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Two-Stroke Tuesday | Three Dream 500s… V-Due, Suter, Costin

Bike Review — Tue, 21 May 2024 03:15:51 +0000

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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Two-Stroke Tuesday | The Maxton Dugdale TZ385 Story

Alan Cathcart — Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:27 +0000

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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YZR500 Yamaha | Rainey Replica, Two-Stroke Tuesday

Jeff Ware — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:00:46 +0000

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 500 V4 | Two-Stroke Tuesday

Bike Review — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:30:41 +0000

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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Two-Stroke Tuesday Classic Rides: 1977 Yamaha RD250

Jimmy Walker — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 19:30:42 +0000

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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Two-Stroke Tuesday: 1985 Yamaha RZ125FN, The Forgotten RZ

Jeff Ware — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:31:31 +0000

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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Two-Stroke Tuesday: Jeff’s Restored Suzuki RM80X Minibike

Jeff Ware — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:09:08 +0000

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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Two-Stroke Tuesday: 2009 Yamaha TZ250 5KE GP Bike

Andrew Pitt — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:30:58 +0000

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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Two-stroke Tuesday: SuperSic World Champion Gilera RSA250 Test!

Alan Cathcart — Mon, 23 May 2022 20:00:14 +0000

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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Two-stroke Tuesday: ex John Kocinski Cagiva V593 GP500

Jeff Ware — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:00:09 +0000

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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