yamaha_rd500_vs_r1

An acceleration test of a classical Yamaha RD 500 vs a newer R1. Enjoy!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Yamaha
• RD
• 500
• R1
• acceleration

[TUNEDBYRET]

pound for pound 2 strokes dominate period. 4 jokes would be slow if it wasnt for their displacement. they need 1000cc's to beat a 2 stroke with 500cc's. 4 strokes are weak WEAK!!!!!!!!!! YOU HEAR ME!!! 2 strokes forever!!!! all these guys you see now in days think they're all bad ass with their 1000s. fuck man i wish yamaha would build a 500cc 2t just to shut all these 4 joke guys up. if the old rd500 can do that to an r1, now imagine something with 2010 technology? 2t>4t forever.

[LordSamuelJ]

remember if it is more than two strokes its just masturbation

[Cudacino]

2 strokes. got to love them! they do make a shit load of power. can only imagine the powerband the old gp bikes had. got a video somewhere with onboard footage an its ridiculous. but that said. the r1s sure do fly. i done a comparison test between my mille an bro inlaws r1 from 40km/h to until i thought i better back off... no comparison. stupidly quick. but that said. id still rather my v-twin.

[juanyoable]

una r1 moderna con una rd500 vieja aunque en forma. mirar en otros videos de you tuve rd500 puestas al dia y vereis que maravillas de moto capaces de humillar a muchas modernas.

[Mamute348]

tbm o tonto da rd 500 nem acelero cusao segura essa porra ate gritar carai cabaço

[poopalarge]

@Renceau Yeah, my old man's bike had those on his 2 stroke, I get where you're trying to go with that, but since you didn't address any of the points I made I'm gonna have to let this slide, and ignore it.

[Renceau]

It's not all about peak power, it's also about how fast you get to that peak power.

Power doesn't say everything about the performance of a bike.

A tuned two stroke pisses and shit all over any four stroke because of it's tendency to get to the power much faster than a complicated four stroke.

i.e.

Rev a four stroke from idle to red zone

Rev a two stroke from idle to red zone

...

Yeah, I knew that.

[Renceau]

@poopalarge Have you ever heard of powervalves?

[tucsondog]

@LordSamuelJ Best comment by far, lol

[poopalarge]

2 stroke is awesome, don't get me wrong, but a power band of 2k rpm is only fun on the track, like most people, I drive on regular roads. a 4 stroke does deliver heaps of torque, is very drivable through the city, has fuel consumption my wallet doesn't have to cry about, doesn't leave a mile of smoke behind it and does deliver close to 200 rwhp. why all the fuss?

[spliffsperlunk]

This video only proves one thing..... That four pokes suck.

[juanyoable]

creo que la rd no estaba en buena forma, me gustaría verla tocada como otras que se ven en algunos vídeos de you tube y veríamos realmente lo que anda una rd 500 sobretodo como mínimo hasta 200kmh estoy seguro que en aceleración fulmina a la 1000 luego ya tengo claro que una r1 alcanza hasta 280kmsh