This 1978 Yamaha DT400 Is Almost Too Clean For A Dirt Bike This vintage dualie is ready to ride on street or trail. By Zac Kurylyk Lists - Apr 24 2020 -
This Little Yamaha HS1 Is Gorgeous And The Price Is Right Want a vintage two-smoker that's had an easy life? By Zac Kurylyk News - Apr 21 2020 -
Is This The Rarest R1 You Can Buy In The U.S. Right Now? A naked Yamaha blast from the past. By Janaki Jitchotvisut Lists - Mar 26 2020 -
Vins Duecinquanta Revives The Road-Legal Two Stroke Do not go quietly. By Jacob Black EICMA - Nov 8 2019 -
John Ellwood Is Back With His Crazy Hybrid Motorcycle Engine Madness... By Chris Teague HFL - Oct 9 2019 -
Vintage Vespas Could Soon Be Banned In Their Hometown Time for a new(ish) scoot? By Janaki Jitchotvisut News - Sep 5 2019 -
Triple The Fun: Motobrix’s ’74 S3 Mach II 400 “El Citron” The Toronto-based builder brings the potent ‘70s triple into the modern era. By Tim Huber Design - May 3 2019 -
This 50's Puch 175 SV Barn Find Will Soon Hit The Road Again Would you want to bring this little German two stroke back to life? By Joss Wellings HFL - Apr 3 2019 -
UPDATE: Turns Out This Cool Vincent Lawn Mower Might Be Hot Well, that escalated quickly. By Jason Marker Cycleweird - Dec 3 2018 -
2019 KTM XC and XC-F Range First Look KTM announces details on its 2019 250 XC, 300 XC, 250 XC-F, 350 XC-F, and 450 XC-F models, updating the range’s frames, suspension, and engines By RideApart Staff News - May 23 2018 -
Bike of the Week: TGS Motorcycles’ “Kamikaze” H2 German customs shop churns out upgraded and updated version of Kawasaki’s legendary 1970s triple dubbed, "The Kamikaze" By Tim Huber Standard & Naked - Apr 13 2018 -
KTM Freeride 250 R: 204lbs Of Accessible Dirt Bike KTM Freeride 250 R: 204lbs Of Accessible Dirt BikeFollowing the theme set by the four-stroke Freeride 350, this new two-stroke KTM Freeride 250 R... By HFL Staff News - Aug 27 2013 -
Motorcycles And A Misspent Youth Motorcycles And A Misspent YouthThere is apparently a time in your life when, according to a famous 20th Century author, you simply have to “put away... By Tim Watson HFL - Jun 4 2013 -
Janus Halcyon: a 1920s style 50cc two-stroke The first product of a new bike manufacturer from Indiana, this Janus Halcyon was designed to look like a record-breaker from the 1920s or 30s, but powered by a 50cc two-stroke, is light and legally accessible to first time riders. In his own words, the bike’s creator, Richard Worsham, tells us all about it: “Janus Motorcycles is an American manufacturer of hand-made, small-displacement bik... By HFL Staff News - Aug 2 2012 -
The 163lb direct-injected two-stroke Ossa Explorer you can't have On paper, it's a dream bike. How cool would it be to ride around on an incredibly light weight trials bike with a seat? In the real world, there are two problems: It's not coming to America and, even if it did, its two-stroke wouldn't be clean enough to meet US emissions. Adding insult to injury are the Öhlins suspended Enduro 250i and 350i twins that also use the new motor. Ossa is light on inf... By Sean Smith News - Nov 16 2011 -
Custom: Drake McElroy’s Denim Demon She started her life as an 2006 CR250R By HFL Staff News - Sep 13 2011 -
Custom: Ellwood Two-stroke/Four-stroke Hybrid Conceived in Siberia after an unfortunate encounter with a dentist's ultra-sound machine and 100 days of 'medicinal purpose' Vodka, the Ellwood Hybrid is as strange and crazy as its maker, John Ellwood. Essentially a greatest hits of internal combustion, it breathes through the crank cases with reed (one-way) valves and uses the underside of the piston as a sort of supercharger to compress air and... By Sean Smith News - Aug 23 2011 -
The Land Speed Record-holding, street-legal RZ350 Could an old two-stroke that still holds land speed records in the 350cc class be converted to practical transportation for the street? By HFL Staff News - Jun 29 2011 -
AWD motorcycles are about to get real For years the maker of custom all-wheel drive conversions, Christini is launching its own brand of production bikes. Two models will be assembled in the company’s Philadelphia facility for sale as 2012 models and it’s kinda hard to not be overwhelmed by awesome reading the spec sheets. In addition to a $6,895 four-stroke 450, there’ll be an $8,995 two-stroke 300 too. Affordable prices, AWD, ... By HFL Staff News - Feb 22 2011 -
The Dakar Bultaco Ignacio Chivers has a dream. He wants to become the first Spaniard to complete The Dakar rally on a two-stroke Spanish bike and he’s not going to let the lack of eligible contemporary Spanish production motorcycles stop him. Instead, he’s goign to ride a 1978 Bultaco Frontera 370 in the 14-stage, 3,100-mile race through the deserts of Argentina and Chile. Where bikes like the KTM 450 Rally an... By HFL Staff News - Dec 6 2010 -
Get excited about this Vespa It might not look like it, but this isn’t a classic Vespa, it’s a new model for 2011. Word is, it’ll be equipped with a hand gear change and a two-stroke engine, basically, it’ll be the engaging, exciting Vespa of old, targeted at the hardcore of scooter enthusiasts. Modern Vespas are, unequivocally, wonderful. They’re convenient, frugal and flatter anyone, anywhere. They’re even ama... By HFL Staff News - Nov 1 2010 -
The 250GP racer of the future? HFL reader and Art Center College of Design student Jeremy D'Ambrosio envisions GP racing evolving in a different direction than the current close-to-production direction or at least a class situated below Moto2 that could remain two-stroke. The leading arm front suspension on these concepts certainly differs from current racing practice and production norms, as do the tubular aluminum cradle fram... By HFL Staff News - Nov 19 2009 -
