MEGASGAS: 700CC TWO-STROKE SUPERMOTO!

[KungFooBob]

This must be practically unrideable unless you have some superhuman skillz...

https://www.bikebound.com/2023/09/19/megagas/





I especially like the swingarm!

[Yorick]

Gizza go mister

[MrLongbeard]

[Count Steer]

It's quite a small exhaust for that size engine.

[ChrisW]

I'm guessing he wanted it to be loud

Be interesting to see a dyno graph.

[MyLittleStudPony]

I'm not sure that will help us achieve Net Zero.

[ChrisW]

It's quite a small exhaust for that size engine.

It looks like a 50cc Derbi silencer!

[Demannu]

Having been to many a w/c sidecar race (ok, 1), those engines are tuned for torque not outright hp.
Cr500s used to kick out 65+ ponies 20+ years ago, it was the 50ftlb of torque that made them scary!
My cr250 was a peaky little thing, but with only 40ish hp it was never scary.
Round out local track I was a good 10s quicker on my 250 than when I borrowed a 500. It was either wheelspin or wheelie everywhere!

Dont like the swingarm on the megastars btw!

And it's too high!

[demographic]

There's been variations of that powerplant kicking about for yonks, Maico, Zabel and another name I can't remember. MTH?
Pheumatic powervalve thats opened by exhaust gas pressire.
All bottom end and from what I heard, more sutible for sidecars.

[Taipan]

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[Screwdriver]

Sorry I just can't get past the name. I mean is it supposed to be a pun on GasGas? Me GasGas? Bit Essex. Mega S Gas? Makes no sense.

Surely Megagasgas is the more obvious pun?

[KungFooBob]

Yeah, they put that motor in grasstrack sidecars and some karts. The write up says it doesn't have a balancer so it's 'mega' vibey.

The manufacturer quotes 84hp.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

People get a bit over excited about big single cylinder two strokes, generally they're all torque and no revs, I don't think the cylinder scavenging on them is great and a cylinder under 200cc works better.

[Whysub]

Not too many 2 strokes in hillclimbing, but there is always one.