2 strokes; Noisy smelly unreliable things or the very soul of motorcycling?

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Re: 2 strokes; Noisy smelly unreliable things or the very soul of motorcycling?

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Yorick wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2024 8:14 pm
Skub wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2024 8:10 pmNice crackle.
And pop :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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Skub wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2024 8:40 pm
Yorick wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2024 8:14 pm
Skub wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2024 8:10 pmNice crackle.
And pop :obscene-birdiedoublered:

Couldn't resist :D
Snap!
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Re: 2 strokes; Noisy smelly unreliable things or the very soul of motorcycling?

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Sounds just like my Ariel Leader. Just hasn’t learned to smoke like a grown-up yet.
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Re: 2 strokes; Noisy smelly unreliable things or the very soul of motorcycling?

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I like RSD stuff normally and Go dknowz i love an air cooled RD, but there's something, or a few things, about that I don't particularly like. The drilled head fins for one and I think its clash of fork and body colour? I'd still take it though. Matt black it and i'm happy!
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Re: 2 strokes; Noisy smelly unreliable things or the very soul of motorcycling?

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Any takers...

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If two-strokes hadn't been a technicality to get round the capacity restrictions in Grand Prix I reckon they'd have died out in the 60s with the Bantam. That said I do enjoy my 350LC, but mainly for its nostalgia value. Plenty of bikes are faster, better handling and easier to live with.
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Re: 2 strokes; Noisy smelly unreliable things or the very soul of motorcycling?

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Dodgy69 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:45 pm Any takers...

Saw that on a Henry Cole program. About 34 minutes in for a brief ride.

https://www.itv.com/watch/the-motorbike ... a9745a0062
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Re: 2 strokes; Noisy smelly unreliable things or the very soul of motorcycling?

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Having spent the day working on the VFR I miss the simplicity and ease of maintenance of a simple 2 stroke single or twin.
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Re: 2 strokes; Noisy smelly unreliable things or the very soul of motorcycling?

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Suter, from 2018



HAs anybody else recently developed a high power 2T bike more recently?
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