Ultimate Two Strokes - Shakey rides new Langen and his classic RGV250 motorbike
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2022
- This could be two stroke bike perfection - Shakey Byrne rides the new Langen 250 against his own classic Suzuki RGV250 in this new episode of Byrne Out. Not only that, he also gets to fire up and worship the MotoGP winning RGV500 of Kevin Schwantz. Rest assured there's a lot of smoke in this episode...
Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show.
Langen ( www.langenmotorcycles.co.uk/ ) is the only brand new two-stroke road bike on the market in 2022. It is a British engineered and built 250cc injected twin, weighing under 120kg and over 75bhp. As a massive fanatic of the 2-stroke Shakey Byrne has wanted to ride and review the Langen in a while, but it was the perfect excuse to dust off his restored 1991 Suzuki RGV250. Will the Langen impress? Are we glad that someone is bringing 2-stroke motorcycles back from extinction?
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0:00 Intro - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Oh man...!
When you opened up the Langen for the first time (at about 13:50 in the video) the hairs on the back of neck pricked up and I realised I had the biggest grin on my face...!! 🤪
One of THE best bikes I ever owned as a kid back in the early 80s was a twin-cylinder Yamaha RD200 - did absolutely nothing until about 8,000rpm and then it just flew...!
Just epic... 😎
Oh yeah. The days of 250cc 2 stroke a pure 🚀 ship. Fast as foook. My aprilla rs 250cc was mental
@@travelandtech2185 Crazy price now mate, under 4 second bike
Passed my test on my Yam FS1E and then got the favourite of all my bikes, the Yamaha RD250LC. Oh god, she was such an amazing piece of kit, and the smell of the 2 stroke has become one of my absolutely favourite things. You don't come across it much these days, but if you're lucky enough to get up to the Isle Of Man GP, there's usually a fair few two strokes on and off the track.
I binned my 250 whilst going over a roundabout, rather than around it, and my 17 year old self cried for hours. Still brings a tear to my eye.
The 250, and it's big brother, the 350YPVS, were icons of the 80's, as much as Jane Fonda in spandex, the Rubiks Cube and Walkmans. God, I miss the 80's 🤣
Great job, Shakey, you're a natural 👍🏻
My DT50 MX, 61cc bore kit, K&N Air filter, Gienlli pipe! It spat fireballs out of the exhaust flat out down hill. Some of the best fun of my life being 16 years old.
Autisa big bore kit? I had the exact same spec when I was 16 :)
It also made you irresistible to the opposite sex. This is a fact and cannot be disputed. The sound of any tuned two stroke hitting the power band was always enough; it wasn't just the motors that went bang :-D
My first bike, I had a the earlier model DT50M with a Malossi big bore kit k&N filter Fresco pipe lol I thought it was a missile 😎
oval Fresco exhaust on mine
I had a white and red dt50 mx with a Paris Dakar kit fitted and a big one exhaust! The bike couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding!! Wish I kept it!!!
Shane is fantastic on the late brake show and adds a different dimension, it also offers us bike and cars fans something great that’s unique and different which is very hard these days in the world of automotive TH-cam! Great work lads!
Thank you Rio, that was always the plan. Glad you appreciate it.
Totally agree. More content like this please.
That RGV is a beauty Shane, really miss the two stroke noise...and the smell of Castrol R :D
Mmmm, that smell 💚 Not using top quality synthetic oil=holed pistons at dawn :-D OK, that was the RD350 and TZR250; for the RGV/RS250, that'll be knackered Nicosil liners then (and a disc-valve dropping in to the cylinder to add to the fun). Fun times ;)
@@sq1rlsqu4d I think for the ultimate smell, you require the genius motorbike man himself, Allen Millyard in the garden with his two stroke atco lawn mower. Freshly cut grass AND Castrol R? :D th-cam.com/video/52FK1v6lErQ/w-d-xo.html
Two strokers? Sounds like an episode of Smith and Sniff 😉
@N P The RD500 was surprisingly slow. I could get my old 350LCs running more power with decent reed valves and a mild Stan Stephens tune. There could sometimes even go weeks between blowups :D
I'm rgv mad,those babys are so beautiful and RAPID
The RGV500 looks futuristic despite almost 30 years passing. Personally I'd kill for a RGV250.
You can’t beat the sound of a two stroke engine.My favourite was always the Kawasaki triple.Especially when they were fitted with expansion chambers.I had an RD250 with J&R expansion chambers on it.Loved that bike,but always wanted to swap it for a KH.Never happened as i had a head on with a Mini and my love for bikes dwindled for about 15 years until i needed to “scratch that itch” yet again.
Hats off to the guys who have put the Langdon together.It looks and sounds incredible
I’ve said this on pretty much every video - I’m not into bikes at all and follow TLBS for cars but find myself getting more and more into bikes with the more of these videos that I see. Shakey has a brilliant delivery and appeals to not just those who ride bikes!
What a lovely bike!
Well done to the builder’s!
My motorcycle career started on a Yamaha Rd 50 mx2 in 1988 16 year old trying all the mod’s to get the max out of it!
17 and a RD 125 to pass my test on then straight to a RD 350 YPVS!!
Nothing like RD's , specialy 350 ypvs ,,,, Non motorcycle give pleasure like 2t, ii mean ,Driving is fucking porn , look sound pull , shifting !!!
Goosebumps and a warm glow when that RGV 500 fired up. Glorious.
1:50 just reminded me of the few minutes before the old GP races - hearing all the teams warm up their bikes… amazing!
The Langen is cool because it has the right amount of old with new, with the dymag wheels and modern suspension.
The sound and feel of a 2 stroke is so energetic, it is like it is almost alive, love them!
Fantastic video, thanks guys! I love 2 strokes, in fact I bought my RGV250 only a month ago and watching this makes me want to go and ride it now!
reminds me to hop on the oll yamaha rd 350 love it for about 80 k and then my hand are numb;)))
Well what’s keeping you, if my wee Suzuki gt250k was ready you wouldn’t be able to get me arse off it lol 😝
It's hardly been used for most of the past ten years or so, I want to give it a good service first and haven't had the time but this video has inspired me to get on with it!
@@iandonald5755 Ten years? ☠ You'll be needing to split it - rebore and new disc valves at the very least. Be on the safe side, new bearings everywhere ;) (plus the requisite 5 minute warm up). You're a lucky man and I envy you.
You haven't rode it, admit it!? You're in for a fucking shock! 👍👍
Thanks 67, great reviews and could almost smell the 2 stroke oil!
Great looking bike and interesting engineering. So good to see things like this coming out of the UK from a small talented team 👌
What a wonderful machine! I had over a dozen strokers in my teens and twenties, from my first little RD200, RD350, RD400E, 350 L/Cs ,RG500 an RGV250M the same as Shakey's, I loved its paint scheme but it was the banana (gullarm) swingarm that won me over and my last one an Aprilia RS250, I loved the smell, sound and power band of the two strokes and even though I'm now in my sixties and love my Street triple RS, whenever I hear or smell a stroker it takes me back to my youth.
Wow, the sound of those 2 strokes bring it all back! I still have fond memories of my Yamaha RD250.
Hooray for the two-stroke thought that was it gone forever Love a two-stroke Always will
Oh Yes I love a 2 stroke the smell is the best, bought my RGV when I was 17 and I still have it now at 40.
My first bike was a Suzuki TS100. Huge fun after a rebore and top end overhaul. It had had a tough life. I also had an early Yamaha RD350LC for a while which was utterly nuts. I have to say that I prefer a four stroke for daily riding though. Good luck to Langen, great to see a new company having a go. Great vid too Shaky, thanks.
An incredibly good looking bike. It is difficult to define why which makes it even more intrieging. I could easily have it in the lounge to contemplate and appreciate as an artwork.
Only ever had one two stroke in 22 bikes but it still memorises me.
So much I bought another RD350 YPVS
What a machine. All credit to the team. Who doesn't love the sound of a 2 stroke?
British engineering at its best - exquisite work - took me back to 18/19 yrs old and being lent - yes lent! a new RD400 one of the first with the rear disc brake by Hertford motorcycle club (near to Harris Performance) promptly put the tank bag on with map and bungeed a tote bag behind and rode it to Devon - remember beating a jenson Interceptor off the lights somewhere on the 303 - happy carefree days - embarrassingly slipped over on some gravel and bought a replacement indicator at the bike dealers whose name i can't remember on Green Lanes, Haringey where me and mates used to go and dribble over Kawasaki triples - thanks Jonny and Shakey for keeping us sane - long live the 2 Stroke
Wow the noise of those bikes, took me back to the 80s when I had an RD350 YPVS
That Langen bike is ace.... love it .
Simply a wonderful review. The sounds were worth the time alone. Shakey, you're a brilliant reviewer.
Top video, great to hear a 2-stroke again. I started at 16 years old on a DT50MX (same colours as the one in the video), then had a DT125R and then went to a RD350LC. Great days.
Cheers fella , love your vids ,just sooooo relaxing to watch . Couldn't afford an RGV at the time , but was astounded how they looked when they came out. I was on LC's back then but the Suzuki was a complete game changer. A lot of bikes were born on the back of its lightness and stunning performance as well as racing livery and design . Iconic.
Love the Langen . It pains me that ive never actually seen it out n about even though its built less than 5 mins from my home. Wish them all the best for the future and glad to hear theyll be making more bikes.
My word. What an episode! Loved it. Oh and loved the Langen.
The production values are top draw.
Well done everyone.
Many thanks Tim, really appreciate that.
Hell yeah Shaky, bringin the goods. That Suzuki RGV quad pipe is one of my favorite machines ever.
Top presentation Shakey! That's an absolutely gorgeous machine!
I started on a DT50 too, Shakey... sadly that's where our shared two-wheeled experiences start and end! 🤣
My first bike was a late 70's DT100. Was a great bike until a mate put vegetable oil in it instead of mineral oil and seized the engine 😢
Had loads of 2t's fizzy , RD's , NSR etc , miss those blue haze days , thank you so much for the sounds of the past ! Great vid hope to see more from you . Hi from East Kent .
Got a garage full of strokers, always had at least one since I was 16. Love that the Langen exists, but I think if I had £30K to spend on a bike I'd be building a RG500 special with it.
We know two stroke oil runs through your veins Tim :)
Especially as it’s a LBS vid, the mention of strokers really tickled me 😂
👍
Gamma was and is a monster
I'd love to know how to source an inline 4 2t . I'm on a zx14 that's got every bolt on you can get and it's a good bit lighter as well but I just have premix in my veins
loved the bike and the interview. Shakey is a pro a commentary and reviews now. Good to have a real rider review these bikes so we can get some really useful and reliable info.
love 2 strokes. I restored a KR1 a few years back. Sadly had to sell her on. But the guy did enter it in a bike show and it won. But long live the 2 strokes. Great vid Shakey keep them coming 👍👍👍👍There is a video on here of my little smoker 👊👊👊👊👊👊
I raced two strokes in the 70's till 2000. Best music is one flat out against the stop running out of sight on a long straight, no silencers.
Crack on from New Hampshire 🇺🇲👍✌️🤣☮️
That frame looks amazing.
As a four stroke guy who has two Bultaco Sherpas, I’m totally sold on this one. Very nicely executed. Thank you for sharing.
Thumbs-up to Langen and Chris & team... Long live the 2stroke bike's
Very interesting thanks. I worked for a SW London main dealer back in the late 80s and early 90s and use to sell the RGV250s and 500s new :)
Thank you for this, great episode, will never sell my 1984 rd350 ypvs!
I had a TZR 250 3MA almost 30 years ago, miss the smell of burnt two stroke.
Must get my RD250 out tonight after seeing this!
Recently discovered this channel, what a great video with a mix of new and classic bikes of the past 👍now subscribed.
Jonny a truly awesome episode thank you shane love the story on bikes and love 2 strokes. I have my beloved 1973 RD250 in the shed and thank you Dugald Clerk who designed the worlds first successful two-stroke engine 1878
Wow! That Langen is very nicely done. The Vins motor is awesome. Broad powerband, but still has the two stroke rush through the gears.
The Langen reminds me of the late Terry Shepherd's circa 1975 350cc modified Suzuki GT250.
Glad to see a new two stroke for the road. 😊
Intrigued with the upcoming four stroke Langen. Enjoyed this, thank you Shakey and team.
We are too Shane. So is the other Shane...
@@TheLateBrakeShow get right back to them.. to build the new Zealand BSL 500 gp triple.. it only run two seasons 99 & 2k when FIA changed the rules to 4-strokes.. Bill Buckley BSL Buckley Systems Ltd..
Wiki..The BSL 500 V3 was a 500 cc two stroke V3 which competed in the Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championship in 1999 and 2000. It was the brainchild of New Zealand businessman Bill Buckley, and was designed and built as a showcase for Buckley's engineering company. Its engine was designed in 3D CAD and manufactured using a rapid, patternless casting method, in which the CAD data was used to make ceramic moulds for the engine components. This process greatly reduced the time and expense associated with conventional methods of sand casting
just a beaautiful beautiful motorcycle ,as a learner in Australia early 1990s i had a Kawasaki two stroke road bike KR250, unfortunately the lil twin was very tired and my older brother had a KX500 that he had parked in the shed ,over a weekend he transplanted the 500 into the KR and it became a rocketship but i had an awful time trying to kick it over ,eventually he put on an extra two headgaskets and it dropped the compression down enough for me to kick it over
I god damn love RGV250. Such an iconic bike.
Smile on my dial the whole way through this video!
I think I've found my dream bike!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Langen..... PLEASE make more than 100 of these 😭😭😭
Great video, your getting better and better as a presenter, relaxing into it, love the ‘ring-a-ding’…..
First time I’ve come across this channel and really enjoyed the vid. The Langen is lovely and deserves to be ridden, not hidden away. Shaker is great in front of the camera but the best thing for me was actually seeing him ride again. 👍
Has to be that RGV. The style, sound and the smell 🥰🥰🥰. Not fussed on the new bikes looks.
Great looking bike. Glad to hear shakey rates it. Saw it in built magazine and I’m glad Iv seen it in motion too. Long live langen motorcycles!
Omg it’s like a blast from the past, raced 250cc 2 stroke, Boyson reads and ported, crikey, the thing scream then 😍
Super interesting to learn about Langen, great video as always Shakey! :)
I grew up in a time in the United States when you would hear Rd 350s and 400s buzzing around town like a pack of bees. You showing these two strokes is amazing I remember the Suzuki water buffalo the big 750 cc triple what an amazing motorcycle. I personally owned a 72 Titan 500 Suzuki that was an experimental motor that had twin gearing it had low gears for the track and had high years for the highway what a twin there was no Rd 350 or 400 ever coming close to that bike as a matter of fact I used to ride around with a guy that had a factory Star Wars painted Kawasaki 1000 and he couldn't get away from me on that 500. I have not since seen one Titan 500 ever made like that one with the extra butterfly shifter on top of the left hand side of the crank besides your standard shifter on the bottom I believe it even had a Kickstarter on the left side but I quite can't remember. That was one bike I should have held on to! Thanks for sharing the video brought back old memories for me.
To think it was 41 year's ago when I was 17 with my first rd 250 with 350 barrels and pistons what great times
Amazing! One third of the displacement of the 70's H2 and the same hp!
The frame looks so solid and balanced. Swing arm as well.
Design is just beautiful and captured the essence of the primal motorcycle.
I would like so much to test ride that machine...
Greetings from Brazil.
H2 is about 2 ton too and power to weight is below average, but my what a beautiful looking bike the H2 is.
Wicked good, I love that people are trying stuff for the love of it again.
I've seen lot of his crashes I can't understand how he's still able to walk let alone ride still great video jonny fella
Takes me back to my Yamaha TZR250R, last bike I had back in the late 90's.
You talking about the induction noise, reminds me of my Suzy GT500 from many years ago. Get it over 70-ish and the MOAN from the induction, was lovely.
Love 2 strokes love this channel and bringing back fond memories of my aprillia rs125
I still have honda nsr 125 2 stroke with polini kit good for 45 hp. Good 3 second till 100 kmh.
That trellis frame took some skill to build… good on them for going all out and getting it off the ground… the lucky strike looks so awesome…
Holy crap, what a work of art that Langen is! Great review!
Instant power , speed , sound , smell .... What else you want ?? Two strokes is back !!! Welcome my dear smoke !!!
Great piece that brings back lots of memories. So good to see this new machine I really miss seeing, hearing and smelling two strokes. Any chance of some Byrne out merch?? Please.
If enough people ask, we might get some merch made!
I used to have a RD350 YPVS back in the 90’s and by golly did I love it but the Langen is absolutely stunning.
I’d love to get my hands on one but for the moment it’s way out of my price range unfortunately 😔
By god does she sound incredible, really takes me back to my younger years 🥰
Now I know ,why I‘ve never sold my RG 500 !!!! But this Langen looks beautiful,love it! !!!!!!!!!!
Very good review, Shakey is a great presenter! The bike looks pretty good and the exclusivity is cool, but you can get some insane machines for that sort of money. You really gotta be a big fan of two stroke engines to get this.
I suppose the sheer rarity and exclusivity of 100 units will have an appeal. You aren't going to meet another Langen out on a bike run...
Monday night braappps. Thankyou very much!!
They are both absolute beauties! Great content - more more more!
Great episode , great idea involving bikes and getting Shane involved .
Love that small British independent craftsmen are still out there building bikes, especially a 2T. I wish them all the best luck.
As for the RGV250M.. Still today that is a stunning bike, a legend! I bought an RGV250P brand new in 1993, awesome bike! I had a Kawasaki KR-1 before that.. I miss 2 strokes 😕
Me too mate, I bought mine new in march '93, bloody wish I'd kept it!
Loved this and it’s refreshing to see Strokers being built once again. Reminded me of my RD350LC days. Nearest I can get to that peaky engine vibe is in my S2000!!😂👍
The BAD BOY OF THEM ALL RD350LC ALLSPEED PIPES STAN STEPHENS TUNED WHAT A WESPON NOISE OUR FUN I LOVE 2 STROKES DIFFERENT GRAVY !GATE13SW6CFCCREW
Bravo! we anxiously await the Langen 500
Man i've missed two strokes. Totally made a stank face when it was opened up. Sounds beautiful
Classic Two smokes are hugely popular on our trackdays, there is nothing better than standing in the holding area with 30 plus smokers waiting to head out on track. Lets hope Langen do well with their venture in resurrecting the two stroke motorcycle.
Thank you for bringing back my misspent youth and a reverse-cylinder 250 that I obviously wish I still had!
Great video. Very enjoyable. Thanks, everyone.
Lingen is a stunning piece of work and the motor is cracking. The RGV's just take me to another place though. Had one of the first MK1 gammas in the UK. Bought it brand new at 16 and rushes to pass my test as soon as I was 17. Great times and I just remember stinking of castrol A545 all the time.
I love a 2 stroke!! I might put together one this weekend!
nice one Shakey, great video.👍 My fist bike was also a new A Reg Yamaha DT50 MX in white with a red seat 😁
Suuuuuperb! I’ve just bought Mr Shakeeees biography on the strength of seeing these films!!!👌
Me too.! I learned to ride a DT50 off road, then at 17 I got a 1986 red DT125 & it was A AWESOME.!
Shakey is the don. I had an RGV250N in 92’ it predictably got nicked but was the best 5 weeks I’ve had on bikes and I currently run a 1299 Pani👌🏻
And that kids, is why every motorbicyclist should own a two stroke. I love all of mine and will hopefully enjoy many more years and kilometres with them. Thanks for uploading this video guys, really enjoyed it.
Cheers Mark 👍🏽
Enjoyed that thanks. I couldn't help noticing that like anyone with experience of a 2 stroke you always had two fingers on the clutch ready for if it seized! Old habits don't die!
3 full lane width wags @ 90 MPH before I got a stuck RD400 uncoupled, and I always had 3 fingers on the clutch, 2 on brakes. The chiropractor was puzzled that although I'm right-handed, my left grip was far stronger.
more and more 2 strike bike comeback to life
My heart beat's 2 stroke, since I was 15 and one of ny neighbours destroyed all with a 490ccm MAICO...😛 Today, I ride 50ccm SIMSON SCHWALBE, MAICO GME 500 .. African Twin & XR 600 . Now, with 55 years on the hour, I drive through work in my car and when I see and smell wonderful 2stroke, I am young, of course 🤗❤❤..
Best regards from rhineland pallatine Germany ( and sorry för my Bad english..)
I bought the M had the stage 2 power valve , exact same one on 1994/95 was only about 3 year old at the time , for a 250 it flew, flat out on the clock as accurate as it were 125mph
Lovely, had an 89 RGV with Lucky Strike decals and single race seat - the Langen looks a great bit of work.
Great video! Lovely to hear to two strokes again! Never selling my RG!!!
Great video, I had a rgv250sp (VJ23 with 70 degree engine) that I semi restored a few years back. It was great but I still miss my rs250
Both bikes are Stunning. The Lucky Strike Livery is just so classic and bold my god