Honda XL250 vs Yamaha TT500 vs Honda XR500!! (VMX) 

David Cooper cool I've got a 76 xt500c I've had about 15 years damn good old bike I love it

David Cooper I have 2 TT500 pure muscle bikes

Got one too XT 500 1978, and a Honda XL600R 1988, and a Yamaha TTR600 great bikes lotta fun to ride! 😎🇺🇸✌🏽

I bought a new 77 when i was 17...bought the identical brown xt couple weeks ago..

+1lowdoon Nice! How do you go with getting parts for it?

+ZargnopVidz not to bad but I haven't needed to buy to many parts yet.

+1lowdoon All the best with it. You should put up a few videos on your channel of the bikes progress with restoration. It'd be good to see.

+ZargnopVidz good idea, I will look into it

They're a great bike. If I didn't get the Husqvarna my next bike from the xl250 would've been a 1979 xl500. Fun and easy to ride just like the 250 but more power!! It's good that you've got a few as when I was looking I couldn't find many for sale. I'll get one eventually though

The first 250 I got at the scrap metal yard missing fuel cap, tail light and blinkers for$50. Since, full rebuild. No.2 was given to me as a parts bike but got it going next day and motor is really good. Cost $75 ready to rego! Paid$350 for the 500- barn find 10+years hidden. Get a lot of fun riding any of them around the tracks near wallaroo sa.

Ooh awesome! Sounds like you've scored a few bargains. That's something that's becoming tricky for us is actually finding places to ride near us. Might have to check out these tracks near Wallaroo.

+fnsawgun The TT 500 and XR 500 are really something to ride and in a straight line and climbing is where they come into a league of their own. You'll have to keep an eye out when the 2 stroke goes head to head with the 4 stroke in another drag. They're both awesome bikes and are evenly matched so it should be interesting.

yeah great bikes I just picked up another the other day myself only paid 250 for it....but i had to fix quite a few things...but i had all the parts I have a bunch of TT's and xts

Gotta love the TT500! Thanks for the comment!

Far out $250? That's pretty good. By the sounds of it you'd be able to use some of those parts to build a Yamaha HL500.

FocusOnDetail yeah I could....I've even got a 76 or 77 yz 125 tank....I've been in love with those tt and xt 500s for a long time....I'll usually buy everyone I come across....and I usually don't pay to much for them....the one I bought before this was only 50 bucks for it

I'll have to speak to my brother about that as it's his bike, I'm sure anything to do with making it sound better he'd be in on. I'll hopefully be able to create some more videos of the xr soon man. Just a bit hard as it's not where I live. :/

ok sounds good keep it up

+rod olsen That's the way. It looks tough and it goes hard! Great bike.

I hear ya ... LMAO

What do you mean by in the window?

@@Fieldyfan94 viewing port/window on the top of the engine where you could see a timing mark to get the best starting position for kickstarting.

I can attest to this. I also had a high compression piston in mine. Along with a new carb and exhaust system, aluminum swingarm and shocks from White Bros. Back then they were the people to go to, for the parts to really make these XT / TT 500's really pull. I've had my right knee launched into the handlebars a few times. You wont be riding until the pain goes away. It loved twisty dirt roads to hang the back out. Even with the extra weight, it would walk away from a much lighter Honda CR250.

I have a 82xr500r and never heard of this? What link are we looking at the swingarm pivot?

@@mitch500 the link that goes from frame to linkage

+lewamidgechip Yeah at the time the TT was a little bit faster but as you've just said the XR was a bit starved for fuel. It might play out a bit different now that the XR has been fixed up. That's heaps good! Any particular 250 that you're after?

A healthy XR with a good rider will outrun the TT, its lighter and makes more power. Dude wasnt even running with the XL250 😂😂

Good question. I think it was around 80kph

Unfortunately it's pretty tricky for me to get it all organised and start filming as I don't live where the bikes are and I can't just ride around the property surrounding the house which makes it hard to create decent footage. It's even worse as soon the XR500 will be sold BUT I'm hoping to make a video of the TT500 vs the Husky instead. Thanks for the comment man!

+tylerwebber10 That was I while back but I'm thinking it was my Canon Vixia hf m301. I also used Twixtor on After Effects to really get that slow motion look.

+ZargnopVidz looks good! I think it's time I start using twixtor

+tylerwebber10 Thanks! You really should, it's awesome!

+Shari Erdman Thanks heaps! :D

Nah mate. This was in Victoria, Australia.

​@@sevendyseven4090 Sometimes it's the rider.

@@sevendyseven4090 I will have to say the Honda is a more advanced design. The O'l TT is a giant lawnmower engine. This one I have was raced back in it's day. It was a desert racer. The head angle rather shallow but stable at speed . When it is raced on a tight course that head angle makes itself apparent in tight corners. You have to throw it down pretty hard. The four stroke has traction with a big knobby and will pull out of corners pretty well. It is a light bike for its day 262 lbs . A few magnesium parts. The frame is small it looks like a 250. Suspension pretty limited. Gearing compared to modern bikes is also different with a low first gear. The power band is like an old muscle car. They are old school long stroke motors. The 426 is a big bore short stroke motor. It revs up quick and has a broad power band. I do like the TT for woods and hill climbing. Yamaha got the head angle and swing arm geometry right on the 426. It will cut the corners with no effort and hold the same arc even when the front wheel comes up. The 426 is smooth with a hard edge. Shocks and forks with just two adjustments made it stay level with the horizon on all surfaces. I bought it new. It's enough bike for me.

@@sevendyseven4090 That 600 was the unbeatable Baja bike.

@@sevendyseven4090 I'm not sure if i am subscribing to that one.

@@sevendyseven4090 Thanks, I'll check him out. I'm getting my o'l bikes ready for Memorial week.

Haha that definitely helps with making you cool!

I see where you're coming from mate. When I'm back home with the bikes I'll try to make a video of just the engine sound. The Yamaha has a straight pipe now so that makes for some good footage

+BIG Al Lautenschlager Awesome! Quite a sought after bike now I believe. I see the 1972 xl 250 on your channel, looks seriously tidy!

For sure! It can be a brute of a bike but still fun and can be good for just cruising around. I would say go for it! The most challenging thing about riding a tt500 would probably starting it. Do that wrong and you could find yourself getting thrown over the handle bars haha. Still an awesome bike and will definitely turn a lot of heads.

at 14 was taught how to start my dad+ bro's TT500 twin shock back in 82. (already could ride) once shown how to use that de-comp lever, i never got kicked back. ive never been a wheelie puller, but that bike lifted sooooo easy and smooth! naturally i was on it after school many times......

Ohh nice! That's the one with the blue seat and yellow decals on the side guards yeah?

+Colin Stoltz Cheers man. I'm liking that XR 500 you've got on your channel too.

+ZargnopVidz thanks man!

WICKEDLEE LOOPY the xr200 is definitely not even close to being faster then xl250 are you kidding me I've had one and it would not touch the 250 at all