If you haven’t seen this you must read it. Here is the whole situation straight from Davey Coombs.

My favorite quotes from the article include,

GLEN HELEN NATIONALS TO HOST L. A. SLEEVE TWO-STROKE CHALLENGE

MAY WELL BE THE LAST OF ITS KIND & THE BEST OF ITS KIND

2009 YZ125 berm blasting.

No grass grows under the feet of AJ and the guys over at Service Motorsports. Another new bike joins their ever growing line up.

This new bike is built using a 2009 KXF250 chassis and brand new KX250 engine. Imagine the looks you will get when you show up at your local track aboard one of these beasts.

It appears that KTM has Fuel Injection ready for two stroke motocross bikes. In the August 2008 issue of Motocross Digital magazine (free subscription available at http://www.motocrossdigital.com/ ) was the following blurb about the KTM effort.

The 250SX could have a bright future, it depends on what happens regarding the rules and regulations: KTM wants them to be introduced to MX2 to allow teams that don’t have millionaire budget to compete against the 4-strokes.  For the 2-stroke, the injection is ready, and this would provide cleaner and precise power delivery.

The world’s biggest engine is the Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C. It is a turbo charged two stroke diesel engine and it is the most powerful and efficient low revolution engine in the world today. The Wartsila-Sulser is manufactured by the Aioi Works in Japan and is part of Japans Diesel United Ltd engine manufacturers.  Below is an 89 foot long 44 foot wide 12 cylinder engine, literally as big as a house!

The jungle drums have been pounding around the U.K. with the news that a former factory Maico rider is about to ply his trade once again sat astride a rather familiar seat.

Going “Back to the Future” Keith Ree has joined the friendly U.K. Based set-up and will be doing some test and development riding as well as a few vets meetings around England this year. No stranger to the brand, Ree’s association with the prestigious German marque goes back to the late seventies and early eighties where prior to his Maico days he was under contract with another German manufacturer, Kramer.

Service Honda is well-known as the builder of the Aluminum Framed Honda 500AF. This bike has attained legendary status throughout the world and has been acknowledged as the best of the best by owners and magazines.

Service Honda 500AF Bailey Replica.

The February 2009 issue of Dirt Bike magazine contains a shootout between a Honda CRF250R, Yamaha YZ250 and KTM 250SX. That’s right a shootout between the king of the four stroke 250Fs and a pair of modern day two-strokes from Yamaha and KTM.

The following is the complete test retyped for your enjoyment.

There is an amazing amount of interest in the proposed rule change to allow 250cc motocross bikes of either 2 or 4 stroke to race in this summers AMA Nationals. Fortunately a great deal of it is positive on the side of the two stroke.

In the newest issue of Racer X there is news about two strokes all over the magazine. Many times the magazine mentioned the flood of positive e-mails that they received. Maybe they were shocked?