TWO-STROKE TUESDAY: IN THE PITS

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Motocross started with two-strokes—actually it started with four-strokes, but from 1966 until 1998 two-strokes reigned supreme. The were lighter, cheaper and made more power per cc. Times have changed, but the two-stroke lives. It is only natural that all sorts of bikes came out of the woodwork for the 2016 World Two-Stroke Championship. Classic bikes that normally wouldn’t have been seen at the racetrack in decades lined up to relive their glory days. Lets take a look at some premix machines.

More for show than racing. Here is a 1991 KX125.

Vintage Iron’s Rick Doughty brought out this custom YZ250.

1995 YZ250.

1987 Honda CR500                       
1989 CR500.

1974 Maico 400.

Willy Simons, Jr. got a factory ride for the weekend through the Italian TM importer.

1981 Maico 490.

Everett Berry races his 1974 Husqvarna.