two-stroke

Last month Sir Al brought us his 2000 YZR250 test. The same year, he rode the Honda that Yamaha beat. Improbable though seems, Honda went three seasons without …
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When I was 17, on my provisional license here in Australia, one of the blokes in the riding group that I had latched onto rode a mint 1984 Suzuki RG250 …
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Back in the days before anyone dreamed Yamaha two-strokes would be venerated as prized collectables, the Dugdale Maxton Yamaha TZ385, that 50 years ago this year took Charlie Williams to …
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Exactly 25 years ago in 2000, Yamaha enjoyed an especially stellar race season. In the five road racing categories it contested that year, Yamaha won five out of …
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This 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 evermore. Paul …
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Having tested Aspar’s 1988 World title-winning rotary-valve Derbi and Gianola’s runner-up reed-valve Honda RS125R in 1988, I figured before stepping aboard it at Jarama that I had a …
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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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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 bikes featured over the years. …
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50 years on from its season in the sun, the Ginger Molloy milestone Kawasaki H1R is alive and racing in Australia in completely original form, thanks to the son of …
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I was never really happy with the fuelling of my Yamaha RD350LC, which was featured earlier in the year, and the reason I never bothered too much with jetting, was …
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