Step 1: Just the sight of these handlebar-twisting, tyre grip-destroying, sphincter-puckering bits of tree is enough to freak a trailrider. Riding over them standing up is the go, but before…
WE LIKED PROFILE There’s an awful lot of natural Thai rubber meeting the ground with this tyre, thanks to the 120/100 profile. HOOKING UP Dylan liked the way the…
I completely ignored their advice, of course, but when I arrived in Alice I discovered that I was the only person without them. By the end of the race, my…
A typical sign indicating you need to replace a two-stroke crank seal is an oiled plug or oil dripping from the exhaust pipe. Gearbox oil has a very distinctive smell…
The fuel tank, which held just nine litres, certainly restricted riding range, even though the oil tank for the automatic lubrication held 1.5 litres and was good for two full…
How did your interest in bikes get started? My whole family was into bikes in one way or another and at about seven I started paddock bashing on a 125…
THE RIDER: BEN TOWNLEY I’ve got a stock RM-Z450 in New Zealand, which is what I spent all winter on basically, from 1 November until mid-January, so I’ve done…
Kawasaki would outlast all the others that followed, officially finishing up the 500cc two-stroke class in 2004. For over 20 years, it was generally accepted that if any bike made…
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Some two-stroke electric-start systems have been wearing out prematurely, forcing riders to switch back to the reliable old boot. It’s not that hard to see why. Two-stroke starter motor gears…
