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On this week’s Two-Stroke Tuesday we give you an exclusive first look at our 2007 Yamaha YZ250 build with Rado Bartovic from Dirt N’ Iron in the Dirt Bike Magazine studio. This thing was in rough shape when Rado picked it up. If you are thinking about buying a new two-stroke this year the Dirt […]
The Suzuki RM250 is one of the best used bikes you can find on the market today. If you find one that’s low time, good for you. If you find one that’s well-used, then you have something like this 2007 project bike. As soon as we finished rebuilding it, we couldn’t wait to get it […]
Photos, prices and information on all the 2021 two-stroke off-road and motocross bikes from motorcycle manufacturers all over the world.
Fuel-injected two-strokes are here to stay. Now, there are three manufacturers offering transfer-port-injection two-strokes in the U.S., and there are more to come. Here’s the fun part: not all of them are owned by KTM’s parent company. TM is a small Italian company that has proven itself capable of matching any motorcycle company in the […]
The late ’90s to mid-2000s Suzuki RM250 two-strokes might just be the best used motorcycles out there. They feature a strong engine and a great handling package that makes the bikes fun to ride. This is probably why we don’t come across many for sale; the people who have them want to keep them. Thankfully, […]
The 250 two-stroke is alive and well in 2020. Austria, Japan and Italy all offer current bikes for the MX purist. Some are more modern than others, but all have suspension and brakes that we could have only dreamed of 20 years ago when the two-stroke was in its heyday. It’s time to set the […]
The Dirt Bike Magazine team met up with Zach Bell and his Precision Concepts race team backed by factory Kawasaki to get some photos and video done on his Two Stroke World Championship Kawasaki KX250 race bike out at Glen Helen Raceway. Bell was set to race this machine at this year’s event earlier this […]
The Yamaha YZ250, KTM 250SX, Husqvarna TC250 and TM 250MXe are the cream of today’s two-stroke crop. All are modern bikes with state-of-the-art suspension. The only things that are old-school are the sounds of the motors and the faint wisp of blue smoke. The Husky and KTM are related by blood to the current four-strokes […]
TM is a small motorcycle manufacturer located in a small town in the Italian countryside. TM makes a limited number of hand-built, very specialized machines each year and is perfectly content doing so. The largest-bore two-stroke TM has ever produced is 300cc, and we don’t think TM plans to change that any time soon. Enter […]
The Yamaha YZ250 two-stroke is the bike that refuses to go quietly into the night. After all these years, it continues to do some things better than anything else in its class. Its suspension and handling are still top notch, making it a steady seller in Yamaha’s line. It also holds its value–the YZ250 changes […]
The last KTM 300 model to come equipped with a carburetor was the 2019 KTM 300XC. In general, everyone loved it, but there were some issues. One such complaint was the need to modify jetting specs in the Mikuni unit that came on the bike stock. For this project, we returned to the Keihin carb […]
TM continues to be a tiny Italian thorn in the paw of the giant KTM / Husqvarna / GasGas conglomerate. This week we got to ride the EN 250Fi 2T, which is digi-speak for the fuel-injected 250 two-stroke off-road model. TM is using transfer port injection similar to the KTM / Husqvarna system. TM also […]
TM is a small Italian company that has proven itself time and time again by going toe to toe with the giants of the motorcycle industry. The company’s 250 two-stroke motocrosser is the most sophisticated machine in its class, with an electronic powervalve, electric start and a twin-beam aluminum frame. In this episode of the […]
KTM will be offering 14 different two-stroke models for 2021. In the motocross line, the 250SX is back and it still has a carburetor and a kickstarter. The 150SX, 125SX, 85SX (in both big wheel and standard), 65SX, 50SX and 50SX Mini all return and none have TPI fuel-injection for the coming year. KTM’s XC […]
KTM has released the first batch of its 2021 new model line. This includes the EXC dual-sport bikes, the XCF-W off-road four-strokes and the XC-W off-road two-strokes. The official information from KTM appears below. 2021 KTM 500 EXC-F Highlights • NEW graphics with updated color scheme for a READY TO RACE appearance. • UPDATED WP […]
We started our trail build with the last 300XC model to come equipped with a carburetor: the 2019 KTM 300XC. This machine was fairly well-received by the carbureted community as a whole but did have some issues. One major issue was the constant need to modify jetting specs in the Mikuni unit that came on […]
Two-strokes never stopped being competitive and the 2020 Husqvarna TC250 is proof. It’s 215 pound of well-disciplined muscle that has a modern chassis and essentially the same components that come on the company’s top-shelf four-stroke motocross bikes. In its pure motocross guise, the Husky has no electric start and no fuel-injection. It’s a bike for […]
The first of the 2021 models is here. Beta has revealed its new line of two-strokes, which is an amazing accomplishment considering that Italy was one of the first countries hit by the Covid-19 virus. The factory is back to work and the new two-strokes are out. The official press release follows: Beta USA is […]
The KTM 300 two-stroke is considered the greatest off-road bike of our time. This is the story of how it came about.
The Honda CR250 two-stroke escalated Japan’s obsession with motocross in the ’70s, and then dominated the sport in the ’80s. Even though it’s gone, its impact is still being felt.