Two-Stroke Tuesday

We have a triple treat for you this Two-Stroke Tuesday! Over the years we’ve featured hundreds of strokers here on BikeReview, and back in our Rapid Bikes days. Aside from …
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Fifty years ago this year, 1974, saw a momentous transition in 500GP racing, marking the last time a four-stroke – meaning MV Agusta, courtesy of the late Phil Read – …
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Two-stroke Tuesday time! Any readers over the age of 35-should have fond memories of watching Wayne Rainey make his magic happen on the best looking 500cc Grand Prix bike ever …
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Ronax announced a V4 500 GP bike for the streets a decade ago in 2014. Anyone who grew up riding two-stroke motorcycles would relate to just how mind-blowing that news …
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My first love, or rather my first ‘real’ bike, was a brand new 1977 Yamaha RD250. I was 17 at the time and a poor apprentice fitter earning a 34 …
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I’m an absolute Yamaha RZ nut, I’ve ground-up restored an RZV500 for a mate and my first road bike was a RZ250FN. Here is a look at the rare 125, …
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Back in 1987 my Suzuki RM80X got nicked and it broke my heart. With the usual living expenses as a family, there was no hope of me getting another bike …
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I had ridden a 1991 TZ250 in a one-off ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ meeting at Lakeside in 1994 grabbing one of my early road race wins in the process and the …
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It hardly seems possible that it’s 10 years since super-talented Italian MotoGP ace Marco Simoncelli so sadly died aged just 24 in the Malaysian GP in Sepang on October 23, …
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This world famous Cagiva V593 belonged to huge motorcycle fan and avid collector, Steve Byrne. The bike held a spot at Steve’s bar with Andrew Pitt’s world title winning ZX-6RR. …
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