2 stroke motocross bikes making a come back!?

[lee majors]

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Originally Posted by old man roger If I remember correctly, Yamaha has been selling 2 strokes long after everyone stopped but all the R and D money is getting poured into 4 strokes, because of the push from our government to do away with 2 strokes altogether. When 4 strokes were new to the supercross and out door motorcross series they were pigs, two strokes got the lions share of the R and D money back then. Had they kept working on the 2 strokes, the 4 strokes wouldn't be winning. A 250 2 stroke is capable of making more power than a 4 stroke 450 when all things are equal.

this is true, but how much of that power gets put to the ground vs a 4 stroke. ie. too much wheel spin with a 2 stroke imo