You’re probably right Steve, I was watching a really good Youtube vid yesterday of Kenny Roberts’ KR Proton 500cc 2 stroke triple. He sold it to a guy in South Africa on the proviso that he could come over and ride it whenever he wanted to. (Who wouldn’t want King Kenny to ride their bike?)
It was a weapon, 500cc triple, 180 BHP and only 120 Kg (I used to weigh more than that) and super thirsty (used 1 litre per lap of the track in SA, and it actually ran out of fuel on one lap and the rider had to push it back to the pits) but what surprised me the most was that it was very quiet, and sounded like any other 2 stroke multi I’ve seen. God knows how they got 180 BHP out of it, but I’d love to have a 180 BHP two stroke like that engine, apparently it had no noticeable power band, and just produced power in a linear curve from idle to flat out.