The KTM 250 of French Sand Motocross Championship Vintage Champion Jessie Grondin… Though the color orange has become synonymous with KTM, it was only 1996 when the company’s motocross machines began wearing the signature hue. […]
Tag: Two-Stroke
Genuine Yamaha Tuning: 1968 Yamaha DT-1 250 GYT Motocrosser
From Enduro to MX: Yamaha DT-1 GYT Motocross Conversion from DG2 Motorsportz… Before there was a YZ, before monoshock, before the production moto wars, there was the DT-1. When Yamaha introduced the DT-1 250 […]
Yankee 500Z: 488cc Two-Stroke Twin Enduro
The 488cc Dick Mann-Developed Two-Stroke Twin Desert Racer and Enduro… In the late 1960s, before “adventure bike” was even a phrase, a small company in Schenectady, New York set out to build something radically different: […]
AJS Stormer 370: Two-Stroke British Motocrosser
Before European and Japanese motocross machines reshaped the sport in the 1970s, a handful of British manufacturers were still pushing hard to stay competitive. One of the most interesting — and often overlooked — examples […]
The Honda EXP-2: The Two-Stroke Desert Racer
Honda’s 400cc “Experimental 2-Stroke” Baja 1000 / Dakar Rally Bike… In the mid-1990s, as emissions regulations tightened worldwide and the future of two-stroke off-road bikes looked increasingly uncertain, Honda did something nobody expected: it built […]
Suzuki BS125 “MANTA” Two-Stroke Street Tracker
A 10-Year Odyssey: The ZeroVector S1 MANTA… We love seeing a somewhat forgotten, unexpected platform targeted for a full transformation. That’s certainly the case with this Suzuki BS125, a single-cylinder two-stroke that was made and sold […]
Top 10: Best Two-Stroke Customs of 2025
Here at BikeBound, we’re big fans of two-strokes — you just can’t beat the sound, smell, and sometimes scary powerbands of a smoker. In fact, we’re probably the only publication that features a 2T-only list […]
“Sputnik” Yamaha DT175 Flat Tracker
Ready to Orbit: Two-Stroke Flat Tracker from Vintage Sykles… Pete Sykes of Worcester, Pennsylvania, was an avid flat track racer back in the 1970s. Following the loss of his best friend on the track, he […]
Megalodon 700: Two-Stroke 700cc Dirt Bike!
“Why wouldn’t you want to build a left-hand-kick 700cc two-stroke?” We may think of the Honda CR500 and Kawasaki KX500 as the kings of the big-bore two-strokes, but Austrian firm Mega RS Engines produces a […]
Triple Bike: Three-Cylinder Two-Stroke Motorized Bike!
Pandemonium Attachment: F84 Engineering’s “Triple Bike”… The earliest motorcycles weren’t much more than bicycles with internal combustion engines attached. In fact, William S. Harley’s initial idea in 1901 was to motorized a bicycle, and some […]
