two-stroke

More special edition models from Husqvarna are coming to a local dealer near you! This time they are in the form od a TE300 two-stroke and FE350 4-stroke. See all the official details and images from Husqvarna below: Husqvarna Mobility…
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If you haven't seen our October 2024 printed magazine yet here is a look at the cover bike! This Yamaha YZ125 build started right after test rider Jacob Tilley qualified for the 2024 Mammoth Mountain Motocross held the end of June every…
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In the small-bore two-stroke world the easiest way to make more power is with additional displacement which is exactly where the term " No replacement for displacement" came from. When fuel injection is involved on a two-stroke this can get…
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KTM has officially announced the 2025 300 XC-W Factory Edition based of the same machine that factory rider Trystan Hart has been dominating the AMA U.S. Hard Enduro Series on . The bike features a laundry list of aftermarket parts topped…
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Jay Clark has a “Dirt Bike Addiction” and we are ok with helping feed that addiction because it usually makes for some pretty good stories. This is one of those exact instances. On this week's 2-Stroke Tuesday we take a quick look at a very…
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You are correct in thinking that Suzuki hasn’t produced a competition two-stroke motorcycle in almost two decades now, and the last time we asked, they said they had no plans in firing up production. Twisted Development decided to show…
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This 2000 Honda CR125 was originally a budget build that we did almost 9 years ago now. We could never get it to run all that great but didn't have the time to troubleshoot it correctly until now. We enlisted the help of project bike…
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For this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday , we take a look at Rick Johnson's iconic 1984 YZ250. This is the bike that he won the championship on that year, and it set the tone for things to come because it was a production-based bike. By 1984,…
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On this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday we give you look back at Tyler Bowers' Kawasaki KX500 build with an early '90s theme appropriately named "The Unit." Bowers had lots of help with this build but was right there getting his hands dirty every…
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Last year KTM introduced a redesigned 50cc and 65cc SX model, for 2025 they are introducing a redesigned 85cc SX model featuring a new frame, subframe, airbox, rear shock, and all new styling. See the official photos and information…
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On this week's 2-Stroke Tuesday we take a closer look at test rider Carson Brown's Twisted Development custom built Suzuki RM300cc race machine.  This is one of the most unique machines that has ever been raced at the 2-Stroke World…
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We are the first ones to admit that sometimes we go a little overboard on project bike builds. On this week's 2-Stroke Tuesday we give you a quick look at our latest KTM125 Off-Road project. For this years 3-Bros 10 Hour Endurance Race held…
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The rumors are true Husqvarna has just announced  an all new TC 85 for 2025 featuring an all new chassis, engine updates, new WP shock, new styling and more. See the official release and images from Husqvarna below: For 2025,…
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Surprise, surprise Gas Gas has just introduced their 2025 Dual-Sport and Enduro models (headlight models) with a bunch of updates ! Below is the official release and imaged from Gas Gas directly. GASGAS certainly means business when…
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The last time Yamaha produced an open class 2-stroke it was raced by Damon Bradshaw and Doug Dubach in the 500cc Outdoor National and it was air-cooled ! What would it look like if Yamaha made a modern day big-bore two-stroke? We think it…
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Jay Clark is the mad man behind some of our builds at Dirt Bike Magazine. Before we hit the studio for some photos we did a walk around on the bike that Jay built for us. It's our 2024 Husqvarna TE300 Two Stroke. The frame has been powder…
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WE BRING A 200 HOUR KTM BACK TO LIFE! We got a little throttle happy with our 2023 KTM 300 XC-W test bike. To our surprise we managed to log almost 200 hours (191 to be exact) of trail time on the completely stock unit in about a seven…
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Factory Honda CR125 and CR250 race bikes of the late '90s are so iconic that people over two decades later are still paying tribute to them. This 1997 CR125 was built by Tim Sharp and although it's not a replica of Steve Lamson's factory…
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On this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday we give you a first look at studio images of a 1995/96 Honda CR250 project number two in the mix of five that Jay Clark is building and he gives us some insight in his own words below. "For those that…
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Dirt Bike Magazine tested the 2024 Yamaha YZ250 two stroke on a rough track in the desert. You already saw the test video but we wanted to share the helmet cam footage that our rider Jared Hicks was able to capture. Enjoy! 
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