CR500 vs. KX500

..Big five swap. Same track, approx. same day time a week apart. Both were setup with 18 inch R-wheel. The Red is on 14/51 and required to try more to keep corner speed in order to avoid surprizes upon upshift. The Greeny in on 15/48 pulls when needed. Will not overrev. and sound as nice though... However, the KX-clip is played back slighly slower to adjust the visual playback synchronization. In real life the K5 always felt faster, and here in average 1.8s per lap....

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Kawasaki
• KX
• 500
• Kx500
• Honda
• CR
• cr500
• 2-stroke
• motocross

[ilhermann]

Nice guessing. Yes - It is Honda's air-cooled 500 engine implanted into a late-90's chassis and the 83 480 tank to keep it slim and space for the barrel. Possibly hard to appreciate if latest is considered being greatest, but this experimental bike feels awesome, and worth a try to mess with green.

[ilhermann]

Thanks ! Good comment on the cmos overexposure @ sunset. Otherwise there are only fairly well known flying objects here....The K5 is a nice experience, but on a motocross track the feeling constantly gets topped whenever switching back on the Honda. That's certainly subjective, but I keep doing my investigations :)

[soggytoast89]

both bikes r winners in my book

[tvangess]

@hobo35388 Not true, but it is true that Honda hates 2 strokers. They were hell bent on making a 500 four stroke compete in grand prix, (look up the NRV) but then they ended up making a hellacious stroker, the NSR 500. As far as motoXgoes, they had good years and bad just like every manufacturer.

[ilhermann]

@abinadvd THX for pointing out "choice". In your context - That's indeed it. However, both comments indicate the main point of this comparison has been missed - namely to compare two particular (some of my favorites) 2-T 500's, and to better visualize that not only the slightly better accelerating KX but to major extent its surprizingly better handling contributes to the better lap times over the CR as already indicated in the clip caption.....

[JarodvanEijsden]

i am impresd

[DIRTCONVERT]

what a cool comparison video. I have owned both and the KX is scary fast stock compared to the CR stock.

[abinadvd]

@Connykol

I agree ... And 'same' bike.

Perhaps with a smaller bike it would be about same.

Pilot is 80 % (if he can use the bike)

These bikes are monsters to 98% people so people mustn't think it is a good way to have these bike.

I don't know if this man could be faster with a 'smaller' bike... He choose 500-2 that's all.

But I repeat if you don't know, don't use a 500-2t, you will not win because you have this bike. These bikes may give you big surprises, not good surprises

[Tombstone416]

@ngreve I haven't seen evidence of that here in New Zealand at least, like I've seen dealers with new 08 RM250's and 07 CR125's and KX125's around here but nothing past that, I am not sure about Europe and Asia regions though, Yeah Yamaha wanted to keep the 2 strokers going in AMA but it was a lost cause.

[ngreve]

@Tombstone416 I have heard that all manufactures still build 2 strokes, they just don't ship them to the U.S. because of the new AMA rules. Is that true? I have a 04 KX-250 2 stroke and Praise Yamaha for keepin' it going.

[imsroll]

@fred1671 can't let legends die my brotha

[fred1671]

@imsroll No doubt... you never discount those twisted guys that rode the widow makers on Baja terrain! Danny was an absolute beast on the KX500... and he did own most every hare scramble and off-road desert race offered from the late 70's to the early 90's. I cannot believe I forgot about this guy... thanks for the reminder!

[imsroll]

@fred1671 danny hammel on the k5 for the ultamite baja beast