Death of the two-stroke

[sels1]

Honda fought against 2 strokes for many years,but finally had to make them to be competitive.I'm not surprised they are the first to officially drop them.

I well remember the hooha when Honda first brought out a two stroke...much to the amusement of those of us already riding riding them.
Ahh nostelga...those TS and DT trailbikes....the RD series roadbikes...that Kwaka triple that would buck you off the back if the plugs ever ran clean.......

[nudemetalz]

Well, their first effort at a sports bike wasn't too flash now was it....

[Crasherfromwayback]

Well, their first effort at a sports bike wasn't too flash now was it....

A perfect example of the big 'H' doing things differently simply because they can!

[spudchucka]

Screw that. Ive ridden my mates CR500 and I'll never miss that. Scary fucken thing

IT490 was the nearest that I've ridden, that was bloody scary too.

[jim.cox]

Fair call - but I have ridden all the Mach series Kwakas and a waterbottle. Smelly, smokey, narrow......

smelly and smokey they may be,

but you aint ever going to persuade me that a waterbottle (buffalo?) is narrow.

The only narrow thing on them was the powerband.

They were (and still are) big fat pigs of a bike

[jade]

i fucked up this post

[Buster]

It will be sad to see the two strokes fade away but thats progress I spose.
Theres nothing like "clearing the pipes" at the begining of a ride and getting that huge smile on your face.

I dont care much about chook chasers, so no loss to me.

[steved]

First is me on my Honda NSR (mc18) 2 stroke 250
Next is my 95 Aprilia rs250 (which was written off a month ago)
Next is my 2000 Aprilia rs250 (I bought it today)
Jealous?

To be honest ... not really.

[jade]

First is me on my Honda NSR (mc18) 2 stroke 250
Next is my 95 Aprilia rs250 (which was written off a month ago)
Next is my 2000 Aprilia rs250 (I bought it today)
Jealous?
woops - pictures in wrong order - little bastard is my 95
the factory one is the one i bought today

[Crasherfromwayback]

Screw that. Ive ridden my mates CR500 and I'll never miss that. Scary fucken thing

Funny thing is...my RMZ 450 is just as fast as my old KX500 (I've raced Anthony on it) even with road race gearing....they just don't feel anywhere near as fast.

A whole lot easier to use...BUT a LOT dearer to maintain.
For sure that was another great thing about 2 stroke engines....cheap and quick to rebuild.

And call me a weirdo....but there is something well sexy about a hand made expansion chamber!

[TLDV8]

Jealous?

250cc's is nice but 770cc is Evil

[jade]

I'd die.. straight up

[sAsLEX]

IT490 was the nearest that I've ridden, that was bloody scary too.

See the XR's are being stopped as well due to Nazi noise regs, was reading this in an aussy mag so maybe its just over there

[awesker]

glad i got my rgv250! cant wait to get her road legal!

[Big Dave]

smelly and smokey they may be,

but you aint ever going to persuade me that a waterbottle (buffalo?) is narrow.

The only narrow thing on them was the powerband.

They were (and still are) big fat pigs of a bike

Aye - the first sentence read 'narrow powerbands'.