Brew’s Buzz-themed Two-Stroke “MusclePed”… We’ve always loved custom builds that draw inspiration from bicycle history. After all, most of us started out on pedal bikes, and the old adage still rings true in our ears: […]
Tag: Two-Stroke
“Mai Tai 125” Honda CR125 Restomod
Bender Built’s Polynesian-inspired Play Bike… There’s little on two wheels as smile-inducing as a two-stroke dirt bike. In fact, with the motocross world shifted to four-strokes, more and more riders are picking up old-school premix […]
Smoky Runner: Yamaha DT125R Restomod
BCKustoms returns to his two-stroke roots… The original Yamaha DT-1 250 Enduro and the long line of successors it spawned remain some of the most popular, influential motorcycles to come out of the 1960s. Here […]
Rothmans Restomod: Honda NSR250R Special
70 hp, 254 lbs: Two-Stroke Race Replica Restomod from Japan… Built from 1987-1999, the Honda NSR250R was a street-legal two-stroke race replica powered by a liquid-cooled 249cc 90° V-twin with Honda’s power-valve system and nikasil-sulfur […]
40th Anniversary Edition: 2023 Yamaha RZ350!
What if Yamaha and Bimota teamed up to build a 40th anniversary RZ350? That’s the question San Francisco-based engineer and road racer Julian Farnam asked himself. Of course, that would entail combining the legendary liquid-cooled, […]
Step-Through Smoker: RM-Inspired Suzuki FA50 Vinduro!
Off The Wall: 50cc Smoker from Carneros Negros Custom… Introduced in 1980, the Suzuki FA50 was a 50cc case-inducted two-stroke “noped” (no pedals) highly popular in South America as a beginner bike and commuter. Though […]
Lightweight Giant-Killer: Yamaha R5 350 Café Racer
Crane Moto’s 295-lb two-stroke giant-killer… In 1970, Yamaha introduced the R5 350, featuring a steel duplex cradle frame derived from the company’s Grand Prix chassis and a 36-hp two-stroke parallel-twin engine — features that made […]
Ducati Banshee: 350cc Two-Stroke Monster
A Japanese-Italian Smoker from Moto Vera… Yamaha’s aptly-named Banshee 350 is one of the most legendary quads of all time. Introduced in 1987, it earned a cult following for the staggering pump-gas power potential […]
Rolling Art: Yamaha RD400 Street Tracker
Gaston Motorcycle Werks builds a two-stroke street tracker… Introduced in 1976, the Yamaha RD400 was the last of Yamaha’s air-cooled two-stroke RD street bikes, a blue-smoking wheelie monster that undercut many of its rivals pricewise […]
Hooligan’s Dream: Yamaha “RD375LC” Street Tracker
FLATTY: Vic Shield’s 375cc Two-Stroke Street Tracker… By the late 70s, Yamaha’s air-cooled RD250/400 two-stroke street bikes were due for an update. In order to galvanize the supersport class, Yamaha decided to go all-out, creating […]
