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As stated, any more news on that RM125 engine into 19 RMZ250 chassis proto that was spotted recently?
2 stroke + aluminum frame = vibration.
The better question for some of the two stroke dreamers , why don't you just go buy a european bike? you are oftern spending cubic dollars restoring old crap heaps and doing old japanese engine swaps (into newer chassis).
Wake up!!!! there are plenty of new two strokes....lighter/better/faster/nicer than the old japanese crap you remember
The japanese dont care that you like two strokes...aside from Yamaha. Yamaha cares just enough to rehash the same old, forever
Go buy a euro bike
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Anyone who wants an actual competitive, modern two stroke should just buy a euro bike. that's my point. give your business to the companies that actually seem to care what the buyer wants
Suzuki would classify it as an RM125. Even though it's basically an RMZ250, the frame serials would have a different numbering/lettering scheme to make a unique tie for the 125 motor.
If Suzuki offers a unique bundle that's assembled by Suzuki Motor of America, or a 3rd party like Cernics, the bike would be "production-based" and eligible for competition.
If KTM's TPI system was released (in part) due to the increasingly stringent Euro emissions regulations...
...and Europe actually has a legit 2-stroke series (EMX 125), along with individual country series where 125s are still "a thing"....
then is it possible, that unless you are grandfathered in (YZ125, etc), any new model bike released must meet the new emissions rules? Is it possible that the crate motor idea is a way to get around some crazy Euro rules whilst getting your bike out there racing in some legit national and international series? And the US market is just along for the ride?
Ahhh....but you say that Europe is nowhere near the dirt bike market that the USA is. That may be true. But when it comes to 125cc bikes, the USA lacks a platform (race series) for the bike to be showcased.
Before you all slap me down with your vital-knowledge, be advised that I know what a stretch, this line of thinking is. I'm merely posing the question, not asserting facts.
Go ahead. I'll wait.
Just some simple mental thoughts I had while eating my lunch. Could work? Who knows.... Probably will never happen. Sounds like fun though......Bash away
The presence of an RM125-powered RM-Z250 bike at a track isn't necessarily proof that there will be anything remotely like it for sale anytime soon. The kit idea would be cool, but I don't see Suzuki doing it. If they ever decide to reintroduce a 2-stroke big bike, it will be just that: an entire bike.
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I'm not sure how many they'll sell outside of kitting out a few amateur sponsored hotshots though. But atleast Suzuki are thinking outside the box a little.
It would be a lot easier for Suzuki to drop the 125 engine into the 250f roller at the factory.
Why go to the hassle of designing and providing crate engine kits for the mass public?
But to think it's legal for AMA competition even tho the numbers say it's a rmz250, isn't the case, suzuki would have to produce them from the factory, and pay the legal fee's to make them legal for AMA pro competition, and they won't, Yamaha still makes 2 strokes, but have they paid the legal fee's, to make them legal for AMA pro competition, no, flat out no, the last time a 250 2 stroke raced in the Ama pro ranks, was a project called projecttwo50, and that was year and years ago now
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