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‘08 RM-Z450 verses an ‘08 RM-250 – Rich’s Story
Up until last year I had always owned two stroke dirt bikes. Vintage Can-Am’s, Suzuki PE’s as well as more modern RM’s were the only bikes in my barn. The old ones were for vintage racing and the newer ones were for Hare Scramble racing and just enjoying the ride. For a very long time a 1990 RM250 called my barn home and for good reason, it fit
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1981 Maico 490 vs. 2009 Honda CRF450 – Separated at Birth?
As we know the beloved 4 stroke while touted as modern tech is really obsolete tech resurrected by a faulty rule book. Here is an image that shows how old “new” chassis design really is. How different are these two machines that were built 28 years apart?? The thing is it’s not as much
Benjamin’s Two Stroke Story
A short while ago I received an email from one of the members of the site, asking if he could have permission to use the Two Stroke Motocross logo on his bike graphics. We worked out the details and Benjamin sent in some photos and included a short blurb about his racing. Below is additional information
From 4-Stroke to 2-Stroke – Jason’s Story
I just bought my first 2-stroke bike a few months ago. Its a 2005 KTM 250 EXC. I’ve always preferred 4-strokes because they lack the “hit” and I always thought they had more low-end. I was ready to buy a 450 4-stroke but started looking into 2-strokes. The more I researched,
Cedric Soubeyras will race the MX1 GPs on a 250 two-stroke KTM !
The plan was exclusively revealed by mx-pure.com last month and, now out of hospital after an operation before Xmas, Burkhardt Sarholz confirmed today that it will happen. “We haven’t finalized all of the details of how to finance it, but we will go ahead. Cedric is keen to do it, and so
Texas hot shoe- Jimmy Taylor
“The Official Video of Jimmy Taylor” riding the new day track at Cross Creek Cycle Park in Paige, Texas. This video shows him riding the whole track, different angles on some parts of it. The track flows great and was designed by Sean (owner of Cross Creek) and Larry Morton. Jimmy is 13,
Is A 250cc Two Stroke More Powerful Then A 250cc Four Stroke??
The following essay is the result of an e-mail that I received, a high school student asked some questions about the differences between two-strokes and four-strokes. After e-mailing some information, this is the end result as written by a 10th grader for one of her classes. Enjoy! Adrenaline,
MCF Discusses Plans for Audacious 2010 United Kingdom Motocross Race Series
2009 has been a monumental season for the MC Federation. Running any championship successfully is difficult at the best of times, to run four National standard championships in what is realistically a debut year is a mammoth task. Not only this, launching the federation to every club across the UK is
More local racers are switching, how about you?
In our local area the resurgence of two-strokes continues to grow. Sure there has been great debate about which is better… two or four. The truth is that without the displacement advantage the four-stroke would never have made the advances into motocross racing. Just the fact that the manufacturers
Andrea Talozzi – CR250 McGrath Replicas
Here are two amazing Honda CR250 machines from our friend Andrea Talozzi. He currently commutes between Italy and California. While in California, Andrea works for Motocross Vacations. He is looking forward to living in the US full time. Something you might find of great interest is a new project bike