Oh man, I love the smell of two stroke in the morning 😁, still got a few stroker's hiding, saying that, this was a good reason electric works, instant torque made those jumps easy Travis Pastrana was raving about how well they are suited to Motocross, given his slightly abused body, he said it made it a lot easier for him.

i'm glad I grew up in the 70's.

Awesome!!!!!

How to dominate: cut the video when other bikes pass you, like the 2-stroke at 4:55 😂

Almost like how KTM started the 4 stroke race bike craze

@@IrnMaiden304 who started the 4-stroke craze? Check your data, it was yamaha with the yz400f

@@wornknobby Wrong, KTM was the first to do it they just didn't come in 1st place, Yamaha just gets the credit cause when they did it after KTM their bike won the race. Look it up you'll find it

@@IrnMaiden304 not wrong. You said the 4 stroke craze, not 4 strokes in off road. Yamaha with the tt500 would qualify with that grounding, of perhaps the xr line with their late 90s tech. Agree all of those were improvements but none started a craze. Yamaha with their completely new high revving design is what changed the sport. It is the standard now and after Henry's win was when the craze started . No other oem can make that claim.

@@wornknobby I said " 4 stroke race bike craze " so the TT and the XR are not MX RACE bikes, one would think being the type of video this is, the comment would be kinda obvious that we are talking about " Off-road MX ". Yamaha lobbied for AMA to make an exemption rule, KTM 540SX was the first bike out to use the rule ( there's your start to the 4 stroke RACE bike craze ), Yamaha didn't have their bike ready just yet, even though it was their own plea with the AMA for exemption, they weren't far behind though, when it finally did they won.

As long as the race is shorter than 11 mins.

@@bobeyes3284 Josh Hill has a video on his channel. He rode his over an hour at 100% power settings with 24% battery left.

That and no shifting or rear brake pedal makes it much simpler to ride with proper foot position. unlimited power settings, flywheel, engine brake settings. No gyroscope effect from crankshaft. I feel like races will end up being more of a DH MTB race vibe with bells, horns, music instead of half the field with shitty running bikes sounding like hell.

@@RichardsCranium And imagine the ability to shit talk as you’re making a pass 😅

@@BrickBike I think that may be the best part!

Nope, people that complain about dirtbikes and racing will continue to complain even if there is less noise. Dust, environmental damage, too many people having more fun than themselves, they'll still complain.

It isn’t about the noise. It’s about happiness. You can sweat your ass off running a chainsaw all day and not one word from the neighbors. Fire up a pit bike and pissed neighbors come running.

@@ZacharyTelesca That's probaly because of the 30 db increase in NOISE. 🙂

@@phillipzx3754 A quiet Chain saw is the same Db as a loud 450 4 stroke. And we ride 50cc-125cc 4 stroke pit bikes with full exhausts. Take that as you wish 🤷‍♂️

lol. the more things change, the more they stay the same

People who complain are kinda dumb. nobody told them to move next to a Motocross track..

For 30 years there had been a short oval race track Five years ago a wealthy person bought a house half a mile away and complauned about the noise and wanted the track closed. A cpuple of townies bought a house in a quiet village and then complained about the church bells.

After the noise they will complain about the dust.. pissers and moaners are never happy.

They make mufflers, they don't "have" to be loud. The noise is a choice.

Just think of the places we could put track with electric bikes.

Bingo

Silence is so boring.

It’s going to be boring

Beyond boring. EV has NO place in anything racing... can you imagine an electric drag race or electric Nascar race...Nobody going to watch that stupid shit. The noise and racing gas exhaust fumes is what makes racing great. You guys can stuff your EV garbage

transmission is still important, esp for long and technical tracks

@@harm97 Not when you're lapping faster than you ever have before.

@@harm97 Faster bikes aren't boring. And honestly, at least this is an organic change rather than something entirely unfair forced by a silly rule change, like the AMA and manufacturers did with 4-strokes.

Well said.

We owe a great debt to the heroes of the horse era. The noise! The spectacle! The dexterity required to deal with reigns, saddle, temperament, etc. It was an age of legends. Hard men with the courage and crazy to push the sport to the edge of the possible. - You, 150 years ago.

@@Mp57navy Let us not forget those dauntless pioneers who rose from walking on four legs to walking on two!

@@Mp57navy well there is a lot of respect for cowboys...

Not in case. They are going to release them anyways

Honda just released theirs .

Castrol

and the sound of the angry two stroke hornet......

Do you think they run on AA batteries or something??

crazy enough i bet its not even at 50%

I think the next size up...18650 Lithium Ion cells (Li-Ni Co Mn)@@denislopez373

There are some videos out now doing just that!

Rules are always subject to change. They designed the rules so the 2 stroke couldn't compete, they can do the same again. I love EVs but i really don't want to see them be the only competitive option in MX.

gonna be open classes run whatever you want

Supercross gets way more attendance because it's in stadium located in cities moto tracks get less attendance because they are far away from cities. They have to be far away because of noise

The Supercross E 50 class is one of my favorites. No hearing protection for the kids and you can actually talk about the race during the race.

Exactly...the sounds of horsepower not the purring and whining

Horsepower maybe. then dial the Electric bikes to match the 4 strokes

I ride all day, electric won’t cut it!

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Although it would add weight, I wonder if they can make a water jacket around the electrical components like some high end custom computer builders used to do 20 years ago. Maybe running it cooler would help with a drop on voltage?

@@reineherrera8897 they are water cooled already on the varg. combustion engines also loose power at the end of a moto...

Josh Hill rode his over an hour at 100% power settings with 24% battery left.

@@reineherrera8897 high end computers have radiators now. still doing it!!

​@@reineherrera8897batteries actually put more out when theyre hotter! If your car wont start in thr bush, warm it by a fire.

661 was on an electric bike also.

You don’t need one. You really should only be using a clutch on an ICE bike by exception anyways.

Electric is fast you don't need a clutch just turn the throttle and hang on.

Or let the same cc 4t and 2t run with each other???? That’s what we all actually want to see

No clutch, no shifting, no way.

4 strokes took over so the electric bikes could do the same. As the guy mentioned above the 2 strokes now have to race a class higher which is just ridiculous. The only issue I have with a 4 stroke is the sound. The 2 strokes sound so much better and the sound is critical to the fan base as well as small kids who will be the future of motocross. An electric bike is silly but there will be someone out there that likes them. This goes to show we can’t drift far from what a true race bike should be. Hell they restricted the sport for the damn 4 stroke making their own classes and making two strokes step up to the next class. Such crap and the reason so many have no interest anymore and not gaining new fans. The sport is a tough blue collar sport yet the bikes are not affordable to them so the bikes from the beginning are falling into the hands of the wrong kids. Middle class and poor kids need a chance to ride and race

@@terracer I tell you that the two strokes are far superior than any 4 stroke. This is way they make them race a class up and restricted the pro class to 250 and 450 now. I really don’t have an answer but I know it’s not the EPA because after some research it was Honda and Yamaha pushing these 4 strokes and why I don’t know because Honda had the best 2 stroke ever. I turned my back on motocross in the mid 2000’s and next thing you know all the 2 strokes were gone. It was sickening. If the EPA was behind this then they wouldn’t be making 2 strokes still which they still do. The other issue is no one wants to buy them only to have to race a class up which is not fair and just stupid when you think about it. If it’s a 250 then it should race the 250 class period. Also if you think of all racing the EPA can’t do anything to them such as all car racing and also superbikes and all those out out a heck of a lot more fuel in the air

@@zackk695 let's see middle class and poor kids get off there LAZY butts and work and buy a bike and lay down those x boxes and skate boards. All they want to do is walk the streets and show off tennis shoes.... the hell with them lock them up and feed them beans.

I have one and love it, but EV bikes in sanctioned events will kill the sport. Give them a class of their own if we’re bringing them in. They’re literally cheat codes. The power is instant, there’s no gears so don’t even worry about remembering what gear you’re in throughout the race and what gear you need to be in to hit a certain jump or rhythm, no clutch on your start and to feather your throttle in corners. Mentally they’re so much easier to ride. I love all my bike and scooter, but if you allow them to run against gas the sport will die.

Destroying the environment via electric battery mining/manufacturing etc is not positive. Yes, electric has many positives, but environmental concerns is not one of them. This will become more evident as the years roll on.

Literally the only advantage is the speed. There is no other advantage especially environmentally to owning any electric vehicle

I don’t think its’s necessarily a sad day, this may be faster, but motorsport, for most people, js about fun, not performance, and the level of fun that ICE provides will never be matched.

Change is always bad

That is a little suspect. I’m not sure though.

20min. After that is end of Battery

@@joerglukas6663 Go ask uncle Elon to make a better battery 😁

55hp vs 80hp? Yeah I don't think they'll be racing with the 450s lol that's like having a 450 race 85s.

It would be boring to watch.