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Well, the KX500 I started the post with is, indeed, an actual Team Green Built Vegas to Reno winning bike…so…I’d say it’s VERY Team Green! 💪🏻🇺🇸🤓

Two totally different applications. The capacity line that's trotted out is a strawman arguement as 500 two strokes existed and there is a reason why they died out. Racing class capacity limits didn't kill two strokes in MX. The buying public killed two strokes by buying four strokes. If the market still really wanted two strokes Honda would have a FI CR300 on sale today, the same as KTM offer, or Yamaha would sell 10x more YZ250s than YZF450s. The simple fact is a 450 is far more civilised to ride than a 250 or 500 two stroke, less finicky...

That "shimmy" the bike does when the front wheel touches back down is terrifying. I've always loved this event. It's absolutely insane.

I have a'19 300xc and a '24 tx300. They are magical.

Competitive racing rules favor the 4 stroke in MX. So the manufacturers spend money on updating 4 stroke bikes. In the Snocross world 600cc,2 strokes are raced although Yamaha was allowed to race a 1000 triple 4 stroke years back but it was not very competitive. Yamaha tried pushing only 4 stroke sleds since 2004 and failed. They just announced they will get out of the snowmobile business.They were always last in sales compared to the other manufacturers. The other manufacturers offer both 2 and 4 stroke sleds. As far as sales go the 4 stroke reached a peak of...

I switched to 4-strokes when I got old. That tells you something...when your reflexes and balance and stamina aren't as good, 4-strokes are a happier life. Not a more rewarding life, just happier. I still have a 250 2-stroke that I bust out now and then when I'm in the mood, and on days when I "have it", it's so much fun I feel like a kid again. On bad days, I feel like I might never ride again. A 2-stroke will humble a guy. It's hard to explain and if you weren't brought up on 2-strokes, I understand how...

2 stroke sound. 2 stroke smell. Throttle wide open on a 125, working the clutch in deep loam. Ain't nothing cooler!

I think it's funny that we're all pretending 450s are just fine for the average person. Even for the pros, they are just making the power more smooth/broad, not adding HP (except for the Suzuki). To me, it's the 500s all over again except we're stuck with them.

I've owned plenty of four strokes, but I always love riding my 2003 CR250. It has always been reliable, costs very little to run, and because people pull cock stands for two strokes it will always be worth more than I paid for it. An early CRF is worth far less and will likely never really climb in value. I'll happily admit that if two strokes were superior then Yamaha and KTM would be selling 20x more YZs and SXs, and that four strokes are a lot more user friendly.

I was a 500 guy in the late 80s/90s when the class was dying, never dyno’ d any of my bikes but 60hp is very realistic. I rode a buddy’s 84 CR500, that thing was a rocket, not very rideable though. I was a KX guy, 86, 88, 2x 92s over 10 years, they held up pretty good for a me, I’d usually do a top end and clutch every 12-18 months. Chains, sprockets and tires were constantly changed, the power and wheelspin just destroyed them. My current KTM 500 (EXC motor in a linkage chassis) with a Vortex and...

My KX500 is quite amazing, actually. As is my ‘07 RM125 that carves better than any of the latest offerings from the OEMs. Oh, and, my ‘79 CR250 makes a lot of these new bikes seem like very HEAVY boat anchors. In fact, smokers are sooooo good that I’m thinking I need a 300 for off-roading instead of my 450. I’m jus’ sayin’…