Kawasaki announcement: the 2-stroke is back!

[SoCal250]

Big news from Kawasaki on Saturday at SX A2
https://motocrossactionmag.com/breaking-news-kawasaki-to-develop-a-new-kx-two-stroke/

[m in sc]

I mean, awesome. even though yamaha still does the yz... wonder if we'll see a street legal dual sport or.. kr400?

[SoCal250]

I'd like to see a KDX300

[sav0r (CL MotoTech)]

Imagine what 20 years of full blown 2t development would look like. They'd probably work so well we'd complain that they aren't trying to kill us anymore.

[RDnuTZ]

I mean, awesome. even though yamaha still does the yz... wonder if we'll see a street legal dual sport or.. kr400?

not just the YZ, there's also this YZ250X (and YZ125X) for people that won't be racing SX, MX - but prefer woods riding and even competing in Hare Scrambles and GNCC events.

https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/models/yz250x

[RDnuTZ]

I'd like to see a KDX300

Did you ever ride a KDX of any displacement? I owned a new KDX220R from 2005 until 2022 when I replaced it with my Beta 300. It was like going from the Stone Age to the Space Age in 1 giant leap for mankind 

[irk_miller]

The KDX200 C, 1986-88, is my favorite enduro of all time.  That and the IT200 are my favorite woods bikes.  They're a perfect enduro. 

[IR8D8R]

Saw an article claiming that Yamaha was making a new RD350LC but not a 2-stroke.

Hard to tell is it was a junk article or not. They had some concept images that might have been AI. From the images it looked like a 3 cylinder with 6 header pipes 

Article was from India so who knows...

IR8D8R