This CR500 is SUPER RARE!

[@darrellsipes4977]

Kaplan cycles you now who I talking of I think he would love to put it in his place

[@jatiii]

Yes. New England Motorcycle Museum. Ken Kaplan. Kaplan America. You can have it on display there and still own it. Doesn't have to be a permanent fixture. And he loves CR500s maybe even more than you.

[@GQ-wz5it]

My favorite two dirt bike sounds are a big bore two stroke idling and a two stroke 125 screaming in the power band. It brings back such great memories.

[@walterhaumaier9137]

That’s a awesome piece of history and I love how original it is and how awesome it sounds

[@2_stroke_rippin]

Absolute masterpiece right there 😍

[@xipingpooh5783]

I loved the video and the story about the bike. I know what it’s like to purchase a Holy Grail motorcycle. In 2007 I purchased a 1996 Suzuki RGV250 SP in Lucky Strike Livery. It is all original too. So glad to have your channel to watch and share the excitement of motorcycles and motorcycling. I have so many dirt bikes and street bikes I don’t have any more room for the 1983 RM 500 I want . Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. God bless🎄🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@markyoung6027]

Merry Christmas from England.

[@zachfarkash6430]

All I can say is wow you have such an awesome piece of history there. The bike sounds absolutely amazing. And yes you should put it on display at kaplin cycles Ken is the man with a awesome Museum. What a piece of history to own you're so lucky.

[@markferguson4255]

Merry christmas and happy new year to you Clint.

[@TNTMOTO]

Very nice. Sounds great. You are a lucky man. My last and final restoration for my channel this year was a 1987 CR500.

[@williamgriffin5818]

Such a beautiful bike priceless

[@terrynicewonger5434]

New England Motorcycle Museum…. This is the Start of a Legend CR500…. Kaplan would be honored to put this on Display. Really think you should think about it…

[@kylelangworthy9641]

I was thinking that before you even said it I was like that'd be cool if you had Ricky on if it was going to be ridden it would be wild to see Ricky ride it

[@jimmy_dirtbike]

What a masterpiece, Clint. You’re very lucky. Cool story too!

[@darrellsipes4977]

Call Ken at his museum let him put it on display for everyone to see

[@chadkennedy529]

That's badass! That's a garage beer bike. Sit back, drink beer and look at it 😂 Glad to see you're not wasting time rebuilding the fleet.

[@panic-revv85]

Id have to ride it.

[@jesserunals2601]

Gotta ride that thing!

[@PremixandPedals]

Hply Schnike!!! There aren't enough adjectives in the English language to describe how bad ass that is!!! That thing sounds super crispy!!! You have to takenit for at least one little rip!!! Man, that would be so totally awesome if you could get an interview with RJ!!!

[@darrellmabry699]

That thing sounds really good

[@billhardaway6222]

Awesome Awesome bike. The sound is just 100 percent. 🏁👍💯

[@williamrowe9481]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Brother not saying go out and thrash it but I would ride it for sure

[@RDEnduro]

I absolutely love the color scheme of that CR, even the blue seat, noone does blue seats anymore lol. That bike is really cool, I noticed the pipe right away! Edit* it runs already and well, sounds great, you gotta just rip it once a year dont mothball it to a museum. Yolo

[@FloydThomas-y5g]

KAPLAN CYCLE'S the Home of CR 500 Ken Kaplan is 1 person I would talk to Kaplan motorcycle Museum on KZbin From the Mountains of Tennessee 👋

[@danielsale3805]

Effort would be cool to get a sit down with Ricky and talk about the bike and his career.

[@ozzy2133]

Absolutely amazing, what a awesome machine!! Merry Christmas from your friend down under and wishing you a happy new year 🙏🇦🇺✌

[@Bigdirtbikeguy]

Never said if you bought it or not

[@bryanroberts]

Wow! What an incredible piece! I remember my first ever dirtbike video had Ricky Carmichael and Bubba Stewart! Bubba had to take off on a picnic table...lol.. couldn't have been 12 yrs old.. Ricky maybe was 12.. I cant remember the name of that vcr tape?

[@leewaken5059]

Bob Hannah, pre Johnson.🏁 I can literally smell the exhaust.🥰

[@motomatt6752]

Now that’s a bike with amazing history you’re the envy of most of us. My vote is just clean and polish what you can add Ricky’s number to the plates get him to autograph it and just enjoy your piece of moto history. Congratulations you deserve it man

[@Docs77-125Ripper]

Merry Christmas

[@TheHemiphil81]

I would keep that unicorn forever. I would ride it occasionally. ❤

[@MichaelArsenault-s4s]

Keep this until your last breath....do some light touch up work, ride it like never, to make sure it stays in the same shape.

[@Eric--zs6um]

The best addiction. 2 stroke and 2 wheels

[@panic-revv85]

That bike sounds ridiculously smooth! Let him use it as a show piece at the dealer.

[@DickGoesonya]

You remember 70-80 the pros with signed contracts road factory rides. Didn't 4 manufacturers build factory privateer bikes weren't as top cabin as factory better than the production bike? If they did have ever got your hands on one.?

[@1jimhublera]

thats a nice piece !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ............................suprised honda doesnt want it back ? ............................

[@rmcseveney]

BOB WUZ HERE!!!! Ride that freaking bike ..

[@darrellmabry699]

I knew a guy who bought the first one in my area. He was a bigger taller man and a pro he was riding a 480 then he got this thing and holy cow, like game changer

[@MusicSensations1971]

Godspeed to your recovery for your house Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family that is one hell of a bike and one hell of a freaking legendary Rider Ricky Johnson !

[@Dodds_Dirtbikes]

Lund! I know some people who work at Barber, i bet we could get it in the museum!

[@shannonbrewer871]

Put that thing in the honda museum

[@andrescheuer4400]

I am from south africa but your name rings a bell you were not a slow dude

[@randycarpenter3663]

I would never ride! Only displayed. Happy New Year Bigdawg!

[@gabrielrichter1795]

First, congratulations, that bike is beautiful. I agree, your it's steward, it should be preserved. Apart from that, what you should do with it, I'm not sure. Personally if it were me, I would just hold onto it forever, but then that is why my spaces tend to be so cluttered.

[@tonyrips27]

Miss Clint showing me all kinds of stuff to make me want to buy a blown up bike

[@michaeledwards6618]

How much would you sell it for?

[@jacksonms212]

You have got to ride that bike at least once . Thats all I have to say about that " in my best Forest Gump "

[@michaelmartin2912]

I think you should write it one time, not hard. So that way you can say you wrote it

[@kasticmillett3247]

You have to take it for 1 rip at least ❤

[@KIPSSYTEM]

Start it here and there but if you paid money for it why donate it to sit and rot or for the museum to sell it if they needed the funds for something, seen big museums do it like Kaplan cycles, that’s just my opinion keep it and chairish the darn thing honestly…

[@Thefailcycle]

Stoked you’re happy but it’s not that rare. Hundreds of stuff like this out there. Saw on Facebook a guy with a kx500 with similar story

[@markmontgomery2562]

Go ride the BEAST .

[@ralphvasso7209]

Beautiful bike. Hey Lund is your house all fixed since the fire? And how about your neighbor?

[@ralphvasso7209]

My apologies I commented before the video was over

[@brettlaage9687]

Kaplan or Barber museum

[@vet8787]

What jetting is in it ? What is your elevation ? Asking for a friend ………

[@Docs77-125Ripper]

Seven Duece Duece I’ll be subbing straight after

[@phil9634]

Theres no bad dirtbikes

[@TEAMVISKAT81]

dude take it for one ride, donut beet one it just a barrp baarp cruse. then you have at least tried the same mx bike as Ricky Johnson

[@MichaelArsenault-s4s]

WOW.

[@randycarpenter3663]

No screw that put it in your Man Cave or living Room!

[@jimmybags4209]

Thank goodness you went with a public adjuster because your insurance company will stick you where the sun don't shine during the entire process. Facts, evidence, and pay close attention to language. Use social media to your advantage with them.

[@RED-RYDA]

I would let RJ keep it in his dealership thats local to you. Then atleast you could go see it whenever you want and it still he in the public eye where it belongs as opposed to sending to a museum far from you.

[@phillippearce9680]

👍

[@markwilde2206]

Ride it like you stole it made to be ripped by the best 👌

[@MichaelArsenault-s4s]

Yeah, right....thats some bad advice.

[@kellybrown6988]

Put it in your man cave! And everyone once in awhile start it up and give it a rip down the street 😂

[@kevinconnors9396]

Dont ride it would be my advice thats a collecter

[@jameskirk5906]

Nice!! MAGA NATION 2024-2036❤!!!🎉

[@keithtarrier4558]

Hey Clint!!! I was just thinking of you and the fam today, wondering how you were all doing! Greetings from japan. Hope you had a good Christmas, and New Years, and 2025 will be awesome for you all! - 2024 is almost over, time to move forward in health, happiness and with family. LOVE TRACK TALKERS!!! That CR500 is awesome! I would suggest just give it a really good clean. All the nicks, scratches, and scuffs with be there, but preserve what is still there. No need to powder coat, respray, rebuild it. Use modern products to make it shine and preserve it as it is. The nicks and scratches are part of the history of that bike. You should keep ownership, but perhaps find a place that will display it proudly, and keep the dust off it. Run it/kick start every so often.