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August 30, 2020, 09:05 AM
Jimbo54
Two Stroke Dirt Bikes!
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Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
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Originally posted by BJEC1248:. . . PS the Hodaka 125s, not the 100s, were the Wombat & Combat Wombat (my family had a Wombat, nice bike for its day). . .


You are correct. My excuse is that was ~50 years ago, which exceeds my memory's statute of limitations. Smile


Yep, I had to look it up and mine was an Ace 100cc. Half a century is very hard on the memory. Razz

Jim


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August 30, 2020, 02:36 PM
Webley Green
Mine was Hodaka 90. Good little bike, road the logging roads and fire roads in Oregon on my day off when I was on a fire crew back in '68.
August 30, 2020, 07:22 PM
Chris42
My young wife hard a Yamaha RD350 back in 1983. I had a RD400 new in ‘77. The 400 is long gone, but recently found a RD350 so my wife can ride again while I’m on my old Beemer. It has 5k original miles. Spend 20 years in dry, climate controlled storage.
The 350 is still a screamer when it hits the power curve up around 5-6k.
August 31, 2020, 11:30 AM
WERA49
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Originally posted by ASKSmith:
I’m not even sure if they make two strokes anymore. Lol.


Yes sir. Take a look at these. KTM, Beta and Gas Gas make fuel injected two strokes.

https://www.yamahamotorsports....tocross/models/yz250

https://www.ktm.com/en-us/mode...300-xc-tpi-2021.html

https://betausa.com/2021-250-rr/


Rob
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August 31, 2020, 11:58 AM
BB61
This is what I rode to work today. It’s a 1996 Honda XR250L with about 4700 miles on it and not a scratch. I also just bought a 1973 Honda Trail 90 that is in great condition with only 5500+/- miles on it. I’ve never been a two stroke fan although a good friend of mine loved his Husky 2 strokes back in the 80s and 90s.




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August 31, 2020, 09:35 PM
TAllen01
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Originally posted by mojojojo:
Nice! Glad you got it running. Two strokes are a blast. My very first motorcycle when I was a teenager was a Yamaha YZ125. Not the bike I’d recommend learning on but once I learned it was a lot of fun. And yes the “power band” was all it claimed to be. Smile


I cam here to post that my first two-stroke was a YZ125, but you beat me to it! (1980; first year water-cooled, I believe).
August 31, 2020, 11:33 PM
Scoutmaster
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Originally posted by BB61:
This is what I rode to work today. It’s a 1996 Honda XR250L with about 4700 miles on it and not a scratch. I also just bought a 1973 Honda Trail 90 that is in great condition with only 5500+/- miles on it. I’ve never been a two stroke fan although a good friend of mine loved his Husky 2 strokes back in the 80s and 90s....


As I posted earlier I had a Husky 2-stroke, raced motocross. 50 yrs ago there were few 4-strokes in a motocross race. You could tell the 4-strokes, they had a lower rumble than the 2-stroke, and the 4-strokes always came in last.




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September 01, 2020, 03:03 AM
FHHM213
1975 RM125 - first year for the RM
1980 CR250 - bought as a leftover new bike in ‘83 from dealer for approx 50% of MSRP
1999 YZ125 - loved that bike!
2001 KTM 250 MXC - dull
2005 YZ250 - first of aluminum-framed YZ’s

Favorite bike? That was either the YZ125 or a YZ426F. Both were fun and the contrast was neat.