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The CR500 was first produced in 1984, and had a 491 cc (30.0 cu in) air-cooled two-stroke engine that produced 60.8 hp [citation needed], the most powerful motocross bike that Honda had ever produced. [11] For 1985, a new water-cooled engine was introduced. The CR500 raced in long desert rallies like the Baja 500 and 1000. The 500 cc racing ...
David Thorpe (born c. 1962) is a British former amateur and professional motocross racer and racing team manager. He won the AMCA 250 title in 1978 at the age of 16 along with the superclass title the same year competing against the best of the 500cc amateur riders.
Bailey rode his Honda CR500 to the win at the Motocross Des Nations that fall. The performance by the US team is regarded as one of the most dominant in history. [citation needed] Prior to the start of the 1987 Supercross season, Bailey was injured in a practice crash in Lake Huron, California.
[6] [17] Jobé's 1987 500cc championship was notable as he won riding a privateer Honda CR500. [18] Most of his rivals were on the official works teams of Honda, Kawasaki or KTM. In 1988, having been crowned World Champion in the 500cc class, Jobé competed in the 125cc World Championship to attempt to win the "Triple Crown" (FIM 125, 250 and ...
The Honda CL500 (also called the Honda SCL500 in North America) [2] is a standard motorcycle produced by Honda since 2023. The motorcycle is designed with a flat seat and upswept exhaust as part of the " Scrambler -style" marketing and appearance, [ 3 ] acting as a spiritual successor to Honda's previous CL-series bikes - such as the CL450 . [ 4 ]
On October 3, 2014, Pastrana competed in the inaugural Red Bull Straight Rhythm competition, riding in the Open Class on a Suzuki RM-Z 450 with a Honda CR500 engine swap. He dubbed the bike the RM-Zilla. However, Pastrana was eliminated early on in the bracket and James Stewart Jr. took the overall win. [68]
The Finke Desert Race is an off-road, multi-terrain two-day race for motorbikes, cars, buggies and quad bikes through desert country from Alice Springs to the small and remote community of Aputula (called Finke until the 1980s) in Australia's Northern Territory.
The Metalmoro JLM AJR is a sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by Brazilian manufacturer Metalmoro, for endurance sports car racing, in 2017. [4] [5] It was designed by Silue Gossling, Juliano Moro and Enzo Brocker beginning in 2015. [6]