IMPORTANT Dakar have hit me with a copyright strike so ive had to delist some of the videos just in case i guess they got pissed that mine were better because of the MOTOGP one before xmas that means im really vulnerable now and the channel could be removed at any time I have set up this backup channel so please go and follow it NOW, this could all be removed at any moment now so it is critical to stay in touch via the backup channel here ua-cam.com/channels/CSl6i-tZJNC5DQ38vgCtvw.html sorry for this if i get another strike it wipes out all my work all my old videos will be removed I wont be posting anything much on the new channel unless this goes down but this is a just in case because it really could go down at any point the videos are still visible if you have a link so if you have problems message me for links so you can still watch them, if you follow the channel and this one gets taken down you will be able to find me there sorry if thats a bit garbled ive just woken to this but i guess i could have had the channel taken down already so i should be thankful ride free everyone
I had a number of Two Strokes by Yamaha Fs1E, DT175 RD250DX, RD350, RD350LC, in YPVS Version, My Favourite was My Two TZR250'S Love the smell of Bell Ray SI7 oil
Yah Saturday morning at a outdoor motocross track in the 70/80/90s !! Hearing the first bikes fire up at 7am the smell of 2 smokers gas that was my Red Bull lol full bike gates of 2 strokes awesome times!!!!
Great memories, but sad knowing we once possessed the magic of these Two-Stroke wonders, never realizing we would miss them so much! The audio clips were like haunting voices of friends or family long passed. Thanks!
Mister. You put so much work into these videos for us. I certainly don't feel like you need to reply back to any of my comments. Just appreciate the content. I have learned lots on this channel being from Can'tada I have never heard of many of the bikes you talk about.
simply outstanding ! I haven't recalled my Yamaha DT1 250 with such nostalgic thoughts for years; and my Suzuki Titan as well, thank you, again for the memories,
Had a few smaller RD's. The 80 and the 125. Both rough lookers from previous abuse, but cheap to own at the time. The 80 was a mad little thing, with not much less puff than the 125. Both bikes I loved. The 125 is still a feature of my dreams (literally) from time to time. Never that fast, but enough to pass cars before motorways were commonplace. It used to be able to bank over surprisingly far through corners. Enough power to do a small wheelie from the lights with a slender girl friend on the back and enough lean in corners to terrify buddies on the pillion who owned bigger bikes. Great fun.
Great video... You'd have loved a "workshop" project of mine from my days as a Honda dealer - a street bike made from a CR500! No, it wasn't anywhere near legal, either to the spirit or the letter of the laws, but after we got the noise level down to where it only made slightly more decibels than a fighter jet on FMP take-off, it was a gas to ride. We dropped and stiffened the suspension and fitted street wheels/tires and the bodywork/headlight from an XL650. Mind you, the headlight never worked and the electrical system was pure motocross except fopr the brake light, which worked on a total-loss system off a scooter battery (and only worked off the rear brake). But I had a delightful time catching and deafening riders of the then-new factory sport bikes, the lightest of which weighed almost TWICE what the CR did. When I finally tired of it (after almost 5 years), I had a long list of former customers (I'd sold the delership by then) who wanted to buy it. Did finally get the noise level down just a bit with a Denco low pipe. Denco was a Houston company, and I lived there. You should have seen those guys' eyes when I brought the bike over for them to fit the pipe! They had assumed it was for an m/x bike and I just wanted a torquier pipe because of my age (a bit over 50, then). Blew them away!! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your support mate 🙂 great story. i did similar to a water cooled CR250 I picked up that was too far gone to do a standard rebuild, i can imagine what a 500 would be like lol
Brilliant to see that Bridgestone on the move, I've only seen pics and read a bit of (very interesting) history.Sounds grouse! Excellent vid yet again, thank you.
Dad got a exploded RD 400 Daytona Special in a trade when he was 20 yo, had some Turner Two Stroke stickers on it, (kinda famous in So-Cal). So he got new parts, TZ 750 lower components, RZ 350 reed blocks, bearings, etc. and a brand new white, red and black fuel tank. He welded and balanced the crank, moved the exhaust ports, opened the intake and transfer ports and cut about an inch or so from the expansion chambers. It pulls like a monster from 9k to 13.5k on break-in jetting. The bike only has 375 miles on the build, Dads 60 now and the bike is under a sheet in the shop.
Thanks for making this video. I really enjoy hearing all of the old 2 strokes. I ride Bridgestones and when it got to that part around 17:30, that is me on my GTR when I first started tuning it 👍
send me a link and ill put it in the description mate 🙂 i do get sent video all the time and as i have learned it doesnt always come from the people who send it in, They do look a special bike.. VERY rare over here
Nicely done sir. The 85-86 Honda CR 500 are notorious for their ferocity. It’s interesting that you chose to discuss the KX as it’s no less ferocious than the Honda. I owned a 1986 CR 500. You are right in that only expert level riders could wring all the available performance out of an open class bike. The 2-stroke street bikes are glorious
Had an ‘83 CR 480 that tried to kill its previous owners. Bike was an absolute beast. Left side kick with compression that would break your leg and only 4 speeds. Put it in 4th, twist the throttle and that front end wouldn’t touch the ground if you were sitting on the front fender. Loved that bike and the CR250 I had.
@@brianwisdom8051 i had ridden a couple of air cooled 250s in my younger days and then i ended up with a water cooled one, but i never got on with that as much
Thankyou for making me smile today remembering two stroke rides of my youth. I loved Suzuki 2 strokes back then. Had T70, TC100, TC125, GT250, T350 and the T500 in those years; one at a time, some for a short time as I crashed a couple into cars. Love that sound and the smell of Castrol R...... Also had a wild Yamaha 250 twin (circa 1965 model) as my second bike which nearly killed me due to bad brakes and magic power band when overtaking a school bus. Oh, the memories. Still ride but Kymco AK550 maxi scooter these days with a group of old mates most over 70 years young. Oldest in my group on todays 180 Kilometre countryside ride was Bob H at 91 on his BMW 700 twin.
But we DID survive! Being as the rear shocks (in that era) were basically Pogo sticks, and bias ply tires had rock hard sidewalls (in winter especially), just a trip to the store the store and back was an "absolute feat of heroism" !
I have a couple thoughts. A somewhat significant street legal U.S. bike of the early 70's is the Kawasaki 'Bighorn" 350 enduro. That bike kind of made a splash when it came out. My cousin had one, he did a few cross-country trips (Floridia to California) on it. I experienced the transition in MX racing from the motley collection of modified Japanese 250's and Euro machines to monolithic starting grids of Elsinors. I was racing a Puch MX175 somewhat successfully in the 250 class up to that transition, after which I'd just watch 30 Elsinors motor away. That coincided with my active duty starting so I didn't join the crowd.
I had a 350 big horn all hopped up. Bored 30 over lightweight weisco piston ported rotary valve and a good pipe on it. It was a beast . Snapped the chain a few times
Loved the video...i still own & ride my RD 350....still a sweet little beast, torque that almost is orgasmic & the shriek of it double cylinder, a sound to die for...one thing was the amazing 2 stroke soundtrack!!!
Thanks for another great video... So glad to see the Suzuki 250 twins get some well deserved praise in the video as well as the triples... For my next request, please mention or cover the exhilarating Suzuki RG series... I have *8* of them in my collection from the RG50, RG125, RG150, RG200, RG250 (parallel twin), the RGV-250 (VG21 or 1st generation), the RGV250 VG22 (2nd generation) , and the phenomenal RG-500! (the only one I am missing is the RGV250 VJ23 3rd generation)... Bravo mate! I look forward to more great videos!
great bikes, the 500 is in the dangerous bikes video at the end, and im sure the others will find their place at some point 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Thanks for the memories. Been riding for 55+ years and have had a bunch of different bikes and worked in a couple different bike dealerships. For a short time I actually owned a Bultaco Metralla. I don’t remember what year it was or how it even got registered for the street. It was basically a road racer with lights and a license plate bracket. It had the low slung unsilenced expansion chamber, fiberglass bodywork, fiberglass fuel tank, rear sets and clip on bars. When you got it up on the pipe it was scary quick! Sold it after a couple of years ( which I now regret) for something more rideable that didn’t beat me to death. 😢😢
You could have used a silenced expansion chamber or even the original street pipe. It was fast enough in that tune! The same layout was used for street, motocross, even road racing (TSS bikes). You could mix and match barrels, exhausts and other key parts as you wished. Truly great bikes and great times!
I may have missed one episode of yours where you talk about some of the Montessa's which are well worth giving a note about. Love the channel & those great & often very scary old bikes.
You couldn't get my old broken arse out of an electric chair and onto any of those old big bore beast dirt bikes right now. I know my limits but my throttle hand is an absolute idiot so best not to tempt it.😌 Nothing but illegal smiles from thinking back on those halcyon days of yore now. Another superb video.👍🏻
Fantastic 👍 l had Bultaco written on my x army surplus school bag in the early 70. After school I'd race home on my push bike and ride my older brother's 350cc Bultaco trials bike around the woods near my home. Our house was a motorcycle meeting place for almost every bike you'd care to mention. It blows my mind thinking back to those glorious days in the 70s, l had scrapbooks full of pictures cut out of MCN and Motorcycle newspapers . Bill Ivy was my favourite rider and it broke my heart when he died riding a Jawa. Northern Ireland in the 70s was the Mecca of Road Racing and short circuit and l remember well the first day l met a teenager with long black hair wearing leathers that were to big on him but it didn't stop him becoming the greatest road racer in the world, JOEY DUNLOP. Great videos 📹 thank you.
glad it jogged some good memories mate, i lived near Portadown for a while in the 80s so i know what you are saying, and Joey will always be king 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
The only two stroke street bike I got to ride was a friends Rd350. At the time I was riding a Honda Xl 125. I was blown away by the acceleration of it. It was a great wheelie machine. Always wanted one of my own.
Something not usually appreciated is just how sophisticated the Suzuki GT 750 is. Yes it is watercooled. But its also a dry sump engine with pressure fed lubrication and full roller bearing internals. The red line in the road version was relatively low but the bike was very successfully raced in the TT and other races. I wonder what sort of horsepower rpm was being extracted.
"We grew up with these bikes, and at the time they were honestly, too much for most riders to handle, yet now, when we are older and less fit, somehow we are drawn to them,"...I LOVE THIS STATEMENT!!! I laughed like hell. It is so true.
I've been riding bikes for 48 years and had 31 bikes over that period, I was counting the strokers after watching your video and it turns out I've had 12 of them from a Yamaha 200 electric, Suzuki T250J, S2 350 Kawasaki, RD350, RD400E, 2 RD350LCs, RD350F power valve, RD500LC, RG500 Suzuki, RGV250 and my last one an RS250 Aprilia, I loved every one of them and to this day if I smell or hear a stroker it transports me back to my youth, I've a new Triumph Street triple RS and love it but recently met a guy with a Langen 250 2 stroke, what a bike which shows there's still a future for them.
Great story and thats a serious history of bikes, the Langen is great, BUT, it shouldnt cost that much, its as expensive as the Suter and i know which i would choose of those 2 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
@@barebonesmc I completely agree with you but my point is that with fuel injection and catalytic converters two strokes should be back in large scale production.
@@yonniboy1 indeed, maybe if the rumours from F1 are true it might happen. theyve been talking about small 2 stroke engines to be used as the charge engine in a new hybrid concept apparently
Nicely put together, great to see the GT Suzuki range which the 380 was the only one I never had a chance to ride, the 750 was smooth as silk to ride, would love to see a modern two stroke back in production....
Another thought. My experience with racing 2 strokes is all from the late 60's early 70's. I rode many era 250 MX bikes so had a feel for them. Much later, 1988 or so, a work friend was moving and needed to find a home for his ~ 1970 CZ250 MX bike. He did not know much about it and said I could have it basically for free ($50). I started it, sounded chrisp, and stalled it. I repeated that a couple more times before getting it launched. It was a rocket, on the pipe I could not keep the front down. Fun but not practical to me, I'd never experienced such a strong high strung 250. I passed on it, regretted that decision ever since.
enjoy it mate great bikes, i had an RD350LC back then and a TZR 1KT track bike more recenty and do still miss the 2 strokes 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I had a Bridgestone 200cc MKII,and my buddy bought a 350 GTR 350,We`d terrorize the mountain rds in Dutchess county,NY.Loved,Loved,that MKII@@barebonesmc
@@barebonesmc I Wa san apprentice in a commercial garage that sold and serviced them. The early ones were a bit sensitive but the later version was a good truck. Surprising considering how small the engine was compared to the Bedfords, Fords and Perkins engined brutes. Decoking those transverse opposed piston engines with no heads was a nightmare job and keeping the air cleaner serviced was an absolute must if the supercharger was to last. We replaced a fair few of the Rootes blowers.
@@andrewcampbell8265 being honest, i wasnt in charge of maintenance on that, i just drove it, and it always worked pretty well, probably due to the likes of you lol
My best memories are of 1976 when I bought a brand new Yamaha RD 400, quick and great canyon carver. Put down most big 4 strokers, only had problems chasing the also new Kawasaki 900.
Started my bike career on a GT500, some years later I updated to the GT750. That was in mid 1980s... Still own both, later I added a TS250 ER for the fields. My brother bought the RG500, what a blast back then. I am not a big fan of high revving 2 strokes, I did enjoy very much the torque of low revving 2 strokes but emission regulations....
great bikes, and no, but it has found its place now lol, the video will take a little while yet, but it is coming 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
great bikes, their time will come, I had to stop somewhere though, its little brother is cooming in the next video 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
great bikes and not specifically the 490 but the 700 gets pride of place here ua-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/v-deo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
All the 60's into the early 70's Yammies had rotary valves. Earlier 125s, 160s, 200s and 350s till they went to Reed valve setups later. Bridgestone certainly wasn't the first.
3 days after the training wheels came off my bicycle, my Father brought home a Honda 50 Mini Trail. And thats whete it started for me. I Love this channel. I learn about bikes i have never heard of...Great Channel*
Sold my 85 cr500 a couple years ago, just wasn't riding it. I have been riding a 01 Ducati 996 for my daily for the last few years, bought it with 6k miles it now has 40kmi. Great video!
Incredible video, sir! Just brilliant! The 2 stroke engine is still highly respected and provides many miles of pure pleasure as its wonderful buzzing sounds fill the air. Its undeniable sound gives one a feeling of excitement as waiting to see what comes around the bend or crests the hilltop in the distance, finally to view exactly what kind of motorcycle is making all the fuss! As a former 1976 GT750A owner, I believe it was called the "Kettle" in Britain, the "Water Buffalo" here in the U.S., i can say it was a thrill to ride! Not the quickest or fastest motorcycle, the GT750A pulled hard with tremendous torque. I thoroughly enjoyed your film and would absolutely love to view more! Good day, sir. Many happy moments to you and yours!
great bikes, n yes, it was the kettle here lol, theres planty more two stroke fun on the channel, hope you have fun looking around. The GT gets a mention in this one too, ua-cam.com/video/Ptl2xC84j6U/v-deo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
What a wonderful video. You have brought back a lot of memories. I still own a 1971 Yamaha RT1 360 which I brought new. I also own a 1974 Kawasaki H2R that I have made street legal here in New Zealand. My daily ride is a 2023 BMW G1250 adventure Trophy. Thank you again for a wonderful video
Great video! Back in the day, when I studied Mechanical Engineering, I went to school with a guy who had a KX500. I went over and rode the green monster because I grew up from 8 years old on motorcycles. After riding his KX500, I turned him and said, "Be careful, that thing's going to try and kill you!". Two weeks later he showed up at school with his leg in a cast. He said to me, "You were right!".
In defense of my fellow Americans, we didn't know the RD 350 was "special", because they were everywhere! They didn't sit in showrooms for long, and spent most of their lives being ridden hard and put away wet. My '79 is out there.. somewhere..I can feel it.
Great video. I actually had a Bultaco Matrella. It was a beauty bike. I didn’t know the history that you brought to the story. Thank you. The sound of it and the other two strokes was a blast from the past. Too bad we don’t have the lovely smell for castor oil to go with it!
Great video about some of the best 2 strokes ever produced! 👏👏👏👏👏Looking back, the best time for the 2 strokes were the 80s and the 90s, and this is maybe the greatest disillusionment, as growing up in those times waiting the whole time to get into the 2000's, expecting for the next generation and bigger 2 strokes only to witness the phase out and cease of production and evolution of this type of engines and bikes..., I can't express how much sadness this was..., fortunately had the chance to purchase an Aprilia RS 250 '95 that I still enjoy and a dirt bike TM MX 250 '14 2-stroke!
In my youth the sound of a two cycle engine was a common and exciting sensation. I was lucky enough to have owned many, and miss the sound, smell, and feel of those ever eager engines.
My Neighbor had a Brigstone 100 dirt bike .. I read that Brigstone made a deal with one of the Big-4 like Honda to stop mfg motorcycles in trade for Honda buying tires from Brigstone. I paid $3,000.00 for my first 4 Brigstone radial tires for my truck in about 1985 .,. Super singles as opposed to 10:00x20 or 11x 22.5 dual tires 46" tall instead of 42" tall
the way i heard it it was a combined effort, Honda Kawasaki and Suzuki maybe, but its hazy 🙂 my excuse is it is early lol, and yes the deal way stop making bikes and we will use your tyres on all of our bikes, Bridgestone stuck to the agreement, but the others only did for a short time then most switched to Yokahama i believe. the joys of our industry
Great videos, brings back memories. Where I grew up in oz the it 465 was regarded at one stage and the 84+ cr500 was revived, the kx's always cost a little more so were harder to get. supposedly because they had chrome bores? Any big bore 2 strokes were held in awe. thanyou
Great video. Born of an age when 2 stroke was lifeblood of every young rider, it never leaves you. I had a 350LC & my mate had a suzy GT 380, toured all over on them. He got a good deal as the owner unfortunatly died in the manchester airport runway plane fire in the mid 80's, thing was the numberplate's first letters were DED, bit dodgy i thought.
Years ago I had a Bridgestone 175. It was a basket case with missing wiring and a gear shift that had a missing detent so it would go 1,2,3,4,1 which was less than ideal. I did manage to get it running but forty odd years ago there were no dealers or parts available. I wish I had known then what I know now. I would love to resurrect that bike.
I don't remember a Bridgestone 175 but I do remember a friend having a Bridgestone 185cc with a 6 speed gearbox where you could set it to go up through all 6 gears and then go straight to first or, you could set it to go sequentially from first through to sixth and back down again which was the setting my friend chose to have it on.
Very Nice job as usual. thanks so much. My first experience on a two stroke was riding a KX 80 and CR 80 at the age of 14, Those bikes made about 25 hp and weighed ~145 lb. Soo much fun.😎
great bikes, a full feature on the one bike would be a serious undertaking to do it justice, but im not saying no :-) footage is very thin on the ground though, i have some from the classic TT but i cant use it as its copyrighted, but i will keep my eyes peeled 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Excellent video. I used to own a Bridgestone 350 GTR in the late '70s (wish I'd kept it, of course). Fun ride. There was a high pipe version, too: the GTO.
I had the 200cc Mach II Bridgestone,and I Miss it so much.The most Evil sounding engines in two strokedom 350`s too,My friend bought a GTR after I got my Mach II
Back in the early 80s my buddy had an RD250 that was a blast to ride. He used it like a dirt bike which it was pretty bad at but it shined on the road. I remember the first time I rode it, I thought it was going to rip me off the bike it was so fast. My eyes were tearing up when the speedo hit about 75 so I couldn't see how fast it went but it felt like 100.
I can smell two stroke fumes right now... Much respect for the riders that learned to wring out every ounce of power from those competition two strokes, it is a joy to see them ride.
I passed my test on a Royal enfield 1960s 150cc Prince 3 speed aged 17. I have now a KTM300 exc motard on the road. That was interesting brought back memories.
You should get a good Mito or RS125 for that i would think? (i havent checked any recently, but prices are down at the minute so you might get a really good one for that price, you might even get an old RD125LC if you want older there were some older classics went for silly cheap at the last Bonhams sale too, what style of bike you after?
the GT550 was my only transport for 3 years way back when. Bored, stroked and rings to match. Baffles out at night I was told the four blue flames out of the pipes looked like a rocket. She would squat then bolt and compress through corners and launch out..ahh the good old days :-).
In terms of out right danger, Suzuki RGV 250 90 - 95, known as kids killers. I was personally tank slapped off one at nearly 100km, a 92sp. The tank design was the main cause to 12 lots of surgery to my left wrist.
I owned a 350 Bridgestone GTO in high school and forever until my barn burnt down. I ate any bike on the road in a drag race. I did a little tweaking on it but nothing very serious. I beat anything up to 750 ccs. Loved that bike!
I loved my Kawasaki H1 500. Pure power and speed. I raced an RZ350 in 1982-1984. I never should have sold that bike. Bring two stroke bikes back. Screw Joan Claybrook. Joan Claybrook was DOT for Jimmy Carter. She tried everything to BAN MOTORCYCLES! She failed, but did manage to get two stroke bikes banned in the mid 1970s. With the oil mixed or the injector set correctly, two strokes only smoked on startup. I used BelRay Si7 in my RZ350. No smoke and the plugs never fouled and had a light golden hue to the chamber side. Good stuff.
Hi Guys I’m onto my third CR500 ever time I sell one around the 6month mark with out it I have sellers regret, I’m now onto a CR500AF (aluminium frame 2007 crf450x) way more bike than I can handle but I bloody love it. Af get better handling and newer brakes the best mod I done is a chainsaw decompression fit mint into the head on the right hand side or the motor. My main bike is a 2021 Ktm 300tpi Erzburg rodeo I ride around 60 hrs a year
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate I will make a note, I used to drive an Ossa timber forwarder at one point lol, 240hp 8 wheel drive articulated timber crane great fun. . Ride Free 🙂
The Yamaha R5 was he predecessor to the RD series bikes. 1970 - 72 and before that was the YM1. I had one, it was a points Ignition and pain in the ass twin. The RD was the bike to have when I was a kid.
I still have my 1975 RD350B, which I purchased in Nov 1974, assembled myself as I worked for a Yamaha dealer, and I still ride it. It would do the standing 1/8th mile in 9.0 seconds and topped at 110mph. These days it is a bit faster due to a smidge of updated tech. Also still have my Hodaka 125 which I raced in the '70's. All if my bikes are 2 stroke.
Oh, I do so much love your videos, especially these ones about early 2 strokes like these that I grew up with and on! Another awesome one too, so thank you so much. I can't buy one of the I ride 2 strokes since BOTH of the bikes I've currently got are bloomin 4 strokes, Suzukis and 400s, both of them! One's the DR400 and an AN 400 scooter. I may just have to get me one of those "may randomly start talking about 2 strokes though as I am prone to doing that lol. Don't feel at all obliged to reply. Thanks again for giving me that warm tingly feeling I only get with concentrated 2 stroke content👍.
@@barebonesmc I know, the dreaded al Gore ithm, gotta feed it in many ways lol. I do genuinely enjoy your videos though so, thank you! This one had a few of the bikes I've had the privilege of owning over the years, back when they were fairly common. You even got my Bultaco which I never really did completely get used to gears on the opposite side. I'd think I had then in a sudden situation, instinct would kick in and C RUNCH down the gears
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Born a 2 stroke hooligan have remained the same at heart I miss the smell of 2 stroke in the morning lol
I had a number of Two Strokes by Yamaha Fs1E, DT175 RD250DX, RD350, RD350LC, in YPVS Version, My Favourite was My Two TZR250'S Love the smell of Bell Ray SI7 oil
glad you enjoyed it 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I miss my kx500
glad it jogged some good memories mate
Yah Saturday morning at a outdoor motocross track in the 70/80/90s !! Hearing the first bikes fire up at 7am the smell of 2 smokers gas that was my Red Bull lol full bike gates of 2 strokes awesome times!!!!
Valves are for toilets, 2 strokes forever!
Castrol R Runs Through My Veins 🙂 theres actually 30% off here today www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/147311693 have fun
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Great memories, but sad knowing we once possessed the magic of these Two-Stroke wonders, never realizing we would miss them so much! The audio clips were like haunting voices of friends or family long passed. Thanks!
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Mister. You put so much work into these videos for us. I certainly don't feel like you need to reply back to any of my comments. Just appreciate the content. I have learned lots on this channel being from Can'tada I have never heard of many of the bikes you talk about.
glad you enjoyed it 🙂thanks for your kind words. Ride Free 🙂
simply outstanding ! I haven't recalled my Yamaha DT1 250 with such nostalgic thoughts for years; and my Suzuki Titan as well,
thank you, again for the memories,
Bless you mate 😊 glad you enjoyed it. There is a whole 2 stroke playlist on the channel too. Welcome aboard 😊
Had a few smaller RD's. The 80 and the 125. Both rough lookers from previous abuse, but cheap to own at the time. The 80 was a mad little thing, with not much less puff than the 125. Both bikes I loved. The 125 is still a feature of my dreams (literally) from time to time. Never that fast, but enough to pass cars before motorways were commonplace. It used to be able to bank over surprisingly far through corners. Enough power to do a small wheelie from the lights with a slender girl friend on the back and enough lean in corners to terrify buddies on the pillion who owned bigger bikes. Great fun.
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
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great bikes which one? 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Great video... You'd have loved a "workshop" project of mine from my days as a Honda dealer - a street bike made from a CR500! No, it wasn't anywhere near legal, either to the spirit or the letter of the laws, but after we got the noise level down to where it only made slightly more decibels than a fighter jet on FMP take-off, it was a gas to ride. We dropped and stiffened the suspension and fitted street wheels/tires and the bodywork/headlight from an XL650. Mind you, the headlight never worked and the electrical system was pure motocross except fopr the brake light, which worked on a total-loss system off a scooter battery (and only worked off the rear brake). But I had a delightful time catching and deafening riders of the then-new factory sport bikes, the lightest of which weighed almost TWICE what the CR did. When I finally tired of it (after almost 5 years), I had a long list of former customers (I'd sold the delership by then) who wanted to buy it. Did finally get the noise level down just a bit with a Denco low pipe. Denco was a Houston company, and I lived there. You should have seen those guys' eyes when I brought the bike over for them to fit the pipe! They had assumed it was for an m/x bike and I just wanted a torquier pipe because of my age (a bit over 50, then). Blew them away!! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your support mate 🙂 great story. i did similar to a water cooled CR250 I picked up that was too far gone to do a standard rebuild, i can imagine what a 500 would be like lol
Brilliant to see that Bridgestone on the move, I've only seen pics and read a bit of (very interesting) history.Sounds grouse! Excellent vid yet again, thank you.
glad you enjoyed it 🙂Cheers for the support . Ride Free 🙂
We had one also it had a strange shift pattern 5 gear straight to first.
Dad got a exploded RD 400 Daytona Special in a trade when he was 20 yo, had some Turner Two Stroke stickers on it, (kinda famous in So-Cal). So he got new parts, TZ 750 lower components, RZ 350 reed blocks, bearings, etc. and a brand new white, red and black fuel tank. He welded and balanced the crank, moved the exhaust ports, opened the intake and transfer ports and cut about an inch or so from the expansion chambers. It pulls like a monster from 9k to 13.5k on break-in jetting. The bike only has 375 miles on the build, Dads 60 now and the bike is under a sheet in the shop.
sounds like an interesting build 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
Thanks for making this video. I really enjoy hearing all of the old 2 strokes. I ride Bridgestones and when it got to that part around 17:30, that is me on my GTR when I first started tuning it 👍
send me a link and ill put it in the description mate 🙂 i do get sent video all the time and as i have learned it doesnt always come from the people who send it in, They do look a special bike.. VERY rare over here
Nicely done sir. The 85-86 Honda CR 500 are notorious for their ferocity. It’s interesting that you chose to discuss the KX as it’s no less ferocious than the Honda. I owned a 1986 CR 500. You are right in that only expert level riders could wring all the available performance out of an open class bike. The 2-stroke street bikes are glorious
Still got one! Tried kill me in 80’s, now sixty I just look!
the big CR will find its place at some point, as always, i have to stop somewhere
He did sneak my 490 in there though, and he is so right about the older we get the more we like those big cc two strokes.
Had an ‘83 CR 480 that tried to kill its previous owners. Bike was an absolute beast. Left side kick with compression that would break your leg and only 4 speeds. Put it in 4th, twist the throttle and that front end wouldn’t touch the ground if you were sitting on the front fender. Loved that bike and the CR250 I had.
@@brianwisdom8051 i had ridden a couple of air cooled 250s in my younger days and then i ended up with a water cooled one, but i never got on with that as much
Great video. Im still riding my 74 RD350 that I rode to high school in 78. I cant get enough of that sound and oooh that smell. 😮 thanks for memories.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Miss my minibike with Jawa 350cc twin...
Thankyou for making me smile today remembering two stroke rides of my youth. I loved Suzuki 2 strokes back then. Had T70, TC100, TC125, GT250, T350 and the T500 in those years; one at a time, some for a short time as I crashed a couple into cars. Love that sound and the smell of Castrol R...... Also had a wild Yamaha 250 twin (circa 1965 model) as my second bike which nearly killed me due to bad brakes and magic power band when overtaking a school bus. Oh, the memories. Still ride but Kymco AK550 maxi scooter these days with a group of old mates most over 70 years young. Oldest in my group on todays 180 Kilometre countryside ride was Bob H at 91 on his BMW 700 twin.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Pleased to see that you finally gave the T250 a mention. My first proper bike, loved it.
great bikes, I told you it would find its place 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
This was fantastic. I want a 2 stroke now.
glad you enjoyed it 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
oh...the memories
Oh...the crashes!
How the hell did we survive on those tyres!?
uuugh, dont remind me, might have well been made from glass lol
glad it jogged some good memories mate, wild times 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
But we DID survive! Being as the rear shocks (in that era) were basically Pogo sticks, and bias ply tires had rock hard sidewalls (in winter especially), just a trip to the store the store and back was an "absolute feat of heroism" !
@@gregwillis7767 wild days, and even wilder nights 🙂
dunlop TT100 or avon roadrunners!
I have a couple thoughts.
A somewhat significant street legal U.S. bike of the early 70's is the Kawasaki 'Bighorn" 350 enduro. That bike kind of made a splash when it came out. My cousin had one, he did a few cross-country trips (Floridia to California) on it.
I experienced the transition in MX racing from the motley collection of modified Japanese 250's and Euro machines to monolithic starting grids of Elsinors. I was racing a Puch MX175 somewhat successfully in the 250 class up to that transition, after which I'd just watch 30 Elsinors motor away. That coincided with my active duty starting so I didn't join the crowd.
Great story, ill look at the Bighorn, not a bike i know 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Take a careful look at my 350 bighorn!
@@rule303gc its in my notes lol
Big horn yeh nah
I had a 350 big horn all hopped up. Bored 30 over lightweight weisco piston ported rotary valve and a good pipe on it. It was a beast . Snapped the chain a few times
Loved the video...i still own & ride my RD 350....still a sweet little beast, torque that almost is orgasmic & the shriek of it double cylinder, a sound to die for...one thing was the amazing 2 stroke soundtrack!!!
Good on you for keeping it and looking after it mate😊
Great Page 👍👍👍💨🏅Thank you for your Hard Work 💪
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. there is more on the website too 🙂 Ride Free 🙂
Had a 1972 RD 350 Yam back in about 1973. I thought it was cool with a set of Z bars. Loved it. This is the best bike channel there could ever B !
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Man i had 3 of the 350cc R models you could throw them though a curve and they would just want more
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Thanks for another great video... So glad to see the Suzuki 250 twins get some well deserved praise in the video as well as the triples... For my next request, please mention or cover the exhilarating Suzuki RG series... I have *8* of them in my collection from the RG50, RG125, RG150, RG200, RG250 (parallel twin), the RGV-250 (VG21 or 1st generation), the RGV250 VG22 (2nd generation) , and the phenomenal RG-500! (the only one I am missing is the RGV250 VJ23 3rd generation)... Bravo mate! I look forward to more great videos!
great bikes, the 500 is in the dangerous bikes video at the end, and im sure the others will find their place at some point 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I've only got one rg500.
@@ricklorimer9984 If you'r going to have one, that;s the one to have! Have you been watching the prices for these bikes lately? Cheers!
How rg 500.
Thanks for the memories. Been riding for 55+ years and have had a bunch of different bikes and worked in a couple different bike dealerships. For a short time I actually owned a Bultaco Metralla. I don’t remember what year it was or how it even got registered for the street. It was basically a road racer with lights and a license plate bracket. It had the low slung unsilenced expansion chamber, fiberglass bodywork, fiberglass fuel tank, rear sets and clip on bars. When you got it up on the pipe it was scary quick! Sold it after a couple of years ( which I now regret) for something more rideable that didn’t beat me to death. 😢😢
Great story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
You could have used a silenced expansion chamber or even the original street pipe. It was fast enough in that tune! The same layout was used for street, motocross, even road racing (TSS bikes). You could mix and match barrels, exhausts and other key parts as you wished. Truly great bikes and great times!
@@juanmillaruelo7647 wild days, and even wilder nights lol
I may have missed one episode of yours where you talk about some of the Montessa's which are well worth giving a note about. Love the channel & those great & often very scary old bikes.
there was one but i had to pull it because someone moaned about footage i used, but they will find their place in time 🙂 welcome aboard mate
You couldn't get my old broken arse out of an electric chair and onto any of those old big bore beast dirt bikes right now.
I know my limits but my throttle hand is an absolute idiot so best not to tempt it.😌
Nothing but illegal smiles from thinking back on those halcyon days of yore now.
Another superb video.👍🏻
lol. me too mate 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Fantastic 👍 l had Bultaco written on my x army surplus school bag in the early 70. After school I'd race home on my push bike and ride my older brother's 350cc Bultaco trials bike around the woods near my home.
Our house was a motorcycle meeting place for almost every bike you'd care to mention.
It blows my mind thinking back to those glorious days in the 70s, l had scrapbooks full of pictures cut out of MCN and Motorcycle newspapers .
Bill Ivy was my favourite rider and it broke my heart when he died riding a Jawa.
Northern Ireland in the 70s was the Mecca of Road Racing and short circuit and l remember well the first day l met a teenager with long black hair wearing leathers that were to big on him but it didn't stop him becoming the greatest road racer in the world, JOEY DUNLOP.
Great videos 📹 thank you.
glad it jogged some good memories mate, i lived near Portadown for a while in the 80s so i know what you are saying, and Joey will always be king 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
The only two stroke street bike I got to ride was a friends Rd350. At the time I was riding a Honda Xl 125. I was blown away by the acceleration of it. It was a great wheelie machine. Always wanted one of my own.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Something not usually appreciated is just how sophisticated the Suzuki GT 750 is. Yes it is watercooled. But its also a dry sump engine with pressure fed lubrication and full roller bearing internals. The red line in the road version was relatively low but the bike was very successfully raced in the TT and other races. I wonder what sort of horsepower rpm was being extracted.
i dont know that one mate, great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
"We grew up with these bikes, and at the time they were honestly, too much for most riders to handle, yet now, when we are older and less fit, somehow we are drawn to them,"...I LOVE THIS STATEMENT!!! I laughed like hell. It is so true.
glad you enjoyed it 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I've been riding bikes for 48 years and had 31 bikes over that period, I was counting the strokers after watching your video and it turns out I've had 12 of them from a Yamaha 200 electric, Suzuki T250J, S2 350 Kawasaki, RD350, RD400E, 2 RD350LCs, RD350F power valve, RD500LC, RG500 Suzuki, RGV250 and my last one an RS250 Aprilia, I loved every one of them and to this day if I smell or hear a stroker it transports me back to my youth, I've a new Triumph Street triple RS and love it but recently met a guy with a Langen 250 2 stroke, what a bike which shows there's still a future for them.
Great story and thats a serious history of bikes, the Langen is great, BUT, it shouldnt cost that much, its as expensive as the Suter and i know which i would choose of those 2 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
@@barebonesmc I completely agree with you but my point is that with fuel injection and catalytic converters two strokes should be back in large scale production.
@@yonniboy1 indeed, maybe if the rumours from F1 are true it might happen. theyve been talking about small 2 stroke engines to be used as the charge engine in a new hybrid concept apparently
Great video! Only thing missing was the beautiful 2 stroke smell!
Thanks for your support mate 🙂 smellyvision never really took off did it lol
You really know your stuff. I can't see anything that I disagree with. I very much like your relaxed style of commentary.
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
These wonderful bikes and all the bygone muscle cars were enjoyed by your elders. Show respect.
🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Nicely put together, great to see the GT Suzuki range which the 380 was the only one I never had a chance to ride, the 750 was smooth as silk to ride, would love to see a modern two stroke back in production....
glad you enjoyed it 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I've Got 37 Bikes An Only 3 4-Strokes.. I Have A 73 GT 380🙂
great bikes, sounds some collection 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Another thought. My experience with racing 2 strokes is all from the late 60's early 70's. I rode many era 250 MX bikes so had a feel for them. Much later, 1988 or so, a work friend was moving and needed to find a home for his ~ 1970 CZ250 MX bike. He did not know much about it and said I could have it basically for free ($50). I started it, sounded chrisp, and stalled it. I repeated that a couple more times before getting it launched. It was a rocket, on the pipe I could not keep the front down. Fun but not practical to me, I'd never experienced such a strong high strung 250. I passed on it, regretted that decision ever since.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I had an RD 400 in high-school. It was impossible to keep the front wheel on the ground. I loved that bike !
Wild days, and even wilder nights 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Outstanding, thank you 👍
Very welcome
2 stroker here though i ride a zxr 750 h2 these days 2 strokes have a special place in my heart. Especially the yams rd dt tzr etc
enjoy it mate great bikes, i had an RD350LC back then and a TZR 1KT track bike more recenty and do still miss the 2 strokes 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Oh man, that Bridgestone GTR350...
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I had a Bridgestone 200cc MKII,and my buddy bought a 350 GTR 350,We`d terrorize the mountain rds in Dutchess county,NY.Loved,Loved,that MKII@@barebonesmc
@@holyjaguar they do seem to have left some happy memories 🙂
I always loved engines that didn’t have to take a rest every other stroke.
The TS3 supercharged truck diesel was a BEAST.
It is funny, I had a 2 stroke opposed piston Commer truck years ago, now theyve decided opposed piston designs are the future lol, again 🙂
@@barebonesmc I Wa san apprentice in a commercial garage that sold and serviced them.
The early ones were a bit sensitive but the later version was a good truck.
Surprising considering how small the engine was compared to the Bedfords, Fords and Perkins engined brutes.
Decoking those transverse opposed piston engines with no heads was a nightmare job and keeping the air cleaner serviced was an absolute must if the supercharger was to last.
We replaced a fair few of the Rootes blowers.
@@andrewcampbell8265 being honest, i wasnt in charge of maintenance on that, i just drove it, and it always worked pretty well, probably due to the likes of you lol
@@barebonesmc 👍
My best memories are of 1976 when I bought a brand new Yamaha RD 400, quick and great canyon carver. Put down most big 4 strokers, only had problems chasing the also new Kawasaki 900.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Thanks for the videos and memories . Excellent video
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I miss the smell, and mixing 20 to 1, today the ratio is 50to 1, you sir are amazing for braining back old memories.
glad it jogged some good memories mate, Castrol R runs through my veins lol 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Started my bike career on a GT500, some years later I updated to the GT750. That was in mid 1980s...
Still own both, later I added a TS250 ER for the fields.
My brother bought the RG500, what a blast back then.
I am not a big fan of high revving 2 strokes, I did enjoy very much the torque of low revving 2 strokes but emission regulations....
I'm sure you've included it in another video, but the TDR 250 was a nutter, and had, and still has, a cult following.
great bikes, and no, but it has found its place now lol, the video will take a little while yet, but it is coming 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
❤ the TDR 250 !!!!
great bikes, their time will come, I had to stop somewhere though, its little brother is cooming in the next video 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Did a pretty good job with my unsilenced Hodaka Super Rat.
Only 100ccs but with that expansion chamber it was loud.
enjoy it mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I love 2 strokes! The last Gilera really does look like a GPZ. I thought it was until I seen the stickers on the tank!
glad you enjoyed it 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
What would the consumption be about on the Suzuki GT550 ? Or any +350cc 2-stroke bike at the time for that matter.
some things are best forgotten lol 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Where's the 1980 maico 490? Greatest production dirtbike ever made.
great bikes and not specifically the 490 but the 700 gets pride of place here ua-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/v-deo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
All the 60's into the early 70's Yammies had rotary valves. Earlier 125s, 160s, 200s and 350s till they went to Reed valve setups later. Bridgestone certainly wasn't the first.
🙂Cheers for watching mate.im pretty sure i said one of the first. Ride Free 🙂
In 1969I bought a suzuki x6. Rode it from Santa Ana CA to Streamwood IL , just west of Chicago. Took about a week with no problems. Loved that scoot.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
3 days after the training wheels came off my bicycle, my Father brought home a Honda 50 Mini Trail. And thats whete it started for me. I Love this channel. I learn about bikes i have never heard of...Great Channel*
Cheers mate, sounds like there is a Great story in there 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Sold my 85 cr500 a couple years ago, just wasn't riding it. I have been riding a 01 Ducati 996 for my daily for the last few years, bought it with 6k miles it now has 40kmi. Great video!
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy the ride and cheers for the support
Incredible video, sir! Just brilliant!
The 2 stroke engine is still highly respected and provides many miles of pure pleasure as its wonderful buzzing sounds fill the air. Its undeniable sound gives one a feeling of excitement as waiting to see what comes around the bend or crests the hilltop in the distance, finally to view exactly what kind of motorcycle is making all the fuss!
As a former 1976 GT750A owner, I believe it was called the "Kettle" in Britain, the "Water Buffalo" here in the U.S., i can say it was a thrill to ride! Not the quickest or fastest motorcycle, the GT750A pulled hard with tremendous torque.
I thoroughly enjoyed your film and would absolutely love to view more!
Good day, sir. Many happy moments to you and yours!
great bikes, n yes, it was the kettle here lol, theres planty more two stroke fun on the channel, hope you have fun looking around. The GT gets a mention in this one too, ua-cam.com/video/Ptl2xC84j6U/v-deo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
well, thought I knew my bikes..thanks for that mate, well done, keep them coming..
Glad I surprised you mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
What a wonderful video. You have brought back a lot of memories. I still own a 1971 Yamaha RT1 360 which I brought new. I also own a 1974 Kawasaki H2R that I have made street legal here in New Zealand. My daily ride is a 2023 BMW G1250 adventure Trophy. Thank you again for a wonderful video
thats a nice stable of great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Great video!
Back in the day, when I studied Mechanical Engineering, I went to school with a guy who had a KX500. I went over and rode the green monster because I grew up from 8 years old on motorcycles. After riding his KX500, I turned him and said, "Be careful, that thing's going to try and kill you!". Two weeks later he showed up at school with his leg in a cast. He said to me, "You were right!".
great bikes, to be careful with lol 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I may put that it465 back together! Great video!
great bikes, do it 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
In defense of my fellow Americans, we didn't know the RD 350 was "special", because they were everywhere! They didn't sit in showrooms for long, and spent most of their lives being ridden hard and put away wet. My '79 is out there.. somewhere..I can feel it.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
My dream bike has always been the 500LC and still is to this day. They are horrendously expensive now though just short of 30k
great bikes and yes, the price of some bikes does get silly 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Great video. I actually had a Bultaco Matrella. It was a beauty bike. I didn’t know the history that you brought to the story. Thank you. The sound of it and the other two strokes was a blast from the past. Too bad we don’t have the lovely smell for castor oil to go with it!
qi remember the idea of smellyvision but it didnt ever happen lol
Great video about some of the best 2 strokes ever produced! 👏👏👏👏👏Looking back, the best time for the 2 strokes were the 80s and the 90s, and this is maybe the greatest disillusionment, as growing up in those times waiting the whole time to get into the 2000's, expecting for the next generation and bigger 2 strokes only to witness the phase out and cease of production and evolution of this type of engines and bikes..., I can't express how much sadness this was..., fortunately had the chance to purchase an Aprilia RS 250 '95 that I still enjoy and a dirt bike TM MX 250 '14 2-stroke!
Wild days, and even wilder nights . enjoy them mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
For the rare and unusual you may like to cover the Ossa Yankee 500 and the Silk 700S. Both have interesting histories each in their own way.
Thanks for your support mate 🙂 the feedback does help me and i do appreciate it
Thanks for posting very interesting , takes me right back to my younger years .
glad you enjoyed it 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I rode a Suzuki TS185ER for a bit. I remember nearly looping it at the traffic-light GP
great bikes, and memories 🙂 Wild days, and even wilder nights 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Highly captivating and informative 👍😁👏🤯
glad you enjoyed it 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
It’s been over 50 years since I was bringing home motocross trophy’s, but this video made me go out to my shed and polish my 72 Bultaco Pursang.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
In my youth the sound of a two cycle engine was a common and exciting sensation. I was lucky enough to have owned many, and miss the sound, smell, and feel of those ever eager engines.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Very nicely done. What about the Can Am 250 Mx in 1974, rotary intake valve and 37hp?
great bikes, I had to stop somewhere though mate 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
My Neighbor had a Brigstone 100 dirt bike .. I read that Brigstone made a deal with one of the Big-4 like Honda to stop mfg motorcycles in trade for Honda buying tires from Brigstone.
I paid $3,000.00 for my first 4 Brigstone radial tires for my truck in about 1985 .,. Super singles as opposed to 10:00x20 or 11x 22.5 dual tires 46" tall instead of 42" tall
the way i heard it it was a combined effort, Honda Kawasaki and Suzuki maybe, but its hazy 🙂 my excuse is it is early lol, and yes the deal way stop making bikes and we will use your tyres on all of our bikes, Bridgestone stuck to the agreement, but the others only did for a short time then most switched to Yokahama i believe. the joys of our industry
Great videos, brings back memories. Where I grew up in oz the it 465 was regarded at one stage and the 84+ cr500 was revived, the kx's always cost a little more so were harder to get. supposedly because they had chrome bores? Any big bore 2 strokes were held in awe.
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glad you enjoyed it, wild days 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Great video. Born of an age when 2 stroke was lifeblood of every young rider, it never leaves you. I had a 350LC & my mate had a suzy GT 380, toured all over on them. He got a good deal as the owner unfortunatly died in the manchester airport runway plane fire in the mid 80's, thing was the numberplate's first letters were DED, bit dodgy i thought.
apt, but yes, a bit of a dodgy omen 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Another great video! Although small capacity, I would have loved to have seen a bit about the Suzuki Stinger T125.............
glad you enjoyed it, there is always more to come, the 125's have yet to have their day 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Downdraft Mikuni carburetors FTW!
Thanks for such a great video, you have introduced me to some bikes that I have never seen before.
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Years ago I had a Bridgestone 175. It was a basket case with missing wiring and a gear shift that had a missing detent so it would go 1,2,3,4,1 which was less than ideal. I did manage to get it running but forty odd years ago there were no dealers or parts available. I wish I had known then what I know now. I would love to resurrect that bike.
I don't remember a Bridgestone 175 but I do remember a friend having a Bridgestone 185cc with a 6 speed gearbox where you could set it to go up through all 6 gears and then go straight to first or, you could set it to go sequentially from first through to sixth and back down again which was the setting my friend chose to have it on.
I bought my GT550 new in 71 and I still have it !! I ride it more than my Harley I got in 2009.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Very Nice job as usual. thanks so much. My first experience on a two stroke was riding a KX 80 and CR 80 at the age of 14, Those bikes made about 25 hp and weighed ~145 lb. Soo much fun.😎
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit too mate. Ride Free 🙂
Brilliant to see the T250 hitting the ton !
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Cool to watch. I own a 1979 Yamaha dt250f. Two stroke. Just took it for a ride. Love the sound
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
mopeds in my youth like honda mt5, yamaha dt50, Pusch and so on, talk about terrorising the neighbourhood back then :D
great bikes, my mate had an MB5 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Thank you for another good video. I realy would like you to make one on the AJS Porcupine, I find it utterly interesting.
great bikes, a full feature on the one bike would be a serious undertaking to do it justice, but im not saying no :-) footage is very thin on the ground though, i have some from the classic TT but i cant use it as its copyrighted, but i will keep my eyes peeled 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Excellent video. I used to own a Bridgestone 350 GTR in the late '70s (wish I'd kept it, of course). Fun ride. There was a high pipe version, too: the GTO.
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
I had the 200cc Mach II Bridgestone,and I Miss it so much.The most Evil sounding engines in two strokedom 350`s too,My friend bought a GTR after I got my Mach II
Back in the early 80s my buddy had an RD250 that was a blast to ride. He used it like a dirt bike which it was pretty bad at but it shined on the road. I remember the first time I rode it, I thought it was going to rip me off the bike it was so fast. My eyes were tearing up when the speedo hit about 75 so I couldn't see how fast it went but it felt like 100.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I can smell two stroke fumes right now... Much respect for the riders that learned to wring out every ounce of power from those competition two strokes, it is a joy to see them ride.
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy the ride and cheers for the support
I passed my test on a Royal enfield 1960s 150cc Prince 3 speed aged 17. I have now a KTM300 exc motard on the road. That was interesting brought back memories.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Is there any good 125cc two stroke I could buy now for around 6000 euros?
You should get a good Mito or RS125 for that i would think? (i havent checked any recently, but prices are down at the minute so you might get a really good one for that price, you might even get an old RD125LC if you want older there were some older classics went for silly cheap at the last Bonhams sale too, what style of bike you after?
Thanks for the content 😊
🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
the GT550 was my only transport for 3 years way back when. Bored, stroked and rings to match. Baffles out at night I was told the four blue flames out of the pipes looked like a rocket. She would squat then bolt and compress through corners and launch out..ahh the good old days :-).
glad it jogged some good memories mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
In terms of out right danger, Suzuki RGV 250 90 - 95, known as kids killers. I was personally tank slapped off one at nearly 100km, a 92sp. The tank design was the main cause to 12 lots of surgery to my left wrist.
ouch, i featured the 250 Gamma here ua-cam.com/video/--s1H54GhMk/v-deo.html hope you enjoyed the video mate, cheers for watching
Damb I want the GT 250 engine vibration sound for a ringtone I miss that awesome sound
lol, have a great weeke mate
I owned a 350 Bridgestone GTO in high school and forever until my barn burnt down. I ate any bike on the road in a drag race. I did a little tweaking on it but nothing very serious. I beat anything up to 750 ccs. Loved that bike!
it does seem like they were a loss to the industry, a shame
Loved the video. Glad you included Bultaco. My favorite two stroke was the Kawasaki KDX 200, considered by many as the best trail bike.
great bikesc, i featured the KDX here ua-cam.com/video/V2m6tF0rZKQ/v-deo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
fantastic loved every minute
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
I loved my Kawasaki H1 500. Pure power and speed. I raced an RZ350 in 1982-1984. I never should have sold that bike.
Bring two stroke bikes back.
Screw Joan Claybrook.
Joan Claybrook was DOT for Jimmy Carter. She tried everything to BAN MOTORCYCLES!
She failed, but did manage to get two stroke bikes banned in the mid 1970s.
With the oil mixed or the injector set correctly, two strokes only smoked on startup. I used BelRay Si7 in my RZ350. No smoke and the plugs never fouled and had a light golden hue to the chamber side. Good stuff.
They were golden days. Glad it jogged some good memories 😊
Hi Guys I’m onto my third CR500 ever time I sell one around the 6month mark with out it I have sellers regret, I’m now onto a CR500AF (aluminium frame 2007 crf450x) way more bike than I can handle but I bloody love it. Af get better handling and newer brakes the best mod I done is a chainsaw decompression fit mint into the head on the right hand side or the motor. My main bike is a 2021 Ktm 300tpi Erzburg rodeo I ride around 60 hrs a year
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Great channel you have created and can recommend a rare road going 2 stroke for a future edition Ossa 500 twin 1978 to 79
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate I will make a note, I used to drive an Ossa timber forwarder at one point lol, 240hp 8 wheel drive articulated timber crane great fun. . Ride Free 🙂
The Yamaha R5 was he predecessor to the RD series bikes. 1970 - 72 and before that was the YM1. I had one, it was a points Ignition and pain in the ass twin. The RD was the bike to have when I was a kid.
great bikes, there was the YDS7 too 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Yamaha RX100 was also a fantastic bike, very powerful in its category. It's still very popular in India among the enthusiastic bikers.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I still have my 1975 RD350B, which I purchased in Nov 1974, assembled myself as I worked for a Yamaha dealer, and I still ride it. It would do the standing 1/8th mile in 9.0 seconds and topped at 110mph. These days it is a bit faster due to a smidge of updated tech. Also still have my Hodaka 125 which I raced in the '70's. All if my bikes are 2 stroke.
enjoy them mate 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
Oh, I do so much love your videos, especially these ones about early 2 strokes like these that I grew up with and on! Another awesome one too, so thank you so much.
I can't buy one of the I ride 2 strokes since BOTH of the bikes I've currently got are bloomin 4 strokes, Suzukis and 400s, both of them! One's the DR400 and an AN 400 scooter. I may just have to get me one of those "may randomly start talking about 2 strokes though as I am prone to doing that lol.
Don't feel at all obliged to reply. Thanks again for giving me that warm tingly feeling I only get with concentrated 2 stroke content👍.
Thanks for your support mate 🙂 the feedback does help me and i do appreciate it
@@barebonesmc I know, the dreaded al Gore ithm, gotta feed it in many ways lol. I do genuinely enjoy your videos though so, thank you!
This one had a few of the bikes I've had the privilege of owning over the years, back when they were fairly common. You even got my Bultaco which I never really did completely get used to gears on the opposite side. I'd think I had then in a sudden situation, instinct would kick in and C RUNCH down the gears
@@lorditsprobingtime6668 ithm? i even googled it n got nothing lol
@@barebonesmc Oh dear. " al gore ithm = algorithm". Just a sad pathetic attempt at a tiny bit of humor, failing dismally obviously.