Had six National records in 1975 with a DD/M 750 Kawi trippple. 10.12et @135mph. DAMN, how this has developed! THESE GUYS ROCK! Thanks Jack. :)

Have a 175 Kawasaki Enduro 1976 and all I ever did in almost half a century is put gas & oil in it and a clutch cable and spark plug every 8 yrs or so. It will go anyplace a person can walk. Top speed about 72mph /. All Stock

Gotta love the 2 strokes! When I was a kid I learned to ride on the neighbors old mx80 yamaha then got my own tm75 and rode that for a couple years and traded that in for the first year RM125 that a suzuki mechanic used to race. Didn’t realize it was kitted until I met a guy riding a stock one, as it was really fast. Got into street riding years later and remember the kawasaki’s that were around. A 500 street racer really caught my attention as a kid, but I found an RZ350 with Toomey pipes and rode that until I had a friend of a friend sell me a suzuki RG500 that needed work. That thing was a hoot when I got it back on the road. Paid 2k for it wrecked and sold it for 8k after riding it for 7 years way before the prices went way up. Wish I still had that one. Square 4, water cooled, cassette tranny. What an engineering marvel that suzuki produced to commemorate Barry Sheene winning gp 3 out of four years in a row. I can still smell the memories.

H2 750 in a GPZ chassis, RD 400.. Best memories ever, want them again

My first bike was a 1974 Suzuki Titan 500 bought new for 750 dollars. Had it for 6 years and put 120,000 miles on it. Ported, with expansion chambers, it would run 98 in a quarter mile. Thanks for the video, brought back great memories!

A 1989 read legal CR250 was the most fun bike i ever had. My late older brother got himself a 1981 MTX 50 when he turned 16, sold it to me when he got a car, and i still have that bike. Restored it a number of years ago. For therapeutic means i have a number of very small 3.5cc methanol/nitromethane engines :)

Jack, I've loved two strokes since I was a teenager! My first was a 1962 Vespa 125 single, then I had a Lambretta 150 single, then I had a 1980 Vespa PX 125 with a Tony Smith racing 160 big bore kit and custom pipe! Then I had a 1996 Aprilia RS 250! right after that one another 1998 Aprilia RS250 Cup Challenge bike!!! Love the sound the smell!!!

My mate used to lend me his 1985 Rz 500, at the army base in 1987, boy that bike was so nice, fast and light. In 1992 I bought a 1988 Yz 490 that was a fun bike, it knocked my teeth out. These days I take it easy on my flh Shovelhead.

I'm a truck driver in S.Wales UK, i ride a 2 stroke 1969 BSA Bantam to and from work, 175cc , everyone loves that ring-a-ding ding at 2am .....that's right I work nights..lol

The way you guys created this video is great the information on the screen and good commentary! I was there racing my dads 1992 Polaris Indy 650 bracket sled in the 1/8 mile bracket class and made it in the final 8 before losing at the stripe by a finish line margin of .180 💪🏼

Had Yamaha and Kawasaki strokers in my teens, big brother had a Kwak triple as his first big bike, and where I'm sitting in England, I know of 2 H2's, 3 H1's plus a couple 400s and 250's and a show winning Z1 within a 2 mile radius 😁 Love your work Jack, I watch every single vid!

Damn, them old school bikes are amazing love the gt550. Great video Jack. Amazing as always

Owned my '74 H2 triple from 1977 to 2016! Had the usual set of Spec II pipes, rejetted accordingly, with extra plate Barnett clutch with gorilla springs, 2" over aluminum swingarm, tapered roller steering head bearings, dual disc front end off of an early Z1, and numerous other mods. It would run heads up with my Honda CBX in a drag race(until I turboed the CBX)and was reliable as a rock. Total of 7 moving parts in the engine made for simplicity at its finest. Badass video, castor oil smell is unforgettable!😎😎

I still ride my 93 kx500 twice a month. Love that bike. So fun to ride. Mainly coal hills in PA and some trails. Most people dont realize how good 500s are in the woods.

Owned a 1992 Yamaha yz250 motocross bike 25 years ago and loved it....now ride a yz450f four stroke which is awesome but will always smile when I hear a 2 stroke for the power band and easy rebuilding. Great video

I knew a fellow who built and raced a record breaking H2 drag bike. He was a very innovative builder, and was respected and well connected in H2 race circles. Some of the biggest names in H2 racing today knew him well. When most racers were simply sending their engines to Paul Gast, he did almost all of his own porting, tuning, fabricating etc. He was quite possibly the very first racer to put nitrous on an H2. He told me this, and to this day I have no reason to doubt it. Later he solved the fragile transmission issue that plagues all H2 drag racers, and mated a Z1 900 transmission to his bike. This was an incredible feat of engineering, design and fabrication. He was a master welder, machinist and fabricator, and did everything himself. It worked flawlessly for many seasons, until he retired from racing and finally parked the bike for good. To this day, I haven't seen another H2 with such a modification. He told me it made 200 HP, and weighed a mere 200 pounds. He was super meticulous at shaving weight, and said this was very important for an H2, since they were so limited on displacement. His 60-foot times were some of the best, and he painstakingly kept up with this. He said his bike was always stock bore too - 748cc. In the very early 90s he rode it to a record breaking 8th mile pass in 5.18 seconds. It was a perfect, beautiful pass. I was there, and was blown away by the spectacle. I never forgot it either. I was near the finish line, and his front wheel was an inch of the ground when he went by. He offered to sell me the bike for $3000.00 when he quit racing, without the nitrous, which he concluded was worth a few extra thousand for the innovative "tricks" that he had perfected and made it special and so competitive. I had grown up on Triples, but I wouldn't have ridden that beast with the nitrous anyway. I was a staving young husband and soon-to-be father with a hefty mortgage though, and had lots of other bills that come with starting a family. I now wish I had done it anyway, and could donate it to the Barber's Museum so others could appreciate it. I often wonder what became of that bike. The 2-stroke racing community lost a world class racer and gentleman when he passed away in 2011 at just 58 years of age. RIP, Steve Jacks.

I'm 60 & still ride 2 strokes on the road. I've been riding them since 1980. Out of my 10 road bikes, in the garage, only one (an extremely rare one of 48 built) Jawa 500-846, is a 4 stroke.

Ah yeah I remember those days. I was a Kawasaki mechanic for a dealership in the 1970's and ran a Denco equipped 756 H2 motor in a stretched H1 frame. I ran weekly at Norwalk Ohio and sometimes at Milan Michigan.

Having watched this video has made me get out my H2 and go for a run around the twisties this morning on a beautiful Queensland Australia day

I grew up with Kawasaki H1’s and H2’s. They were made for drag racing. For their era they were the fastest. Then came the CB 750 and Z1-900. It was all over. Saw Tony Nikosia at Beech Bend Drag Way in the early 70’s and I worked for Mike Murdock before he started Murdock Racing Enterprises and invented the air shifter.

Man this is so awesome, being a die hard ski doo guy I love seeing that 809 rotax in action

I had an S3 Kawasaki (400) and a Yamaha RD400 Daytona Special in the late 80's. I miss them. edit: I meant to say late 70's (1979)

2stroke for ever 🤟👍🏆

I had a 500 H1 and a 750 H2. The 500 was harder to ride because it had no torque, but at 5600 rpm you better be hanging on tight. Both of these bikes were super fun. Love the Two Strokes.

driven many 2 strokes when younger, then just went with the big 4strokes sportbikes(r6 zx10 rsv4) but recently returned to the 2 strokes, bought myself a pretty beat up Cagiva planet (naked sister of the Cagiva mito) and it still the most fun i have on 2 wheels, even when the poor thing has seen better days, did an engine overhaul and derestricted it, and got 30hp at the dyno. just barely over 120kg, an amazing chassis, its just addicting, you cant stop riding and smiling

I started racing with a 1971 Suzuki T500 racer,, after that,, a Bakker yamaha TZ 350, Now back on a Seeley suzuki TR500 and just started a new project,, a scratch built Seeley Suzuki TR750 .. I just love 2 strokes.

I ride a 74 RD350 with DG Expansion chambers, wiseco pistons and its a blast. Front wheel loves to reach for the sky LOL. My friends ride ducati hyper motard and KTM dukes and when we stop for lunch or a break people always check out the RD and I think it bugs my buddies.

Owned a 1972 Yamaha DS7-250 1974 RD-350 1977 RD-400. The 350 and 400 were set up for street racing. Ported, piped, Wiseco pistons, dyna III electronic ignition, fiberglass seat, high compression heads, jetted carbs and removed everything that I could. I could keep going but you all get the idea. Ended up with a 08 Limited Hayabusa, stock set up.

Started riding when I was about 5 years old and my first bike was a KDX 80 and I absolutely loved that bike..

When I came up in juniors everything was 2-strokes. My first “real bike” was a 1985 CR80R. I was 9 years old and I got it from a friend’s older brother who upgraded to a 125. I remember being in that strange middle ground between terrified and exhilarated when I first rode it. Then, I got that same older kid’s 1993 CR125R after he got an RM250 when I was 15. I kept that bike until about 5 years ago (though I’ve had many others through the years, including a couple of 500s which gave me the same terrified/exhilarated feeling as my first CR125R) when I gave it to my nephew for him to learn to work on and ride 2 strokes. He got it running like it was just rolled off the showroom floor and absolutely loves the thing. He did upgrade the suspension, but other than that it’s all stock and he absolutely rips on it.

I used to love riding my friends Honda MVX 250 back in the 80's, so much fun.

All I ever rode as kid were dirt bikes, a Yamaha 100 twin street bike with big tires and bars, a Kawasaki 90, Hodaka 100, Greeves 250, Yamaha 125 MX. The first time I rode a 4 stroke bike after all those, I kept waiting for the power to come on, but it was already done! I loved having a 6500-10,000 RPM power band, except when I was trying to play trials rider.

Cool!!! I have a 650 twin cyl Rotax in a custom single seat buggy. Centrifugal clutch, coil overs, 'A' arms....it flies!!

I suped up & brought back to life a Banchee 1987 dual expansion chambers , boost bottle, Modquad lockout & aluminium clutch basket with plexiglass window to see clutch spin, Its stretched out so it doesnt ride wheelies non-stop, put a new bumper & back plastics on it & panted some of it.. It rips so hard half throttle feels like a rollercoaster. It just winds up & then shoots that power band. Its my 1st 2stroke, & first quad I ever bought & I bought it & brought it back to life. the chrome bumper has a anodized red grill that matches the Lockout I put on my clutch u can see spin. I also got an anodized red dipstick to match. Mine now! bored out too.

Still have my 74 Kaw over 40 years now , road it year round an then raced it for ten years , an drove a gsxr 1100 as a daily , Love my Kaw will never sell it 🙂

I got a brand new blue 1972 Kawasaki 500 mach 3 when I was 15 years old and I tore up the streets of Daytona Beach with it.. it's what every 15-year-old needs...true story ..I survived it....great bike..wish I still had it ..

I had a RD 135, TDR 180 and a RD 350 LC, the best and most exiting motorcycles I already rode.

My cousin and I took his Honda CR500 two stroke dirt bike out to the track here in East Texas up by Lindale and man that thing was like a bull sending you into the air. Those second gear powerband jumps just send you. That beast was a kick start also and would knock a chunk out of your thigh without boots. lol

I had a Burnt Orange 1976 Suzuki GT 550 when I was 15 years old in 1982. 1100 miles and was a sweet bike! Ocelot expansion chambers, drag bars and a luggage rack. It was my daily when I was restricted to a 125cc license at that age, breaking the law, breaking the law lol!

Took a 1976 KH500 Frame ( their most advanced frame made ) And stuffed King Kong himself 750 fully polished engine, powder coated frame with 34 mikunis and a set of Basani chromed chambers . Kawasaki Grape Purple with factory stripes clear coated . Powder coated frame . Sits in the living room . The Ultimate eye candy 🍭

I lost my license in 1980 for reckless driving on an RD400E , genuine 122mph bike bike then, fastest one in Europe , for doing wheelies through the town centre here in the UK I come from the days when this stuff was mainstream...I still have a Busa today with moto cross bars on it for doing wheelies...i'm now 61 LOL and still do it, had over 130bikes since 1977

Had a RD 400 back in the day. Loved that bike. Wish I never got rid of it.

I was living in Japan when I was a teenager in the ‘60s. My friend had Kawasaki Mach 3. I guess you call it an H2. 500 cc 3 cylinder. It felt like you were riding CB 350 until you hit about 4000 rpm and then all hell would break loose! We used to go down to the docks in Yokohama at night and have drag races. My friend didn’t like riding fast but heck I sure did! That bike would pull wheels 1 sr, 2nd and 3rd gear. I would have to lean forward practically sitting on the tank just to keep that front end down. It was FAST. I didn’t know until a few years ago that bike was the fastest 1/4 mile bike in production at the time. Aaah. Good times they were!

Had yamaha fs1edx 50cc big bore kit blew the crank up! and yamaha rd250 miss those days! as well as the music and the festivals! but maybe its all coming back? along with the cold winters and power cuts the way the worlds going, thanks for great coverage jack :)

Buddy had an older late 90's to early 2000's Yamaha 80. Everyone always laughed at it being an 80 until they rode it. That little bike demanded respect lol

Always loved the T250 Suzie's, even after hitting an idiot at 80 mph reversing into my path. That of course was in the mid 70's sold my last T250 this March just gone. Got to find me another.

Currently developing a Yamaha RX115 into a 200cc drag bike, current world record for singles is 9.6s on the 1/4 mile, aiming at 10s, we'll see how that goes.

I used to have a RD350LC and a T500. I love the two stroke twins. I sadly had to part with them after a tangle with a car nearly killed me and left me very disabled. They were the best times. Howdy from England.

I´m a big two stroke fan. If I count all my and my sons two stroke mopeds and dirt bikes + quad we have or had before the total number is 27. 13 mopeds and 13 dirt bikes + 1 quad. I have had myself earlier decades ago these dirt bikes: Yamaha YZ80 1987, Kawasaki KX80 1989, Kawasaki KX250 1987, Kawasaki KX125 1993. Now I have these dirt bikes: Kawasaki KX125 1992, Suzuki RM125 1992, Husqvarna TE250 2015 and Husqvarna TC250 2018. My son had before these ones: Suzuki LT50 quad 2003, Suzuki JR50 2004, KTM50 Senior Adventure 2006, Husqvarna TC50 2011, Kawasaki KX60 1993 and now he has a Yamaha YZ65 2018. Long live the two strokes! No electric bikes for us. =) @CycleDrag Jack, do you have any relatives from Finland as your last name Korpela is a Finnish name?

I'm a two-strokeaholic, started riding the gtmx 80, in the early '70s. Got my hands on a R5 Yamaha, and then in Rd 350/400. I got the last rz350 NC from Palm springs Yamaha. A red and white Kenny Roberts replica. Spent oodles of money on it, could have spent oodles more. I love the smell of pre-mix in the morning, smells like victory.

Road raced a 1977 Yamaha TZ750D. Mine was ported with Lectron carbs and custom pipes. Power band from 9200 to 12,000 RPM and when it came on the pipe you better be hanging on and pointed in the right direction!

I really miss my RD400. Would live to see some on the track.

I always wanted a 2 stroke streetbike. Then I found an abandoned 72 T 500 that I got for$150 with title. It’s a battlescarred survivor but started right up but smoked like crazy and ran like crap. Somebody swapped and mixed up the carb slides. Now it’s my neighborhood screamer and I always look back in the mirror to see the smoke!

Nothing like the power and torque of a Snowmobile Set Up✌️

I am now 62. Started in '74 with a zündapp ks100 gelände , than a kawasaki avenger350 with open stingers in 78, got stolen after that in 84 a suzuki gt250 all 2 strokes. Six years ago sold a 80cc rieju which started as a 50cc moped did a nut and bold restauration and upgrade to it. I will allways cherish a 2 stroke. Had multiple 4 stroke bikes too. Pity the greens make the rules and outlawed the smokers.

Built a H2 hillclimber several years back. Built some custom cylinders with Reed valves 38mm mikuni flat slides on alkyd Gast heads and pipes. Definitely a rocket

I raced Yamaha kt100s on a dirt go kart!! I've had every bike you can name over 60yrs on this awesome planet!!! Two strokes are king!!!

After seeing your episode . I took my 1974 Suzuki GT to Ken's in Pennsylvania to have it resurrected he's had it for over a year and and hopefully he calling me and will be up and running again I love too strokes. Thanks

Great trip down memory lane.....as I had an old, unused and rusty Suzuki GT550 back in the early 80's ...which I completely stripped back and rebuilt it into a full cafe racer,,,with full engine tune, ported barrels, flatslide carbs and racing exhausts, ...the rubber frame was strengthened and braced, with clip on handle bars and a box section swinger and some GS mag wheels....and of course better brakes. But Man....that thing was a real loud, gnarly, and pretty quick beastie for the time....and could be heard from miles away which used to annoy the neighbors 😂 But had so many great memories, fun times and scary moments for many years .... until the lure and offer of a friends Suzuki GS1000 came along...so sadly I had to sell the 550 and let it go.

I had the good fortune to ride the H1 and H2 Machs in Panama City Beach Florida in 1973. Both were box stock, handled for sht but were scary fun to ride. Be very careful on the throttle in corners. They weren't called Widowmakers by mistake.

I loved riding my 74 RD350. I still have it tucked away for a real restro one day. 17 was great birthday, dad helped me rebuild it from three boxes. cost me 600 bucks to get it on the road and rippin!

I remember riding behind some 2 stroke bikes back in the 70s. The smell of those exhausts would give you a headache and make you sick after a while.

1984 KR250, tandem twin rotary disc engine. Took it for a test ride, got around the corner and grabbed a handful of clutch and dumped it………… near flipped the bastard, had my toes dragging on the ground and my head on the tank and I shit my pants, rode it back gingerly and said “I’ll take it”😂

I've had several 2S, Bultaco 350, Ossa 250, Suzuki RH 250, Kawasaki H1 Rickman et some others from 50 to 500 cc. But my preferred 2 strokes was my Honda NS 400 R. Good usable engine, good chassis, good brakes. The best all around on road, and rather reliable. On second, I've just tried, not owned a Suzuki RG 250 Gamma VJ 23 1998, 70 HP 150 kg wet, that was the closer a road bike can be to a racing bike. Extremely delicate to tune.

Kh400. I died on it Nov 11, 1983. Ambulance driver brought me back. He still remembers that day more than I do. VS. Dodge Tradesman which failed to yield in a LH turn. Passenger door frame. Support post and side door frame were helmet damage direct push from front angle.

FS1E, RD250LC, RD250LC Stage 2 tuned, RD350LC, RD375LC with nitrous, RD250E, RD500LC YPVS v4, SUZUKI X7 raced tuned. All raced at Run What You Brung mets in the UK, in the 80s. My daughter raced a CAGIVA Mito 125 junior drag bike.

‘72 Yamaha R5C 350. ‘75 Yamaha RD 350, ‘76 Suzuki GT380, wish I still had them all.

Cr500 powered CRF250X. Street plated "2SMOKN" absolute arm stretcher. Unmanageable in the woods, but a zx6 hunter on the supermotos!

I remember riding a Suzuki JR50. That thing was a rocket!

I brought my daughter one for her birthday and it was a great and fast little motorcycle and I rode a 550 Suzie with a slipping clutch but still was strong. One day I would love to get a 2stock, 750 KAW.

'74 H1 500 easy street mods, stoplight racer in the mid-upper 12's, popcorn machine. Sittin' in the garage. Had a '76 KH500 in the 90's, light mods, quick midnight machine...sold it to neighbor, he lost the title...got towed to junkyard probably, Chicago, 1999

When I was a teenager I had a Hodaka Ace 100. I installed a reed valve intake manifold with a 32 mm Mikuni carburetor. I drilled some big holes in the intake side of the piston skirt. You could not keep the front wheel on the ground in the first three gears. I don't understand why they aren't using this type of setup on the H2s.

Currently building a 500cc 2 stroke chopper. 1975 Harley Sportster (Ironhead original) that has been hardtailed. With a 500cc Suzuki Spirit 6000 Dual cylinder, luquid cooled, CVT 🎉 The engine came out of a 1980 Arctic Cat El Tigre. I will be doing a dual expansion chamber setup. All stock with dual pipes, 95 hp. We'll see how my 2 stroke Chopper comes along.

Jack, I love to turn it up when the Harleys are on and the pictures fall off my walls and I had to buy metal cups because the glass on vibrated off the countertop and broke. But those 2 strokes, why I tell you, those 2 stroke just melt my tweeters and then I get that 2 stroke smell.

i owned a Herkules Prima 4 when i was 16. It has a 50 ccm Sachs Engine and stock 25 kmh. I put a 75 ccm head on it, larger carburetor, larger intake manifold, larger manifold, changed translation, racing bulb et voilà: almost 80 km/h.

My first bike was a 19 74 Kawasaki H2 with Denco pipes and the carburetors was re jet also change the gear ratio and the bike never got big on the street and then the Kawasaki 900 came out no contest I would not waste my time with Hondas or Suzukis Interesting?

Suzuki T10, T20 and the triples GT380, GT550, GT750 - they were an absolute blast.

I have yamaha RX 135 , 2 strokes , 1995 , still running awesome, I wish I could get yamaha RD350 original someday. But I love all the 2 strokes bike out there and the sound ✌️

I'm from the UK and currently own a Suzuki Ts100 ( 1980) and a Yamaha YZ 490

Started with a BSA bantam 125 dodging mineshaft in Kalgoorlie WA late 60s then went to 4 strokes for a bit . Early 80s got a tz250 made it look like a rd so I could street register it great little toy . You should look at the 2STROKE drags in Thailand small capacity and faster than most of the bikes shown

Yamaha RD 350 and love it. Still ride it alot, its a bunch of fun.

Great subject, love 2 strokes. I grew up riding lots of 2 stroke bikes.

Awesome content Jack!

Had a T500 in a TQ/Micro Midget for years running methanol, highly modified, great motor and very reliable when You get them sorted and tuned right.

converted my 450 ktm to a drag bike after watching your vids . know in hooked 12.9 at 97 mph . thanks brother great lakes dragaway union grove WI

1984 Yamaha RZ350 yellow and black. One of my favorite motorcycles of all time.

I Raced H-2 by the time I was 14-yrs.old I'm 63 now

Miyapet 50, KX 80, Yamaha 80, Yamaha AT1, Bridgestone 175 Dual Twin, KDX 200, YAMAHA R5C and RD400

Of course, the best two-stroke ever was the RD350LC, and also close behind, the RD500.. The most ridiculous one was the CR500. I had all of those and I feel lucky to still be alive to tell the tale.. Epic days. 😊

Owned: Baby Suzuki GT-125, Yamaha RD-30LC, Suzuki TS-185, Yamaha DT-400 and my favourite, IT-465H. The RD was so reliable it was awesome, but the IT-465 was F.U.N.

1976 rd400 I loved it knee replacement replacement surgery got infection and had three revisions who's out of work for 2 years and had to sell it it was the red one too had all the DJ and Demco parts😢

My first 2-stroke was a James cadet in 1968, this was followed by an Ariel golden arrow sprinter with a wal phillips injector in 1972, and my last was when I was finally allowe dto ride on the road at age 16, a purple yamaha FS!-E 50cc!

1975 H2 in cobra mk3 tune. 129hp. Lightened to 275lb. Loved it

I miss my Bultaco Pursang 250 cc motocross bike. My buddies and I raced in the canyon by Redlands CA everyday in the early 1970s after a boring day in high school

On my third RZ 350 now, but we call them RD over here (Race Developed) It's a 1986 model full fairings, so was the other 2 i had but one was a 1988 which was the last year ever for japanmade rd/rz 350. And also had a 1988 yz 250 aswell back in the day.

I love all these bikes all of those guys are doing a great job with this superbikes great job

I have many 2 stroke bikes, 78 RD400 ,86 RZ350 and the fastest baddest RD 500R. Also desert raced a CR500R for 12 yrs. Nothing like a 2 stroke 🖤💯❤

Owned 3x RZ350s (road raced 2 of them), 2 RD 350LCs (Road raced 1), YSR80 brand new. Currently restoring to factory, 1977 GT750 Suzuki.

Yes I have on several two strokes in the past 72 Suzuki 500 Titan a 1975 Kawasaki h1500 also a 75 Kawasaki 750 H2 they were all awesome bikes

I saw back in the late 70s early 80s..but I saw Terry Vance get beat by a local tough guy named Jim hammers!!at York us30 dragway!!