Ultimate Two Strokes - Shakey rides new Langen and his classic RGV250 motorbike
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This could be two stroke bike perfection - Shakey Byrne rides the new Langen 250 against his own classic Suzuki RGV250 in this new episode of Byrne Out. Not only that, he also gets to fire up and worship the MotoGP winning RGV500 of Kevin Schwantz. Rest assured there's a lot of smoke in this episode...
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Langen ( www.langenmoto... ) is the only brand new two-stroke road bike on the market in 2022. It is a British engineered and built 250cc injected twin, weighing under 120kg and over 75bhp. As a massive fanatic of the 2-stroke Shakey Byrne has wanted to ride and review the Langen in a while, but it was the perfect excuse to dust off his restored 1991 Suzuki RGV250. Will the Langen impress? Are we glad that someone is bringing 2-stroke motorcycles back from extinction?
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
Oh man...!
When you opened up the Langen for the first time (at about 13:50 in the video) the hairs on the back of neck pricked up and I realised I had the biggest grin on my face...!! 🤪
One of THE best bikes I ever owned as a kid back in the early 80s was a twin-cylinder Yamaha RD200 - did absolutely nothing until about 8,000rpm and then it just flew...!
Just epic... 😎
Oh yeah. The days of 250cc 2 stroke a pure 🚀 ship. Fast as foook. My aprilla rs 250cc was mental
@@travelandtech2185 Crazy price now mate, under 4 second bike
Passed my test on my Yam FS1E and then got the favourite of all my bikes, the Yamaha RD250LC. Oh god, she was such an amazing piece of kit, and the smell of the 2 stroke has become one of my absolutely favourite things. You don't come across it much these days, but if you're lucky enough to get up to the Isle Of Man GP, there's usually a fair few two strokes on and off the track.
I binned my 250 whilst going over a roundabout, rather than around it, and my 17 year old self cried for hours. Still brings a tear to my eye.
The 250, and it's big brother, the 350YPVS, were icons of the 80's, as much as Jane Fonda in spandex, the Rubiks Cube and Walkmans. God, I miss the 80's 🤣
Great job, Shakey, you're a natural 👍🏻
That RGV is a beauty Shane, really miss the two stroke noise...and the smell of Castrol R :D
Mmmm, that smell 💚 Not using top quality synthetic oil=holed pistons at dawn :-D OK, that was the RD350 and TZR250; for the RGV/RS250, that'll be knackered Nicosil liners then (and a disc-valve dropping in to the cylinder to add to the fun). Fun times ;)
@@sq1rlsqu4d I think for the ultimate smell, you require the genius motorbike man himself, Allen Millyard in the garden with his two stroke atco lawn mower. Freshly cut grass AND Castrol R? :D ua-cam.com/video/52FK1v6lErQ/v-deo.html
Two strokers? Sounds like an episode of Smith and Sniff 😉
@N P The RD500 was surprisingly slow. I could get my old 350LCs running more power with decent reed valves and a mild Stan Stephens tune. There could sometimes even go weeks between blowups :D
I'm rgv mad,those babys are so beautiful and RAPID
Shane is fantastic on the late brake show and adds a different dimension, it also offers us bike and cars fans something great that’s unique and different which is very hard these days in the world of automotive UA-cam! Great work lads!
Thank you Rio, that was always the plan. Glad you appreciate it.
Totally agree. More content like this please.
Fantastic video, thanks guys! I love 2 strokes, in fact I bought my RGV250 only a month ago and watching this makes me want to go and ride it now!
reminds me to hop on the oll yamaha rd 350 love it for about 80 k and then my hand are numb;)))
Well what’s keeping you, if my wee Suzuki gt250k was ready you wouldn’t be able to get me arse off it lol 😝
It's hardly been used for most of the past ten years or so, I want to give it a good service first and haven't had the time but this video has inspired me to get on with it!
@@iandonald5755 Ten years? ☠ You'll be needing to split it - rebore and new disc valves at the very least. Be on the safe side, new bearings everywhere ;) (plus the requisite 5 minute warm up). You're a lucky man and I envy you.
You haven't rode it, admit it!? You're in for a fucking shock! 👍👍
The Langen is cool because it has the right amount of old with new, with the dymag wheels and modern suspension.
1:50 just reminded me of the few minutes before the old GP races - hearing all the teams warm up their bikes… amazing!
The sound and feel of a 2 stroke is so energetic, it is like it is almost alive, love them!
Love the Langen . It pains me that ive never actually seen it out n about even though its built less than 5 mins from my home. Wish them all the best for the future and glad to hear theyll be making more bikes.
British engineering at its best - exquisite work - took me back to 18/19 yrs old and being lent - yes lent! a new RD400 one of the first with the rear disc brake by Hertford motorcycle club (near to Harris Performance) promptly put the tank bag on with map and bungeed a tote bag behind and rode it to Devon - remember beating a jenson Interceptor off the lights somewhere on the 303 - happy carefree days - embarrassingly slipped over on some gravel and bought a replacement indicator at the bike dealers whose name i can't remember on Green Lanes, Haringey where me and mates used to go and dribble over Kawasaki triples - thanks Jonny and Shakey for keeping us sane - long live the 2 Stroke
Top video, great to hear a 2-stroke again. I started at 16 years old on a DT50MX (same colours as the one in the video), then had a DT125R and then went to a RD350LC. Great days.
Got a garage full of strokers, always had at least one since I was 16. Love that the Langen exists, but I think if I had £30K to spend on a bike I'd be building a RG500 special with it.
We know two stroke oil runs through your veins Tim :)
Especially as it’s a LBS vid, the mention of strokers really tickled me 😂
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Gamma was and is a monster
I'd love to know how to source an inline 4 2t . I'm on a zx14 that's got every bolt on you can get and it's a good bit lighter as well but I just have premix in my veins
Had loads of 2t's fizzy , RD's , NSR etc , miss those blue haze days , thank you so much for the sounds of the past ! Great vid hope to see more from you . Hi from East Kent .
Cheers fella , love your vids ,just sooooo relaxing to watch . Couldn't afford an RGV at the time , but was astounded how they looked when they came out. I was on LC's back then but the Suzuki was a complete game changer. A lot of bikes were born on the back of its lightness and stunning performance as well as racing livery and design . Iconic.
The RGV500 looks futuristic despite almost 30 years passing. Personally I'd kill for a RGV250.
Classic Two smokes are hugely popular on our trackdays, there is nothing better than standing in the holding area with 30 plus smokers waiting to head out on track. Lets hope Langen do well with their venture in resurrecting the two stroke motorcycle.
Fantastic sounding machine - memories of youth (and chainsaws). For such a bespoke machine, I am surprised that they have been able to keep the price down to £30k - hope it is a success for them so that they can move on with their next vision. Question is whether frame number 67 out of 100 is going to a certain ex-racer now top notch presenter
Amazing! One third of the displacement of the 70's H2 and the same hp!
The frame looks so solid and balanced. Swing arm as well.
Design is just beautiful and captured the essence of the primal motorcycle.
I would like so much to test ride that machine...
Greetings from Brazil.
H2 is about 2 ton too and power to weight is below average, but my what a beautiful looking bike the H2 is.
just a beaautiful beautiful motorcycle ,as a learner in Australia early 1990s i had a Kawasaki two stroke road bike KR250, unfortunately the lil twin was very tired and my older brother had a KX500 that he had parked in the shed ,over a weekend he transplanted the 500 into the KR and it became a rocketship but i had an awful time trying to kick it over ,eventually he put on an extra two headgaskets and it dropped the compression down enough for me to kick it over
That Langen bike is ace.... love it .
You talking about the induction noise, reminds me of my Suzy GT500 from many years ago. Get it over 70-ish and the MOAN from the induction, was lovely.
Omg it’s like a blast from the past, raced 250cc 2 stroke, Boyson reads and ported, crikey, the thing scream then 😍
I used to have a RD350 YPVS back in the 90’s and by golly did I love it but the Langen is absolutely stunning.
I’d love to get my hands on one but for the moment it’s way out of my price range unfortunately 😔
By god does she sound incredible, really takes me back to my younger years 🥰
Smile on my dial the whole way through this video!
I think I've found my dream bike!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Langen..... PLEASE make more than 100 of these 😭😭😭
Wow! That Langen is very nicely done. The Vins motor is awesome. Broad powerband, but still has the two stroke rush through the gears.
The Langen reminds me of the late Terry Shepherd's circa 1975 350cc modified Suzuki GT250.
Glad to see a new two stroke for the road. 😊
love 2 strokes. I restored a KR1 a few years back. Sadly had to sell her on. But the guy did enter it in a bike show and it won. But long live the 2 strokes. Great vid Shakey keep them coming 👍👍👍👍There is a video on here of my little smoker 👊👊👊👊👊👊
I know one of the lads that made this bike. Met him in college when he was doing his lv3 last year. He's such a nice fella, some great stories.
Instant power , speed , sound , smell .... What else you want ?? Two strokes is back !!! Welcome my dear smoke !!!
Now I know ,why I‘ve never sold my RG 500 !!!! But this Langen looks beautiful,love it! !!!!!!!!!!
I've seen lot of his crashes I can't understand how he's still able to walk let alone ride still great video jonny fella
Lovely, had an 89 RGV with Lucky Strike decals and single race seat - the Langen looks a great bit of work.
And that kids, is why every motorbicyclist should own a two stroke. I love all of mine and will hopefully enjoy many more years and kilometres with them. Thanks for uploading this video guys, really enjoyed it.
Cheers Mark 👍🏽
Love watching the bike episodes, would love to see a 125cc showdown for all those heading into growing bike market
Love to compare a modern 4t 125 with my 1994 mito lucky explorer sp,, just see how gòod they were
That frame looks amazing.
£33k for a 250cc bike seems a lot but if you’ve already got 70 sold then good luck to them cos it’s great to see something new actually being built in the UK!
That trellis frame took some skill to build… good on them for going all out and getting it off the ground… the lucky strike looks so awesome…
Great video. Very enjoyable. Thanks, everyone.
Great looking bike. Glad to hear shakey rates it. Saw it in built magazine and I’m glad Iv seen it in motion too. Long live langen motorcycles!
Recently discovered this channel, what a great video with a mix of new and classic bikes of the past 👍now subscribed.
I think we need to see Johnny's reaction on a motorbike 🤣
I'd rather see Shakey on a bike, than Johnny under one.
I saw the Langen at Silverstone Classic a few weeks back. It was the only bike at a car show!
Quality of the engineering and the materials is out of this world,, and putting shakey on it even better,, being British and shows what can still be made in the UK,, hope they go from strength to strength,,, from Northern Ireland greatly appreciated ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️now where is that lottery ticket,,, 🤔🤔🤔
Cheers Cecil ✊🏽
Both bikes are Stunning. The Lucky Strike Livery is just so classic and bold my god
There's nothing like the sound of a 2 stroke engine,
Front radiators look like a barn door with similar levels of drag. I would like to see a Britten 1000 style under seat radiator. The low pressure area around the back wheel creates a great air suction through the radiator.
We need more like this. Petrol engines are on the way out so this may be the last chance to make any two strokes with modern engineering
As it is if you want a two stroke roadbike your only option anymore is 20-30 year old Japanese carby bikes that cost new bike money since they're both desirable and becoming rarer by the day
Love that RGV. Good ones like this go for about £10,000 now and will likely keep going up. Thinking of buying one but currently own a 1990 TZR250 which I would have to sell to do so sadly 🤔
Wicked good, I love that people are trying stuff for the love of it again.
Suzuki TS 50X was my first road bike 65cc melosi big bore dep end can and hi'tec reads. Waited till 1 minute past midnight on my birthday rode all night long...oh the good, good times!!
Shane your RGV250 is a lovely looking bike and was great to hear!!
If i had 30k id get that Langen!!!
Funnest craziest bike I ever had was an RZ350 that I modified to make i estimate around 65-70hp and I stripped EVERYTHING of the bike and de-tabbed the frame too. I was younger and mental. The bike weighted 230lbs and completely insane and completely unsafe.
I remember Shakey from those old VHS tapes when he and his compatriots ran amok in Spain and France. Backing in first generation Hayabusa's on public roads, those were the days.
These are built 1/4 mile from my house I can't be sure ? I thought I saw one of these pull out of three sisters industrial estate I heard it first as use to run a 250 RD E I always look round when I here a two stroke but I couldn't workout what I was looking at so I am thinking it was one of these that pulled out ?
They do still make 2 strokes, KTM 300 for example which I have a 2022 on the road as a supermoto, fun fun fun. great video and a great bike
I was thinking the same thing
They must know of KTM exc's maybe they don't count enduro bikes? I rode my mates and was very impressed with the KTM would love one in supermoto trim
Suuuuuperb! I’ve just bought Mr Shakeeees biography on the strength of seeing these films!!!👌
Great episode , great idea involving bikes and getting Shane involved .
Great video, your getting better and better as a presenter, relaxing into it, love the ‘ring-a-ding’…..
Superb, the sound takes me back to the 1988 NS125R I had. Keep making the great content.
Deal.
I'm rebuilding my RGV250 for the third time, it's been a track bike for 15 years, many people don't know what they are still, but many know the sound, so hopefully the Langen can bring valuable knowledge to the general population about the origins of motorcycle! What an absolutely stunning bike!
Question about the Langen and also your RGV250. Are they running on premix fuel/oil? How is oil being circulated? the issue with premix is when you're off the throttle, no oil... but some of the oil feeding systems from external tanks don't work so well as they're not normally adjustable, and can run too rich or too lean, my RGV250 found out the hard way when being modified for track. So just wondering how they engineered that potential issue.
Mate, that rgv250 sounds soo sweet! My closest bike was an rxs100 with micron on, thought I was the god!👍
Had 2 Suzuki TS50ER, 1 Honda MB5, 1 Yamaha FS1E, 1 Suzuki AP50 and a Kawasaki AR125LC (21 bhp model on L plates at 17, no one asked for my license.).
Ahh 2 strokes, the sound of my very misspent youth, my first "RoadLegal bike was a Puch 50cc fith a full size frame, that made it perfect for a bit of an update, so I put a Yamaha RD(ac) 125cc engine in it, it was amazing how many people (including the polce) stopped me to talk about my "Two cyclinder Moped", thank christ for angle grinders. I have an RGV500 & an RD500 & I use them both to take money off LitreBike riders that can't ride for shit, their ok(ish) in a streight line, but a monkey can do that, the art of riding a bike is in the "Twisties" & that's where these bikes shine, all that Torquegets you back up to speed real fast coming out of those corners & their fabulous handling lets you break late & enter that corner in just the right spot. The RG250 was the very first "Race Replica" & I remember thatif you rode it hard those "Bridgstone" tyres would start to melt, they stuck like fuk but lasted half as much as any other tyre. I do all my own spanner work & when I was working in industry I machined all the parts that wore out the most saving me a fortune & ensuring my bikes would work for a very long time to come. One of the very best things about these 2 strokes apart from the sound & smell is the fact they are small engines, I would much rather ride a small bike "Fast" than a big bike "Slow", to have a bike on the "Ragged Edge" is where the "Excitment" is & it is the best feeling you will ever get on any bike, but I'm pretty sure you already know this that's why you have a "Gamma" 250, if they madea 900cc it might beto fast & easy to have this much fun on, I do however have a 1972 "Gassed" Suzuki GT750 it is fully "RoadLegal" so not only does it do the 1/4 in 8.02 it is a fantastic "Sleeper" it catches "Everything"out at the lights, you would not believe the amount of "SuperBike" riders(?) that pull up very "Sheepishly" at the next set of lights. Yet anothet Excelent presentation, it's a shame so many of those bikes are going to end up in Penthouses & Mancaves never going to turn a wheel, I know plenty of people with more money than sense that have beautiful cars & bikes as "Ornaments" & it is truly heart breaking, I ride & race all mine, & I love doing it, I lost the ability to walk due to illness & I sold my collection(47) of old British & 2 stroke Japanese bikes from the 70's, I was told I would never walk again let alone ride, My beautiful wife "SuperNurse" told the Dr's Were not having that" she gave me a month to sulk then put me through 5 months of hell, but I was walking again(sort of) 2 years later I was riding, not like I used to, but riding is riding right?.
Loved that, you are a natural. From ya old mate back in the day "Slug"
I still have my 87 RZ350; and it’s a joy to ride. Two strokes generally don’t have the longevity of four stroke engines, but if treated right, they can last pretty long. If you keep ringing their necks, whether four or two strokes, they’ll bite the dust faster.
Mostly people putting pipes on them and throwing off the jetting. 2 stroke snowmobiles often get pretty incredible longevity, ~15k miles before rebuilds. They get run harder than bikes too, snow drags a lot. 2 stroke street bikes can readily do 40k miles before rebuilds. And, when it comes time to rebuild, it's not half as complicated or expensive as a 4 stroke.
@@apodski Yeah my snowmobile crank went out at just around that. My bike has gone over 30,000, and still runs great. But I seldom ever rev it to the max.
Great review as usual. Shame the audio of the bike in a few places didn't match what was shown or it was badly out of sync.
I am in Australia. My first road bike was a 1979 Suzuki GT250
I bought it back a few years ago. Such a blast to ride, such terrible brakes compared to my GSXR .
Heck, even my motocross bike has better brakes! 🤣
Most fun road bike I owned was probably the RD250DX air cooled Yamaha, it was the first RD with alloy wheels, microns, bigger carbs, ported and flowed, passed everything except petrol stations, I paid £400 for it as a partly finished project, that gives you an idea how long back it was, still grinning thinking about that bike
Great video, I had a rgv250sp (VJ23 with 70 degree engine) that I semi restored a few years back. It was great but I still miss my rs250
That is the most beautiful bike I've ever seen in mý life .
great review and a nice bike.... but at £33,600 it's just too expensive...I wish i had kept all my old 2 stokes from back in the day!
Don’t we all!
All my friends traded in their 750s for the RGV250s 125mph for a 250 was unheard of plus cheaper insurance lol 😝
I had a Suzuki GT 125. (Yes the 185 was better). But that 17bhp 125 really flew. All it needed was electronic ignition as the points needed adjustment every week.
Love 2 strokes. I ride them exclusively in the dirt and I still love them on the road.
Trying to recognise the roads round Silverstone. My old stomping ground.
It`s a lovely bike in spirit but the looks only mother could love. the tail end just makes me retch. clearly an engineer led company :)
Wow an yet another great video from your good self Shakey & as for your RGV very jealous indeed take care of that little beauty!! 😁👌🏻👍🏻
In North America, we have snowmonile with 1000cc 2 strokes very clean burning engine. . . . Power you say ? ? ?😁🤩
I was brought up on two strokes. I really do miss them. I am down to a Vespa et2.
My first bike was an RG125, to me it was an absolute rocket
Next time Shane say "Apart from the Italian engine & the Swedish front forks, the rest is British (English?) That won't get me so quite excited.
Really miss my rgv250 great noise great bike from a great era
Oooh I lusted after an rgv250 wolf back in the day.
OH MY GOD I LOVE 2 STROKES! U lucky GIT!!!
really nice bike it's worth every penny of the 28 grand price tag 👍🏼
I badly want one, please!
My dream bike, so powerful 75 bhp what????
The late bike show. When Jonny gets someone in to speak about bikes.
Give Allen Millyard a couple of them (Engine) to cut up with his hacksaw and weld it back together as a v4.
Well if I was ever going to spend $30k+ on a bike it'd definitely have to be a BA two stroke, sucks the US didn't/doesn't get as many cool 2 stroke bikes as other countries like Euro, Australia, and seemingly everywhere else lol. Until then I'll have to keep restoring all the old 60-70s bikes we got! 😁😎
Oh my god I really want one, wayy to expensive tho, although the price is understandable, great video, cheers!
It looks very stable. I wonder if it'd be possible to make a 500cc V four version and get it to pass the emission tests ? Imagine 120 BHP without a massive amount in weight gain.
1970 started2 strokes with bantums, Sachs Sprite Trails 125, at 16 FS1ieYam then LC 350 in SA K2 Honda 750 +(250 Yam Scrambler YZ then loads of four strokes biggies..one left Red RX 1000 Kawasaki NINJA only 18k on clock; under cover in garage Selling soon Me Thinks 155mph fasto Harris 4into1 ALL ORIGINAL nearly-if i had 30k I'd get Langen @ 63yrs old ..nice to see Shakey too.
As you said this bike is very British apart from its Italian engine. Though of course the two stroke engine was invented by an Englishman Joseph Day in 1878, so even that has British roots.
Good on ya Shakey.
Things a piece of art in looks and engineering.
What about durability?
Two strokes can be a bit fragile...too early to say?
Fuel injected 2strokes can be very reliable
Iv had many different bikes from ktm crossers to the 690 dukes to aprila touno v twins and the bike iv always regretted selling was my six days 125 2stroke as much as the others were great and done everything they were supposed to the 125 around the B roads and in the town nothing could touch it because it was so light and up to 75 it was extremely quick even my 450 4 stroke up to 60 had to play catch up don’t get me wrong the other bikes on the open road would eat it but put it on the tight and twisted roads and it’s agility and power band it was immense so I get the love of the 2 stroke proper fun and at a reasonable speed the touno was great but where it comes alive your breaking all the speed limits hence me having to not drive for a few months lol
Brilliant....What a Bike, British hand built investment for same price as a high spec Multistrada, Bargain, so refreshing to see a bike engineered for light weight ..120kg!.. that doesn't come cheap
The legend that is Shakey!
Really is a beautiful bike. One of the best ever.
Brilliant video!!
It's a shame that what used to be the cheapest way to get on a motorcycle is now one of the most expensive!