Two-Stroke Ninja from Batakastem Workshop… While two-stroke streetbikes have been phased out of the North American market since the 1980s, you might be surprised to learn that modern, small-displacement smokers have remained available from major […]
Tag: Two-Stroke
Rock’t Roller: 407cc / 88-hp 1958 Vespa Drag Racer!
Two-Stroke Scooter Racing with Rocket Race Club… While our focus here at BikeBound might be motorcycles, we have a soft spot for just anything with two wheels — especially if it’s fast. In our coverage […]
Naked Gamma: Custom Suzuki RG500
“A screaming riot of two-stroke lunacy” from ETTO Motorcycles… Introduced in 1985, the Suzuki RG500 Gamma was closely patterned after Suzuki’s 500cc Grand Prix bikes, which had earned four world titles and 50 GP victories […]
Yellow Addiction: Yamaha R5 Street Tracker
Scott Pickett’s “Classic American Street Tracker”… Introduced in 1970, the Yamaha R5 350 was the predecessor of the storied RD twins that smoked their way into the hearts of a generation. While the RD series […]
Project Suzonda: “WTF200/2” Street Tracker
400/4 ➞ 200/2: Two-Stroke Mashup from Colin Davies… Introduced in 1974, the Honda CB400F was one of the sweetest little machines of the 1970s. While it didn’t have the outright power of larger siblings like […]
MEGASGAS: 700cc Two-Stroke Supermoto!
GasGas “EC700” Supermoto from Sib Mustard… For most of us, the Honda CR500 and Kawasaki KX500 represent something akin to the apex predators of the two-stroke dirt bike world — 500cc smokers infamous for […]
Race Bike, for the Street: Yamaha RD350 Café Racer
“A vintage race bike without fairings…but for the street.” This was the vision Jesse Crane (@crane_moto) had for the 1975 Yamaha RD350 café racer you see here. You might remember Jesse from his ’71 Yamaha […]
For You, Old Fox: Yamaha RD350 Custom
Cus’Tom Motorcycles rebuilds his father’s RD… The Yamaha RD350 was one of the great giant-killers of the two-wheeled world, a two-stroke street machine with a race-bred bloodline. In AMA Class C racing, the RD racers […]
The Triple Option: Suzuki GT380 Flat Tracker
Two-Stroke Triple Tracker from Moore’s Competition Cycles… During the 1970s, the Suzuki GT series of three-cylinder two-stroke street bikes never earned quite the same widow-making reputation as the infamously fast and lethal Kawasaki triples…mainly because […]
Smoke Show: Yamaha DT400 Scrambler
A Two-Stroke Ripper from Hex Moto… The Yamaha DT400 is one of our favorite two-stroke enduros of the 1970s. It arose from the original DT-1 250 of 1969, which revolutionized the market as a […]
