Two stroke resurgence?

Edited Date/Time 6/26/2014 8:45am
Amazingly, the two stroke is king for enduro and hare and hounds over here at club level.

Probably 75% + of the 183 bike field at the event I raced Sunday were smokers.
We're having a real 2T resurgence outside of MX here.

There was even an immaculate '89? KX250 in the field too along with my CR125.

Last Wednesday at evening mx practice there was a '94 CR250 too, which was nice to see.

Seems there are more and more '90's restos starting to appear too. Must be people re-living their teenage years like me.
Never had so many people want to come and sit on my bike in the pits.





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6/25/2014 5:43am
That's awesome. I'm in the same boat! ...loving the 90's smokers!
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6/25/2014 8:38am Edited Date/Time 6/25/2014 8:40am
I agree, I have been riding my retro build YZ 125 lately and it has brought much attention. Even starting to think about getting one of my 87's dirty.

6/25/2014 8:44am Edited Date/Time 6/25/2014 8:58am
It's made me like my bike even more.
I don't want to clean off the dust or boot marks, and I'm not even upset about the wear to my fresh paint on my clutch cover.

I've bonded with it again, and it's wearing it's marks with pride.

The old girl's alive again.

Choose a day where you won't get them caked in crap and ruin all the hard work you've put in, and give them a good wringing out.
Even if it's just a flat field, they deserve a run.
6/25/2014 1:04pm


Start of main event at à local Swedish race about à month ago.

Im racing my CR250-90 #163 against modern 450 four strokes. Finished 11th in this moto, 40guys on the grid. 200 contenders totaly.








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6/25/2014 1:35pm
Awesome. Great to see it fighting the modern thumpers.

I had a bad day out as far as results were concerned. 87th out of 183.

I did have a 20 minute pit stop, as the clutch arm popped out. The new (OE Honda) return spring was Mis-shaped and was exerting a side thrust pulling the arm toward the stator.
I had raced the previous 45 minutes with nothing on the end of the clutch lever too.

Otherwise I reckon a top 25 finish would've been on the cards.





6/25/2014 3:09pm
Awesome. Great to see it fighting the modern thumpers. I had a bad day out as far as results were concerned. 87th out of 183. I...
Awesome. Great to see it fighting the modern thumpers.

I had a bad day out as far as results were concerned. 87th out of 183.

I did have a 20 minute pit stop, as the clutch arm popped out. The new (OE Honda) return spring was Mis-shaped and was exerting a side thrust pulling the arm toward the stator.
I had raced the previous 45 minutes with nothing on the end of the clutch lever too.

Otherwise I reckon a top 25 finish would've been on the cards.





Sounds like à great result if you had à 20min pit stop
6/25/2014 3:25pm
With a few tweaks I reckon it'll be as good as my modern KTM 200 round there.
The modern front end takes 20 years off the way it rides.
6/25/2014 3:27pm
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/06/25/57863/s1200_image.jpg[/img] Start of main event at à local Swedish race about à month ago. Im racing my CR250-90 #163 against modern 450 four strokes. Finished 11th...


Start of main event at à local Swedish race about à month ago.

Im racing my CR250-90 #163 against modern 450 four strokes. Finished 11th in this moto, 40guys on the grid. 200 contenders totaly.








11th out of 40 against machinery 20+ years newer really shows how good these bikes can be.
Some good riding helps too.
Well done.

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