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!!!!
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
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.👍🏻
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!
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.
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 👍
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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'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
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.
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.
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.
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 :-).
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!
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 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.
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
@@randydewees7338 mine's a 1977. The piston slaps horribly loud and the carb is for some reason terribly rich only at mid rpm. She squeaks and creaks from everywhere, has a busted rear blinker and missing wheel spokes but, hey she still runs the trail hard enough to wind me out. I sometimes take it to work and the guys all want to test ride it for some reason
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
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.
Gotta love a 2 smoke. In order kawasaki 90 that kept nipping up the disc valve, drove me old man nuts!, suzuki b120 field bike, air called rm100, air cooled kx125, suzuki a50, gp100, coffin tank rd250, x7, ypvs 350 x 2, rg500 gamma. Wish i had the fuel money back!!. Interesting, fanks Mr. I didn't know of the bultaco or the top gun gilera, Else i might of had a slice of them too 😎
Glad I surprised you mate The Bultaco was a new one to me, pointed out by my trusty subscribers lol, the Gilera was my left field choice 🙂 Not common but a great little bike. Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
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 🙂
How road going 2Ts evolved in milestones imo: Metralla Hustler Avenger (also mentioning the Bridgestone 350) H1 - H2 (also mentioning Suzuki GT and Yamaha air cooled RDs) RD350LC RG500 Bimota V Due RGV250VJ23 (the most advanced 2T 250)
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 🙂
Man O' man do I remember seeing/hearing & smelling these bikes although I didn't know which were 2 stroke back then. Fantastic bikes & I love the triples..... I had no idea they made them but IDKnow very much at all. peace
I would have given several eye teeth for a Bridgestone had I known about them back then I did know about the Kawasaki Samurai and Avenger disc valve twins though and I would have certainly traded said teeth for these if any had come my way but they were rare to non existent in my neck of the woods. I was unaware of the Gilera so thank you for bringing this to my attention, just to mention that Bultaco produced over the counter single cylinder race bikes in 125, 250 and 350 capacities and a certain Barry Sheene won his first races on these 125 and 250 machines, of course it helped that Barry's father Frank Sheene had close ties with the Bultaco factory and it was no accident that Barry spoke fluent Spanish. Of the 500cc race reps the Suzuki RG500 was the most honest both the Yamaha and Honda were reps in name only although they did still supply a few thrills as you would expect from a large capacity multi cylinder two stroke. I think some of the smaller two strokes deserve some love if you are looking for subject matter the 125cc class has a lot of content.
An awesome list too bad he didn't mention a desert bike in the list, the Husqvarna and Hodaka's especially, I never seen a Bridgestone in the states, but I did see and ride a Sachs and Bultaco the Bultaco was like wrestling a steer in the sand. There was so many good dirt bikes in the 70's. Maybe a good Enduro , trail and desert bike list should be in the works. There was some amazing riders as well.
I had to stop somewhere mate 🙂 There should be a Bultaco special soon though. I am working on a collaboration so it might take a while but it is underway . Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
not got the whole thing but you are welcome to catch what you can from the video, i have a friend too :-) so if there is anything specific, drop me a line via the website and i will send you what i can
@@barebonesmc I can only take a screen shot when the video is on 1/2 a page mode. It would be a very low grade screen shot. My screen shot app says to hit the Microsoft logo key shift then +S and it will take a screen shot .. but it won't capture it then
@@barebonesmc an officer waved me over to show me. I was looking at his radar gun as I reved the bike. The red led readout was flashing what looked like rapid fire Chinese characters!
I changed the two strokes in the early seventies my first two stroke was an Elsinore 250 that was 45 years ago I'm still riding at CR500 at 61!!! Never 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑!!!
@@barebonesmc it's made in Australia, and it's KTM powered. Google Salt Motorcycles, and/or type Salt KTM 300 into UA-cam, you will be intrigued! Cheers, mate
I had two of the craziest two strokes ever built...one mentioned here (I assume), the '72 H2 750 Kawasaki and one not mentioned...a '69/'70 Bonanza mini bike with the Hodaka 100cc 5 speed motorcycle engine in it. it had a top speed of 60 mph and would pull wheelies at that speed.
Very interesting. It would be good if you continued the story about Bridgestone, I heard that the other Japanese manufacturers were so worried about them producing bikes they forced them to stop by saying they would not buy their tyres. In those days the Japanese tyres were terrible anyway.
there was a sort of ENFORCED agreement with the government intervening at one point it seems, it did get a bit silly in the end i think, and as with any other countries, power struggles can get messy 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
@@barebonesmc I know someone who’s got a Bridgestone 350 twin I think it is? but he won’t sell it me, but I’ll keep badgering him🥴 I didn’t realise until speaking to him a few years ago that Bridgestone had made bikes, then he told me the story and he had one 🫣
cut my biking teeth on my mates hustler at the ripe old age of 14! thanks les. went on to own many gt250s,550s and 380s, my fave being a dunstall gt550 closely followed by my black gt380,that one had le sport race spannies and wailed like skewered banshie,oh hell those days were fun!
Yep on a boring old zr7 kwack now,can't afford a stroker now. I remember when I got my second gt550 for parts for the dunstall it cost me £100 and the guy delivered it! All standard black with gold lining and it came with three rebored barrels and pistons and rings! Being old and infirm that would be impossible to even contemplate rebuilding now,was knackered doing the fuel guage wiring last week,took two days to get over it! Done 130 miles last Saturday,as the sun was out I thought it rude not to!! Keep the shiny side up! Hope you're like me,ride it not polish it,had it's day in the showroom now it's time to work! Mines just 300 or so miles from 70k and still likes to stretch her legs on a nice day!
@@derrickmanning2597 cleaning bikes is not my forte lol and i seem to have an expanding collection of bikes with odd different panels lol, no time to get the Vstrom resprayed before we go on tour, so ill get the sticker bag out 🙂 last MOT the tester said "what colour do i call it now then?"
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?
Barebones bro I traded on my ninja 250 for a 1993 honda nt400!!! 15 thousand original miles. I bloody love it!!!! Everything is stock, including the damn beeping indicators lmao
I have a friend who I'm describing an engine to. The design of it isn't the absolute best, except it will have the absolute best performance of every four cylinder two cycle engine. My estimate of how much horsepower it will quite incredible. In the event that I build them, at six horsepower per cubic inch, it will be producing 960 horsepower. Were it about produce 10 hp per cube, that will be 1540. I know I'll be able to do this because of the design of it. It will be the first successful turbocharged two cycle engine. How am I able to have that engine produce that much power? No, I won't be divulging that information. I'll only do that with my good friends. They won't tell my secret to any other person. I'm able to trust them because I know they won't lie to me. I'm able to type that it will combine the attributes of both a two and four cycle engines. What else is there to type about it that will be less consequential? Of all piston engines, this one will have the absolute least amount of friction. One more time, this is an incredible secret. It will have a dry sump oiling system for it, which I designed. I hope all of you are having an excellent night. B'bye.
the 250's are here ua-cam.com/video/--s1H54GhMk/v-deo.html what you might not know, is the earlier A1 Samurai twin, was actually faster than the later 250 triples 🙂 progress eh 🙂
I think you know if you put 2 strokes on a T-shirt it attracts attention, when you send them abroad do they contain a warning for the language or do foreigners understand?
Now that's an S1C the blue tank job being ridden through the yank countryside. I once owned one, far too underrated as well because your average rider chose an RD, totally characterless compared to the Kawasaki.😅
they were BOTH great bikes, just different. out of the crate the S1 maybe had the edge, but the RD was just easier to tune and handled better, so it was always the winner on track. and sorry but me and a whole host of others would argue the RD could NEVER be described as characterless. as I said though, BOTH great bikes. hope you will climb aboard mate, there is a whole playlist of 2 stroke videos as well as the others 🙂 have a great weekend
i did say check the other videos before moaning lol, the gamma is in the dangerous bikes video here ua-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/v-deo.html and the RS in the ton up 250s video here ua-cam.com/video/--s1H54GhMk/v-deo.html
@@6AlphaMikeCharlie9 they came in pairs lol, I was off to pick up a Plastic Fantastic KH250 with the full Dyson body kit, and a mars bar 350LC had come in while i went to get the money, so i left with the LC instead 🙂
Really enjoyed this video (don't I always?) & the Gilera NGR 250 at the end showed just how good their technology was, if not their marketing. The audio was pure 2 stroke porn - wonderful!
glad you enjoyed it mate, theres plenty more on the channel and more coming, the best sounding 2 stroke will be coming soon to follow the 4 strokes video i did last week, have a great day
I bought a yamaha i T 425 it was hideous to start and was a hideous ride the bibe was quite short so all it did was wheely the front wheel was never on the ground it was also almost impossible to jet to run right. They made it a 465 quite quickly I never rode one of them i hope it was better then the 425 cc bike
I wish I had a 90hp and 180 kilos (130 kilos would be really lightweight IMO) Yamaha RD500LC v4 instead of my 145hp and 209Kg dry weight 1990 Yamaha fzr 1000 exup, which I think it's high quality. Ideal for fast highways but too heavy for the street or narrow and curvy roads. BTW... Did you ever commented about the 20 valves, plus one, 1002cc fzr motorbikes? I wish I had both, the 1984 two stroke sportbike and the 1990 highway bike which is not a sportbike. Can you imagine a 150 kilograms and 500cc v4, 750cc v6 (or 1000cc v8 better yet) two stroke sportbike these days? I imagine 40 years later a streetbike with twice the engine of the RD500LC, 180hp instead of 90, in the frame of the lightest 2024 sportbike. How do you guys see a 180hp 1000cc v8 two stroke made from 54.5x54 125cc engines? Better yet a v4, 150hp but good torque from four 250 two stroke engines? Would he even better a two cylinder 1000cc made from two Kawasaki kx500, for only 130hp? Why not a two stroke 2000cc spirtbike v8 beast for both maximum power and maximum torque for a 200 kg total weight including 20 kilos from around 30 liters of gasoline? Damn politicians who banned celestial two stroke big engines! A 2000cc four stroke, a 1000cc turbo engine or a hybrid gasoline plus electric would be more complex, expensive, worse in performance and range from being heavier, for the same amount of power and torque than a 1000cc two stroke.
@@josemariatrueba4568 ive got 2. one fairly standard, one very much not, lots of YZF750 bits but being honest, i rarely take them out these days, the Vstrom is just more comfy 2 up, and faster than i am lol
@@barebonesmc Great to see that you've got two Exup. Mine is the 1990 model, same ad the 1989 model. Is blue, black and white with the Mickey mouse mirrors and beautiful golden exhaust pipe. I've modified several things. See my other comment. BTW... Where can I find to rear seat cover for riding single? Sorry that I don't know the right name fir that part. I'm Spaniard from Bilbao at the northern coast near France.
@@josemariatrueba4568 89 was the best year, i have the later RU upside down forks on one of mine now, but the originals were better to be honest. the "seat cowl" i have on my standard one is the original Yamaha part, finding them now is not easy, it is just a matter of endless searching of 2nd hand parts bins. in the last 4 or 5 years i think i only remember seeing 2 on ebay so it might be a long search, and in case i havent said it already, welcome my friend, i know Bilbao. we stayed in Asturias and then in Vallejo de Manzenado on our last tour, love the area of North Spain
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" !
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.
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!
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
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.
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 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
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
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
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.
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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!
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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...
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
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 🙂
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
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 !
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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 🙂
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 🙂
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
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 🙂
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
These wonderful bikes and all the bygone muscle cars were enjoyed by your elders. Show respect.
🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
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 🙂
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 🙂
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 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 🙂
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
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 🙂
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
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 🙂
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 🙂
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 🙂
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 🙂
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 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 🙂
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 🙂
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 🙂
Yea, those Bultaco Pursangs that ripped the night apart with their chainsaw sound 🙈. Sweet memories of summer holidays in Spain 😹
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Videos like this make me realise i should take care of my dt175 a little more
What year? I have fond memories of my dual shock blue tank 1975. Spunkly light bike. I also had a later mono (1978? 1982?) Not bad either.
@@randydewees7338 mine's a 1977. The piston slaps horribly loud and the carb is for some reason terribly rich only at mid rpm. She squeaks and creaks from everywhere, has a busted rear blinker and missing wheel spokes but, hey she still runs the trail hard enough to wind me out. I sometimes take it to work and the guys all want to test ride it for some reason
great bikes, riding it is the most important thing mate 🙂 Cheers for watching. 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
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 🙂
Gotta love a 2 smoke. In order kawasaki 90 that kept nipping up the disc valve, drove me old man nuts!, suzuki b120 field bike, air called rm100, air cooled kx125, suzuki a50, gp100, coffin tank rd250, x7, ypvs 350 x 2, rg500 gamma. Wish i had the fuel money back!!.
Interesting, fanks Mr. I didn't know of the bultaco or the top gun gilera, Else i might of had a slice of them too 😎
Glad I surprised you mate The Bultaco was a new one to me, pointed out by my trusty subscribers lol, the Gilera was my left field choice 🙂 Not common but a great little bike. Cheers for watching. 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 🙂
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 🙂
Great video! Although as far as the big bore mx bikes the 1982 KTM 495 has to be mentioned. 58 hp to the tire, it was scary even for some pro riders.
great bikes, I had to stop somewhere though mate 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. 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 🙂
Owned just about every one.. Ain't no hope Without Smoke.
glad you enjoyed it mate, Castrol R runs through my veins 🙂Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
How road going 2Ts evolved in milestones imo:
Metralla
Hustler
Avenger (also mentioning the Bridgestone 350)
H1 - H2 (also mentioning Suzuki GT and Yamaha air cooled RDs)
RD350LC
RG500
Bimota V Due
RGV250VJ23 (the most advanced 2T 250)
No Proton in there? The VDue never worked either lol, and you stopped before the Suter MMX500 and the Langen 🙂🙂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 🙂
Man O' man do I remember seeing/hearing & smelling these bikes although I didn't know which were 2 stroke back then. Fantastic
bikes & I love the triples..... I had no idea they made them but IDKnow very much at all. peace
we all have plenty to learn mate, have a great day
@@barebonesmc - thank you for feeding me.......bURP
@@diggy-d8w lol, my pleasure mate
I would have given several eye teeth for a Bridgestone had I known about them back then I did know about the Kawasaki Samurai and Avenger disc valve twins though and I would have certainly traded said teeth for these if any had come my way but they were rare to non existent in my neck of the woods.
I was unaware of the Gilera so thank you for bringing this to my attention, just to mention that Bultaco produced over the counter single cylinder race bikes in 125, 250 and 350 capacities and a certain Barry Sheene won his first races on these 125 and 250 machines, of course it helped that Barry's father Frank Sheene had close ties with the Bultaco factory and it was no accident that Barry spoke fluent Spanish.
Of the 500cc race reps the Suzuki RG500 was the most honest both the Yamaha and Honda were reps in name only although they did still supply a few thrills as you would expect from a large capacity multi cylinder two stroke.
I think some of the smaller two strokes deserve some love if you are looking for subject matter the 125cc class has a lot of content.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Thank you, sir! 😊
thanks, im no sir though lol, just another bloke with an obsession lol 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
An awesome list too bad he didn't mention a desert bike in the list, the Husqvarna and Hodaka's especially, I never seen a Bridgestone in the states, but I did see and ride a Sachs and Bultaco the Bultaco was like wrestling a steer in the sand. There was so many good dirt bikes in the 70's. Maybe a good Enduro , trail and desert bike list should be in the works. There was some amazing riders as well.
I had to stop somewhere mate 🙂 There should be a Bultaco special soon though. I am working on a collaboration so it might take a while but it is underway . Cheers for watching. Ride Free 🙂
2 stroke nostalgia it465 , r d400 ,kx500
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Miss the deep growl of the h2 750 till the powerband hits !
truly great bikes
Damb I want the GT 250 engine vibration sound for a ringtone I miss that awesome sound
lol, have a great weeke mate
I would like to have a screen shot of that Bultaco brochure.
not got the whole thing but you are welcome to catch what you can from the video, i have a friend too :-)
so if there is anything specific, drop me a line via the website and i will send you what i can
@@barebonesmc I can only take a screen shot when the video is on 1/2 a page mode. It would be a very low grade screen shot. My screen shot app says to hit the Microsoft logo key shift then +S and it will take a screen shot .. but it won't capture it then
@@mikeskidmore6754 message me here with a reminder and your email and i will sort it :-)
My Kawasaki tripple’s CDI was un-shielded and would scramble the readout of the police radar guns.
PMSL
@@barebonesmc an officer waved me over to show me. I was looking at his radar gun as I reved the bike. The red led readout was flashing what looked like rapid fire Chinese characters!
@@tedecker3792 i wish i would have known that trick lol
I changed the two strokes in the early seventies my first two stroke was an Elsinore 250 that was 45 years ago I'm still riding at CR500 at 61!!! Never 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑!!!
Great comment🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Bring strokers back. Best years ever.
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
They are out there, but you better have a big wallet! Langen has a 250cc v-twin, while Salt has a 300cc single street bike.
@@fredtracy3931 hadnt come across the Salt 🙂
@@barebonesmc it's made in Australia, and it's KTM powered. Google Salt Motorcycles, and/or type Salt KTM 300 into UA-cam, you will be intrigued!
Cheers, mate
@@fredtracy3931 i already have lol
Great video!
🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
fantastic loved every minute
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
I had two of the craziest two strokes ever built...one mentioned here (I assume), the '72 H2 750 Kawasaki and one not mentioned...a '69/'70 Bonanza mini bike with the Hodaka 100cc 5 speed motorcycle engine in it. it had a top speed of 60 mph and would pull wheelies at that speed.
great bikes, the H2 was in this one i did before though, ua-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/v-deo.html 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Very interesting. It would be good if you continued the story about Bridgestone, I heard that the other Japanese manufacturers were so worried about them producing bikes they forced them to stop by saying they would not buy their tyres. In those days the Japanese tyres were terrible anyway.
I heard the same story
there was a sort of ENFORCED agreement with the government intervening at one point it seems, it did get a bit silly in the end i think, and as with any other countries, power struggles can get messy 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
@@barebonesmc I know someone who’s got a Bridgestone 350 twin I think it is? but he won’t sell it me, but I’ll keep badgering him🥴 I didn’t realise until speaking to him a few years ago that Bridgestone had made bikes, then he told me the story and he had one 🫣
@@G0ogs it is an intrigueing story
I learnt to ride on a hotted up GT750. Perhaps not the best bike to learn on...
great bikes but yep, not a learner bike🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
cut my biking teeth on my mates hustler at the ripe old age of 14! thanks les. went on to own many gt250s,550s and 380s, my fave being a dunstall gt550 closely followed by my black gt380,that one had le sport race spannies and wailed like skewered banshie,oh hell those days were fun!
Wild days, and even wilder nights 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Yep on a boring old zr7 kwack now,can't afford a stroker now. I remember when I got my second gt550 for parts for the dunstall it cost me £100 and the guy delivered it! All standard black with gold lining and it came with three rebored barrels and pistons and rings! Being old and infirm that would be impossible to even contemplate rebuilding now,was knackered doing the fuel guage wiring last week,took two days to get over it! Done 130 miles last Saturday,as the sun was out I thought it rude not to!! Keep the shiny side up! Hope you're like me,ride it not polish it,had it's day in the showroom now it's time to work! Mines just 300 or so miles from 70k and still likes to stretch her legs on a nice day!
@@derrickmanning2597 cleaning bikes is not my forte lol and i seem to have an expanding collection of bikes with odd different panels lol, no time to get the Vstrom resprayed before we go on tour, so ill get the sticker bag out 🙂 last MOT the tester said "what colour do i call it now then?"
I am old enough to remember when the Suzuki RM 370 was considered a monster of a bike that could get you killed.
the 250 was a handful lol
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?
Barebones bro I traded on my ninja 250 for a 1993 honda nt400!!! 15 thousand original miles. I bloody love it!!!! Everything is stock, including the damn beeping indicators lmao
sounds like you are having fun already 🙂 Cheers for the support mate. Ride Free 🙂
.. Nice vid,.. However, WOT ,.. !!!! No mention of an RG500 or CR500,.. Tut-tut ,.. 🙃😉
The RG500 got its mention in the Dangerous bikes video, and the CR500 will find its place sometime :-) 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I have a friend who I'm describing an engine to. The design of it isn't the absolute best, except it will have the absolute best performance of every four cylinder two cycle engine. My estimate of how much horsepower it will quite incredible. In the event that I build them, at six horsepower per cubic inch, it will be producing 960 horsepower. Were it about produce 10 hp per cube, that will be 1540. I know I'll be able to do this because of the design of it. It will be the first successful turbocharged two cycle engine. How am I able to have that engine produce that much power? No, I won't be divulging that information. I'll only do that with my good friends. They won't tell my secret to any other person. I'm able to trust them because I know they won't lie to me. I'm able to type that it will combine the attributes of both a two and four cycle engines. What else is there to type about it that will be less consequential? Of all piston engines, this one will have the absolute least amount of friction. One more time, this is an incredible secret. It will have a dry sump oiling system for it, which I designed. I hope all of you are having an excellent night. B'bye.
you cant just leave it at that lol. youve got to give us a bit more :-) good luck
Get me some castor bean oil in a two turner, and it don’t get no better than that 🤔🏆
thanks for your support 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. Ride Free 🙂
Outstanding ❤
Welcome aboard mate, enjoy the ride and cheers for the support
Kawi made a triple 250 cc. It was cool and fast.
the 250's are here ua-cam.com/video/--s1H54GhMk/v-deo.html what you might not know, is the earlier A1 Samurai twin, was actually faster than the later 250 triples 🙂 progress eh 🙂
I think you know if you put 2 strokes on a T-shirt it attracts attention, when you send them abroad do they contain a warning for the language or do foreigners understand?
lol, someone will have an answer 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
What about the CR500 R
great bikes, I had to stop somewhere though mate, they will find their place at some point 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Now that's an S1C the blue tank job being ridden through the yank countryside.
I once owned one, far too underrated as well because your average rider chose an RD, totally characterless compared to the Kawasaki.😅
they were BOTH great bikes, just different. out of the crate the S1 maybe had the edge, but the RD was just easier to tune and handled better, so it was always the winner on track. and sorry but me and a whole host of others would argue the RD could NEVER be described as characterless. as I said though, BOTH great bikes. hope you will climb aboard mate, there is a whole playlist of 2 stroke videos as well as the others 🙂 have a great weekend
You left out the Suzi RGs and the Aprilia RS
i did say check the other videos before moaning lol, the gamma is in the dangerous bikes video here ua-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/v-deo.html and the RS in the ton up 250s video here ua-cam.com/video/--s1H54GhMk/v-deo.html
My 250 BSA 250 singles are much easier to ride and easy to get parts for as well.
great bikes, C15's? I had a TR 25 for a while long ago, the the 2 BSA A7's that I loved 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Just give me a Kawasaki 500 or 750 triple with chambers.... I'll be in heaven!
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
I used to have a Suzuki GT250 X7 1979 in Blue
my mate had an X7 when I had my 350 LC, so you can imagine the mischief we got up to im sure lol, wild days 🙂
@@barebonesmc thats funny, my pal had an RD LC 250
@@6AlphaMikeCharlie9 they came in pairs lol, I was off to pick up a Plastic Fantastic KH250 with the full Dyson body kit, and a mars bar 350LC had come in while i went to get the money, so i left with the LC instead 🙂
380 super cool
i think the 380 was my favourite of the Suzuki triples
Have yo reviewed the Yamaha SC 500? It was 😳😳
No, that one has slipped under my radar, cheers, ive made a note 🙂Cheers for watching and for the comment mate. Ride Free 🙂
no mention of the 500 gamma
it was featured in the dangerous motorcycles video here ua-cam.com/video/gYetZtEpPcM/v-deo.html
Really enjoyed this video (don't I always?) & the Gilera NGR 250 at the end showed just how good their technology was, if not their marketing. The audio was pure 2 stroke porn - wonderful!
Gilera went through a real purple patch, the NGR the RC600 and the Nordwest, and the list goes on,🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
Grate video and grate video style
Its kot klikbait like most but pure facts and genuene intrest
Learned alot
Also
2 stroke power makes greta sour
@@tvexpert_xd2388 lol
glad you enjoyed it mate, theres plenty more on the channel and more coming, the best sounding 2 stroke will be coming soon to follow the 4 strokes video i did last week, have a great day
I own a rd400
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
i have a 500 cc v twin two stroke engine i want to put it into a bike i built it back in 1988 and i want to build a yz 750 cc v twin two stroke engine
thats a higher level of engineering skill than me for sure 🙂
I bought a yamaha i T 425 it was hideous to start and was a hideous ride the bibe was quite short so all it did was wheely the front wheel was never on the ground it was also almost impossible to jet to run right. They made it a 465 quite quickly I never rode one of them i hope it was better then the 425 cc bike
if i remember the IT was sort of a Trials bike, so i guess it was sort of made to do daft stuff on one wheel lol
I wish I had a 90hp and 180 kilos (130 kilos would be really lightweight IMO) Yamaha RD500LC v4 instead of my 145hp and 209Kg dry weight 1990 Yamaha fzr 1000 exup, which I think it's high quality. Ideal for fast highways but too heavy for the street or narrow and curvy roads.
BTW...
Did you ever commented about the 20 valves, plus one, 1002cc fzr motorbikes?
I wish I had both, the 1984 two stroke sportbike and the 1990 highway bike which is not a sportbike.
Can you imagine a 150 kilograms and 500cc v4, 750cc v6 (or 1000cc v8 better yet) two stroke sportbike these days?
I imagine 40 years later a streetbike with twice the engine of the RD500LC, 180hp instead of 90, in the frame of the lightest 2024 sportbike.
How do you guys see a 180hp 1000cc v8 two stroke made from 54.5x54 125cc engines?
Better yet a v4, 150hp but good torque from four 250 two stroke engines?
Would he even better a two cylinder 1000cc made from two Kawasaki kx500, for only 130hp?
Why not a two stroke 2000cc spirtbike v8 beast for both maximum power and maximum torque for a 200 kg total weight including 20 kilos from around 30 liters of gasoline?
Damn politicians who banned celestial two stroke big engines!
A 2000cc four stroke, a 1000cc turbo engine or a hybrid gasoline plus electric would be more complex, expensive, worse in performance and range from being heavier, for the same amount of power and torque than a 1000cc two stroke.
me too, but you have to love the EXUP 🙂 a legend of a bike that has to become a classic at some point
@barebonesmc Yes. I will keep the exup in good shape forever. A good investment. I guess that it will be sold by my descendants.
@@josemariatrueba4568 ive got 2. one fairly standard, one very much not, lots of YZF750 bits but being honest, i rarely take them out these days, the Vstrom is just more comfy 2 up, and faster than i am lol
@@barebonesmc Great to see that you've got two Exup. Mine is the 1990 model, same ad the 1989 model. Is blue, black and white with the Mickey mouse mirrors and beautiful golden exhaust pipe.
I've modified several things. See my other comment.
BTW...
Where can I find to rear seat cover for riding single?
Sorry that I don't know the right name fir that part.
I'm Spaniard from Bilbao at the northern coast near France.
@@josemariatrueba4568 89 was the best year, i have the later RU upside down forks on one of mine now, but the originals were better to be honest. the "seat cowl" i have on my standard one is the original Yamaha part, finding them now is not easy, it is just a matter of endless searching of 2nd hand parts bins. in the last 4 or 5 years i think i only remember seeing 2 on ebay so it might be a long search, and in case i havent said it already, welcome my friend, i know Bilbao. we stayed in Asturias and then in Vallejo de Manzenado on our last tour, love the area of North Spain
Yamaha >RA31A/V4/2-Ts/Two(2)-Stroke/125©©/👉Yamaha->GTS-1000cc/Four(4)Stroke/Cagiva-Mito->125©©/Two(2)Stroke/2-Ts
great bikes 🙂 Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
RZ350 bikini fairing, then a RZ350R, and a short time as flipped it...an RZ500. Miss them more than my ex
lol 🙂Cheers for watching mate. Ride Free 🙂
@@barebonesmc WR250R now....exploring Oz
enjoy it 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!
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.
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 🙂
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
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 🙂
Rz
great bikes which one? 🙂 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 🙂
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.
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
Outstanding, thank you 👍
Very welcome
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
Suzuki stole MZ technology about combined disc-valve induction with expansion-chamber exhausts...and then they won in the 50cc class out of nowhere.
indeed, a complicated story 🙂Cheers for adding your bit mate. 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 🙂
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 🙂
My favorite is suzuki tm 400 , just bad ass ,and just a little crazy
just a little crazy :-)
it got an honourary mention here too ua-cam.com/video/Wr8WXCbu4xQ/v-deo.html
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 🙂
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 🙂