Classic 2 Strokes For Sale

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2 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1986 Suzuki RG500 Gamma with some nice mods
On eBay 🇺🇸 here -->> bit.ly/3Kdn7qW
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Ad: 1986 Suzuki RG500 Gamma with some nice mods
On eBay 🇺🇸 here -->> https://bit.ly/3Kdn7qW

7 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1981 Mugen Honda ME125-W2 - One for the collectors I reckon!
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Ad: 1981 Mugen Honda ME125-W2 - One for the collectors I reckon!
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4o7QbOF

8 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

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YZ or TZ - You Choose 👇

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TZ. Already have the YZ

TZ

Tz for me

Already have the YZ so TZ please 👍👍

I’ve got the YZ just like it and I can’t afford the TZ.

Tz

If my body could get on it TZ every day

Definitely both! 😂

As much as I love my dirt bikes, it has to be the TZ for me!

YZ a useable classic

To keep on a pedestal- TZ, but to ride regularly the YZ

TZ for me 😃👍

Sell the TZ get a whole bunch of very cool bikes.

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10 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: Suzuki RGV250 L VJ21 - It's a Real Sprinter Slingshot!
On eBay here -->> bit.ly/485sC2K
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Ad: Suzuki RGV250 L VJ21 - Its a Real Sprinter Slingshot!
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/485sC2K

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Used to be mine great lil bike this

I had same bike colours and dep sport pipes

12 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1973 Suzuki T250 Hustler
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Ad: 1973 Suzuki T250 Hustler
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/49HLZBt

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Not original.

Sempre grandi moto anni 70.

silver frame 🤔

16 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1971 Kawasaki 500 H1
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Ad: 1971 Kawasaki 500 H1
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4a04q4w

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Look great in anyone's garage.Never rode that model, friends did and stated scary thrill.

My cousin Paul Starr had the exact same model and colour in 1972. I had the same in red in 1971

Alway liked this model

18 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1972 Suzuki GT750 - Clean kettle
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Ad: 1972 Suzuki GT750 - Clean kettle
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4pnXAKN

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That was a Kawasaki that did the 12 seconds 1/4 mile time

That's a 73 K not a 72 J.

The 72' J have no Disc Break and the Color is not original

Not a 72 unless they upgraded the front brakes. Sold mine couple years ago.

12 seconds 1/4 mile bike

Ever seen that color on a gt750

I've got the same. Only mine is in black.

Très belle machine 👍

Hässlich

Mine did 11.45 seconds in 1973

73mod.

This is 1973

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20 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1976 Suzuki GT250
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Ad: 1976 Suzuki GT250
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4oOKjLt

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They bend too easily.....

I owned a '75 GT250 and it had the ram air scoop over the cylinder head. Very nice little bike, fun to ride!

Tiene cierto parecido a la GP 125 año 1985

22 hours ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1969 Suzuki AS50. Pretty bike & a 70cc kit fitted too!
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Ad: 1969 Suzuki AS50. Pretty bike & a 70cc kit fitted too!
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4pjvnEW

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I had one (with the correct indicator lenses and UK taillight bracket), but although fast downhill with its tall gearing, uphill it could barely do 20 mph and I'm only ten and a half stone. Hopefully better with the upgrades. Lovely looking bike, but strangely doesn't attract the same sort of price as the later A50(P), dubbed the AP50. This looks like a US import, as it has the reflectors on the taillight and a red light on top of the headlight (for high beam I presume). This has painted mudguards as on early models, but they had chrome ones later and the exhaust hanger went from chrome to painted. Gear lever rubber should have a closed end. Just my observations!

J’ai eu la bleue puis la rouge. Super souvenir

Had dezelfde in 1970,

wrong blinkers

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Ad: 1983 Yamaha IT490 - Love a big 2-stroke enduro
On eBay 🇺🇸 here -->> bit.ly/44cSubR
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Ad: 1983 Yamaha IT490 - Love a big 2-stroke enduro
On eBay 🇺🇸 here -->> https://bit.ly/44cSubR

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Rode the 465 and I just became a passenger after telling my buddy I would take it easy!

Touch smaller but so much torque from a idle 👌😋

I had a early 70’s DT 175, but always wanted the big IT, still do if I’m honest

Loved mine would have loved it more if it didn't keep blowing the head off it

Begging to be turned into a supermotard!

Had the 175 it was fun

I had the cross YZ490 Totally crazy bike,

My late brother Paul had one. He raced it What a hand full Lovely bike

Overrated,under powered for a 490 ,A top heavy trail bike at best

Steve. Go on. You know you want to.

Beast of a bike

465?

BRRAAAPP

Had one. Hang the fuck on and upshift.

Daniel Brown them itss wer nice in the day and quick as shit of a stick

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Ad: 2000 Suzuki RM 250 - Just let me have 5 minutes on it (that's all I could manage now!)
On eBay here -->> bit.ly/3WZ4mdP
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Ad: 2000 Suzuki RM 250 - Just let me have 5 minutes on it (thats all I could manage now!)
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3WZ4mdP

Ad: Suzuki RG500 in Skoal Bandit colours
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Ad: Suzuki RG500 in Skoal Bandit colours
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3LJMUrk

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Very nice

I thought Paul Lewis would be the first to ride the RGVγ.

I owned an RD500, but I always wanted a RG500 in this livery. 20k is further out of my reach than they were in the 80s though lol

My GF owns an original Skol Bandit RG500, had it from new

Phil Hindley It can be my inheritance … 🥰

Had the jacket not the bike and used to go to the Skoal Bandit factory in East Kilbride for machinery to be repaired

Love the Skoal Bandit colour scheme 👍

Not one of the original ones but still nice.

Looks stunning,always loved the,Skoal bandit colours.

Needs a good set of pipes

Je préférerais le 500 Gama

SKOAL同じだ!!

My favorite ❤️

Paul Lewis Racing colours Lewie was quick

Beautiful 👍

Stolzer Preis

Wish I’d bought one when they were £8k only a few years back, damn !!!

Temped.. but want another Original

John Suggy Suggitt

Karl Podborsky

Phil Hindley 🙏❤️

Stuart Charlton

Jon Gillot ❤️

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Ad: Very tidy looking Kawasaki KR-1
On eBay here -->> bit.ly/48lugPa
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Ad: Very tidy looking Kawasaki KR-1
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/48lugPa

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The kr1 is not as sought after as the kr1s

That was the best 250 at it’s time

2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1987 Yamaha RD500 YPVS - Check the detailed pics ...
On eBay here -->> bit.ly/4pg1EMU
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Ad: 1987 Yamaha RD500 YPVS - Check the detailed pics ...
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4pg1EMU

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That’s nice. And so goes another tenner on the lottery 🤣

I bet it goes dead fast with those red water pipes on!

That’s a brave move buying that with one of the head studs stripped, that could be one huge can of worms 😱

That motor is a work of art

Que bien le sientan los JL a los RD500

Y la Rz500 tenía el mismo motor 2 tiempos y carburadores laterales

Glenn Berghmans

Tidy 👍👍

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2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1976 Suzuki GT250 - A lot cleaner than the one I had!
On eBay here -->> bit.ly/49WpQ2n
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Ad: 1976 Suzuki GT250 - A lot cleaner than the one I had!
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/49WpQ2n

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The one I restored, wish I'd kept it🙄

Had one my self in the day until it was stolen never saw it again

Loved the one I had in1978

Aww bloohell that’s Ethel

Beuty

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2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: Stunning little Suzuki T125 Stinger - Great colour too 😍
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Ad: Stunning little Suzuki T125 Stinger - Great colour too 😍
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4r6IP0t

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Alan Lawry takes you back?

Funny old bike

Flying léopard in France....

I had the "Wolf" version having chromed pipes and black end covers. It had metallic Royal Blue paint work. Could just about touch 70mph. Should never have sold it!!!

Little rocket fast bike

Saw one in person at Mid Ohio, it's a very pretty motorcycle!

Great little bikes, awful color though!

Super moto des années 1970

Excellent bike sounds great had a green one

Sprinter

C'est pas stinger c'est flying léopard

Und diese Bremsanlage, quitsch

My first bike !

Collector 👍

J'avais la même et même couleur en 1972 !

Very nice!

Belting fun little bike

Loved mine, Same colour ..

Mijne was goud geel kleurig .

Mart Brewer

I've got a Suzuki GT250 would be willing to swap plus £2000. Cheers Steve 👍 😎

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2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1990 Honda MT5 - 'Only 806 Miles From New'
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Ad: 1990 Honda MT5 - Only 806 Miles From New
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It’s probably been thrashed flat out for the last 35 yrs to cover 806 miles, they were that slow.!!

My sister had one, bought new. Slow and gutless thing (even for a restricted 50cc moped) bordering on dangerous on the hills of Cornwall. I swear my pushbike was faster uphill 😂

Might've been slow but I remember my buddy's MT being able to take a lot of abuse going up n down stairs and being able to transport 4 of us doing at least 30 kph

You can still pick these up easy and cheap in Sweden

I had one many years ago in red

Only 806 (very slow) miles! 😬.

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2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1970 Hodaka Ace 100 B - Ever seen a cleaner one 🤔
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Ad: 1970 Hodaka Ace 100 B - Ever seen a cleaner one 🤔
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4oHXspj

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I loved my Ace 100.

Gary Harrison

2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1979 Honda CR250R Red Rocket
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Ad: 1979 Honda CR250R Red Rocket
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3LKWE4z

2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Pure Enduro! - Throwing it back to when two-stroke enduro bikes ruled the woods - The Suzuki PE range wasn’t just trail ready — it was built to compete. From the 250 cc to the 175 and up to the 400 cc monsters, these bikes were pure enduro from the ground up. If you’re into vintage 2-stroke off-road bikes, the PE is legendary for a reason: rugged, no-nonsense, and full of character. Not sure riding one to work in your best suit is a great idea though 😀

Who here has owned one - tell us about it in the comments ...

#suzuki #bikelife #enduro
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Pure Enduro! - Throwing it back to when two-stroke enduro bikes ruled the woods - The Suzuki PE range wasn’t just trail ready — it was built to compete. From the 250 cc to the 175 and up to the 400 cc monsters, these bikes were pure enduro from the ground up. If you’re into vintage 2-stroke off-road bikes, the PE is legendary for a reason: rugged, no-nonsense, and full of character. Not sure riding one to work in your best suit is a great idea though 😀

Who here has owned one - tell us about it in the comments ...

#suzuki #bikelife #enduro

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Loved my 175. Daily commute, weekend toy.

Yeah had 175 and 250 great bikes

Brings back a lot of pleasant memories. Cant help smiling at how i use to run away from the cops!

Loved my ‘78! Had it for 6 years and it never let me down.

Love them.

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2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: Modded 1975 Kawasaki S3A 400 Triple
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Ad: Modded 1975 Kawasaki S3A 400 Triple
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Loving the classic modified look that is how a lot of these ended up looking in the 70’s and 80’s. Paintwork could be better, but it’s pretty representative of many of the DIY paint jobs that were inflicted on bikes back then. LoL 😂 at the continued insistence that a bike must be in standard trim to be considered a classic 😂

Another poor classic

Ok, have it your way, a modified bike is a classic, I was riding bikes in the 70s and 80s, and i can't remember them looking like this, but if in your world its a classic so be it, I will pop into the retro mod room and tell them they should be showing the bikes on the classic bike site, I will leave it now

I had a 1974 version BNE26N. It was lightly tuned but otherwise standard. It went really well, but drank fuel at an alarming rate

I see John Knight is off again with all the negative comments.

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2 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1974 Suzuki T500L
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Ad: 1974 Suzuki T500L
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4o3EMiK

3 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1985 Suzuki RG400 Gamma - Ever ridden one 🤔
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Ad: 1985 Suzuki RG400 Gamma - Ever ridden one 🤔
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/484UzJf

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Yeah, owned one back in the day in the UK. Nikons etc, it was a fast bike but more importantly it was a fun bike, I fking loved mine.

Yep, my first road bike at 17. walter wolf.

Back in the 90s, my buddy had one and I had the YamahaRZ500. People would wonder what they were. Extremely rare in the States.

Yep. Mine got knicked in 1996.

I had the RG125 Gamma. Imported deristricted and race tuned much fun was had until it was stolen and burnt out

Ridden an RD400 that was a weapon

No but I have a 75 GT 550 TO PLAY WITH,Modify.

Still have one

Yea it was slow as hell… restricted to 112mph.. couldn’t give it away

Questa è la mia bimba GSXR 1000

Io avevo la 500 Gamma quanto mi sono divertito solo manico

Beautiful bike 🤩

I see over 130 Mph regularly

Fabuleux 👍

Na only the 500...

Miss mine

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3 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1987 Yamaha RD500 YPVS
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Ad: 1987 Yamaha RD500 YPVS
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3XvsmoT

3 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1981 Yamaha IT465 - Tough bike
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Ad: 1981 Yamaha IT465 - Tough bike
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/447eQeV

3 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1970 Kawasaki Avenger 350 A7
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Ad: 1970 Kawasaki Avenger 350 A7
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3JBvtso

3 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1972 Yamaha LS2 100 twin - '3254 miles from new'
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Ad: 1972 Yamaha LS2 100 twin - 3254  miles from new
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3XyG0Yq

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Yamaha made the very best small capacity 2-stroke twins - tell me I'm wrong 😃

In Brazil the LS2 100 wasn't twins, only one cylinder.

Used to work on them for Yamaha dealer in the day, great little bikes. All the bikes I could have bought at trade price, if only didn't have to buy a house instead 😅😅😗

Just wants a good thrashing 😊

I had this exact bike and got it by accident, it was in a shed. I got it running and it was really the most fun I ever had. I use to blast around the neighborhood strangling that thing wide open and I was barely breaking the law while it screamed out... It would sweep around corners so great, full on the gas, full on the brakes and repeat everywhere you go... That's when I realized... going 130mph on a KZ900 is really about the same as going 65 on an LS2... Toy motorcycles are a blast. I miss it.

Did it have 5 port barrels like the AS1

I had a 125 twin round tank the engine on this looks later

Had one long ago , could not buy replacement pistons. I could buy Zundapp 50cc pistons though .. exact fit.

Went very well but after a few hours the drum brakes got sloppy made it fun though (DT 125 e and 250 torque induction)as well in the day

dang i dont see many nicer than mine but i think you got me beat! if you were stateside id def been interested!!! Ive got one cherry, one that is a rebuilder that we are toying with turning into a boy racer, and a parts bike plus know where there is 4 more.... ive luckily got bins n bins of NOS parts that my dad n myself have been squirreling away for 20 years. we have dt's/rd's/sc's/rz's n these are by far our favorite bikes in the collection!

Moped on steroids. But great city putter.

I had the same one when I was 15 put 10,000 miles on it very good little bike

I had a CS5E 200cc twin

Two guys in Jr high had those, had Yamaha GYT kits done to them, they sounded awesome! New Port Richey,Fla.

I had one 👍, good bike. New plugs every few hundred miles, but apart from that little screamer 😁

They made a RD 100 twin for the states in 75 this is a cool small bike

No your not wrong

If its one of Gary's it will be good. I have one, and the are like little jewells. Sound incredible too.

Friend of mine had one the same color scheme . Got a chance to try it called it a mini RD

Nice little bike.. once had a red one years ago.. had automatic oil injection.... was prone to overheating and seizure where upon the rear wheels would lock up. WAS a common issue in the dark old days effected 99% of these bikes and why a up and going worker bee like shown on FleaBay is so very rare.... Caster oil based 2 stroke mix 40 to 1 is highly recommended if decide to purchase this

Cuando muestra el 100 de lux fue mui conprado

You’re not wrong

یادش بخیر پدرم یکی داشت موتور سواری با این یاد گرفتم چقدر سگ جان بود

Nice little bike

Que obra de arte .

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3 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1992 Yamaha WR 200R - Looks like fun!
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Ad: 1992 Yamaha WR 200R - Looks like fun!
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3X0mV1g

3 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1995 Honda CR500R - 'full nut and bolt restoration' & road registered too!
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Ad: 1995 Honda CR500R - full nut and bolt restoration & road registered too!
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4p2DxSt

3 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 2003 Yamaha DT125R - Learner favourite
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Ad: 2003 Yamaha DT125R - Learner favourite
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I had the original DT125LC in 1982

My dream bike

My favourite colour one as well as the red which rarely see

Wane hanna

4 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1981 Yamaha RD250LC. Looks great with the Pro Am kit
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Ad: 1981 Yamaha RD250LC. Looks great with the Pro Am kit
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3LQPE69

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O sea, la heladera

La madre del papá de los helados bendiciones amén

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4 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1988 Bimota 500 V-Due Evoluzione with spares
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Ad: 1988 Bimota 500 V-Due Evoluzione with spares
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/4pjFZDP

4 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 'Café racer' style 1975 Suzuki GT550
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Ad: Café racer style 1975 Suzuki GT550
On eBay here -->> https://bit.ly/3WZKwiC

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21st Century 'Cafe Racers' are a bit 'different' 🤣

Why would you do that? 🤔😒

I love the smell of 2stroke in the morning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴‍☠️

What was they thinking this mess is a classic

Looks way too long to be any sort of “ scratcher” more like a drag bike.

Räng...däng..däng...däng...und ab

Another one ruined.

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4 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1976 Puch Gran Prix M50
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Ad: 1976 Puch Gran Prix M50
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My mate had one... sounded like an angry bubble bee 😎

Had a plain bush small end if I remember....

This was a great looking ped after the flying banana VZ50 & the much better M50. Quite quick as far as I remember. I was 17 by then so lost interest in 50cc bikes.

I had one , Black and Gold, P reg with the alloys wheels

For the rich teenagers 😄 i like the JPS black model my self

But was it quicker than a Fantic TI?

My freind had one and use to eat fizzers and ap 50s!😃

My first ped…only cost me £70 back then! Fabulous bike and quick for a nifty 😊

Up there with the fizzy and Ap.the SS honda and the CB couldnt get close,you have to understand we arent talking earth shattering differences here but a few mph made a huge difference in the 50cc world.

How much got to be joking

I had new one 1976 £259 Great pen but wish it had bar down by front of engine as it would have looked even better

I had the Jps version

Definitely one of the most classy sports mopeds 

I had one of these and I loved it!

I had a 1980 for my 26th quickest 50 on the road

I had one, late 70s

240 kms/h... garantit !!!!..

My mate had the VZ50 and I had the green/cream MS50D - then moved onto a new FS1-E

£5.5k 😳

One of best looking sports peds

A lot of money for a non standard bike, a bit of a hash up with its renovation which is a shame. In its present state I would expect it priced at <£3k

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4 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

Ad: 1979/80 Suzuki RM400T
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Ad: 1979/80 Suzuki RM400T
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Owned one in the 80’s and lived to tell the tail … we had a love hate relationship at times …

Matt had one it was fast & Matt was fast he also weighed like 350lbs . I was riding /racing in 87 on a XR600R and Matt could stay up With me no problem on flatland and nit to difficult trails/ tracks. On drag races I only bested him by 2or 3 bike lengths

Yes please

Scott Roy I think Tony had one like that

4 days ago

Classic 2 Strokes

'Widowmaker' - Myth or Reality?

It's guaranteed that every time we post a Kawasaki 500 H1 or 750 H2, somebody will comment that it was the 'Widowmaker'

Despite what modern commentators say, period road tests didn’t actually call either the Kawasaki 500 H1 or 750 H2 “Widowmakers.” Testers found them brutally fast with sketchy 1970s chassis and tyres, but not the death traps their later reputations suggest. The nickname seems to have appeared years afterward as the legend grew.

Were they scary? By the standards of the day, absolutely—they hit hard in the powerband, wheelied easily, and could wobble at high speed. But ridden with respect, they weren’t unmanageable. Today’s riders often find them wild, noisy fun rather than truly dangerous.

As for which one “deserves” the title, you can argue both ways: the H1 for its early shock value, the H2 for its bigger power and bigger stories. In reality, the legend is part nostalgia, part exaggeration.

What makes them iconic now is simple—they were loud, fast, outrageous two-strokes at the peak of their era. For enthusiasts, they remain the ultimate expression of raw, unfiltered motorcycling. And we love them ♥

#kawasaki #2stroke #2tak #classic2stroke #classicmotorcycle
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Widowmaker - Myth or Reality?

Its guaranteed that every time we post a Kawasaki 500 H1 or 750 H2, somebody will comment that it was the Widowmaker

Despite what modern commentators say, period road tests didn’t actually call either the Kawasaki 500 H1 or 750 H2 “Widowmakers.” Testers found them brutally fast with sketchy 1970s chassis and tyres, but not the death traps their later reputations suggest. The nickname seems to have appeared years afterward as the legend grew.

Were they scary? By the standards of the day, absolutely—they hit hard in the powerband, wheelied easily, and could wobble at high speed. But ridden with respect, they weren’t unmanageable. Today’s riders often find them wild, noisy fun rather than truly dangerous.

As for which one “deserves” the title, you can argue both ways: the H1 for its early shock value, the H2 for its bigger power and bigger stories. In reality, the legend is part nostalgia, part exaggeration.

What makes them iconic now is simple—they were loud, fast, outrageous two-strokes at the peak of their era. For enthusiasts, they remain the ultimate expression of raw, unfiltered motorcycling. And we love them ♥

#kawasaki #2stroke #2tak #classic2stroke #classicmotorcycle

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I was riding wheelies on my 750 on the freeways back in the 70s before sport bikes were invented. Out of all my thousands of wheelies, I never got video. O well, there’s some people still around who can tell you about it 😎

Thery were fast but there were better handling, more reliable bikes on the market then.

Rode one!! Pulled my arms out of socket! Unreal bike’n

Looking back, I was lucky my widow maker only cost me a fractured femur.

Some say that before Top Gear he rode a Kawasaki...we only know he's called The Stig

I had the H1 500 a wheelie machine!

I was hitchhiking home to recuperate after Nam and was talking to a guy at a freeway entrance ramp when a bike Zoomed by us on the rear wheel going up the ramp.I asked “What the Hell was that?”O it’s a Mach 3 Kaw.A 3 cyl?Yep.Well shit! I went home & bought a 47 Knuckle for $300.Had it 19 yrs. got a new Softtail Springer

Having been there and owned and ridden them all the 1969 original Mach III gets the title.

Had a 69'500 and a 75' 750, the 69' could be dangerous if you let it be, you had to respect your passenger because it had a short wheel base and would pull the front wheel off the ground just excellerating, it was scary, you could lose your passenger real quick if you weren't careful....

Rap to 5500 and pop the clutch, you will find out!

I had an H2 750. It was 1 scary ride. lol. I believe the 500 had that widow maker handle for a nasty habit of seizing up at high speeds?? I remember racing my buddies new Ninja 1000 and pulling away from him in the straight line feeling so proud as we reached the corners then that Ninja ate me up as I tried not to die lol.

I read somewhere that the first time the phrase, The Widowmaker was used, it was an Australian publication talking about the H1 500.

I had both a 500 and then a 750. They were both a handful if pushed hard. Otherwise they were a lot of fun to hot rod around on. It was fun beating all the 750 Hondas around!

My roommate had A750I had a G.S eleven hundred every time we would leave the dealer everybody would be outside watching us take off. I always had to look back to see where he was.

The 750 was the real widow maker

Blue 71 here Mike....Aren't The bikes pictured lower horsepower?

Both. The Mach III was the quickest (& fastest) production motorcycle in the world when it was released, but the frame, suspension and brakes were not up to the power, thus the moniker. When a company responds to their "fastest in the world" "Widowmaker" motorcycle by releasing a 250cc larger, more powerful and faster model without addressing the shortcomings that made the H1 a "Widowmaker", of *course* the new model would likewise be saddled with the same name! 😀

I’m takin the H-Bomb for the win!!!

Widow maker this, widow maker that. Back in '77 I road raced a 750 H2. The H2 moved around a bit when pushed, and yes I crashed at Sears Point and Ontario, but that was because I ran out of traction. Not the bike's fault. Fast bike for the times. Mike Kauzlarich, Paul Vogel, and I all rode H2s. We were all fast, but Vogel's bike was illegal. He welded braces in his frame, and that went against the rules. Raced at Sears Point, Riverside, and Ontario. There was a Bay Area rag (named something 'Rat', I believe) that posted AFM race results. I raced under the name L. P. Richards. Ran against Paul Ritter (fast), and Genedy Lobimski (also fast), and many more who's names I have forgotten. I was at the track when Ed Unini died. He left the track in an ambulance. I didn't know he was gone until I called his home the next day, and his father told me. Total heartbreaker. Still riding. Now it's a new Triumph Rocket 3. Big gun. Big fun. .

By far the 750 was the widow maker. High speed wobbles on the 750 many times, never on the 500.

I had the blue 72 H2. It spooked me a couple times. Once when going too fast around a corner on a country road and I realized I was on the ragged edge of the blacktop at 75. I rolled off the throttle a bit and regained some blacktop and preserved my life. Another time just as the speedo crossed over 120 the front end went into a high speed wobble. I rolled back the throttle and gave it a little front brake and it settled down. Never pushed it to 120 after that. I learned the only way to go fast on windy roads was to lay flat on the tank.

The 750 was the Widow Maker

I had a 1971 H1 and rode it hard regularly until I got into a tank slapper over 100 mph. Never went that fast on that bike again and traded it on a 1973 Z1.

The Japanese brought out the H1 to be the fastest bike on the planet at the time, it was rushed on to the US market, all they wanted was cheap speed. The young first time American riders lapped them up, unfortunately it killed a lot of those young riders and got the name "The Widow Maker". The irony is, those young people probably weren't even married.

I loaded Mach 3 just same colors that one in the picture in 73 when I was 23 years old the only way 115 lb so the thing was a bullet scared the crap on me

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Ad: 1984 Yamaha RD350LC - Memories are made of this!
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The very one i had. It was a perfect bike. Beautiful build quality beautiful to ride and reliable as hell. A piece of history

Many teens rode their last ride on this bike.. it was too quick after passing a test on a 125 and jumping on this little rocket 🚀

I had the air cooled version. I think 1973. Very quick and handled well.

My 250lc was £1100 back in the day.

La fin du 4LO c'est début 1983

Que maquina

De donde es la moto, me gustaría hablar con el dueño

Ça roulait fort ca

Que alguien se apiaden de mi y me regalé la Moto de mi sueño Rd 350 amén

LA "MATAHOMBRES"✌️

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Ad: 1972 Yamaha 175 CT1 - Classic trailie!
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Looks like a 73 to me.

It is a 1973, I had a 1972 CT1 and that aint it ! 1972's just had the YAMAHA decal and not the extra swoop decal. Not sure how many colors they had in 72 but mine was like a metalic maroon or deep red.

My first real bike

'72's were CT2's. '73's were CT3's. That one is a CT3.

Sorry , my friend , that is a 1973

The differences being noted could be because it’s an American one. The single seat and rear carrier arrangement, (which I’ve always liked), weren’t available in the UK back then. I also remember the very first one we had and sold, quickly developed a problem with 2nd gear. Maybe, just maybe, I was the first person to strip the engine/gearbox on one of these. 🤔. We wondered if was going to be a common fault. Fortunately, it wasn’t, it was just a tooth broken off the 2nd gear pinion. I remember it well.

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Ad: 1986 Suzuki RG500 - Almost 40 years old now, but still stunning!
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Die hatte ich auch genau vor 40.jahren

Very expensive

5 days ago

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Ad: 1981 Yamaha RD350LC - Good looking 'Mars Bar' LC
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I miss you old Mars Bar

These were the nearest thing to a nasa rocket back in the day

10 grand are you serious or delirious 🤔😨

You never ridden a bike till you ride lc 350

That’s right nothing like 👍🏽 a Two Stroke . Love the smell of them when smoking. From the two stroke oil

I had a mk1 kawasaki zxr 400 which would simply blow the LC out of the water lol

Good bike, but with limited road clearance. I scraped both pipes on mine. The 1983 YPVS solved it with upswept pipes.

Anyone have one with the supposedly rare clock protector handlebars ?

Had one exactly like it, loved the bike and yes, it was a rocket in its time. Beautiful bike

My best bike ever!

Great bike back in the day aged well look good today 👍

Amazing bike loved n rode one for a while

Elle est vraiment magnifique sa me rappelle de bons souvenirs 🤘✌️😉 Merci

Good bike

Between 6k&8k max all day

Una reliquia de los anos 90 inolvidable conocí otro casi mundo

La muerte blanca un moton pero no para cualquiera un par de amigos se fueron

Um ícone para gerações futuras

Que maquina 359 ss

L'élite des deux temps !

dónde está y estará para la venta y en cuanto

Been there done old lc 350

Silly price

8k more like it

Me acuerdo cuando llegó a mi provincia... No lo podíamos creer

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Ad: Kawasaki H1F 500 Triple - Ever ridden one 🤔
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Yes, could pop wheelies in 4th gear.

Still got one and my little 250.

If it was i the USA I would buy it

Rode one many years ago… when that power band hit 😳😩😩

Oh yeah, at that time i was racing motocross, got on one of these and it scared the shit out of me!!!! It is the Widow Maker no doubt

On the hwy (if necessary) I would up a gear and gas on it. Smoke would roll out the back but as the 500 hit the PB..... see ya Just havin a lil fun.

My arms and legs where numb after riding the mosquitoe chaser !

Not only riding them,worked on them and many other Kawasakis over the yrs. Went on to buying Kawasaki dealership in 1985. First yr there was 1975

I bought one in 1976 1969 500 Mach III THAT thing scared me chit out of me thing would smoke the tire anytime and pulled the front off the ground in every gear that front drum brake was touchy rode it everywhere all through H.S.

I had a '72 model as a new first road bike $998 new in Australia

I had a 70 !

Owned 2 of them

Had a green 500. Had expansion chamber exhaust and red lined at 85 m.p.h.

I had a kh500 that pretended to be a H1f

Ridden two.....

I had that exact bike.

Just saying : I had two,the orange one was a TERROR,the brown one not so much!!

1981 or 82 I had a Kawasaki I think it was KH 250... Three cylinder I have pictures of it somewhere.. I did get it running and I lost interest in it I was very young at the time I always wondered being a three cylinder how it would go?

I still have one, and love it. Not fast by today’s standards, and has well documented shortcomings, but hey, when you open her up and hear that baby sing. What a bike ❤️

Raised in a kaw dealership rode everything out of the crate from 70 thru 87

Black when I bought it, painted it in my kitchen to burgundy.

I’ve ridden on the back of one the very first one 1969 purple and white my dad bought one. I went on many rides it a long time ago. 

Rode and owned an H1B for 5 years in New Zealand.Should have never sold it.

Had one same colour 👍

La conosco bene la bestia uguale alla mia 1974 la presi nuova alla conc Cogurra a Frosinone

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Ad: 1980 Suzuki GT250 X7 - Lucky Strike colours
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Real shame Woodbines never got into sponsorship.

Lovely looking bike had one in blue violent thing that was bought 350 lc after

Simply but powerful.

Una maquina liviana y andan durisimo

My was a red dream❤️

Absolutely stunning 👌😋

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Ad: 1971 Bridgestone GTO 350. Rare bike - and they were quick too.
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Ad: 1971 Bridgestone GTO 350. Rare bike - and they were quick too.
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One of the last GTOs but that price is salty!

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Ad: 1992 Honda CR500R
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Ad: 1970 Husqvarna 360C Sportsman - A true off-road icon
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Ad: 1970 Husqvarna 360C Sportsman -  A true off-road icon
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Dam a Unicorn now days Beautiful bike not for the sissy!!

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