Much as I love my 2 strokes, there are some things even the mighty twobanger won’t overcome ….YET.
the riders- all the top blokes are put on 4T by the factories and factory teams, same as the states, why the hell would Honda, Suzuki, kawasaki, promote 2T when they don’t even sell them and even Yamaha who still has the 125 & 250 2T haven’t updated the engines in over 11 years, and the chassis whilst may be alluminium alloy is EXACTLY the same geometry as my ’03.
The tracks- is Mark Barnett, the brain dead bomber still designing them?, anyway it doesn’t matter, the tracks ARE designed for 4T cornering and power delivery, it has been stated as fact everywhere by the designers and builders.
The machines- KTM has the BEST 250 engine around bar none, the sx250 had a broad spread of power with 50 hp in ’06/07, but it’s in chassis designed by Mr Hanky the christmas poo, with a rear suspension designed by Mickey mouses’ dumber cousin.
Put the sx250 or even yz250 engine in a good chassis, put a top 5 rider on it, that’s when the excitement will happen again.
Have the rules changed yet to allow parity in amateur classes yet Mick?
was talk last year of it, I lost track, not an issue in the tiddler classes yet, only the grommets….
