Classic 2 Strokes For Sale

Never got mine to 100mph best I got was 98 but I wasn’t a racing whippet still quicker than an RD which was all that mattered . The LC 250 was a genuine 100mph bike but out of my price range

I had a GT 250 m and a X7 the old GT was faster and handled better ,the X7 was quicker to 60 but very skittish especially on bumpy roads ,both were great fun though 👍

X7 and RD200 We’re thee bikes on my estate Microns KnN and Castrol R” Wow the memory

I hade one of the Frist ones in the country 1978 s reg went off the clock so prob did the ton .rd s were no match even the 400 rd were left standing . £7"20 new great bike

Had one 110mph with microns kept up with a tuned LC250?

Bike magazine took one from the dealer and tested it through timing lights. It did manage 101mph. The only modification they did was to take the mirrors off. Some were quicker than others but most would top 100mph unless they’d been messed up. The earlier GT did have a stiffer frame. The RD also had a stiffer frame and handled a bit better but the X7 had the edge on speed.

I had a GT 250A . On the clock it would do a ton but not sure how close it was .like to think it was but probably not .

The mk1 would do over 100mph so they restricted the mk2 because of the authorities complaints about leaners being able to ride them, I owned both in the day.

I just wanted to be the 100th comment.

A std bike with a skinny rider would get close, mine when tuned topped the ton but drank fuel like it was on a Rugby tour.

Wasn't the earlier 250 hustler and 60s models capable of 100

Never got the opportunity to try one flat out but seeing as my considerablely heavier RD would get to around 98 on the clock lying on the tank it wouldn't surprise me in the right conditions the X7 would manage a true 100mph. Great bike though, could get a little flighty when the road surface wasn't perfectly smooth.

I loved my one and it was quick and responsive straight out the box but me being me I just had to have it improved, ported, reeds, carbs, micron racing pipes, good lord it was loud and I loved that too. It was known as the quickest 250 around and gave most of my mates big bikes of 750/1000cc a good run for the money and was easily and more flickable round the country roads than theirs and often arrived at the next pub stop first. Sometime after its demise I tried to recapture that time and picked up myself an RGV250 but sadly no the old X7 was far better.

Had one when ah was 17. microns . racing reeds gear d up finale drive Jack d up at the back with ace bars great wee light fast for doing circuit s round the local town then the lc comes out. end of air cool d two strokes everybody goes 4 stroke.always had spare plugs and plug key a must with a two stroke

Had a Terry Beckett tuned one that ran 13.5 quarter miles @ 105mph and around 120 flat out if it hadn’t already blown a piston before then 😂

I had a T reg one in the 1980's. Tuned it, Micron exhausts and K n N filters. Was faster than an RG 250 MK1. Handling was diabolical, it used to wheelie in third gear off the throttle!!

Mine did, once. Uphill on the Ross on Wye bypass. Could never understand why it wouldn't do it on the way down. Great bike but with a pillion it was a one wheeler. 🤣🤣🤣

They would do a true 101 mph, but it was very easy to get 110 on the speedo when on track

The first ones to arrive at our Birmingham Dealership were exceptionally fast, but very lightweight and with a marked powerband. I rode one and was concerned that novices could go straight onto one. Within a week we had bulletins from Suzuki about "depowering" them. Most sold from that batch were written off very quickly.

I had a GT 250 L then bought an x7 brand new in 1979 ..it was much better handling best I ever saw was 104 on the clock ...my friend had a GT 250 B ...x7 would fly past on acceleration but by 90 the old bike would come past...funny thing is I also owned a GSX 250 ..four stroke ...slower on acceleration than x7 ...but saw 100 on the clock 10 times more than the x7

I’m sure the early X7’s on the Suzuki press fleet had all been tweaked. My X7 was quick off the 🚦 lights but would run out of steam in top gear. I remember when the LC 250 hit the streets I was neck and neck until about 80 and the LC’s would pull away.

Flat on the tank, downhill and with a tail wind my speedo showed 100mph on mine, so probably a true 95 ! 🤣

I had two X7s back in the day 1983, first bike was an early model JAH 583V with Black Chrome Microns, Carbs up jetted with K & Ns sounded amazing, Very quick, easy to wheelie and did a lot of that 😊 flat out on the tank just over a ton ish.

I seem to remember it used to lise power when hot because the exhaust port bridge siezed on the piston, so I filed mine slightly concave

I had the Gt250 and the X7 also which was definitely much quicker and so much lighter in feel. Definitely topped the 100 mph mark and felt quicker after fitting alspeeds and jetting and tune

This must have been one of the very last ads for the 185 as the GT200 X5 came out in 79. I’ve got an X5 and it’s fun to ride though it’s not very quick and the brakes aren’t great. I think the 185 was a bit quicker as it was more tuned but also a bit more likely to go ‘bang’ than the X5.

From the golden era of motorbikes. The late 70s was the beginning of a great age of biking, when two strokes were plentiful, fast and relatively affordable. We had no idea back then how lucky we were! That ad makes me want to buy one today!

I had one I pretended was a 125 it was great at the time Handled like a wheelbarrow with a flat tyre the brakes were non existent oh and the electrics had a mind of their own Great fun

It's too bad one of the big 4--or anyone--can't (or won't) make a small fuel-injected 'clean' two-stroke street bike for today's market.

I had one in 1980. Bought it as an insurance write off from a friend for 40 quid. Got it back on the road, did the job properly, and it was a superb little bike.

My GT50 could hit 80kph with two of us on it. Awesome little bikes

Remember having a bit of race with a mate with my cb175 mine was about a mile an hour faster

always wondered why it was a 185 And not a 200 - suzuki liked odd capacities like the GT380 instead of 350 or 400 was it something to do with insurance brackets?

I had one great little bike 🏍

I had a 73 model in 1977 a great bike

Had one new from Eddy Grimsteads , about 380.00, VYK 38 M , Early Drumbrake model , in Blue ,wish I had kept it, faultless , but was fussy on being tuned ,

Great bike my first one 1973 £330 new.

Until it holes a piston. I had one and holed three pistons, all on the same piece of road, the dual carriageway between Guisborough and Middlesbrough. after days out at Whitby. I raced an X7 later and never had a single engine issue.

Loved my 185, had ace bars on it and sounded so good with microns on it

Had a GT125 little screamer loved it

1st bike best£80 I ever spent

First bike SWK680R

not fast enough to get ronson out of jail

Got this about 1 1/2 years back and paid more than double that and it didn’t even run, great fun and has now done over a thousand miles no problems

Motorcycle marketing these days is non existent.

Mark Adams

Confusing about claimed power output coz IMHO (as all JDM 250s) it would have been limited to 45bhp, and if JDM-only so from what sales market would a different claimed bhp come from? (Not claiming 60 isn't possible, but wondering what is the "official" source)

I build a KR1R from orginal KR1S over 25 years ago for street , being very fast, and a friend are Scandinavian classic 250 champion 2023 and 2024 with that same. Have all info of these bikes.

30 years ago I had an ex-race KR1 which was mental but fun on the road. Never knew there was a KR1R till today.

...That's a good looking bike!

My first bike after getting back on a bike( last bike new Suzuki GS1000 1978) Had one of the last KR1S made ,after 2 years it was stolen.Then Suzuki RGV 250 & finally aprilia RS 250 before moving onto larger cc bikes.

I had 3 KR1s.Loved every one of.them.bring them to back please.

Never seen a R before, but I must I like it

I know where there's one still in its original crate...

I had one back in the day mine was green and white

Great bike

I . Those were the days .🏍️🏁⚡☠️🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴‍☠️

KR 150

I would argue my old KR1-SP was rarer. "In New Zealand, specifically for production racing, the Sports Production (SP/C3A) variant of the S model was produced. In very limited numbers, (less than 12 units) the SP was the based on a 'S' model and fitted with the 35 mm carburetors from the R model, and modified cylinder porting and compression ratio."

I have genuine KR1R, D1 1989 and a KR1S C1 1989. Beyond carbs, cylinders, CR gearbox there are lots of subtle differences. On the road the R feels quicker and the growl from the bigger carbs is louder and deeper. Top speed is higher on the S as you would expect with the different gearing.

Yessir

Richard Bellamy Never knew about this one! 👊

Michael Lewis Gallant that bike again

Jojo, tohle byla svého času velmi dobrá motorka od klasického japonského výrobce motorek, Kawasaki se tahle motorka fakt povedla a je nádherná

Came out the club in the 90s a lil bit urrm let's say nutted on happy pills and my pal took me to a after party on the back of his oh my days what a ride that was

Had the ‘S’ that was fast and sharp enough for me. 🤣

I club raced the RGV and in my perception have the KR1 55hp and the KR1S 59hp! Lesser wouldn’t do it against the 58hp strong RGV and 63hp on the upped version with both exhausts on the right side, while Aprilia claimed 70hp for basically the same engine.

Shaun Scarborough-Lunn

Paul Graham . 🤪

Maurice Hausmann

Curtis Wilemsberg

Woah....I thought they were bringing it back out for a second. Enjoy your walk

NEVER had a problem with the handling or stability in the 45 Years that I have been riding them . . .

Owned a ‘72 H2 750 for 21 yrs! I would disagree about the frame, suspension and great handling in the ad! Maybe they had better frames and suspension in ‘75! Prior to that it was grab ur nuts and pray you make it back alive! 🤓

Nothing wrong with their handling. If you want a light fast turning hike that is the compromise. People who say they handle badly cannot ride

A really fun bike. I own and ride a H2 in 20 years, No one died, no one chrash.

I found that if I kept the power on in bends on my H2B the frame remained taught and it handled very well, if I went into a bend and shut off then the frame flexed a bit and the handling suffered. The reality of it was if you had the bottle to ride it hard it handled. Don't blame the bike for being a crap rider!

At the time, it was not too bad. You can not compare with newer bikes. The thing is that there were a lot of bad hobby mechanix too.

Absolutely! Without handling and control, all that power goes to waste. True performance is about balance, and the handling and stability It’s what makes the ride unforgettable. #RideWithPrecision

This was how big powerful bikes n cars were. They had lots of power but frames, suspension n brakes that couldn't handle the power. Todays big n powerful bikes n cars come with race tech frames, suspension n brakes.

Too young for insurance let alone the Motorcycle. Kawasaki did great advertising at the Drive in Movies. Genius!!

Never had a problem even at 16 as long as I rode it a bit aggressively. Power on entering corners it stayed stable and accelerated hard out of them. Keeping the front tire grounded was the hardest thing to accomplish

Have to say the Yamaha RD's (400) had a reputation too I.e. lack of brakes which on 80's performance machines seemed to be a quiet common issue. My KH250 neither front nor back were brilliant.

Created history, that’s for sure.

My friend had one and I rode it a few times, terrifying. But I always thought that taking the drivetrain and putting it in a well manufactured frame would make it really fantastic.

Kawasaki made the best looking bikes in this period by far.

I would have to track down some unsuspecting heavy guy or girl the heavier the better and get them to sit on the back to help me with the high speed whobble the rear tire was always trying to pass the front tire lmao

Scariest bike that I ever rode on the back on, speed shifting hitting 110 MPH on city streets.

I have a H2

You need to believe in it like Tinkerbell in Peter Pan . Cause you sure as hell aren’t going to see it.

People Who can not drive and drive fourstrokes get away, they have trouble, I have H2s from 1973 an up No problem.

Had one. It was a trip.

J’ai eu un 500c je l’ai levé debout pa a peu prêt

The handling and stability was certainly something, not necessarily a good something! Powerbands are a thing!

"Groovy new styling..........." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 don't get me wrong the styling is fine, I just love the wording........🤣🤣❤️

What was the new price at that time ??

That's a bike when all the bits were in the right place and it looked like a bike. Had an RD 400E what a great bike.

Best bike I ever owned. Kept my brand new ‘75 under my bunkbed, I was just a kid.

Yes true

At least it looks like a bike and not a toy

I had one of them

Nice choice of bike rd250 or the 400

Chris, is this you? 😄🏍️🏍️🏍️

Tai Suzuki Bandit 1250

My yellow kenny roberts t-shirt was too small for me but I wore it out anyway

Gary Castle Adrian Moulsdale so true lol 😂 🥰

I get it

I had a RD400AC once upon a time..

Andrew McNeil

Phil Sherwood

Todd Horton

Jason McKechnie Martin McLaughlin Brandon Rankin

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James David Henry

RD 400

Kevin Luckhurst. Is this you? 😁

I saw the movie. Troy. Funny

Tai RD 350

Fa50 🙃

Me

Young Eddie Laycock and Alan Irwin there also

Travelled all over Europe watching him in 916 days. Fabulous performances and a multiple world champion. My lasting memory is that when he won, it was all Carl. When he didn’t, it was all Ducati. 🤷‍♂️

Probably the worst racer I've ever had the displeasure of meeting - all four times! W(anchor)

Is that the Appleby Glade RS he's on

Always saying it like it is - go to Moto GP and the bike ait up to it the tell them. In the day too many riders were too reticent due to contractual obligations- Carl always called it like it was. He elevated the determination of riders in WSB when it looked like a procession.

He also rode Frankie Chilli’s 500 Honda in a few GP’s in 1990

I saw him at Stars at Daley in the early 80s, he did one race , and won by nearly two laps ! that was one highlight, the other was the Honda RC30 ? was there , the one with the oval pistons !

He was and still is an absolute legend

One of my 3 favourite Brit riders along with Barry Sheene and James Whitham.

Alan Irwin and Eddie Laycock in the background…they were some serious pilots too.

Was quite anti-Fogarty for a wee while, thought he was a very "messy" rider, a bit of a bike breaker, and..............., he beat our Joey the wee bollocks. But then I started to look at what he was actually capable of and what he was achieving and started to respect him as a racer and then became a huge fan. Total commitment, total concentration, and hard as nails. Nice to see history now judging him with the respect and credit he so fully deserves. 👍

That's a racer's stare...you can see it in his eyes...the killer instinct...the determination to smoke all his rivals in that moment!

Back in the early 80s Carl certainly had the help he needed to get a start in racing. He was quiet of the bike. Very quick on it, the northern circuits and further a field was a great starting point. The meetings ACU star rounds and the Marlborough

We watched Carl at three sisters wearing his orange bib ,he was bloody quick then 😳

I remember his dad rollicking him at Oulton when he dropped his dad's Ducati.

Foggy let me have a ride on his Honda a few years ago. But it was on his Honda CRF 250 when we took him green laning around Derbyshire.

Remember the ducati 500 4 stroke at anitree , fast track that one

Was a pleasure to witness Carl riding quite some time back 🏍️ 👌

Back in the days of proper race bikes, rather than the overpriced proddie based culture of today.

Eddie Lacock behind foggy

Definitely the real deal, Foggy can stand tall in any company 😀

great rider !! marmite but i love marmite !! thanks for all the great races Foggy !!

As focused as ever!

Saw him at Classic Motorcycle Mechanic show.

Alan Irwin far right with I think Bob Wylie behind

My first motorcycle, left foot Brake right foot shift if I remember way back then correctly

Back in the day, It was said that Senor Bulto used only the finest Spanish mahogany for the bearings in Bultaco motorcycles.

Quick little bikes in their day

Those bikes went like a cut cat .

Don’t remember seeing one that was a road bike With lights

Tom Astl i brich oh

Motorcycle magazines back in the day were so amazing, nice share.

Would throw you off better than a horse.

True!!

Lol 😆

I used to fill my old 2T with a fag in my mouth. 😎

What are your pronouns?😁

These bikes were similar in power deliver as the H1 and H2 Kawasaki. Open the throttle and you better be ready to go. I had one of each back in the day. You want safe? Buy a Hodaka.

I have a 71 and a 74 tm400 I personally think the worst mx bike is a bit harsh for the time and $ and bang for your buck it’s obvious guys were going to be getting hurt yes the power comes on like a switch but mx is usually flat out this was just a lot more power than a lot of people had ever experienced. Could you imagine if you had a Time Machine and you gave riders of that time a new 450 it would be the same outcome.

When the ER calls on Sunday afternoon wondering what's holding you up.😂

Someone asked SuperHunky how to make his TM handle better. Hunky said, "jack up the gas cap and slide a Maico under it"

Crutches not included...

I had a 71 Suzuki TM 400 things happen real fast awesome power band

That bike was the orthopedic surgeon’s dream come true! A friend had an orange tanker, we swapped bikes one time, I had a CR125, I did one lap and waited for him to do several, I swear his bike was the two wheeled version of Christine, it was trying to kill me! A couple of weeks after riding my bike, he sold the TM and bought a CR250.

First year orange tank bike had a viscous CDI advance curve that made the power hard to control.. After that and all TM400s were considerably easier to ride if you installed a flywheel weight on the rotor

Rode a brand new one in seventy one . A real regular beast . I have ridden and owned a lot of big bores with the cyclone 🌀 being beastier than most .

TM/TS hybrid solved the nasty power band.

Well this explains a lot. Back in the day I had a 72 XL250 Honda. I stripped it down and worked on the suspension.and a pipe. In Milford CT. there was a small track next to a sand pit that my friends and I would go to. There were 2 guys on TM-400's and I decided to take them on. I couldn't believe it but I kept up with them for 2 laps. I gave up after 2 laps because I was getting beat up by the dirt and rocks the TM's were hitting me with.

Nerve skill and a huge lot of luck

Loved the 74 I had. Dropped a couple teeth off the counter sprocket, was a bear in the woods and hills. Easy to ride, hammer it and either be in front of the pack, or on hands and knees watching it fall over.😄 Had a friend owned an earlier one, throttle stuck open on a long slat rock hill, he was going about 70 and sound like a fighter jet when he landed in a pile. Week in the hospital.

Most people that were lucky enough to ride one could not control the power band. Personally, I enjoyed every second on that bike. If you were a thrill seeker, there’s not much it wouldn’t do except come out of a corner with the chain on. Lost most races by giving it too much throttle in the corners, bend the frame and end up chainless.

Friend of mine had one of these, crazy ,scary fast. Motor was great, frame was a piece of junk, kept breaking. He did a huge jump one day and the frame snapped in half, we all thought it was the coolest thing ever. He welded it back together, nasty welds all over the bike trying to keep it running. Great fun

Neighbor bought one. One of the neighbor kids wheelied over on gravel in one of the higher gears. Gas tank went higher than the power lines as the bike cartwheeled. Lots of road rash on that kid.

The scariest two stroke I ever tried, Hugh fast power band comes on instantly, handling was terrible, then came the Elsinore, toned it down but not to much, and the handling was like heaven, power band was also great, and I never had frame problems. I could wheelie forever, all thru the gears, had many Elsinore’s and never looked back. Follow the leader, they’re on a Honda. 😂

I raced one, added the heaviest aftermarket flywheel weight, and there was a weld on "bazooka" silencer available. It was quieter and tamed the powerband, made it a much better racer, still a beast though. Got my hands on a Maico after that, it felt like you were cheating, powerband and handling you didn't know existed.

Bought one as soon as they came out! A lot of fun and a fair amount of injuries!

My dad had a ‘71 TM400 (orange tanker) when I was about 16. I rode it more than he did. It had awesome power but handling and suspension were horrible.

Bottle-rocket power band. But if you rode a Kawasaki Mach 3, you were used to it!

Scariest bike i ever road

Japan's plot to overthrow America. Sell em cheap, advertise that they are like DeCosters and stand back while everyone put themselves in the ER. I used to race one in the vintage when the Vets class & 500 class wasn't enough abuse back in SoCal then. Keep it pegged over the whoops & watch spectators back up 10 feet.

I had A71 in 1973 used to write it out in the desert near Palm Springs a place called windy point My girlfriend and I doubled up and made it to the top and wrote it back down Also took it to a place in the sierras near Kennedy meadows and wrote it all the way down and back to monachi meadows Double I never tracked it but if you wanted the fastest way to get on top of the sand in the desert that was the bike for you none quicker in the sand

You’ll never Beat Roger DeCoster!!! 💪🏁

Jeans and jacket, that’s how we rode!

Bought mine new in 1986, great colours at the time.

I always wanted Marlboro one but my RZV import brand new was ok paint but if I saw a Marlboro one I had small tears in my eyes , this was on the ball og motorcycles back in them good old days

I had the same bike and colour scheme c registration

Martin Nunney good times 😍

Seen one in Kilkenny few months ago.

John neville from Bookham had one in the 80s, quick machine

I can't think of anything better.

Yes, had a 350 powervalve before that.

On the ball of motorcycles the evolution

Thank you 🙏

If you rode it it never leaves you!

A bloke here has a nostalgic championship drag bike with twin TZ 750,s 🥴😊.

H1D. 🍷🍷👌👌

En cualqier parte de la historia hubo hay y habrá una moto verde, el resto un paso atrás...

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