If there’s anything better than a big powerful bike, it’s a small powerful bike. John Nutting gets out of his comfort zone and onto a pair of Yamaha TZR250 two-stroke V-twins
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Some say that the 250cc two-stroke twins of the late 1980s and 1990s represent the pinnacle of racing machine technology. Fans of these machines rue the day when organisers cut the class from international competition, saying that their combination of light weight, relative simplicity and undiluted power made them the ultimate tool for the track. Being two-strokes, they harked from a less environmentally-conscious era, so unlike modern machines they were not compromised by having to be developed from road bikes. These 250cc racers were the real deal, with the factory-prepared versions offering peak power around 100bhp yet weighing not a lot more than 100kg. They were hard core, and not for the faint-hearted.
The Japanese factories offered batches of less-potent 250cc racers for sale until the MotoGP era, and even produced detuned road-going versions. Notably, Suzuki sold its spectacular RGV250 V-twin in Europe from the late 1980s but with increasingly tough emissions laws the other factories didn’t think it worth the trouble.
But they did sell their 250cc rockets on the home market in Japan and typically jazzed them up every year in updated versions to keep the performance junkies happy. Yamaha was notable in continuing its TZR250 bloodline with the Deltabox Powervalve parallel-twin 2MA models through the 1980s being followed by the reverse-cylinder 3MA in 1989 and then the 3XV V-twin in 1991, which was offered until 1998.
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Honda VFR750R - RC30
If thereâs a more worshipped V4 out there, weâve yet to see it: welcome to our reboot of the awesome VFR750R RC30âŠ
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Mountain tension!
Award-winning motorcycle engineer!
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Fazer set to STUN!
What do you get when you mix CRKâs lovely café racer kit to Yamahaâs budget middleweight and the recently-retired Martin Fox? Well, one helluva foxy Fazer!
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Project Suzuki 1984 RG250 part 4 BRUNO BARES ALL!
This month, while we wait for backorder engine parts, we strip the chassis back to the bare frame, assess what is needed and plan the reassemblyâŠ
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Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 2 Ralph has a blast!
For the best finish on his Z900âs motor Ralph wants the best, so he visits Stephen Smethurst Casting Renovation to find out how itâs done properly.
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Project Suzuki TS400 Part 8 Loom with a view!
Weâre getting down into the nitty-gritty this time with component testing and loom building. What could go wrong?
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Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balanceâŠ
Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations⊠so whatâs Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750?
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Splitting links
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long â he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
STAVROS: PRINCE OF PRANKSTERS!
Itâs probably fair to say that Stephen JamesParrishâs persona and overall levity throughout his life have muddied the waters as to just how good a bike racer he was back in the day.
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Metal magic!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long â he sells them too at bikerstoolbox co uk so he knows what works.. .