Two stroke hope...

Hard to know for sure if it'll come to fruition but wouldn't it be nice to have some new road going two stroke bikes again?

http://www.cycleworld.com/ktm-trans...pJobID=1103697192&spReportId=MTEwMzY5NzE5MgS2

 

I'm not sure. My only 2 stroke experience was on someones dirt bike.
Give it a little gas and let the clutch out. Dook dook dook, it sort of goes forward.
Hmm, a little more gas, reach a certain RPM and braaaaap! Stands on the back wheel. Holy!

Not sure I need that much excitement.

 

Yeah, sometimes a little unexpected excitement can be unnerving but when you know what you got and respect it, it's a whole other ball game.

 

I have long dreamed of building a custom bike around a smoke belching, fire breathing, Kawi triple 750 ring-a-dinger.

Jose

 

I had a Bultaco 350 Pursang back in tha day and the scars to prove it.
The throttle was like a mistery bag (pre reed valve days), nothing, nothing, still nothing, holy shit!!!
Put that together with a left hand kick starter and shit ignition control and it was a recipe for pain. Ahhh, I miss it.
The pinnacle was probably the Suzuki RG500, they are worth a fortune now and were great road bikes.

 

Those RG's were beasts. I know them only through legend. Never got my hands on one. Although the Yammy RZ500 was also a giant killer.

Yep .... this is the kind of wackiness and shenanigas I'm talking about.



Jose

 

Would have helped if the owner had clued me in, nothing happens until X RPM, but then watch out.

 

Back when ATCs (Yes, 'C' as in Cycle) were the all the rage, there were dozens of three wheeled 2 stroke beast. RZ's were the most abundant power plant used but there were a few that used the larger displacement motors, mostly for dunes and hill climbing competition. I had two Honda ATC250Rs and raced them in the So Cal desert. Oh I do miss those days, mostly because I was young and fearless! Now, not so much young...maybe semi-fearless at best.

 

The very last 2 stroke I road was my 79 RM400--what a monster


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I might have named that one.
The Yellow Bastard.

 

Favorite thing ta do was chase jackrabbits in the dessert-- little fookers


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I found a picture of OOTV from "back when":

 

Read that article myself, I think it is very promising.

 

And as far as bringing back 2 strokes goes, screw the RC213V-S - Honda, make a street legal version of this baby!!!

 

LOL.

 

At the ride in I saw: NSR250, RZ500, and an RZ350.

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The Yamaha RD350 with clip ons, a half fairing, and an expansion chamber. Coveted by the sixteen year old that resides within


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Would love the return of 2T myself.

BZ

 

if things keep going they way they appear to be going, you won't be able to buy a 4t either...let alone register anything that burns gas.

 

They can't stop me from emitting gas! What, are they gonna ban beans? It won't work!