1992 YAMAHA WR500 RARE 1 OF 1000 MADE LIMITED EDITION OF THE LAST AIR COOLED BIG BORE 2 STROKE 

For sale on eBay starts tonight or Friday nite www.kaplancycles.com

The 90's colors never get old, would love any bike from that era

I bought a WR500 when I was 22 for $500 and put about $2000 of parts into it. What a labor of love... I had the head shaved and ported, header, KX500 carb, etc.. Clutch basket impossible to find. Do not forget to replace the crank seals to see the bike's true power potential. Shell adjustment swingarm design does not suit the torque produced by this bike. YZ250 swingarm mod was ideal for being lighter than the Deltabox and also threaded for nut-bolt adjustment. Suspension not designed for weight of bike. A set of forks and rear shock can really wake the bike up. Clutch was smoothest I've ever used on an older bike. One-finger pull. Impressive really. Very fun machine, and very particular. Unlike anything, really. Hillclimb and woods were its strength for me. Also they sound meaner than the CR and KX because they are a long-stroke motor and therefore make it sound throatier. CR and KX will take this bike for a walk any day though. Buyer's guide: check clutch basket, crank seals, compression, and swingarm for damage where chain adjusts.

90s bikes can never be replaced, glad this beast is in good hands💪

Why is Elon Musk pissing around with fireworks when he could spend the rest of his life riding big bore 2 smokers?

I bought the first one in Oregon!!! Had it on order and had to wait 4 months to get the first one.back when I was 22! Shout out to old Gresham Yamaha in Oregon back in the day!! Great bike for a air hammer

I turned 11 years old the year this bike came out. Always dreamed of owning a yamaha and this year I was finally able to purchase a 2021 wr450f. Life is good my friend. Great video Sr.👍

I owned a 98 WR250 (2T). One of my most favorite bikes ever. 90s Yamaha 2t's were the best.

Not only bike but his outfits are also from 90s... LOve uuuuuu

If I ever get some REAL money I’m going straight to you guys. You always have the most absolute beautiful vintage machines known around. Killer🤙

Love your videos. Takes me back to my childhood days of drooling over bikes at the dealer with my old man. Puts a smile on my face every time.

Finally a WR! I bought a basket case 95 wr250 off a coworker, did a complete rebuild, and it's my favorite bike of all time. My ridin buddies dubbed her, the Wicked Ride!

Ken i loved when you mentioned super hunky i used to love to read his articles in dirt bike, they were funny as fuck. Cheers and god bless ken!

My uncle has a 1992 wr500 that looks identical to yours. It has a replica built Damon Bradshaw motor and that bik hauls ass. I rode it once and thank the lord it was at my house because I needed clean underwear when I got off of it.

There is quite a few of these bikes in New Zealand and Australia that have been rebuilt. I bought one 4 years ago and fully rebuilt it. The suspension was rebuilt and the suspension guru in NZ said the shock was very high quality and said it didn't new any aftermarket parts as he could modify it very easily. As for the forks I had gold valves added. I also change the springs to suit my body weight and that made a big difference. I also fitted a Lectron carb which made a big difference to the bike and increase the fuel range too. The best thing about these bikes is when you are going through a bog and then have a steep up hill climb to get out, the motor just pulls like a tractor with it's huge torque and you just slowly wind the throttle and haul yourself out. Long live Big Bore 2 Strokes!

It even has the 90s color scheme. Brilliant

Them colors are freaking awesome. I miss the 90s

love me some air cooled big bores ...sweet bike

Serious FOOTAGE ken 😎😘Great Britain stands with Kaplan America. 🤘💪🙋☇

When you saw dirt bikes and jet skis with this color scheme, you knew you were going to have a good time

I had the WR 250 was great beast I can imagine the 500. Lovely bike.

thats the year i started riding crossers i had a 1983 kx80 fastest thing i ever rode to 50 mph. cant imagine what that beast would have been like maybe abit too much to handle for a 9 year old. kx 80 was more than enough power.

older bikes like this just hit different

I went from a YZ250N to the 1992 WR500 scared the shit outta me I wish I never sold it .. Good video man thanks for sharing

Ken, you are 1 of my favorite channels to watch. Super nice to see your passion for the older bikes!

I was hoping when I first seen this bike back when you were in the desert ....you would end up with it ....love the crs but I am a yamahammer man ....first dirt bike I ever owned was a 1982 Yamaha 80 enduro ......dt 80 I think it was ....and I now own a 2006 wr 450 that I am almost done doing a complete restaration on

I wish they still made air cooled two strokes. Especially for trail bike riding. The early 70s TS 250's and the PE's were great. I remember super hunky too. Happy days.

Damn. You always one up yourself. That is a rare sweet and very clean bike. Amazing that you find these and share with all of us. A big thanks✌

I say this about any of the 80s and 90s dirt bikes... awesome! If I had a collection I'd need this bike in it!

To be able to ride one of these big bore motocross motorcycles you had to be a brute, with the power and size of these monsters they were a handful. Anyone that could ride one of these to it's full potential has my full respect!👍 !

Hey ahh shows what you know David Bailey was long ago paralyzed from an accident long before that bike was built . . . . . I love your videos and and I love what you stand for because you are usually spot on. But I absolutely love what you stand for for this Industry and market and I don't think there is anyone as compassionate as you and telling the past. Ken I give you 2 thumbs up but it just . . . Ehhhnn probably because David Bailey never got to "throw a leg over" the new ones and I hate to even say that. But I very much so appreciate everything you do for the motorsports industry and your definitely an ambassador to all ! THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU KEN

I just made the trip back home for my dad to pass down his 87 yz 250 works bike, its an era forgone

Shoo wee what a monster, beautiful too. I wish I could find a WR200 of that year

Probably my favorite looking stock big bore of all time. It was love at first sight when I first saw one.

This is one of my bucket list bikes they are a rare as rocking horse shit even more so here in England 😔Great video sir thank you 💯🇺🇲💪✌❤🙏

I've never even seen or heard of this bike until now 🤘🤘 and I been riding dirt bikes since 1980

Love this bike my first big bike was a WR250 1991 great throw back video 👏🤙🤟✌️

A dream bike of mine for a long time. Love it.

Now that's my unicorn. That's the bike I've always wanted one and it's about impossible find now days. And the colors on are so awesome. My god do I love it.

I really like the old school colours of the nineties 😎

Nothing beats the ting ting of a rip roaring 2 smoker I got to get one & that WR is mint

My dad took me to pick up my brand new 1990 Suzuki DR 100 for my birthday🥳🥳🥳🥳,.... and while I was there at the dealership,...... I actually grabbed the color fold out brochure for this bike because it was about to come out. It hung on my wall for many years. This is the first time I've ever seen one since that brochure. So cool to finally see one in motion and up close.

Put a smile, on my old yamadog face. ✌

I love it You kicked that over like it was a 125 you are witnessing the most fastest bike besides the Yz 490 or Kx 500. What a mint machine.

80s & 90s colour schemes were badass ! 🍻

I always wanted a YZ or an IT490 in the late '80s/early '90s. I read from an unverifiable, but seemingly well informed source (the Internet) that these were YZ490 motors in the YZ250 frames and that the model was put into production to empty their stock of 490 motors. I would be interested to hear opinions in either direction. This specimen looks BRAND NEW to me. I still don't understand why they discontinued the ITs, especially given that the KDXs were made for 20 more years, but so be it. The compound looks great, Ken!

Very Nice motorcycle ☺️ great years for all companys 2 stroke and 🏍️ thank you🏁

That is a gorgeous bike Ken, I am drooling 👏

What an incredible and rare bike, gotta love the 90s color scheme!

Hearing damon bradshaw took me waaaaay back to my childhood!!!! Love it!

Dad had a 86' CR 500 it was the only machine that actually scared me. Bought it for woods riding but was too much power. Good for fields and MX tracks. Excellent video

I remember when I was a kid seeing a crowd standing around that thing at Chaparral in Cali

i had a wr 500 exact same bike about 5 years ago this video makes me miss mine

I have learned endless information from your team keep up the excellent work God bless your team God bless America

3 or 4 times I nearly pulled the trigger on buying a WR500 over the years… sadly never did 😢

dude i swear every single video of any 2 stroke youve ever owned the front tire is never on the ground. combination of great bike and rider. all these bikes are classics

I passed up picking one of those up about 10 years ago partialy restored, for 2 grand ,still hatein myself for that one

just hearing you talk about these bikes makes me think of being a teenager in the 1980s

I worked at a yamaha dealer for years here in california back in the 90s. In that time ive only ever seen 1 come thru the shop. I had a 465 in my teens now i have a 490. Always wanted a wr 500. Please dont sell this wr lol. Love you guys huge fan here and motorcycle collector all my life

I had a ‘93 wr500. Miss her every weekend

Ken is the best .this guy wreaks of the new represntive of all two wheels. Saw damon toss one of those in the pond at delmont national. 😁

Oo man this brings back memories. First big boy bike I rode was a wr250 same color. Such a gorgeous bike

Wouaw..! Oh yes a Yamaha WR it's the beauty and the power..! 👍😍

Beautiful!!! And the sound! Love the old smaller shorty mufflers!

I love that this guy stuck to his passion.

Those old bikes just have a classy look that new bikes can never have.

That’s the Beauty of it.... and as always God Bless America...! I absolutely loved riding my 80’s air cooled KDX bikes... Great Video as always very informative... 👍🏼👍🏼✌🏼

Oh yeah baby that puppy is RARE. Had an 89’ wr250. Still miss that bike

THANK YOU MR KAPLAN SIR.YOUR A LEGEND.YOU SIR ARE THE MAN

That's the best looking Motocross bike I've ever seen ^^ A true piece of History and yes I remember that bike " Lovely " !

That WR is a beauty! The WR200 is a great bike as well, I never knew a WR 500 even existed, a 500cc 2 stroke thats aircooled is amazing, I have a 1995 DT200R and a 1987 DT200L here in Canada, I just finished rebuilding and restoring the 200R and the 200L is next in line

thank you for sharing! you have a ton of knowledge on these old bikes.

I never even knew these existed! I grew up in the 80's and remember the yz490's. They were yellow with a black seat until I think 1984 or 5 and then they were white with a red seat.

I've got an 02' wrf 426. Its a beast... love. I've never seen this one before. It is an awesome bike. Beautiful...

You always have the sickest bike's. Absolutely love and enjoy what you've been doing I can see all the hard work you put into it but to you it's just fun I have to say you got it made brother.

I had a WR500. I never liked the graphics and the front disc was barely adequate but 3rd gear power wheelies were easy even for me. I recently tried to track it down but failed to find it. I had to weld the subframe when I got it from somebodies nasty get-off. Banshees always wanted to race me. I never lost in a drag. Such a long and comfy bike, it felt so big compared to my friends CR250. Power everywhere!

The thing’s I’d do to have that in my collection can’t even be spoken of lol. What a beauty

Beautiful. Go one in excellent shape sitting in my shop begging for a new top end. I scored the rarest part, a brand spanking new fuel tank on eBay a few years ago for $99

Can't beat a 90s big bore Love my 91 dr650r Imho the 90s bikes,best looking bikes ever made Air cooled baby!

What a channel! I love these vintage machines.

Air cooling on a 500 was okay! My all-time favorite 500 that I have owned (out of twelve) was my 84 CR 500. Light and agile, it would turn circles around every 500 that came after

Love your work mate! Absolutely love watching your videos watching from Western Australia in the Pilbara gotta love the old air cooled big bore 2 strokes!

I bought a cr 500 water cooled new of the floor at mount holly Yama Honda back in 1986 in N J I loved that bike paid like 2600 if I remember correctly nice video.

1992 WR500 what an amazing machine. I love your outfit Captain America wow! That clutch is amazing how it pulls in so easy for you you got that right. That's an extremely rare find I've only seen a few and the few that I've seen have always been on TV and it's always been like supercross riders the best ones too out of all the videos that I have watched getting up to a year now that spike is amazing. Mind-blowing Kaplan psychos is number one best New England motorcycle museum in the world❤

Owned one that looked identical, when I was 15 I love that thing!

I had the choice of the wr250 or 500. I took the 250 & won a heap including a variety of events from mx to cross country & enduro, & for a few seasons. It was faster around a track & lighter yet super reliable aswell. It was the best bike I've ever owned to this day..but I'd still love the big girl as I did have an IT490 before the wr250. It was a tough choice but the correct one at the time..but now in 2022 it was the incorrect one ha ha. Nice

Love it. Ya'll are coolest Yankees I have ever met, please keep the good work up and the good information coming. 🤠👍👍👍👍👍👍

What a gorgeous piece of history 😳

Amazing colour scheme, sounds lush. What a beautiful rocket ship !!! Thanks again guys and girls. 😍

My buddy had a WR 250 in those colors !! I dig those JT pants !! Your channel is so bad ass !! Keep doing it brother, and always God bless America

This man knows his shit, this bike was and is a beast 🤜🏽💪🏽🤜🏽

I am late to the party, but OMG I love this bike. While other kids in high school were into their sports, I was obsessing over bikes Motocross Action and other mags. I distinctly remember this bike in one of they buyer guides. (Probably still got the mag in storage). Thought it was cool then - it’s so much more so today. Air cooled big-bore on ‘modern’ suspension and geometry. Love it. A bucket-list bike for me. Hope the new owner is enjoying it.

Bradshaw shocked everyone when he holeshotted millville and led many laps. I didn't know they used the 250 frame. Good idea

I feel like everything here is stage one. Super nice to see these restorations

Love it😍 It was my dream bike when i was young and still 🙂😎

What a beauty I miss the loud old school in your face graphics of these bikes ..brings me back to good times ...I sure miss riding these powerful 2 strokes ..

Yet another bike I could fall in love with And thanks for the 1 wheel salute 😜

Kaplan, you sir show us the nicest bikes on the planet! Good job. God bless.

Your channel rocks man! I feel so blessed to have grown up in the mid 80s into the late 90s. I am beyond nalstogic any way , but if I can wake up on every Saturday morning after a back breaking mind numbing week hit a button on a stupid ass mobile rage machine and be taken back to a better time (my opinion), it would be just fine by me! Sometimes when I watch these demos you do , In my mind I can all most smell the and see the very pourly mixed (ratio) yamalube or power punch 2 stroke oil dripping out of the silencer of my first dirtbikes ! Thank you .

What a beauty, it's the first time I'm even hearing about it! Would love to own it,big congrats to whoever gets to buy it in the future!