Both of these bikes are really great honda and yamaha did very well when making them i used to race a cr 500 and a 426 from a guy that wasnt a better racer beat me this was a drag on a 1/4 when we took off i has him by a pretty good distance but when we started getting topped out here he was coming gaining quick and beat me i think that it takes a lot more for a four stroke to wined out than a 2 stroke 436 faster in 1/4 cr 500 faster in 1/8 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

The 426 catching up in the end had nothing to do with how long it takes a 4 stroke to "wind out".

The 500 2 stroke will out accelerate a 426 4 stroke until the 500 2 stroke runs out of GEAR.
There is no way the 426 CAUGHT UP to you while you were accelerating through 5th gear.

(I said ACCELERATING... not topped out)
He probably had a taller top gear, and thus out ran you when you were both at top speed.


Either that or my KX500 is CONSIDERABLY faster than a CR500. There isnt any chance that even a 450 would catch my KX in a straight line pavement drag.

 

on my 91 cr500 with pro circuit pipe and mild engine work i saw a kid riding a bike down the road so i pulled the front end up for about 800ft , it hung up pretty well, even when it started to fall the bike had a little rpms left with the stock ehaust timing and kept it up. ive ridden a friends 426 and its a slug compared to the 500, without a doubt it would win in a 1/4 mile

 

I have a fast 4fitty and I would be scared of a cr500 with a pipe in a asphalt drag race

 

and the powervalved big-bore KX is even more potent........ [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Hail to my cr500 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

The 1987 Billy-Goat

 

An extended swingarm would do me some good too... but only when hill-shooting. I dune my KX all over glamis/pismo/dumont.

1993 KX500

 

I love to dune also (Wash 9). That is what happened to my rear fender [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

my bone stock 03 zx12r does 102 in first and i beleive the bran new zx10 does 106 and it has the highest top speed in first than any bike now.
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Originally posted by: artic56
I dont think a stock yamaha R1 or any other streetbike has more top speed than cr500 or kx500 just being in first gear and the 500 topped out in fith.</end quote></div>

My stock (geared and tire sized) 1999 Yamaha R1 would do exactly 89MPH on the limiter in first gear.
114 on the limiter in second,
13x limiter in third, ect. I have onboard video if anyone needs more convincing. (a video of myself on the R1 downshifting to second at about 80MPH, then on up through the gears into 6th and 166MPH, a weak run, to be sure)

My current Honda RVT1000R (RC51) will do between 70-75 in first, 102 in second, ect.

Most 600's will do 65ish tapped out in first.</end quote></div>

 

Not bad, only 18 months of dust, to blow off this one.