Topic: The lure of the 2 stroke

[kirkn]

.... and for me, that was fun for about the first 1/2 hour, then I got tired of the noise and the smell.  Eventually, I sold 'er off.  It was fun to have, but no regrets about it being gone.  I guess I'm just a 4-stroke guy at heart. 

Kirk

[Nikkisixx]

Got a '73 RD350 myself, that I have yet to be able to get to and fix up.

Bill440 - you do not want to fix up that RD350. 




You want to crate it up and ship it to Charlotte 

[david 750f]

If you really love two strokes and have lots of cash there is a company here in Canada that sells new (rebuilt) two-stroke street legal GP replica's for about $20,000. They are registered as early 90's bikes. Around 120-130 hp and just over 300 lbs.

Click on GP replica's at the top of the link.

http://www.adjustmenttech.net/

[Nikkisixx]

If anyone is interested: Just got back from a vintage bike cruise in tonight, and there was a group of two strokers that showed up.  According to them, there is a ride and rally for two strokes at the Dragon weekend after this. 

[tomkimberly]

Next project?

A 1970's street legal 2 stroke perhaps. I know of 2 water cooled (Suzuki?) 750cc bikes without titles (here in California, there is no way I could get them legally registered), but it would be fun.

Kawasaki had one, Suzuki had one, as did Yamaha, the only thing that doesn't add up is the HP figures and bike weights. The Kawasaki was legendary back in the day for outrageous performance (swingarm bushings getting roasted from torque etc.)

Anybody have some experience with these bikes?

Here in California, registering old 2 stroke bikes is the same as registering any old bike. I have 5, a 1973 Yamaha AT3, two 1970 CT1's, a 1972 DT2, and a 1976 DT400.

Tom