The Kawasaki Triples were some of the most notorious motorcycles ever made, a series of 2-stroke street demons that prompted Hunter S. Thompson to write: I still feel a shudder in my spine every time […]
Tag: Two-Stroke
Yamaha DT180 Street Tracker
It’s no secret that we love 2-strokes here at BikeBound. Well, this Brazilian 2-smoker, which began life as a Yamaha DT180, has to be one of the most interesting we have featured. The Yamaha DT180 […]
Honda CR500 Tracker
The Honda CR500 was perhaps the most wicked dirt bike ever produced — a 53-horsepower, liquid-cooled 2-stroke beast, with a hair-trigger throttle and the power band of a Saturn V rocket. As this Craiglist seller […]
Suzuki T500 Titan Cafe Racer
Here at BikeBound, we are suckers for anything 2-stroke. Nothing beats the banshee-scream of an oil-burner, especially if it’s one of the twin or triple 2-stroke street kings of the 70s. Enter Steve Baugrud and […]
Suzuki T500 Cafe Racer by Motorcycle Mania Chicago
We love the smell of two-strokes in the morning–or any time, really–especially if they are 70s street screamers. Enter the Suzuki T500, one of the lesser-known oil-smokers of era. Marketed as the Cobra or Titan, […]
Gatto Nero: Snowmobile-Powered Motorcycle by Jonz Customs
Gatto Nero by Jonz Customs, powered by a 700cc Arctic Cat two-stroke. Twice the horsepower of a Kawasaki 750 Triple, weighing 125 pounds less.
Yamaha RD350 Scrambler by Moto Exotica
This might be the wickedest scrambler we’ve ever seen. Nicknamed “Eight,” she’s a 2-stroke, 210-pound RD350 scrambler built by Arjun Raina of India’s Moto Exotica. As you may know, the now-legendary Yamaha RD350 was produced […]
Yamaha RX King 135 Cafe Racer
Teguh Setiawan, an engineering student in Indonesia, built this beautiful two-stroke cafe racer in the garage of his boarding house with nothing but makeshift tools, Youtube videos, the help of a few close friends, and […]
Yamaha RD400 Custom by Keith Carlson
There is nothing quite like the blood-singing mania of screwing the throttle of a big two-stroke. Sadly, there are few of these blue-smoking screamers still around. Even at their height, the suspension and brakes of […]
Faves: Yamaha DT250 Brat Custom
If you ever rode a two-stroke dirt bike as a kid (or adult), you know there’s nothing quite like wringing the throttle on a manic little “two-smoker.” We’ve been seeing some incredible two-stroke customs of […]
