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Two-Stroke Tuesday | A Decade On, KTM 250 SX Used Ride

Heath Griffin — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:54:50 +0000

Greats like Jeremy McGrath, Jeff Ward, Stephan Everts and Jean Michel Bayle all cemented their legacies on 250 smokers, before environmental and political pressures brought about a change in class

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Two-Stroke Tuesday | Harc Pro Honda RS125R, 25 Years On!

Jeff Ware — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:30:25 +0000

When you climb aboard a Grand Prix RS125R, you immediately realise that time itself bends, particularly when you are exactly double the age of the bike. The GP

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Gallery Three | Favourite Bike Review Two-Stroke Smokers, Yamaha’s RZV500

Bike Review — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 05:04:36 +0000

We love two-strokes at Bike Review. We’ve been publishing 2T articles for a decade, so thought we’d put a gallery series together of our fave 2T’s over the years. Here

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Throwback Thursday | Carlos Checa’s 2000 Yamaha YZR500 Test

Alan Cathcart — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:19:33 +0000

Not since 1992, and the last of Wayne Rainey’s hat-trick of World titles, had the Japanese company with the tuning forks badge ruled the roost in Grand Prix racing’s premier

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Two-Stroke Tuesday | The iconic Yamaha RZ350 YPVS

Jimmy Walker — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:26:30 +0000

The RZ350 was developed from Yamaha’s RD350LC, which in turn was a direct descendant of the highly successful air-cooled RD350, itself descended from the R5 of the early ’70s. The

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Two-Stroke Tuesday: Barry Sheene RGB500 Racer Rep

Bike Review — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:56:50 +0000

This Barry Sheene RGB500 might have been built partly to pay homage to one of the most popular Grand Prix stars but it will not be sitting in silence for

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Two-Stroke Tuesday | Three Dream 500s… V-Due, Suter, Costin

Bike Review — Tue, 21 May 2024 03:15:51 +0000

We have a triple treat for you this Two-Stroke Tuesday! Over the years we’ve featured hundreds of strokers here on BikeReview, and back in our Rapid Bikes days. Aside from

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Two-Stroke Tuesday | The Maxton Dugdale TZ385 Story

Alan Cathcart — Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:27 +0000

Fifty years ago this year, 1974, saw a momentous transition in 500GP racing, marking the last time a four-stroke – meaning MV Agusta, courtesy of the late Phil Read –

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YZR500 Yamaha | Rainey Replica, Two-Stroke Tuesday

Jeff Ware — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:00:46 +0000

Two-stroke Tuesday time! Any readers over the age of 35-should have fond memories of watching Wayne Rainey make his magic happen on the best looking 500cc Grand Prix bike ever

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Ronax 500 V4 | Two-Stroke Tuesday

Bike Review — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:30:41 +0000

Ronax announced a V4 500 GP bike for the streets a decade ago in 2014. Anyone who grew up riding two-stroke motorcycles would relate to just how mind-blowing that news

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