Destry Abbott's KX500 Championship Bike

Here's a KX500 video we've been working on for the last month! I'm pretty excited with the way it turned out and have more projects in the works for next year! This was the first time I've ridden my KX500 in 8-years and I was honestly surprised how much fun I had on it! It brought back some great memories! Thanks again for everyone's support this year!

[@darkmelody9300]

I found a 2003 KX500 for sale - bought it immediately. I am currently fixing a few things but look forward to a lot of riding this year.

[@ryddaz]

3.30 to 3.55, that beast sounds like plane flat out!! so badass.

[@cyrillecros4549]

Ah ah! i think the same! - in french, " fond de 5! "

[@tonycerino9645]

Sure does

[@sm400xr]

that ending with the 2 stroke noise in the background then the wheelie suprise was insane

[@ThatMNTrucker93]

Well, I've got a KX 250, time for a KX 500. BRAAAAAP!!! Two strikers for life.

[@kenstockman8494]

The undisputed KING of the Bombrun!! The KX500.

[@modedchild]

I started racing my 500 this year, ever race that wasn't a 3row start i had the bomb, ami so i dont keep up with experts that well yet on the 3 row starts

[@Jacare1973]

Best desert racing bike ever.

[@mydirtw]

Always great to ride with the 5 time AMA Hare and Hound Champion Destry Abbott

[@albertdirtbikes]

The beautiful sound of a two stroke far in the desert...

[@tasok78]

Wow Destry....just wow...Thanx for sharing your talent with us mortals on two wheels !!

[@robgideon9338]

Thanks, Dez. Brings back memories.....

[@joshyeomans8144]

I’ve had 4 of these bikes over the years. Funnest to ride bike on the planet hands down. Nothing like a kx500 in 5 th gear

[@anthonycr2502]

Wtf I barely get into 4th and that’s rare on my kx250 but I can’t ride for shit lol 😂

[@204052971]

I watch this about once a week! LOL

[@johnhanna2675]

Great fun. I loved the grunt of my kx 500

[@kenstockman8494]

Man that KX500 was awesome back in the day and still is not obsolete. Great video great music. Good job. Ken

[@rangerclass7s]

OMG ! danny is proud !

[@xXKaWaSaKiXx64]

I love this video, these bikes are mean and meant for speed, and your video shows it. My dad actually has one and we are eventually going to restore it, runs amazing but i feel like it deserves it.

[@Jacare1973]

Still one of my favorite bike vids on KZbin!

[@tylerrogowski]

Coolest 500 2t video Iv ever seen.. Thing looks and sounds incredible.

[@harvdog26]

Hell ya! You man handled that machine, mad props

[@JC-cc7ce]

500cc the best bikes ever 💯

[@tyando]

two things i learned from this video, 1. I want a kx 500 2. Destry Abbott is a giant, bike looks tiny under him! & he rips.

[@jorgerios7184]

I think the same hahaha !!!! But i already got my kx500

[@cr500ridr]

Wow Destry you freaking ride the green beast awesome brother !KAWA KX500 2 STROKE BIGBORE rips! Much respect sir !

[@278films]

that looks like a f*cking dream!

[@brijon720]

Love the Video! Nice seeing the 500 back in action.

[@40822499]

This will scare the hell out of the 4 stroke wanna-bes. Long live the King Killer KX500.

[@kylejablowme3848]

Just go ride.

[@snkneo-geo933]

The KXF 450 would beat it.

[@gdv4612]

@@snkneo-geo933 In what category? That's a 30+ year old bike and I hope he upgraded his suspension for that video.

[@snkneo-geo933]

@@gdv4612 The KXF will get around the track quicker 👍🏻

[@gdv4612]

@@snkneo-geo933 Depends what track your talking about. Supercross probably. The 80's KX and CR suspension on production bikes was very high compared to modern 4 stroke. That area he's riding is beast country long straight away to unleash the mighty power of the KX and I mean power my brother. If you never rode a KX or CR500 especially the 80'and early ninety's bikes then you never felt brute torque. I guess at the end it all depends on the rider. 4 strokes are like woman they always have a freaking problem lol.

[@devlinbuilderco.]

Standard badass video for a badass rider

[@troyhulce4266]

Destry...Thank You for making this video... You are the man.

[@papakarlo6639]

500 FOREVER !

[@InexorableOne]

Sick bike, sad Kawaski doesn't still make them

[@jeffro7p202]

Reminds me me of hamel the way he throws it around like a 125.

[@vincecastaneda2127]

Looks like the moto 4 caselli segment

[@artvarnson8009]

Awesome totally awesome! Cant wait to get my 500 this spring.

[@keithhamlett8381]

Awesome video. More please.

[@eliasmora715]

just beautiful…

[@outlawadventures]

Maybe you can talk Kawi into bringing back the 500 in a modern AF.

[@89HondaCR500R]

I have a Rocket Science KX500 and I Love it

[@paulcates7854]

Respect

[@paulwestman3520]

Wow! Yeap, I'm still riding my 1989 KX500-E1. A good friend is riding a reconditioned 2000. Desert, dunes & Rocky Mountain 4x4 roads. It can do it all. I often feel that I'm going as fast as Desrty, because of my tri-focal eye glasses. haha With stock gearing I was once radared at 85 mph (it was topped out) on ice on a 750 ft snowmobile drag race track. I've never geared it Up or Down.

[@Georgia4Low]

totally awesome.

[@gusthesheltie154]

Awesome video..Awesome bike

[@ninza9]

The Kawa looks so fucking brutal with that big fuel tank and in the hands of Destry Abbott goes really fast.I like the end when he wheelies it so melow.

[@Jacare1973]

Great video/music combination! What song is this? I still ride the CR & KX500's. Some of the best bikes ever made!

[@babylonhobbiesandfpv4862]

Damn that's a nice bike !

[@KXRIDER-cd8mb]

Wish I had my 2 Smoker right now. It has been in the shop since last September. I have a new Hot Rods crank, Wiseco clutch, Pro X piston, Boysen Vforce 3 reeds, etc. I don't remember all I got for it. I need to call them and tell them my mom will be picking it up when she goes to my little sisters high school graduation. No I bought it all myself but I had moved and didn't have the room to bring it with me.

[@nicholasbaldwin1674]

Tank still had gas why did the video stop!!!

[@MrCingred]

I'm telling you, its a modern version of Time to Ride.....RAD!

[@ilove2phuk]

That 2 stroke fuel is clear af

[@framfull]

Outstanding filming.

[@MrColdwatercanyon]

Sounds like a plane flying over at speed

[@grantvonleue]

You know what would have made this video even better? If there was no music! It's a 2-stroke people, we wanna hear the BRAAAP!

[@ThePanda971]

Great video! Inspires me to just go out and ride!

[@ziruk-king4466]

Beast bike and definitely rider

[@BULPIN847]

two-stroke power plants are definitely best for two wheeled motorcycles little harder to ride four strokes are easy to ride Two Strokes rule

[@rickfeith6372]

That has a super chunky back tire 3:49

[@heerkrupp64]

Top video, well done. Regards

[@1Alt1]

dream bike right there

[@tatepearson7463]

You were killing the trail

[@dankbuddha0420]

More.... I need MOAR!!!!!

[@mrjtwright]

Jeebus. That's fast.

[@aggefranzen18]

Awesome riding

[@nismojilger6078]

Amazing video! Make more!

[@anthonyee508]

😍😍😍😍 un rêve cette moto

[@xxnickthegreekxx]

Little over a 100 pinned 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻💨💨💨💨💨👍👍👍

[@anonymous2065]

Just fukin SEND IT,,,, Brapppp Brapppp Brapppp!!!!!

[@cupslinga]

Should’ve done the Finke in Australia 👍

[@garydavis2265]

Love the music......just kidding.

[@MRGOAT289]

What this is out at Stoddard wells!

[@roaddog481]

destry. not afraid of speed.

[@philsmith4432]

Last part flat out 5th gear built for desert rider me!!!! Hhhhmm baby

[@MotoTomCZ]

Old times gun! :)

[@Willows4040]

The music wrecked this video

[@egger2500]

real man !!!!!!!!

[@mattyfresh9698]

Man you could tell that last pull ya hear was a real gas burner..as you see the big beautiful ugly tank sittin dry haha

[@boobiehurley35]

look like mine but mine has gold rims .who did that clutch clover i would like to have mine done like that

[@FaizWhimantaka]

2022 still watch

[@modedchild]

Damn things got street bike bar ends to cut down on vibration

[@raymondsiewert2720]

I was thinking it looked like Stoddard Wells area in some pics but others l am not so sure ? I ride there and was thinking that was Bell mountain in the background ?

[@raulchandia3820]

buen video, pero la mejor musica de fondo es el ruido del motor..

[@JeffreyCain86]

3:31!!!

[@allthehandlesweretaken]

airplane!

[@zlcllc]

airplane gear!!!

[@jakedalley4856]

please take that bike to the score and destroy all of those 4 strokes!! your the shit man!

[@Jacare1973]

Great video/music combination! What song is this? I still ride the CR,KX 500s. Some of the best bikes ever made! Not sure why the letters messed up in my previous post

[@chadmcclellan678]

This song is from the Life Cycles movie.

[@nickbowman8962]

21 dislikes because 21 dudes didn't have the leg to start a K5!

[@Crazy4nitro]

The King of Ping

[@alioop250]

Looks like a real rear tire punisher

[@sharkiesgirl8929]

gotta have 2 tires on hand all times. lots of chains and sprockets. just buy the big spool of chain like 800 dollars. extra rims so you can swap out fast.

[@allthehandlesweretaken]

eigth years? how do you not use a kx500 in 8 years!?

[@nickwukmir9853]

When men were real hay ABBOTT .🤔👍🤟

[@77ericwashere]

If it ain't smokin its broken ...just watch a guy run a kx500 in a poker run thru the woods. He smoked everyone.....

[@SNelens]

More please Mr Dusty Rabbit...

[@williamjones1893]

For Danny hamel!

[@pc2150]

Please shut the music off..especially at the end. Nothing better than the 500 at speed.

[@db8926]

Yeah the music ruined a perfect video

[@joshlosey5897]

Where was this filmed at?

[@kennethlakatos9160]

Awesome video!!!! Who made that clutch cover? Want one for my KX500

[@mrmoparrr]

Awesome video,great work. What year 500 is that ?

[@joshlovins6609]

I'm guessing 04

[@seanw3621]

How did it feel in comparison to a new 450?

[@theKOchannel]

Danny Hamel

[@jamesstump4256]

Where was he riding?

[@Miasdaddy7]

was this filmed out in Johnson valley ca

[@timbaker1331]

Great vid. Lose the music next time though.

[@peteandelman7093]

I would rather hear the quiet of the desert and then the quiet broken by the sound of the motorcycle than this background sound track. Sorry I didn't watch it to the end, are you promoting this music and that is why it's used ?

[@zlcllc]

What's with the hate??? It's not about the video...

[@matthiasschulze393]

RIP johnson valley ohv...