Kawasaki 500 2 stroke track day

This is the second session. The motor started sounding "sour" in the first session. I think I stuck a ring, left cylinder showed 35 psi. I ran anyway. Lost a lot of acceleration, but was still fun. Can you pick out the TZ 250? ZX10? ZX14?

If you look at the top of the picture on lap three,(down the straight in front of the bleachers) you can see "Ricky crotchrocket" WAYYY over shoot and almost go off the track.......

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[johnnydanger57]

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!

[twostrokeornill1]

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 !!

[johnnydanger57]

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.

[PrincessKittenz]

what do you mean left cylinder?

[johnnydanger57]

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

[alpal2002]

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

[johnnydanger57]

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

[ARTKILLER99]

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

[bodizone1]

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)

[njones58]

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.

[powertoweight100]

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

[DJKevvo1]

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