500cc 2 strokes?

[Islandryder]

Just wondering, anyone ever race a 500 mx in supermoto ? ?also why dont you see more of them out there because wouldnt they be the perfect supermoto machine ? ?

[BrianSM]

Yyyyup KX 500.....You are from BC,me too, now live in Seattle, PM me If you want and I can hook you up with a race schedule and picts etc etc.....My #696.... or follow the smoke...... LOL

[JohnBosson]

We are building a cr500 super motard

I ride a YZ 426 motard

will let you know how it goes as all the others are 4 strokes (mainly KTM525's)

cheers

John ?

[Denroll]

I rode Ebisu circuit (a small road course) on a borrowed VTR1000F. I was taking it a little too easy and got passed by a motard in one of the last turns before the front straight. I planned on passing him back on the straight, but I could not pull that SOB back in and I was riding a 100whp V-twin. It turned out he was on a KX500.

They're mean.

[SM610]

I remember that there was a KX500 at the first Laguna Seca SM race; rumors were that it had 90 (thats ninty!)HP!!! Sounds unridable, and sure enough, that rider struggled a bunch if I remember correctly. Not sure how acurate that 90 HP figure was but even if it was 10% off that bike was a monster.

[TeamScream]

I remember that there was a KX500 at the first Laguna Seca SM race; rumors were that it had 90 (thats ninty!)HP!!! Sounds unridable, and sure enough, that rider struggled a bunch if I remember correctly. Not sure how acurate that 90 HP figure was but even if it was 10% off that bike was a monster.

That was Jeff (Chicken) Matasevich <sp> on the KX at Laguna, he was bold on the thing but 2 strokes are not the best supermoto machines for sure.

[Wayward Son]

a kx500 makes 60hp stock.90 is a stretch,but 65 easy.

[WMRRA13]

CR500s were the way to go back in the day when we first started racing "SuperTT". Rick Pearce, Don Canet, Mark Cernicky, Paul Hart and a few others dominated on them.

Pearce recently switched back and is riding a CR500 in the AMA Unltd. class.

Cheers,

Tyler

[moburki]

If a big bore two stroke was built/tuned even close to the level of a current stock 250 cc two stroke, 80 hp would not be hard to achieve.

[99wr400]

There is one for sale at servicehonda.com It looks fast!

[Darrick_Lucchesi]

Rick Pearce rode a CR 500 this year in the Unlimited class at the Nationals and was faster on it then his CRF 450. He still proves that 2strokes with a good rider and experience you can go really fast. 2 strokes you need to use you head a little more and throttle control. Four strokes make you feel like a HERO!!!!! ?

Darrick

www.westcoastsupermoto.com

[Rickzz]

There is one for sale at servicehonda.com It looks fast!

I looked on the side and it had '875' on it, is this Mike Metzger's old bike that he might have used for fun?