TWO STROKE

Dirt Bike Magazine tests the 2024 Yamaha YZ250 Two-Stroke on a rough and rugged track in the desert. The last major changes to the YZ250 came in 2022 with all new body work, new sub-frame, new brakes, new suspension settings, new air-box,…
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For this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday , we take a look at Rick Johnson's iconic 1984 YZ250. This is the bike that he won the championship on that year, and it set the tone for things to come because it was a production-based bike. By 1984,…
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Last year, GasGas EX300 two-stroke bike was completely different, but the 2024 model is on the same page as KTM and Husqvarna. It now has THAT motor–the new one with throttle body fuel injection and an electronic powervalve. The computer…
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On this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday brought to you by Boyesen we give you an exclusive first look at our 1990 Honda CR250R collaboration with KRT. Products from Wiseco and Pro Circuit are featured in 2-Stroke Hardware. There are five premix…
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Jared Hicks and Raw Lawson visited Travelers Rest South Carolina to test the YZ125X, YZ250X and YZ450FX. Here is some RAW footage that Ron Lawson captured on his camera during testing. We just wanted to share with our viewers before more…
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This category  has blossomed with the popularity of the 300cc two-stroke dirt bike. It started as a niche market that was pretty much owned by KTM. It has taken a good chunk of the off-road market and has been the benefactor of…
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The grace period is officially over. If you still don’t know what a Rieju is, you might want to start paying attention. The Spanish company has become a legitimate player in the off-road world in just three quick years. Alfredo Gomez,…
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The mad scientist Jay Clark is at it again! Clark met up with editor Mark Tilley to shoot his recently finished 1995 Honda CR250R in the Dirt Bike Magazine studio. In this video he walks us through his build and gives us a RAW behind the…
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Charles Lytle is the man behind mXrevival, and with a lot of help from key companies in the motorcycle industry, he is able to produce some insane bike builds. The "Anihlatr" YZ500 project was made possible by working close with Riley and…
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For this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday we are in Idaho to give you the first look at our 1996 KX250 2-Stroke that we teamed up with Pete Treadwell from WPS/Fly Racing and Moto One Of Boise to build. We gotta thank the entire staff at Western…
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Once in a while you get a brand-new bike that understands you. Within a few laps of your first ride, you feel like you’ve been on that bike for years; you know exactly what it will do and when. The KTM 300SX is not one of those bikes.…
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The selection of two-stroke motorcycles available in the U.S. market has expanded for 2024. Bikes manufactured by Beta, GasGas, Kawasaki, KTM, Rieju, Sherco, GPX, Husqvarna, Suzuki, Yamaha and Cobra continue to evolve and become more…
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BRC is a Canadian company dedicated to bringing back the age of the 500cc two-stroke. They make their own motor and supply it in a kit for you to finish. In this case, we used a 2023 Yamaha YZ250 as the "donor bike." It has the complete YZ…
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This week's Two-Stroke Tuesday brought to you by Decal Works is all about big-bore 2-stroke projects ! We have a street legal KX500, Honda CR500 powered custom flat tracker and an unreal KTM440 that you don't want to miss! Before Roger…
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Honda officially stopped making two-stroke motorcycles over a decade ago, and we don’t see any signs of that changing in the near future. The Honda two-stroke faithful have started taking matters into their own hands with CR500 250 and 125…
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The KTM 300SX is a monster. In a good way. It's fast, light and incredibly fun to ride. But it isn't a bike that everyone will get along with. Riders who have grown up in an era of four-strokes with wide, smooth powerbands might find it's…
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The Husqvarna TE150 is an all-new bike for 2024. It got the same treatment that the TC125 motocross bike got last year, and that means it has a new frame and a motor with more new technology than anything we have previously seen in the…
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Justin Barcia has always been a blast to watch ride a 2-Stroke, his riding style just fits the engine platform. With the release of his latest video "Still Here" we decided to take a look at some of our favorite Bam Bam two-stroke videos,…
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Sometimes the most radical move is no move at all. Right now, that’s especially true in the world of 300cc off-road bikes. A few short years ago, the Beta 300RR Race Edition was typical of the breed—a two-stroke with a carburetor, a case…
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This is the first year that I’m not spending the majority of my riding time on a two-stroke. The truth is, I got smoked when the new machines got divvied up amongst the Dirt Bike staff. The new TBI machines got sucked up by Ron and Mark,…
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