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Dream E-Type: Early days of the Honda 4-Stroke

from https://www.thesundaily.my Mr Honda’s disdain for two-stroke engines fuelled the relentless pursuit of perfection for his little four-strokers. It was March 1951 when Soichiro Honda summoned engineer Kiyoshi Kawashima from Hamamatsu. “‘Kawashima, would you mind coming over for a moment?’ It was the beginning of a two-month stint in the capital as I worked on

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Yamaha updates its iconic YZ125 for the First Time in 15 Years

by Cristina Mircea from https://www.autoevolution.com For so long now it looked like Yamaha had given up on its legendary YZ125 two-stroke, but the company finally decided to fully update its motocross bike with the launch of the new, reimagined 2022 version. Even the Japanese manufacturer admits that this is the first full update the 2022

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Langen Motorcycles Is Bringing Back Two-Stroke Sportbikes

by Zac Kurylyk from https://www.rideapart.com The RZ350 formula gets updated for the 2020s. Two-stroke sportbikes had their day, but now they’re done and gone, right? Wrong. Over in the U.K., Langen Motorcycles—a low-volume startup with some high-revving ideas—is revisiting the old-school oil burner with a limited-production run of custom-built, two-stroke motorcycles. Clearly inspired by sporty,

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