Jeremy McGrath races his KX500!

Had a fun time in Mammoth racing my KX500!
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[@wassamattau860]

I am AMAZED at how smooth and how good he still is. It was a real treat to watch Jeremy McGrath race again, particularly on a two stroke. Best of wishes to all. 😎

[@Jonesaustin]

Guy's talent is STILL simply unreal.

[@gdv4612]

Dude I got chills watching this man lay the wood down on the competition. Is there a better sound than a big bore smoker long live the 2 stroke.

[@saladdays180s9]

I don't know a single person who has ever been into motocross, that hasn't tried to emulate that beautiful baritone with their voice. Some bar owner should do a motocross karaoke night. I'm afraid to sing in public, but if it was motocross night, they'd have to yank me off the stage.

[@warhammer6292]

BraaapppBraaap Braaaap!!!

[@Only-one-life-68]

Best sound And the smell of Bradle oil

[@perryanderson5642]

Such A Beautiful Sound!!! Green Kawasaki KXs Do something Good for A Mans Soul!

[@travisboam9612]

This is like the difference between 600 cubes and a 289. I remember Decoster on his RM500 waay back leading an entire field of 500's. What an awesome sound!

[@proboy42]

He will always be Showtime. The greatest supercross rider ever!

[@carlroberts9130]

Narrrrrrrh Carmichael is by far

[@freddienz68]

There both great super/moto cross riders. But so are James Stewart, Travis pastrana, chad Reed, Stephen everts... and there are many more.

[@kattersaustraliaparty3090]

Doctor hillbilly has arrived.

[@billbates5475]

I say Hanah.

[@billbates5475]

@Bonifacio Rocha [Gragson ES] dude Read above. I said Hannah.

[@seastacker8582]

Seeing a seasoned pro on a big 500 2 stroke makes me smile. 😀

[@Hugeroost]

and immediatly checks out on the pack

[@screwballsquirrel4473]

I agree..

[@lect0n7]

(I was thumbs up #50) Yeah, go check out the _1996 Motocross Des Nations from Jerez, Spain_ which featured a _Team USA_ Sweep _team USA_ members being Steve Lampson (American Honda Factory Team 1996 Honda CR125R), Jeremy McGrath (American Honda Factory Team 1996 Honda CR250R) & Jeff Emig (American Kawasaki Factory Team 1996 Kawasaki KX500)... when I first started watching this, I wondered why they didn’t put Jeremy on a Honda CR500, but Jeremy was presumably the captain of the team & the most dominant racer of the 3, which explains why I’m the first moto (which was 125cc & 500cc racers) both Steve Lampson & Sebastian Tortelli passed Jeff Emigs KX500 (Lampson on a CR125R & Tortelli on a KX125...)

[@shadowkick2852]

Me too.

[@rickwaldren3633]

The kx is right up there make me smile as well it's a lot of fun on the green monster

[@faustofl]

I have the pleasure of see this guy riding here in Brazil in 1998 and make a little interview at Honda Indaiatuba Circuit. Very good to him still riding! Best regards here from Brazil.

[@ditchdoktor777]

Awesome! I’m loving the renewed interest in 2 strokes

[@gdv4612]

Renewed? They never left

[@seastacker8582]

GDV Agreed.

[@wannaseethevid]

@@gdv4612 Dam straight! My KX125 O4' Japanese built by the way...........is waitin' just waitin' for a zing zing.

[@MegaSuperbug]

@@wannaseethevid who else would be building a KX besides the Japanese? (CR, YZ & RM too)

[@wannaseethevid]

@@MegaSuperbug hmm,I have been looking in to it and it seems only a few road bikes were built in the US. I was told many bikes were produced in the USA under the Kawasaki name.

[@mopar1465]

Sign up for the 40+ class, feelin' good. Look over on the gate and it's Showtime on a kx500. Oh damn.....

[@EnduroUK.]

mopar 1 😂😂😂😂😂

[@1keykneedeep]

See Jeremy next to you and just put ur shit back on the trailer.

[@ppipowerclass]

@@1keykneedeep I get that a lot.

[@ericlarson63]

mopar 1 What were you riding? VMX is awesome!

[@gdv4612]

@@1keykneedeep Funny that's what Jeff Beck said after he saw Hendrix play for the first time

[@thulsa5218]

Home boy has still got it!! Takes brass balls to ride a 500 like that!

[@1keykneedeep]

The dude jyst freakn rips. Standing on the pegs down the front straight and wide open on the 500 Unbelievable. My jaw just dropped

[@hectorcelaya8738]

You guys put him on a pedestal, relax. It's just a pro rider on a 500 lol and btw with him standing on the legs it ain't nothing special, that back tire is getting no traction and no traction = no speed

[@freddienz68]

Looks like he is standing on the pegs leaning over the front to keep the front of the bike down... lots of torque on this 500 two stroke. 👍🔧🏁

[@davidkeeton6716]

@@hectorcelaya8738 no speed?? It looked like he had both more speed and more acceleration than the rest of the field, so hush before you say something really silly.

[@hectorcelaya8738]

@@davidkeeton6716 I own a 500 smoker. I'm a 178 pound rider, which is around most pros, and I go shit no where on the dam thing. Just spins it's nuts off, no traction. I weighed 260 at one point in the of season and the dam thing almost ripped my nuts off. I'm talking wheelie every gear. Weight has everything to do with it

[@flyingpig1073]

Dude, part of the reason he got to the top of his game was knowing how to put the power down. He knows how to make that 5 hundy dig, that’s why he’s got a holeshot like that.

[@richdouche8253]

This dude was the best in the WORLD at one time. Yes, he's older now, but can still rip like a madman. Always liked McGrath. All of them. Ward, Bailey, Glover, Bradshaw, Johnson, LaRocco, Lachien, Carmichael, Stewart, etc etc. All great to watch!

[@davidallen8669]

Saw him in Tampa Stadium years ago. That night a local radio station gave away 5 or 6 kids bicycles and the winning children got to ride on the track during intermission. My son won a bicycle that night and it had MX style handlebars with a padded cross brace attatched. When Jeremy McGrath won the main event that evening my family met him in the pit area. I asked him if he would sign the crossbar bad on my sons bicycle and he did ! Then he pulled the Renthal crossbar pad off his motorcycle ( 250 Honda ) and signed it also and handed it to my boy. Jeremy McGrath is a class act. Thank you SHOWTIME !!!!!

[@BULPIN847]

One of the few who can actually push a 500 awesome

[@jeremiahlf]

The day I watched you ride Castillo ranch in terrafirma 2 was the day I started riding and racing. A true inspiration then and still today. Moto for life!

[@DavidLCangelloMDFACSNewYork]

How does this legend have only 7k followers?! Watched you on TV all the time as a kid growing up in Upstate NY. Great to see you still flyin'!

[@jasonfalcon1289]

I love how devoted he is to Kawasaki. He's very fast on that KX 500! Jeremy McGrath you invented the start of Freestyle Motocross. Plus with your 72 win streak. I don't think anyone else can come close to that. Awesome seeing Jeremy McGrath still at it l. He's a people's person and is the greatest athlete of all other athlete. You the Man Jeremy McGrath.

[@yh-yd8ku]

I am a older guy who remembers Jeff Ward with kx500

[@PRO4XKEV]

Me too. I remember J. Ward saying that not even a pro uses all the power from a 500cc open class bike.

[@alcopower5710]

Did Ron Lechien ride the 500?

[@yh-yd8ku]

@@alcopower5710 Yes He did at Motocross des Nation in 1988 as Team USA(Rick Johnson、 Jeff Ward、 Ron Lechien) His comment 「 I rode the 500 well and RJ wanted to ride the 250。 So Wardy went to the 125s、he was a smaller guy。 　 The bikes in ’88 were good。　I think our 500 was better than the Honda、 to be honest」 「Yeah、 it was my bike from the nationals。 We shipped all of our bikes over there, which is a big help、I was comfortable with it。Like I said、 I think we had the best bike　in the class。 It was great」 Anyway I'm Japanese and this is all I know. He is my eternal idol.

[@alcopower5710]

@@yh-yd8ku ....thank you kindly for the response

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

he didn't award ride the 500 and hannah ride the 125? Or was that in 1987?

[@davdifty76]

how can anyone dislike this video...the guy is a legend

[@rodneykinder9441]

At 50 years old i am gonna get back on it. And go to my secret place. Need to have that rush again

[@PRO4XKEV]

I am 58 and miss riding.

[@lomasck]

@@PRO4XKEV I ride old Trikes now instead in my old age.

[@superblackbirdrider]

1st time on an Mx track this year at 51. Terrifying after 30 years only riding road bikes but starting to get the hang of it now, great fun

[@chrispemkowski3365]

My secret place is where i dumped the bodies.

[@MegaSuperbug]

Me too man! There nothing like hitting the power band on a healthy 2-stroke I just turned 50 & have been looking for a bike again myself

[@dagodigs]

McGrath is the best ever and he is the man who was the King of an entire era! He gave my brother his jersey who had cancer an passed away in 98...MC was the best ever!!!! I got a mantle in my shop with his Yamaha 250 diecast hot wheels in center🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mrdilligaf1968]

These are true motorcross bikes. They'd eat todays modern 4 strokes !

[@bigrich7026]

Sorry but actually they won't. They could be built to do so but would be very very hard to ride at the track. I have a 70hp cr250 2001 and most my friends can't ride it! My motor set Pole position at Laguna seca raceway back in 2001 at the World Superkart Challenge. Ktm factory race bike makes about the same horsepower now as we were back in 2001 with a 250. Check out an rs250. Been known to make +/- 100 h.p. TO THE TIRES!

[@Duppavich]

No I don't think it would at all. Still an awesome machine, but from a completely different era.

[@swappedoutZ71]

Depends on the riders. JM clearly just dusted the competition on his 2 stroke.

[@prospectorsoils1240]

Going back to WWII a sleeve valve 2-stroke can certifiable smoke all 4-stokes. 500cc’s of that yields 190hp. Let’s look at history. Specifically the RR crecy. Giddy up!

[@romper4444]

Ya i love em too, but they wont eat modern 450's, theyre actually down quite a bit on power and torque and the spread of the power which is what matters most. They can compete but the rider fatigue comes into play towards the end of a moto,

[@marcoceccarelli6415]

Hey kids that's how you make a 2-stroke sing.

[@jered2177]

Still ain't no joke, how can the King of Supercross only have 8** subscribers. Awesome bike,shared.

[@JeremyMcGrathMotorsports]

Haha right!?!? Stay tuned for more awesome content!

[@timmwhite9218]

He kept all of that tricked out 'factory works' Showa suspension with the titanium springs, the polished cartridge fork chambers on nitrogen, the titanium nitrided sliders.....a FAR CRY from what new KX's come with indeed ! .....and look at that hand made Pro Circuit pipe!! That's 7 extra h.p. and 10 ft./lb.s of torque right there....got the bike dialed and took it to the perfect track to let "The Horses Run"! Awesome ! McGrath always had the drive and desire to put his bike/team on the top of the podium - - - that talent never goes away. : )'

[@gitaneVYS491R]

Good to see (and hear) an open class 2-stroke gettin' stick.

[@travis10ist]

Wow your really good on kx500! Deserve my respect alot! You vs modern 450's.....

[@JEREMY120983]

Awesome Jérémy ! Always the best! Showtime for ever and the kx 500 is just beautiful.

[@eatcommies1375]

Jeremy’s arms were 2” longer after the race:)

[@ericberensen4528]

@gamejr84 TWELVE'$ LOL 😂😎🍻

[@corrieshepard9620]

My uncle used to have a 97. Rode it quite a bit. Being 12 -13 I was usually scared to get out of 3rd......fuckin FIREBREATHER. 🔥

[@joshuamervis]

He's so far ahead by the 1st turn it's just silly. THAT folks is the difference between the best, and just good riders.

[@drdingus9493]

it was a open race, the other riders were mainly riding 125cc/250cc's. McGrath was on a 500cc which over powers them big time. But yeah he is fast too!

[@bobsbillets8863]

@@drdingus9493 You could put everyone there on that same bike and put Jeremy on an 80 and the result would be the same.

[@eriknymo5452]

Geeeeez, those 125/250s looks like they stand still in comparison and those bikes goes like hell!! Can't imagine how a twostroke 500 is flat out in 4th gear...

[@rodneykinder9441]

Hes still that fast. !?? Wow

[@Coalblack79k10]

Imagine being the guy his kids finally talked into getting his old bike back out and doing one more race look over and see McGrath on the gate beside you 🤦‍♂️

[@1etergen]

Wish my 97 KX500 turned like his. I was 27yrs old back then I’m 50 now and she still kicks Over 1st kick. Same top end from 97.

[@fuocodipaglia4831]

Braaaap!!!!!!

[@srpatita]

Let’s remember something, it’s NOT the Bike but it’s its Rider that most put the anime to the Test ! Nice KX500 , always like the RM250 or the RM500 2 stroke always!

[@Tmac327]

Jeremy just DECIMATED the entire field! Truely a living legend!!!

[@wisecampmotorcycles8258]

Nothing could catch that 500. Riden like a boss. 👍

[@golfscotland]

Mammoth MX. Remembering the noise from unbaffled exhaust pipes in that high mountain air. Deafening. 1969 I think?

[@AussieDad79]

His take off at the start made the other bikes look like 125’s!!

[@ferjam7489]

I went to elementary school with him and his sister. Jeremy was always a monster on two wheels!

[@mightymidget88]

Wow, don’t know why I thought he might have slowed with age... daddies got pace

[@daveshepherd7582]

An honest to goodness “bad ass” by any measure!

[@jedsownbrew]

Nothing like showtime on a 2 smoker !!! Just started a rebuild on my 89 KX500. gotta love that 62hp at a twist of the throttle !!! ;-0

[@codprocamp4690]

Get a 450 4 stroke and stop living in the past.

[@codprocamp4690]

I just picked up a 2020 crf 450r last month and I'll probably never get another 2 stroke bike, the thing is alot faster than than my cr500's, I still prefer the 2 stroke fuel injected skidoo's though

[@codprocamp4690]

@mld grew up on 2t but loving my new 4t

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

Ive ridden both and prefer my 500s. The biggest advantage new bikes have is good suspension right off the bat.

[@bobsbillets8863]

@@codprocamp4690 For a track absolutely. 2 stroke technology stopped 20+ years ago. Imagine if that stayed up with the times. It would be very interesting to see all the little tricks they would have came up with. I think for a 2 stoke to be modern it would need something like traction control. I've had plenty of 450's and I have had plenty of 500's too. I now have a CR500AF that I built. The 2 stroke spins as its more powerful. The 4 stoke puts the power to the ground better. Best way to describe it to someone who has only ridden a 450.

[@johnarvanitis1595]

Walked right away from them All!! That Roost was punishing. KX500!! No other 500 comes close

[@Slip_The_Jab]

Still taking checkered flags and two strokes will always be relevant... some things just don’t change😎 “BaarRAAAHHHPP💨💨”

[@thelastrebelshow1627]

2 strokes forever! 🤘🔥🤘

[@TejasToolMan]

not many of us left rippin on 500's

[@mikepreciado7807]

Ben on big kxs for awhile. Jus awsome to see jeremy stil rippin it on my favorite bike. I go to the desert.... More room to go out of control😂

[@jaywalker2213]

Yeees about tine !!! I've been waiting for this channel.👍

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

This...puts a smile on my face.

[@matthewiverson8839]

I remember him being #1 he won every time they raced up here in Minneapolis. Those were great racing, definitely 2 strokes sounds much better too!

[@gempalm2003]

hell i was at that Minneapolis race was a hellofa fun time =) id be shittin and pissing myself while fanboyin out if i had to race with him lol

[@genod5025]

Where is the rest of the field ...that's right their on 4 strokes LMFAO just dust em

[@thezoms9961]

Geno D four stroke are faster but the two stroke are quick

[@idi0televisi0n]

@@thezoms9961 nope

[@koonnuts89]

See MC should have stayed with the outdoors series back in the day went 1and1 at mammoth. Dang good job! Brings me back to when I was a kid.

[@fafajoe6960]

Hello idol I been following you since I was in high school ang college even now I have self business and a pro motocross rider.. Thank you legend

[@nate4036]

Brother you need to build a 500cc and swap into a 250f frame. Buddy had one. The flick ability and smoothness was an unreal experience after fighting my YZ450F

[@olysasquatch]

Amazing! Dude is a Savage and Heck Ya on the Kawi!😎

[@SMSJoeSchmid]

The Elvis of Supercross on a KX500 at Mammoth - Yeah Buddy !!

[@MrAddison79]

remember being a kid on the bus talking about Jeremey Mcgrath, what a legend

[@michaellewis246]

Man I love that sound!

[@perryanderson5642]

For something that's Good, Clean Fun, I don't know if there's A better Sound on Earth!!!

[@joeguido106]

Whipping that 500 around like its a 125!! Thats why he was the champ all those years…. BOSS!

[@dank3998]

I remember all these pro riders in the day, saw them in person ward was king on all kx's at the time!

[@randyrolland3738]

Jeremy likes Mammoth. Always has.

[@sp4msolo724]

Got to love that showtime style

[@williamharris7357]

Man it's good to see a good old school big bore 2 stroke instead of all these politically correct four bangers

[@perryanderson5642]

Yeah, the 2- Stokes Are A Sound of a Wild Exciting Man that A Pretty Girl would turn Her head towards. Showing up on a quiet 4 cycle by comparison, you might as well be Invisible because No ones going to look!

[@randymiller8194]

He even whipped all that weight and gyro at the end. Go take a rest bud Your riding a street bike without the windshield and saddle bags. You’ve earned it

[@adammammana367]

That sport is amazing. How do they get use to flying in the air that high and far. It’s seems like every after they are use to it at some point it would still freak them out. And the physical part of riding like that seems impossible but there doing it. They have to be the most fit athletes to do that. Their balls to the walls the whole time. Lots of respect for these athletes because is very entertaining to watch.

[@mikepalmer2219]

F you ever have an opportunity to see a super Ross event live you should definitely do it. There is nothing like seeing it in person.

[@Joelontugs]

Mr 1 800 collect is back baby!

[@dirty30productions8]

Yo nice to see ya doing your thing bro. Been watching you since the first time I smelled that caster oil at the king dome Seattle supercross 250 class early 90s.. BTW I have a 92 CR250 in great shape I would love to make a McGrath tribute with. Your the GOAT man

[@perryanderson5642]

What A Place to Watch Supercross!! I Love SEATTLE, The KINGDOME, And the NFL Team that PLAYS THERE!!! ( Yes, I know it's a new stadium now, I've been there. 7 times, 7 WINS!).

[@dirty30productions8]

@@perryanderson5642 👍

[@vincentrobinson9325]

MC took that holeshot like John Force 🤘😎

[@jsimo1431]

always a fan of Jeremy. always liked his aggressiveness.

[@craigsnider5199]

The KX500 and the CR500 will ALLWAYS be the BADDEST MO FO'S on the planet !!!! No 4 stroke will ever beat em !!

[@garyadams8228]

Amen, brother... owned, and raced ‘88 KX 500. 100 mile enduros, hare scrambles, and recreational cross country riding. Bought a ‘92 ATK406... Beastly, indeed, but in different ways. Stay Smokey, my friend.

[@fjoffrd1240]

My son is named after you. And this is why!👍🏼💪

[@coast.cutter7552]

I'll never sell my 500!

[@joeishere500]

,,, yeah Bill dont do it... i sold mine only ridden 5 times... never had time for it ,,,,

[@zspence77]

Me either ,KX500 is awesome

[@christopherglass4900]

I would watch him race at Carlsbad on ESPN 2… Good racing 🪨🚀

[@Professorclown]

God IS a biker.......in many guises......praise Jeremy!.......

[@aspenyukon6845]

500cc 2 cycle....impressive weapon of motorcross... :)....made that look easy...

[@silverbackgorilla2112]

Beast of a Rider on a Beast of a Bike!

[@fabiozago2626]

Eterno ídolo e influenciador do motocross de toda uma geracao

[@rodneykinder9441]

Is that jeff wards 500? Nothing rips like a big bore. I need to ride my bike soonly. Before i bust a hip.

[@clarkpitts5393]

King Jeremy! A++ 2 strokes Rule!!!

[@SOLDOZER]

What happened to the rest of the racers? They all just quit?

[@melvinholcer4756]

The King!!!

[@ScottSmith-mw6lo]

It's not how fast can it go, but rather how fast do you wanna go

[@Sterlinglwood]

Just like when I was a kid. Always about a minute ahead.

[@mr.unknown5476]

James steward and Ricky Carmichael!...Are the best Ever! And Travis the best jumper! Done deal! No one else is worth mentioning to be honest!

[@bobsbillets8863]

James crashed so much I'm surprised he didn't get dropped. There are tons of great riders out there. Your comments don't even come close as to some of the best were. Did you notice a lot of 50 year old dudes commenting on this page? Its because we know things you youngsters don't.

[@Charlieandrews3223]

You know it's got power then the rear fender twerks

[@bentonrodeheaver2596]

Mammoth is 'geared' for open two strokes. Awesome ride.

[@robertosraffa]

Legend the best supercross rider ever 👏👏👏👏💪💪💪

[@Steven-sp3zw]

Damn, he's still got it!

[@nocotton]

Nice to hear a 2 stroke. Do they even make them anymore? Is an electric model next?

[@huntthewild6643]

He will always be KING

[@mike_r4150]

That bike scares the shit out of me

[@ben-jam-in6941]

The greatest ever!!

[@jameswong407]

the Real GOAT!

[@sgvpipe2517]

I gave it up at 50..... 62 tomorrow! miss the smell of 2 stroke in the morning.....

[@johns818]

The Original SHOWTIME!!!!

[@William-Bill-Munny]

Still my dream bike........ and McGrath still rides like he stole it.

[@perryanderson5642]

Yeah, I Love the KAWASAKI KX 500!!!

[@tysimon]

Broken the like button after smashing it with a hammer.