1984 CR500 ridden in anger

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Enjoy... 1984 CR500
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PJRAUS 10/27/2016 12:58am
10/27/2016 12:58am
Awesome! And didn't he make short work of every other rider in his path !
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newmann 10/27/2016 5:27am
10/27/2016 5:27am
You mean you don't have to have a brand new bike to haul ass and have fun? Shhhhh....don't let the word get out!Cool

That dude was on it.

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Forty 10/27/2016 7:57am
10/27/2016 7:57am
Wow...brings back some memories...if you've never been roosted by a true open class 2-stroke and felt the spray of grunt from the wheel hitting you everywhere combined with the smell of Kastrol why then I don't know what to say except....sorry man...those days are nearly gone. I can smell the spent fuel right here in my office while watching this video....weird.
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Stuntman949 10/27/2016 8:33am
10/27/2016 8:33am
It actually used to whole tank in one hotlap. Now I want to ride damnit!
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H4L 10/27/2016 8:48am
10/27/2016 8:48am
Kiwi - Thanks for posting. That vid brings back some good memories. A good friend raced an 86 Cr500 while I raced an 87 CR250 in that era. I rode the 86 5 hunndy & the engine felt like a beast to me since I only weighed about 175 lbs. back then.
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Bruneval 10/27/2016 10:14am
10/27/2016 10:14am
I had a 1984 CR500. It was terrifying.
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philG 10/27/2016 10:49am
10/27/2016 10:49am
Thing is, this bike would never have seen a track this smooth in its life, hardly any bumps, just jumps and whoops. If tracks had been like this in 86, i would never have bought a 250,
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yak651 10/27/2016 12:11pm
10/27/2016 12:11pm
Terrible go pro mounting....but track looks like it would be fun to ride
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kzizok 10/27/2016 12:13pm
10/27/2016 12:13pm
yak651 wrote:
Terrible go pro mounting....but track looks like it would be fun to ride
X2!
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BAD10 10/27/2016 2:18pm
10/27/2016 2:18pm
So cool. You can here the hard hitting light switch powerband that the 84 500 was known for............
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gt80rider 10/27/2016 3:20pm
10/27/2016 3:20pm
Somebody needs to cut the check on a good, powered gimbal...
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ledger 10/28/2016 9:50pm
10/28/2016 9:50pm
I got arm-pump from watching. Good vid.
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jemcee 10/28/2016 9:57pm
10/28/2016 9:57pm
Not for nothing (whatever that actually means) that's Craig Anderson who is Chad Reed's cousin who I'm pretty sure Reed credits with his desire to race pro
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BobPA 10/28/2016 10:01pm
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yak651 wrote:
Terrible go pro mounting....but track looks like it would be fun to ride
kzizok wrote:
X2!
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Bearuno 10/29/2016 1:49am
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jemcee wrote:
Not for nothing (whatever that actually means) that's Craig Anderson who is Chad Reed's cousin who I'm pretty sure Reed credits with his desire to race...
Not for nothing (whatever that actually means) that's Craig Anderson who is Chad Reed's cousin who I'm pretty sure Reed credits with his desire to race pro
Yes, a few OZ titles, winner of Southwick 03 on his way to 7th that year in 125/250F class, then 15th OA in 250/450 in 2004 - and back to OZ for more racing.

A former International rider, on a well set up high 50 HP bike, rounding up what I suspect are riders perhaps not of that caliber, is not at all surprising.

Did he recently ride a round of the OZ series on the '89 (I think it was) CR500 we saw prepped for him? I'm guilty of not paying too much attention to our scene here, lately. Unending House related renno's and frame making commitments are keeping me 'grounded'.
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Crush 10/29/2016 3:41am
10/29/2016 3:41am
Pretty sure that 5-hungy broke in practice unfortunately Bearuno.
Dirty Points 10/29/2016 11:46am
10/29/2016 11:46am
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A beast to start. I bought mine used in 85 for $900 plus a fork seal. Raced it in 85 and sold it after the season...
A beast to start. I bought mine used in 85 for $900 plus a fork seal. Raced it in 85 and sold it after the season for $800. Great times
They just wouldn't start and were just impossible to jet for some reason.
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Bearuno 10/29/2016 11:21pm
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Crush wrote:
Pretty sure that 5-hungy broke in practice unfortunately Bearuno.
Shit happens with a 27 year old bike.

Just as shit happens with bikes that probably are only a few months, or even weeks / days old - I daresay there were a few of those 'aged' bikes, that carked it at the event. Woohoo
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Crush 10/29/2016 11:38pm
10/29/2016 11:38pm
It was probably electrical! haha
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Bearuno 10/30/2016 12:12am
10/30/2016 12:12am
Crush wrote:
It was probably electrical! haha
It always is - especially when a rod is poking through a hole in the cases............ That's Honda's regular 'go to' in the past, and it's always going to be a good fall back. But, nowadays, it's a bit more (honestly) applicable.

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