New 2 Stroke Road Bikes

Today theonly available two strokes are off road models.

New 2 stroke road bikes.

Road going bikes have practicallydisappeared with the exception of the 50 cc aprilia rs4. This awesome gp race bike won many world champion titles in 125gp with loris capirossi in 1990 and 1991 and dani pedrosa in 1993. Honda s rs125 have won 9 world championships in 125 class. Yamaha made 250cc and 350cc road race bikes that were very successful.

Not kenny roberts who also rode one. It wouldn t be hard to fill this list with non road legal bikes after all 3k will get you many a track ready ex race stroker not to mention trials bikes and of course motocrossers. Yamaha yz250x two stroke yamaha yz250x off road. It also gets a kickstand and an 18 inch rear wheel.

Featuring the venerated ktm 300exc two stroke dirt bike after seeing everything that bike can do it s no wonder people want to ride them legally on the streets. Top speed 193 km h. The only choice for adie hard two stroke fan is. Fortunately yamaha are still manufacturing the yz250 today but if you can t afford to buy brand new a model dating back from 2005 and onward will do just fine.

Yamaha s yz250x is the only 250cc off road competition two stroke available from a japanese manufacturer. A two stroke 125cc machine setup for off road they call it the yz125x. Below is the information directly from yamaha on its 2020 off road offerings. Feast your eyes on the power of sound the greatest ode to two stroke dirt bikes ever produced.

I also raced against these bikes. This 2 stroke dirt bike boasts a water cooled 250cc engine that has a claimed 48 8 hp and 32 lb ft of torque that s held in place by a single backbone aluminum frame. A 350 won the daytona 200. Steve baker rode one and he was the first us world champion road racer.

It is a very close relative of the yz250 motocross bike but has wider gear ratios and more off road appropriate suspension and power. Meet the new 249cc fuel injected vins motors duecinquanta. What we have here is a brand new concept from italian start up vins motors a 250cc two stroke parallel twin in a carbon monocoque chassis with no welds and the all important euro 4 compliance. Later they made a 700cc four cylinder 2 stroke and soon a 750cc 2 stroke.

If the numbers are correct the vins motors two stroke streetbikes will be brilliant little weapons. But as soon as we started thinking of two stroke crossers the legendary cr500 couldn t be dismissed.