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No offense to Kawasaki, Suzuki and KTM, but their combined motocross bike sales didn’t equal one-half of the numbers put up by Yamaha and Honda. In the battle for showroom dominance, the CR and YZ were the main players in 2004
If Suzuki never stopped making two-strokes
“The Rock” and his 19-year career. 18 of those being on two-strokes
There’s something special about the men who could handle the explosive power of a 500cc two-stroke
The 2004 CR125 engine made four horsepower less than the KTM 125SX and at 10,500 rpm it was more than a seven horsepower adrift
The best bike of McGrath’s career
One of the best-looking KTM smokers we have ever built
Jamie Ellis, Dean Dickenson & Mitch Payton put our KTM, Husky & Yamaha 125s on remedial speed therapy — with video and something called “words”
We test Brett Metcalfe’s 2005 Yamaha of Troy YZ125 when it was the only smoker left on the track
This is a one of a kind
Top Pro’s on an old RM125
Honda was a victim of its own two-stroke success
James Stewart made easy work of the 125 class in the 2004 Nationals on his tried-and-true KX125. If he could, why couldn’t we on a Pro Circuit RM125?
Jeremy’s last factory two-stroke
This two-stroke CR125 turned into a fire breathing CR139. This is one of the fastest big-bore 125’s around
MXA tests the 2005 big wheel RM85
Exploding hubs, broken shocks and transmissions coming apart
“The worst business decision that KTM ever made was to buy the Dutch-based WP suspension company”
Ferry was one of the first factory riders to make the switch from a two-stroke to four-stroke
From 1997 to 1999, the KX250 was the Bike of the Year. Unfortunately, from 2000 on, the KX250 took a back seat to its competition
Full titanium and carbon fiber
The rider that has won a 500cc, 250cc and 125cc championship
“The other MXA guys started to refer to my KX125 project bike as the ‘green unicorn.’ I told them that it would be finished soon and then they’d be sorry. I lied!”
McGrath, Townley, Laninovich, Langston, Hughes, Boniface, Metcalfe and Rodrigues
Who thought the 2005 YZ125 would be basically the same 16 years later
By 2001, Kevin raced a Kawi, Yamaha, Honda & Suzuki
Everything a smoker should be
Reed valves act as one-way backwash check valves for the slop in your two-stroke carburetion
An updated KX500 with Kayaba SSS forks and a hydraulic clutch
Is this bike to blame for Grant’s erratic performances in 2003?