2- Strokes for me , the noise n smell , ahhh its the sound I love Xx .

Without a doubt...."Big Single Two-Stroke"......Always !!!

2 stroke sounds heavenly

To be honest I am a fan of two strokes and 4 strokes. I like them all basically.

4 stroke engine noise has more character - some of those 2 strokes sound psychotic!

Thanks Chris for giving this to us, what a treat!. To me it doesn't matter what configuration a motorbike is in, 2 or 4 stroke, it isn't even relevant if you consider what a bike is without any motor attached to it...I personally love all those vintage beauties, it transported me back to my youth. To get a chance to see and hear those bikes fire up and poppity-pop was solidly sweet. Up here in Canada, CCM made hockey sticks, skates and some very johnny average bicycles, nothing like what was on your vid. Nicely done feller. Feed us more!

Got to love an air cooled 2 stroke but those old 4 stroke engines sound the nuts to ..

The Husky at 3:40, how gorgeous is that. Oh 2 strokes all the way.

I had an old Husqvarna twin shock cr 250 , was a huge bike with plenty power , ended up selling it to joe mclean . Happy days .... And hanks for the upload chris .

The ping ping, ring ring, sing sing of a two stroke is good music to my ears. If I ride it's gonna be a two stroke forever.

Back in the late '70s and early '80s at Carlsbad Raceway or Saddleback(among other tracks on the SoCal circuit, I spent a lot of Sunday's and at the start gate, KTM, Maico and Can-Am 2-strokes sounded so good The rice burners sounded a little alike but still had unique sound of their own and Kawasaki had a bit more ping in the pipe. There were rarely more than a few Honda 4-stokes in all the race classes on any day. I remember it was difficult to hear the 4-strokes at the gate but once riders were on the track the 4-stroke really tore up the dirt and seemed to get the best traction, the sound of that torque sounded pretty bitchen! I'd have to say though, I don't think any bike sounded bad, all were unique and sounded like monsters! Thank you, Chris, for putting this video together and isolating each bike, these bikes are awesome and bring back good memories! And about that Trico, was that ever featured in early Dirt Bike Magazine or Motocross Action back in the day? I don't know why but it sounds very familiar and I remember there was some buzz about it, not totally sure though.

For sure all those vintage bikes sound awesome!

Got to admit, I love my 2strokes (noise, smell) but I also admire and adore no:153. What a peach of a bike! What a noise for its class!!! 😁

Nothing beats the sound an the smell of a 2 stroke when theres a big meet an they go off the line together unbeatable

4 stroke or 2 stroke, I'm not fussy ! I just love bikes

Had them both , and it's great to grip it and rip it!!!!! Nothing but love for them both...

sweet video man crazy how far technology has came. great video

Ahhh yes the 2 strokes just keep you on your toes the whole ride and I just love it

All great looking bikes to my eye.

Nothing sounds better than a running bike. That cr500 sounded SCARY. Great vid thanks guys.

2 stroke for me!

id like two ! and vintage dirt/cross bikes are so awesome and so nice and sound so good ! especialy the last one ! yeah !

Thanks for all your feedback guy's and girl's whether positive or negative . . never even thought anyone would take the time to look at this video, thanks to each and everyone of you.

that second bike, the two stroke, is delicious. its hard to explain the feeling i get..

2-stroke for life baby 40yrs of riding and I still love it I have a Cr250r and a kx125

Love 2 strokes but the CCM sounded great.

Wow that KTM brought back some memories. I had the '78 MC5 250...sounded a lot like that 495. left side kick starter and everything.

Love them both the two strok for the tiny sprung and the smell of burning oil. And the thoroughly four stroke through lightly baffled pipes and the smell if its running castrol R.

The look of these classic bikes is some much better than the ones u can buy today

All these bikes featured in this clip are brilliant and a credit to their owners.Two stroke or four stroke, they all sound great specially when being hammered round the track.

4 strokes sound amazing. love 2 strokes too

Thanks for your comment Larry glad you enjoy the same things as the rest of us off-road guy’s and gal’s.

Love the sound of both so impossible to pick one

I just love the sound of a deep, mean four stroke 👌🏼

Love them both, first Maico had a sweet tickover,ccm very deep bark!cheney bsa once at a local midlands moto,it was a deep bark too like thunder,got me into motocross.

The noyce twin shock replicas sound super crisp. If you were an 80s teanager, noyce hudson.thorpe Malherbe etc, your conditioned in the two stroke sound and smell.but the big husky thumper like Mike brown had this year sound sweet also .ride both if you can :)thanks very much for the intresting takes on all off road bikes it's gteat👍

Love those old Husqvarnas.

In the 80s i raced motocross, maico 440

2 Stroke best sound

That TriMaico number 99 is sweeeeeeeeet😊 btw-I prefer my 4 strokes throaty and my 2 strokes crisp 😄

Favorite -mine ,Yamaha TT 500 1977 custom exhaust system 4mm larger carb , 10" front and rear travel ,4" longer wheelbase .

great video loved all the bikes but it has to be 2 stroke for me, had a ex works 1984 KX 500 it was an awesome machine to ride so much better than the standard KX500 which I have also ridden, but you just couldn't keep the front wheel on the ground,

that maico 490 is a dream bike but i really like the ossa 250 but dam there all cool bikes

Hell the two stroke sound brings back so many memories

that CR 500 honda is the one for me what a beast, mans bike that

The first 4 stroke is incredible!!!!

2 stroke forever !!!!....👏👌👍😉😁💨💨💨💨💨

Silly question -2t. Better performance, thrill......but a nightmare for seizing, throwing rods and if you had a maico 490 mono like me, you also had exploding gearboxes!!!!Happy days 😀

I used to scramble various models of CCM (500, 550. 580 and 608) in the 1970s & 1980s - and I always rode under the number 50 as well!

3:00-o my god......:-) lavely sound....

i have a 1975 ss honda 750 bored to a 803 kerker header you would like that deep sound it puts out but i like riding that bike its pretty fast just love riding old bikes

I love both!

silver bike 153 what engine- year and frame year good looking looks like a triumph or vs a matchless?????also red honda 250 in the beginning of the clip has the kicker on the wrong side???thanks..

I want all of them!

2 stroke, definately!

Don't get me wrong, I like the ring-ding of two strokes, but I love the rumble of four strokes!

Awesome vid…💪 I will say 2 for old dirt 110%, 50/50 for modern dirt, 90/10 4 for old road, and 100% 4 for modern road 🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏💪👍😎😀😀

My new favorite video

What's that silver 153 twin bike? Man it looks and sounds awesome! That 99 silver bike looks and sounds awesome also..vintage bike are so cool..

Hey Chris, did the Maico frame hold up with a 500cc Triumph?

I prefer two strokes but the sound that Triumph-Maico made was tops. When I was a kid and went to see Mr Motocross(Top series in 70s Oz) there was a guy called Lester Rowley racing a CCM. The underdog 4 stroke alone amongst the strokers. Well back then lots of people loved the sound of his bike because it was a rare thing to hear a four stroke. Now the shoes on the other foot. Dirt bikes should be simple and modern four strokes aren't. Two strokes make the best and most affordable dirt bikes, now back to my CR500, PE250, MX250 KTM, YZ80S, RM80B and KX80.

Why? Do we really need to answer.... 2t of course

Waiting on reeds for my old 2 stroke and the first 2 stroke sounds just like mine

Love the smell of Castrol in the morning.

what was the last one?

I love machinery that perform.

Last CCM 👍😎🇫🇷 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄great thank's Chris!!!🙏😊🙏

Love the thumpers

both have grrrrreat sound.i deff wanna ride the #99 MAICUMPH

Is there gonna be a part 2

Very cool

2 strokes

Chris are there any of the four valve CCM models still in circulation? They were the very last development of the CCM/BSA motor.

for me it's the big bore two strokes. but then again I raced a 1983 honda cr-480 and a 1987 honda cr -500, as far as 4 strokes which I raced as well would be the harley davidson xr-750

4strokes sound like harleys,2 strokes sound like a motocross bike.

Be interesting to see what a Kawasaki triple two stroke fit to a special frame KX would sound like. I’ve rode both types for nearly 45 years now and both can be plenty fast. My GSX 1100 G can attain 160+ mph four stroke inline four. Air oil cool. My DR 350 can cow trail at 1 mph or reach 90 on road. Single four stroke. Air oil cool. My KD 100 M can go where mountain goats live or move plenty rapid down a dirt road. Two stroke rotary valve single air cooling. My VS 1400 can launch off a stop very well can hit 90 mph easily. V twin four stroke air oil cooled. My KX 250s 79, 80, 82 could hill climb like crazy. Two stroke reed valve air cooling. Just a few of the many types I’ve owned and ridden.

Have ridden about half of these, owned another 3 not shown (500 Husky silver tank, Bultaco 350, Puch twin carb. 250) all sound like beautiful music to these ears!! The British bikes we'd always swap the fork legs left for right, turn the whole front wheel around , and get that front brake cable running straight and out of harm's way....and the CCM kickstarter was more of a boot digger while riding than the old 75/76 Huskys were, wore holes in both boots with both bikes!...and don't even get me started on left side brake/right side shift!!! Beautiful bikes all but I will stick to the new stuff, save my very old and worn out body (suspension has changed everything!) God bless : )'

There's no doubt about it there's nothing like the sound of a two-stroke or the smell of the exhaust with the mixed oil

Thank you

of coarse 2 t... that said, the 4 t's motors were very distinctive. unlike today,s 4 t they pertty much sound/look the same. mods or not. that beautiful TRICO had some SIC cam in it . eve though ccm were bsa motors they had a more throaty deep sound. gatta love the "pop pop" of decelerating single

Love them both,but if the 2 stroke is running on castrol 'R' it wins😉

Fourstroke.....and what weight for race?

The four strokes need a nice sound to compensate for coming last. They could of course just sniff the Castrol R if it carries that far back

Question, at 50secs in the Honda 2stroke left foot kick, was that a Euro model ? don't remember a Honda with a left side kick in Australia.

2stroke for ever men!😎

2stroke

Whitch sounds best? Thats like asking whos better Roger miller or zztop. Just depends on your mood.😀

Love the tin can sound 2 strokes make lol

I like both because they sound like you can go very fast and possibly get hurt really bad.

THE FIRST BIKE IS A " RICKMAN" WITH A TRIUMPH MOTOR, THE RICK MAN BROTHERS BUILT FRAMES OUT OF NICKEL ALLOY, THEY WERE HEAVY BUT THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST HANDLING BIKES EVER, THEY BUILT A LOT OF BIKES WITH ZUNDAPP 125 CC MOTORS AND 250 CC OSSA MOTORS, BEAUTIFUL MACHINES, I HAD A RICKMAN 125, SLOW AS HELL , UNRELIABLE AS SHIT, BUT MAN COULD IT POWER SLIDE LIKE A CHAMP

Definitely 2 stroke 🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️😍

I've had 25 bikes, twenty were dirt bikes. 4 stroke bikes are easier to listen to when your riding one. I had a 1970 Maico 400 and man that thing was loud. 4 strokes get almost twice as far on a tank of gas and you don't have to mix the gas. 4 strokes are more controllable on steep hard packed hills with loose rocks. But my 1978 yz 250 2stroke had a real punch of a powerband.

i think those are twin cylinder 4Ts no?

Nuthin better than a fresh 2 stroke.

Was that old 2-stroke KTM knocking

I'm a 2-stroke guy but I will have to admit that, to my ear, the 4-strokes sound more menacing. I'm glad both types are used to propel us off road and help us to enjoy the beautiful world God gave us!

sitting on my 2 stroke, my 4 stroke sounds better. Sitting on My 4 stroke, my 2 stroke sounds better, simple as that! One of the baddest, most meanest bikes i ever had tho, was my 80/81 Yamaha TT500. Ran the piss out of it and, got an XT500. Tho i love 2 strokes and castor oil, thumpers are in a world of their own, Love them too!!

Now this is music. give me a four stroke any day..BSA TRIUMPH.

Very simple, two strokes, every day, all day.

What was the all silver bike nice