Cr 500 Vs Kx 500?
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the cr 500 is still being made by service honda www.servicehonda.com
I'd have to disagree with the KX breaking easily.In the 3 years I've owned mine it has yet to leave me stranded or break anything of significance.I used to own an 86CR500 and I'd say the KX is much faster top end wise.It just seems to keep going where the CR signs off.Must help to have a powervalve.I'd agree the CR is a simpler and cleaner design.
That's the not the entire story though, with a powervalve, the motor can have a radical topend port style, and the powerband will take up the slack in the lowend, and make the motor seem like it's smooth. Without a powervalve, you can't have the radical topend because you won't have any lowend power.
David Greathouse ran a KX 500 with the IDBA and ran FF/SS with it. He set the National record at 10.26 @ 126 MPH. Pipe,carb,street tires and a wheelie bar. My brother ran my 1985 kx500 while we were testing the drag bike. Bone stock 17 days old. He went 13.54 @ 100.3.
Good on you man for getting a 500. You will like it a lot. When it comes down to bike versus bike, the truth is it comes down to the rider. A seasoned rider on a CR500 can smoke another rider on a KX500 and vise versa. Both bikes have their pro's and con'. Either way, you will be happy I think in your choice. They are a lot of fun. :cool:
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My experience with this topic is that whenever I am at Glamis, The CR500's are the kings of the sand including whooping any KX500's.
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I think alot of people are getting confused about what I meant by a kx 500 vs a cr 500.
I wasn't talking about racing on a track or in sand dunes, I was talking about a drag race where both bikes both start at the same time, and race down a dirt or pavement road about 300 yards or so. This wouldn't be a matter of how good the rider is (for the most part), it would be matter of which bikes accelerates faster. As far as the top speed, from what I have heard they are both the same. But I'm wondering which one actually gets there faster.
My money is on the kx 500 for the drag race....
I wasn't talking about racing on a track or in sand dunes, I was talking about a drag race where both bikes both start at the same time, and race down a dirt or pavement road about 300 yards or so. This wouldn't be a matter of how good the rider is (for the most part), it would be matter of which bikes accelerates faster. As far as the top speed, from what I have heard they are both the same. But I'm wondering which one actually gets there faster.
My money is on the kx 500 for the drag race....
Didn't ya know that is what makes the planet spin? Two 2-stroke 500's on opposite sides of the world roostin it up. The moral of the story....they are both powerful bikes and who rides a 500 wfo all the time? I dunno anyone. Throttle control is the secret behind riding a red/green 500, unless you have a death wish. A drag..........both bikes are more than capable of spankin each other. It depends on who is riding. And what your personal taste is in bikes....if your for the KX....cool....I ride red. We all have our reasons why. I believe my CR's are dead reliable/simple and can take the KX. Gwcrim may believe his KX will stomp my bikes. See where I am going....this is a chevy versus ford thing. Find a bike that fits you and your comfortable with and roll with it.mattb348 said:
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heyyyyyyyyyyy.......... who asked YOU chapman!!!
LOL just kidding.
Personally I love KX's, so I'm gonna get the KX 500. If I was going to buy 2 motocross 500 bikes, I'd definintely get the CR 500 as the second choice though; I love honda.
I also like the way the KX's look; green is my favorite color.
LOL just kidding.
Personally I love KX's, so I'm gonna get the KX 500. If I was going to buy 2 motocross 500 bikes, I'd definintely get the CR 500 as the second choice though; I love honda.
I also like the way the KX's look; green is my favorite color.
Well I've ridden both and here's what I thought.
Given enough track in the drag the KX will out-run the CR cause it revs higher. However the CR500 hits like a demon in the low end, and the onslaught is scary. The KX did seem to have a smoother power delivery, but was still fast. From stats they both put out about the same hp but the CR does it at lower revs.
In summary the CR seemed faster because I wasn't opening either up on a long stretch very much, and in the rev range I was using mostly the honda exploded crazily. It was a late eighties CR500 (87 I think ) and they are known to be explosive. The KX was a 95 model. Later CR 500's apparently are smoothed out a little.
The CR500 was more fun.
Aside from power I would go for the Honda cause they are indestructable. Also I have heard that the KX500 is almost impossible to jet properly.
Good Luck
UTS
Given enough track in the drag the KX will out-run the CR cause it revs higher. However the CR500 hits like a demon in the low end, and the onslaught is scary. The KX did seem to have a smoother power delivery, but was still fast. From stats they both put out about the same hp but the CR does it at lower revs.
In summary the CR seemed faster because I wasn't opening either up on a long stretch very much, and in the rev range I was using mostly the honda exploded crazily. It was a late eighties CR500 (87 I think ) and they are known to be explosive. The KX was a 95 model. Later CR 500's apparently are smoothed out a little.
The CR500 was more fun.
Aside from power I would go for the Honda cause they are indestructable. Also I have heard that the KX500 is almost impossible to jet properly.
Good Luck
UTS
