😍
That kawi sounds violent 😮
170% 🙏greetings from Portugal
I can smell the mix now!
verry nice greetings from Berlin Germany
Awesome 1997👊💪
😈😈😈 man , get these things doing flat mud or sand drags .... wicked 😈😈😈
Love the old bikes. We had a alcohol fed yz465 in a micro-midget. Dad sold the car i put it back on the bike,still on alcohol. Whaaaaat a rrrruuush!!
Mom cought us jumping the creek into the cornfield,made trade it for half a beef.😭 None the riders around would ride it....not enough sack.
That’s awesome
The gnarliest hillclimb I ever went up was near Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Way steeper than this hill for sure 🤟
That Kawasaki was obnoxious man 🤣
One of the craziest engines I saw was an upside-down snowmobile engine stuffed in a dirt bike frame
Good gawd. The 1st ones take off
Nicely done ✅💯🆒🆒
2 stroke it sound like racing ♥️
Those were some great bikes. That hill looked tame compared to those European hill climbs. Those guys across the pond are insane. Most never make it to the top.
Man, I miss my bikes!
Shredding 🤘🏻🇦🇺
10:46 love to see my designs out there 😍😍😍😍
Nice Kaplan
I mean I live in an area where there is the countries oldest hillclimb so maybe I’m used to more extreme hills or maybe it’s the camera angle from the bottom only but that hill looks fairly easy to summit on a bike
Jim Hunter keeps walking in front of the camera, is that why they call him
Hollywood?
Great to see girls rippin up the dirt
2:50 SEND IT!!
That sound boy..
26:16 a sure sign of too much horsepower in the powerband. Just too hard to control that.....The one I really liked was the late model 4cyl that just RIPED up the mountain. OMG if you knew how hard that is to control.
Do you know what a powerband is?
I was climbing hills like this in my 5 horsepower mini bike when I was 5 years
Mikey get some grippers on that seat brother you'll stay on easier👍
M 1987 Ported for top end 1987 Honda CR500 (the BEST year, cartridge forks 44 mm Showas) regularly cracks 97-98 MPH with the front fender on, off it goes 105 all tucked in, flat track style. Fuck yeah the Honda CR 480/500's were some of the biggest horsepower years, along with some losers, like the 4 speed 450, the four speed 480, the ping king, etc. But by '87 they had it all together, "88 with the USD forks, is was back to the drawing board. Never beaks, change pistons and rigs out of guilt. 32.1 Yamahalube R. It will never wear out.
I find it so charming the "aww yeah, motorcycles!" guy from _I think you should leave_ got a job amount motocross hillclimbs 😅
Amazing h2 🤪
Beast
I think part of the Harleys issue not making it was the choice of front tire watch how he crest the first hill and it just washes out needs an M5B front
This is epic
You would kick ass here brother no doubt. ML&R
Fast LaneD 🇺🇸😳
Hey Senior is this the hill that you guys fought to keep open? Awesome video brother!!
Yes!
😱👍🥒🥒🥒🥒
Come on man!! Should have been at Redbud!! USA!!!
Good Noisy Bike!!
Hill climbs are no joke. Just goes to show you how difficult they are on a bike with a stock chassis
@ The 5:07 mark that KX rear tire is outside of the bead partially!!
ken you need to send it on your cr 500 that would be awesome
Saw you walk past a yz250s 86 , do you have footage of it?
1990 cr 250 and 500 my favourite bikes evor.
There is some great tik tok reels of full throttle assents on mountains. Same sort of bikes.
that H2 man!
the harley davidson one, would have sounded better with a coffee moka mounted in the frame and sure made more power
Holy holy holy