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  • Triple are a bunch O fun wien set up right. And yes, you really should of kept it! But, it's never too late to go vintage racing!

  • Fun video. I had a wildly modified H2 that I roadraced back in the late 70s. The frame would break occasionally and I would weld it back up and take it to the next race. Crazy times. After it sat idle in my garage for a few years I GAVE it away in 1983. Rather wish I would have kept it now.

  • These 500's with pipes just love to b-bQ when riddin' hard for long periods. I got sick of it and put the STOCK pipes on a mod motor.-Guess what,- the bike is MORE fun to ride.About as fast. Quicker , under 6500rpms and rock solid RELIABLE !!! #100mains-#35pilots and stock needles on #3 or #2 slot. Cheers !!

  • I guess it depends on what a "long period" is to you. I didn't have a problem at Daytona, nor the other guys running triples on long tracks.

  • what do you mean left cylinder?

  • It is a 3 cylinder motor. The left cylinder was damaged and had very little compression. So it wasnt really doing any work......

  • 2,500 rpms doesnt cut with a 2 stroke. You got NO BALLS!! wind that piece of shit 70's throw back right to the bar, you limpwristed scooter-scout. ( 10,000rpm or death)

  • @bodizone1 if this bike was running full power it would slaughter most modern 600CC

  • Did you register convertmovie yet?

  • Yes, years ago..... But I don't have the time to redo the old videos.

  • At 4:16 you really hit the power band but everywhere else you seem to be under reving.

  • The motor was sick, one cylinder was down to 35 psi. So I wasn't running hard.

  • He only drops down a gear if you listen.. at 4:16

  • sickness

  • Good stuff man, thanks for sharing

  • Which 500 is it?

  • It's a 1975 model, with a few mods..... ;-)

  • That was awesome man!

  • The Best "Track Day "Vid I have ever seen! When I was in High School,there were the "Two Strokes and "The Four Stroke "Bikes" I had a 1966 Yamaha Big Bear scrambler 305cc Iron cyls etc.. I replaced it with a Yamaha 350cc Ym1 motor [the first 350cc ] The 4 stroke guys would always say "You Guys" need to stay at the back of the pack....Your bikes smell...Our response was"When you guys are faster than we are"..we will [Great vid!]

  • 2 Sroke is definetly the best thing to ever happen to racing...

    Evan when i had a two stroke scooter i tuned it to a point where i had 32HP, could overtake many 250cc 4 stroke

  • This is riding at it's best...The way it should be.

    Great :-)

  • nothing sounds meaner than a kaw triple!

  • great video thanks

  • Fair enough.I remember here in Australia - Greg Hansford & Geoff Sayle on the H2R 750 green meanies -

    they would have won easily in that race! (back in the 70's)

  • and mick grant and barry ditchburn in the uk

  • The 750's definately can make big HP. As youo can see, the track here is pretty short (1.2 miles) I tune my 750 for only about 80 rwhp so I don't overpower the tires. And that's enough to give the new guys a fit because they can't out torque me out of the corners..... :-)

  • If you had that bike going properly you should have been able to whip those other guys arses!

  • Well, I'm not a real fast guy, just love riding on a track. If I could just get them to only rev to "my" redline, they would never git in the powerband.....LOL!

  • Sorry to hear about dead cyl. Hope u post another vid. after the fix. Thanks for the ride ;) Keep smokin

  • Oh yes I got it fixed, and there is another vid on all "3" lol. A couple of weeks later I cooked another piston. Maybe it's time to go back to the 750. I have better luck with those......

  • Bravo...!

  • wooow 500  2 stroke...a monster :D

  • AWESOME!!! keeping 2 strokes alive.

  • It's Sandia motorsports park in Albuquerque NM. And yes, we do try to keep em racing!!!

  • What track is that? Cool bike by the way..We need to keep the old dinosaurs making noise!

  • Thanks Mark! You need to do a track day buddy!

  • nice john! 500 sounds good.

  • why didnt you wind that baby out ?

  • If you read the description, I had pretty much a dead cylinder, so she wasn't reving out like she should. Plus the way I have it ported, the power peaks at 8,300rpm. I converted it to reed valves, so I don't need a lot of rpm anyway.

  • AUSOME! TOO BAD IT'S NOT A 750 -_-

  • WHAT?! It's a 500 cc TWO stroke, that's an evil beast.

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