I just read in dirtbike magazine that after 2007 Honda will no longer be making 2-stroke motocross or off-rode dirt bikes.
why???
hmmmm, was this dirtwheels an 06 june issue?
Get with the times man, why do you think yamaha didnt make the banshee this year for 07 ;)
I remember in Dirtwheels there is a 2-stroke ban on them. Can they not produce them anymore or is it there choice? Suzuki Still has the RM250
Quote from: B.MURRAy™ on November 12, 2006, 03:38:01 PM
I remember in Dirtwheels there is a 2-stroke ban on them. Can they not produce them anymore or is it there choice? Suzuki Still has the RM250
They cant produce them due to emission regulations, I guess suzuki is starting late lol.
Quote from: klutchbuster400 on November 12, 2006, 03:35:58 PM
hmmmm, was this dirtwheels an 06 june issue?
Get with the times man, why do you think yamaha didnt make the banshee this year for 07 ;)
No its in the dirtbike magazine december 06 issue
I might be wrong but its not that they cant make them its that they dont want to. Due to recent changes in emission regulations in order for a 2 stroke to pass it hase to run alot cleaner then in the past. So they would have invest $$ in R&D to see if they could make one pass. Even then if the motor cant make enought power (which it probally wont) all the money spent was a waste.
last yr supercross raced the 250f and the 450f 250 4 stroke =125 2 stroke and the 450 4stroke = 250 2 stroke they did away with 500 2 stroke class yrs ago get used to the 4 stroke the only way to buy a 2 stroke is used
with everyone goin to 4 strokes and the goverment regs. they wont be making them any more. soon NO one will. they have talked bout banning the production of the 2 stroke anything (boat motor, cycle, everything). heck they make 4 stroke weed-eaters now. the crf150r was the nail in the coffin basically. 2 years there will be no production of them.
Its to expensive to make both when the 2 strokes are out sold 10 to 1.
it is the same reason that yamaha got rid of their 2 strokes.
F'n tree huggers. Rot in hell! -Mark
Quote from: Old_School on November 14, 2006, 02:50:40 PM
F'n tree huggers. Rot in hell! -Mark
You got that right brother ! >:(
Quote from: Old_School on November 14, 2006, 02:50:40 PM
F'n tree huggers. Rot in hell! -Mark
I'd rather hug a tree over an exhaust pipe. ;)
thats why im going to invent a 3-stroke. power of a 2-stroke, emmisions of a 4-stroke. its gunna take the motocross world by storm
QuoteInside Bruce Crower's Six-Stroke Engine
bruce crower founder of crower cams cranks rods and other performance parts is working on this.
that is very interesting. he just thought of an idea for a new kind of engine and it worked, maybe we will all be driving 6-stroke vehicles one day
They are placing a ban on two stroke engines in the U.S. Even outboard motors for boats falls into this catagory, by 2010 there will not be any more production of 2 stroke engines of any kind.
that sucks
but they will have parts avaiable so u could build one and they can't take ur's away from u either
they dont need to make 2 strokes in 2007 the ones from the 80s and 90s are still passing 2007 four strokes 8)
Quote from: tat2mike on November 22, 2006, 12:59:35 PM
they dont need to make 2 strokes in 2007 the ones from the 80s and 90s are still passing 2007 four strokes 8)
You know thats right brother ! ;)
Quote from: Quad32x on November 22, 2006, 01:05:37 PM
Quote from: tat2mike on November 22, 2006, 12:59:35 PM
they dont need to make 2 strokes in 2007 the ones from the 80s and 90s are still passing 2007 four strokes 8)
You know thats right brother ! ;)
that all depends on the rider.
I'm keeping my TRX 250r's FOREVER!!. ;)