I hear Aprilia is bringing an RS125 back for 09 with some "clean" 2 smoke tech. I guess it's similar to what Evindrude was doing with the outboard motors.
This is the closest I've gotten to 2-stroke action lately.
A guy let me ride his RM65 mini-motard after my 4-stroke chinese bike shit the bed. There were some bad ass 85's out there too. I'm really wanting to replace the chinese junk with a 65 from the big 4.
Here is a Daytona Special that passed through my hands... only to split a beagle open and endo into oblivion... leaving my buddy battered and stunned on the side of the road... as he blindly fumbled to gather the pieces strewn about the roadside...:_confused1:
The first time I rode a KX500 it was a fire-breathing monster! I remember throwing rooster tails 30 ft in the air all the way through 3rd with the front end lofting about a foot-n-a-half above the earth. Scared the holy flying lizards out of me.
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The first time I rode a KX500 it was a fire-breathing monster! I remember throwing rooster tails 30 ft in the air all the way through 3rd with the front end lofting about a foot-n-a-half above the earth. Scared the holy flying lizards out of me.
-crisp
Yeah the KX500 is in a class of it's own. You need a lot of room to be able to enjoy one of those.
Mine is only 100cc's and although it's considered a minicrosser, it's still a wild ride. The front end doesn't like to stay planted at all. It's like a pit bike on steroids.
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My first two bikes were two-strokes. Both Bridgestones. First was a mountain 90, second was a 200cc scrambler. Neither was very fast, but they were very quick. I wish I still had 'em. Google pics:
Only two-strokes I've ridden were a few CR's, YZ's, KX's, RM's of various displacements. Badass scooters, hopefully I get a chance to ride a two-smoker street bike some day
Only two-strokes I've ridden were a few CR's, YZ's, KX's, RM's of various displacements. Badass scooters, hopefully I get a chance to ride a two-smoker street bike some day
If you make your way out to the Buckeye State sometime... give me a holler. EVERYONE should at least EXPERIENCE an RG at some point in their life! (Well... not EVERYone...)
My first two bikes were two-strokes. Both Bridgestones. First was a mountain 90, second was a 200cc scrambler. Neither was very fast, but they were very quick. I wish I still had 'em. Google pics:
^^^ My FIRST BIKE! A 50cc Honda "RACCOON" (Air cooled two-stroke)
At LEAST it was the right color!
I rode it until it seized! (Cut hole in airbox without fuel compensation... it ran lean and LOCKED UP one day! DOH!)
DEFINITELY will do! I was SO tempted Sunday afternoon when I shot those photos... but it was 37* and dropping fast as the sun set, and I didn't have a little tripod to set up the shot. I haven't posted sound/vid yet... use photobucket for pics. What's my best vid clip post method here?
Man, that CART scares the holy cannoli out of ME! I took a 125 shifter for a whirl, and about soiled my Levi's in the first few rips through the paddle shifters... the contact with the pavement was magnetic, but the handling was so immediate, I couldn't keep it in a controlled straight line!
There was an article about a guy who put a Rick Lance Gamma motor in a quad... I think "Banshee" or something... and it was told to be a beast.
If you make your way out to the Buckeye State sometime... give me a holler. EVERYONE should at least EXPERIENCE an RG at some point in their life! (Well... not EVERYone...)
-crisp
Funny you should say that, I'm moving to Cleveland next fall
You anywhere close?
DEFINITELY will do! I was SO tempted Sunday afternoon when I shot those photos... but it was 37* and dropping fast as the sun set, and I didn't have a little tripod to set up the shot. I haven't posted sound/vid yet... use photobucket for pics. What's my best vid clip post method here?
-crisp
Do it as a video & then you can post it on Utube or any of those type of sites .
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