two-stroke

We ride the YZM 500cc TWO STROKE BEAST on a rough track in Southern California with Carson Brown at the controls. We were bummed to hear that the 2024 Fasthouse Two-Stroke World Championship was postponed. We were pleased to have the…
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Dirt Bike Magazine tests the 2024 Yamaha YZ125 two stroke at Cahuilla Creek Motocross Park in Southern California. Yamaha nursed the previous YZ125 motor for over 20 years before giving it an update in 2022. Even then, the changes were…
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Dirt Bike Magazine TESTS the 2024 Husqvarna TC125 TWO STROKE. Husqvarna is a brand that means something to those old enough to remember names like Torsten Hallman and Rolf Tibblin. Young riders, not so much. That’s why the Husky TC125 is…
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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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IT'S TWO STROKE TUESDAY! Dirt Bike Magazine VLOG 11! We have Carson Brown and Jared Hicks on the YZM500 and YZ250 out in the desert for a photo/video day with Travis behind the camera. The boys get to test the bikes, ride in a new spot, and…
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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 we give you the look back at our 1998 FMF Honda CR125 tribute project. Editor Mark Tilley somehow has an abundance of Honda CR125 two-strokes in his garage from about 1997-to-2003 in various states of…
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The Dirt Bike Magazine crew tests the Surron Storm Bee and 2024 GASGAS EX300 at some of their local trails. THIS IS A VLOG NOT A FULL TEST VIDEO. A behind the scenes look at Ron shooting photos, Travis shooting video, and the rest of the…
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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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This week's 2-Stroke Theater is all about Kawasaki KX250/500 project machines we have built for the printed magazine. We worked with top off-road and motocross riders like Destry Abbott, Tyler Bowers and Zach Bell  on a few race bike builds…
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Jeremy McGrath was headed to Italy for the FIM Vintage World Cup held at the famed Maggiora MX Park so he again team up with bike builder Tim Sharp (Sharp Prepped Bike Building Services) on this 2005 Kawasaki KX250 project. Sharp is the…
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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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2-Stroke Tuesday is all about supporting premix burning machines past and present, this week we take an in-depth look at our 2003 Suzuki RM250 project that we added some Sean Hamblin flare for a little tribute to his time with the factory…
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A YZ500 two-stroke just might be the one bike that Yamaha needs to produce ASAP! We teamed up with the crew at BRC Racing in Canada, Yamaha and a few other industry leading companies to produce that exact machine. On this week's 2-Stroke…
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On this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday we give you a pictorial look at the Beast Master Championship winning Kawasaki KX500 built by Gary Reynolds in memory of longtime friend and Moto enthusiasts Mike Hasson. This bike was a complete rebuild…
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Today's Dirt Bike Magazine Two-Stroke Tuesday features a unique off-road machine built by MX Skill Shack, which is a new company formed Charles Lytle of mXrevival & Tony Jeske of Elite Moto Factory. They like to consider this monster…
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Our 200 hour 2023 KTM 300XCW project is coming along nicely thanks to the hard work of Ray Rodden from Kinetic Ride Co. . We already gave you a look at Ray during the tear-down stages now it's on to the fun part, putting it all back…
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2024 125cc Two Stroke Shootout film day! We brought out the KTM 125SX, Husqvarna TC125, GASGAS MC125 and Yamaha YZ125 to Cahuilla Creek Motocross Park. One final showdown to see who reigns supreme in the 125 class in 2024. Test Riders Jared…
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It seems like it has been awhile since the 2022 Two-Stroke World Championship held at Glen Helen Raceway in Southern California and it was just brought to our attention that we forgot to show everyone studio shots of Team Solitaire Yamaha…
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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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