Two-strokes, dying breed?

[vazza]

all the ktm owners are forgetting yamaha still have 2 stokes and for '11 as well... sure they havnt been changed in years... but as all the reviews out there say... why change the best 250 smoker out there

Are the 11's the same as the 2010 yz250? I didn't even know they made a 2010 yz250

[barty5]

Are the 11's the same as the 2010 yz250? I didn't even know they made a 2010 yz250

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/pr...30/0/home.aspx

[CHOPPA]

2010 yz250!!

[honda_power]

looks cool, but the 10's and 11's are just bng

[scott411]

its a shame to see the 2 stroke die, but in truth the sales of them killed them, since the 250F came out we would have sold approx 8-10 to 1 of the four strokes to the 2 strokes,

and there is a mass movement away from strokes in weed eaters etc as well,

i have been told that DI is still a problem for single cylinder 2 strokes, apprantly it takes a lot of electrical power to run the whole DI system and it takes a lot of torque to run it, not so much of a problem with 2 or more cylinders but an issue with a single,

both kawasaki and yamaha have the technoligy with there marine engines for DI, but neither have put it into two strokes bikes,

and also the complete lack of race ready jap 2 stroke enduro bikes, the last ones that really were close to the mark were the 89 KDX200 and the 89 RMX250, all the rest after that were pretty average as a race bike,

[george formby]

I have recently watched DVD's of Chris Birch & David Knight being the fastest extreme riders on the planet, on 2 strokes. Says it all for me.
When I was a mud grub I just found 2 strokes far less tiring to ride. Mind you, I have yet to try a modern 4 stroke enduro.