FRANKEN-TRIKE 500 ATC IT'S ALIVE!!! KAWASAKI KX500 ATC !!!

[paulpz]

Brother let me tell you a little story about what i know about what an ATC500R is about..ive now as a 38 yr old man owned a couple banshees, many MX bikes, an 85' 350X, etc. but way back before all that when i was only 14 one of my best friends had just gotten a brand new banshee from his rich dad and immediately began modding it and then started going to dirt drags in Douglas, Ga on weekends (track was tragically very short lived) and he'd compete in his bolt-ons class and then we'd watch the big dogs with cheetah kit/6+mm crank banshees, a few built Raptor 660s, other 4strokes with occasional nitrous and a very seldom built Bombardier DS650 and Cannondale 440 duke it out..but there was this one man (who also later did all the work on my banshees and is a legend of the southeast on building em right) Tim Mills (TMR Racing/RIP brain cancer i believe, been a few yrs ago) who did the work on many of the quads racing at the that race, he would wait until everybody had ran and they'd found the fastest guy before he would unload his weapon off the trailer..Year 1985 i think but was an ATC250R with a CR500 motor fully built with a CT Racing 550 kit and ported/polished to perfection and i dont know how long this monster was but stretched way out with giant paddles on the back and when he rolled it off the trailer/fired it up (no one knew he was doing it, he'd sneak off at the right time and prepare to enage hot contact lol) but after hearing nothing but 2stroke 250 bikes/banshees all day long youd think no sound would draw any attention but when he lit that thing up the vibe was so unique to it and so demonically agressive that every one in the stands would turn around and look like, "what in the f is that?" it sounded so absurdly snappy/violent and he would then proceed to embarrass the winner of the event by gapping him by like 2 or 3 bike lengths effortlessly lol..ive never ridden one but ive seen it eat souls and its no joke

[Superbowfin]

Those old Honda and kawasaki 250 two-stroke three wheelers were scary fast but a 500 holy moly lol

[brewsmith]

BRING all of them back love them all 🤟

[hecwashere]

That trike looks badass kap
God bless America 🇺🇸

[brewsmith]

Love too see Kaplan tearing it all up the kaw monster

[EricLaney-nk]

That DG pipe sounds great! Sucks they don't make DG or pro circuit or toomey expansion chambers anymore

[alphajam]

That reminds me about 20 years ago I raced a Susuki Quad Racer 500 with my Can-Am 500. He definately had more traction.

[JollUsARoint]

Wat A Monster Ken & Jr. Goes Bak To The Dunes That Would Shine & Stick Out Lets Gett It 💪🏻💪🏻💚👌🏼👌🏼🌍🇺🇲✌🏼

[LeafyisHere.RobertDowding]

200 to Kate just plain nasty love the the trikes

[jessecrawford]

The kaplans are my heroes I hope I can build a dream and share it with my son. Hopefully I can pull it off

[chapmandavid]

I like to see people convert these to two fat wheels...dope looking...

[manwithnogod]

Fuck! I miss my old-school '87 KX 500!!
It was a terror for sure!

[EricLaney-nk]

Not a 3 wheeler guy but that would be a blast in 8 or 10 inches of snow!

[NCmtnDweller]

Serves many purposes
Use it in your garden for planting
Corn
Okra etc better than a plow !!!

[MichiganSandman]

Do you ever get decent condition 3 wheelers like say a 1984 Honda 200s?

[CS-irmo]

😂😂i had 250r with 310 big bore kit and that thing would eat anything it lined up with back then. Buddy bought brand new banshee and wasn’t mad asf that whooped him like nothing wish kept it those things were stupid fast as 250 couldn’t imagine what be like with 500 😂

[sonnyseabury]

Tecate modded to a 500? Always wanted the opportunity to ride a 2 stroke mx 3 wheeler. Last time I rode a 3 wheeler, I was 10, and it was a Honda Big Red!

[ACmotorcycleguy]

Now you need to ride an ATC250 with a CR500 motor in it that would be a beast