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!
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.
Greg Pitzen Hi Greg thanks for your comments, Bill Brown built a similar machine to this back in the 1970’s because at that time there was not much choice other than a Honda XL or XR if you wanted to race a Fourstroke, When he sold the original Trico he told me it was the biggest mistake he ever made in his life and that is why he decided to built this beautiful machine, I did a full magazine feature on this bike a couple of years ago in the VMX magazine and if your interested you can still obtain a back copy from their website.
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.
Comparing 2 strokes to 4 strokes is like comparing a weed eater to a Corsair F4-U. I have owned 3 Yamaha TT500's (1 today) and still own my 1979 Yamaha SR500 with its Hi-Per-Kinetics Stage Two 650 stroker. If you read Motorcycle Classics Magazine, it's on page 6 of the September/October 2015 issue. I dug the Rickman Triumph in your video. Haven't watched it all yet. I had to stop and open my windows after the Honda CR500 clip!
You cannot put goofy ass vtwin 4 strokes, that are not used and are not even remotely fast in comparison to a single cylinder two stroke for dirt bikes in a comparison. That is completely foolish and not even comparing bikes. Its like asking if a street bike sounds better than a dirt bike. It's just dumb. Besides the fact that I've had my experience trail riding a bike and turning some over in water. I'll take that two stroke no matter how anybody thinks it sounds, because I've been ready to set fire to a damn four stroke on a trail a time or two. Two's any day....
well ... there should be more of these vids, around , especially because even the young guys ignore how rich our past was, in building finest off road and enduro bikes ... these are the roots where it all begun : )
About the only sensible comment on here👌 raced 2 stroke and 4 stroke loved em all but start of the race at the Haynes 4 stoke championship was a sound I will never forget 😲 and crazy Ken Hanson using the chestnut pailing as a berm riding a ccm,,,,, magic!! Or the pinging of Dave Thorpe's factory cr 500 at the gate at farleigh castle then the blast off smell of burning putoline I'm not fussed.😎
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 .
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.
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,
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 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
@@monticlassictv My 1st four stroke was Cheney frame, with a B50 engine. The last bike I had new around 1979/80, with the red tank, that was a fantastic bike. My father owned a motorbike garage and amongst other things was a CCM agent, which helped a lot! I also rode that CCM 350cc trials bike once or twice as well - quite badly! I remember riding with Bob Wright, Vic Eastwood, Badger Goss, etc, at the Haynes 4 stroke meetings - although to be honest, I should say I saw their backs for a few seconds off of the start line!
Tommy Thomas Hi Tommy you were very privileged even to be on the same track as some of those big names as those days were very special indeed. Thanks for your story.
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.
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 😀
You have a good point there, depends whether motocross, enduro, hill climb etc. I do love te sound of a crisp two stroke. Listen to a vid of an early eighties 125 motocross start, awesome. 😎
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👍
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!
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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
dave ninga Yes as far as I am aware these bikes were made with the kickstart on the left which was mainly to satisfy the European’s at the time although in 1984 Honda reverted back to the right hand kicker on all their future models.
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!!
That depends on what size dt 250s enduros quiet, AJS 250s no can thoroughbred noisy but serious ripper,same with 360+400 husky no cans .Now B50 BSA and Extractor pipe single, Trophy Trail 500 twin Triumph straights re jetted
It also means: "Cows Chew Mulch". It also means: "Cheech & Chong Marijuana". Seriously, it stands for "Clews Competition Machines" (or motorcycles), an outfit that used to hand build racing dirt bikes. They specialized in BSA singles. Google: "Clews Competition Motorcycles: images" for some. Try "Clews Competition Motorcycles: Wikipedia" for description. You should have known.
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
Dave Taylor Hi Dave there are one or two still around and I know of a couple of owners who still have these in their procession but you almost never see them on the track because of their rarity and owners tend to just keep them as show bikes. Thanks for your comments and thanks for your time viewing the video.
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 : )'
2- Strokes for me , the noise n smell , ahhh its the sound I love Xx .
Nothing comes close to a quality built two stroke kicking rooster tails up near a power line taking ya breath oh how sweet tho power band are haha
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!
To be honest I am a fan of two strokes and 4 strokes. I like them all basically.
Bigdog302V8 I like both 2 and 4 stroke engines. But I like the 2 stroke dirt bikes
For sure all those vintage bikes sound awesome!
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.
Greg Pitzen Hi Greg thanks for your comments, Bill Brown built a similar machine to this back in the 1970’s because at that time there was not much choice other than a Honda XL or XR if you wanted to race a Fourstroke, When he sold the original Trico he told me it was the biggest mistake he ever made in his life and that is why he decided to built this beautiful machine, I did a full magazine feature on this bike a couple of years ago in the VMX magazine and if your interested you can still obtain a back copy from their website.
Without a doubt...."Big Single Two-Stroke"......Always !!!
4 stroke engine noise has more character - some of those 2 strokes sound psychotic!
2 stroke sounds heavenly
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.
Nothing beats the sound an the smell of a 2 stroke when theres a big meet an they go off the line together unbeatable
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.
Had them both , and it's great to grip it and rip it!!!!! Nothing but love for them both...
Ahhh yes the 2 strokes just keep you on your toes the whole ride and I just love it
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.
Comparing 2 strokes to 4 strokes is like comparing a weed eater to a Corsair F4-U. I have owned 3 Yamaha TT500's (1 today) and still own my 1979 Yamaha SR500 with its Hi-Per-Kinetics Stage Two 650 stroker. If you read Motorcycle Classics Magazine, it's on page 6 of the September/October 2015 issue. I dug the Rickman Triumph in your video. Haven't watched it all yet. I had to stop and open my windows after the Honda CR500 clip!
Cheers from the USA Chris! Thank you for making these vids, we all love em!
You cannot put goofy ass vtwin 4 strokes, that are not used and are not even remotely fast in comparison to a single cylinder two stroke for dirt bikes in a comparison. That is completely foolish and not even comparing bikes. Its like asking if a street bike sounds better than a dirt bike. It's just dumb. Besides the fact that I've had my experience trail riding a bike and turning some over in water. I'll take that two stroke no matter how anybody thinks it sounds, because I've been ready to set fire to a damn four stroke on a trail a time or two. Two's any day....
well ... there should be more of these vids, around , especially because even the young guys ignore how rich our past was, in building finest off road and enduro bikes ... these are the roots where it all begun : )
4 strokes sound amazing. love 2 strokes too
2 stroke for me!
Nothing sounds better than a running bike. That cr500 sounded SCARY. Great vid thanks guys.
4 stroke or 2 stroke, I'm not fussy ! I just love bikes
Jam Bam Same here. If I were to buy a new dirt bike ,the 2018 Beta RR390 ,would fit my needs perfectly.
George Boyd there a nice bike , I like my old Honda xr & xl they seem to live for ever or a old yz 490 I have all ways had a thing for them
About the only sensible comment on here👌 raced 2 stroke and 4 stroke loved em all but start of the race at the Haynes 4 stoke championship was a sound I will never forget 😲 and crazy Ken Hanson using the chestnut pailing as a berm riding a ccm,,,,, magic!! Or the pinging of Dave Thorpe's factory cr 500 at the gate at farleigh castle then the blast off smell of burning putoline I'm not fussed.😎
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 .
Love 2 strokes but the CCM sounded great.
2-stroke for life baby 40yrs of riding and I still love it I have a Cr250r and a kx125
that second bike, the two stroke, is delicious. its hard to explain the feeling i get..
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.
The look of these classic bikes is some much better than the ones u can buy today
Thanks for your comment Larry glad you enjoy the same things as the rest of us off-road guy’s and gal’s.
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,
3:00-o my god......:-) lavely sound....
Favorite -mine ,Yamaha TT 500 1977 custom exhaust system 4mm larger carb , 10" front and rear travel ,4" longer wheelbase .
2 Stroke best sound
4 stroke 😊
In the 80s i raced motocross, maico 440
@wishfix oh that radial head, love it.
id like two ! and vintage dirt/cross bikes are so awesome and so nice and sound so good ! especialy the last one ! yeah !
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.
Hell the two stroke sound brings back so many memories
2 stroke, definately!
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.
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
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!
Thanks for your comment Tommy
@@monticlassictv My 1st four stroke was Cheney frame, with a B50 engine. The last bike I had new around 1979/80, with the red tank, that was a fantastic bike.
My father owned a motorbike garage and amongst other things was a CCM agent, which helped a lot!
I also rode that CCM 350cc trials bike once or twice as well - quite badly!
I remember riding with Bob Wright, Vic Eastwood, Badger Goss, etc, at the Haynes 4 stroke meetings - although to be honest, I should say I saw their backs for a few seconds off of the start line!
Tommy Thomas Hi Tommy you were very privileged even to be on the same track as some of those big names as those days were very special indeed. Thanks for your story.
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.
Love those old Husqvarnas.
that maico 490 is a dream bike but i really like the ossa 250 but dam there all cool bikes
Why? Do we really need to answer....
2t of course
Love the sound of both so impossible to pick one
The first 4 stroke is incredible!!!!
Definitely 2 stroke 🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️😍
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 😀
All great looking bikes to my eye.
2 stroke forever !!!!....👏👌👍😉😁💨💨💨💨💨
sweet video man crazy how far technology has came. great 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..
2 strokes
Don't get me wrong, I like the ring-ding of two strokes, but I love the rumble of four strokes!
Whitch sounds best? Thats like asking whos better Roger miller or zztop. Just depends on your mood.😀
You have a good point there, depends whether motocross, enduro, hill climb etc. I do love te sound of a crisp two stroke. Listen to a vid of an early eighties 125 motocross start, awesome. 😎
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 🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏💪👍😎😀😀
Waiting on reeds for my old 2 stroke and the first 2 stroke sounds just like mine
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👍
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!
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 just love the sound of a deep, mean four stroke 👌🏼
How anyone can call that tinny 2 stroke rattle better to hear than the throaty roar of a 4 stroke engine I'll never understand
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.
4strokes sound like harleys,2 strokes sound like a motocross bike.
Correction old 4 strokes sound like Harleys the new 4 strokes DO NOT sound like Harleys
both have grrrrreat sound.i deff wanna ride the #99 MAICUMPH
2-stroke all the way
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
Last CCM 👍😎🇫🇷
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄great thank's Chris!!!🙏😊🙏
2stroke
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
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.
2stroke for ever men!😎
that CR 500 honda is the one for me what a beast, mans bike that
I love machinery that perform.
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.
That TriMaico number 99 is sweeeeeeeeet😊 btw-I prefer my 4 strokes throaty and my 2 strokes crisp 😄
Love the smell of Castrol in the morning.
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
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.
dave ninga Yes as far as I am aware these bikes were made with the kickstart on the left which was mainly to satisfy the European’s at the time although in 1984 Honda reverted back to the right hand kicker on all their future models.
Thanks Chris
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!!
That depends on what size dt 250s enduros quiet, AJS 250s no can thoroughbred noisy but serious ripper,same with 360+400 husky no cans .Now B50 BSA and Extractor pipe single, Trophy Trail 500 twin Triumph straights re jetted
4ST are good for emulating flatulence noise
Im the only one who likes 4 stroke better
I want all of them!
Love them both,but if the 2 stroke is running on castrol 'R' it wins😉
Maxima 937 @ 32:1 sir, that's the current 2 stroke magic mix! Pro Circuit, D & G, Bill's Pipes, FMF, Klemm Research, etc. also ALL agree....
Paul Whelan the eye watering smell, ah those where the days.
As long as its loud and makes your hart pump.
How many of you "experts" know what the "CCM" means at 11:31? I do. No, it doesn't mean: CC's, 1000".
yamaha sr650 CCM means cross country motorcycle.
It also means: "Cows Chew Mulch". It also means: "Cheech & Chong Marijuana". Seriously, it stands for "Clews Competition Machines" (or motorcycles), an outfit that used to hand build racing dirt bikes. They specialized in BSA singles. Google: "Clews Competition Motorcycles: images" for some. Try "Clews Competition Motorcycles: Wikipedia" for description. You should have known.
Clews Competition Machine, at least I think what it stands for. I am a fan of those and and I would love to have one.
Clews Competition Machines. And no, I didn't have to google it and didn't look at the replies!
the big maico at 7,00 for me if I could have one of them,
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
Chris are there any of the four valve CCM models still in circulation? They were the very last development of the CCM/BSA motor.
Dave Taylor Hi Dave there are one or two still around and I know of a couple of owners who still have these in their procession but you almost never see them on the track because of their rarity and owners tend to just keep them as show bikes. Thanks for your comments and thanks for your time viewing the video.
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
Maico the best!
2 stroke the sound of realy power
Now this is music. give me a four stroke any day..BSA TRIUMPH.
Hey Chris, did the Maico frame hold up with a 500cc Triumph?
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 : )'
Nuthin better than a fresh 2 stroke.
Love the thumpers
Before the Less Sound ,More Ground movement of the early seventies...It was an uncorked Two Stroke...”On the Pipe”.....Hands down...
ill def stick w 2 stroke
While the four-stroke sounds best, the two-stroke is the better motor for a motocross machine. I have both and love them equally.
I love both!