Honda has not given up on the two stroke?

[umberto]

This article was just e-mailed out by Dirt Bike.

http://dirtbikemagazine.com/home-features/hondas-two-stroke-plans

[alexander-vmann]

someone said that it was just honda re applying one of their old patent's, but fingers crossed that they'l but it ona dirtbike, i wonder tough is this engine currently in production?

[sandblaster]

To bad it's for some industrial application 

[umberto]

To bad it's for some industrial application 

I read another article that addressed that very issue.  They said that if it works well in industrial applications, it would be more likely to trickle down into other areas.  I'm just encouraged that the "four stroke only" company is looking at two stroke design again.  I keep thinking the Japanese have realized they need the two stroke to be successful.  Something KTM already knows.

[81cr450]

The real shame is none of them can look @ a place like service Honda. You got guys shelling out $$$ for old tech big bores if anyone brought just a super sized modern 250 to 500  engine you couldn't keep them stock .

20 years of parts supply is getting real close to the end of the run.

[Motorrad]

ktm should bring back a modern injected 6speeed incarnation of the 550......

[umberto]

I think the dual sport market would go crazy for a bigger (350 cc +) DI two stroke.  Light, fast, and kick ass in the dirt. 

[Brute]

ktm should bring back a modern injected 6speeed incarnation of the 550......

And bump it to 750 just to make all you guys salivate! 

[umberto]

Like a larger version of this monster?  It makes children cry just sitting there...

[umberto]

Or something like this.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1weWqDdqBZ0

[Foxx4Beaver]

Like a larger version of this monster?  It makes children cry just sitting there...

 too bad they were one of the biggest mistakes in motocross...next to the Cannondale.

[umberto]

It still surprises me that Sherco (France), Gas Gas and Beta (Spain), and KTM (Austria) can build bikes and import them into this country and we don't have one domestic dirt bike manufacturer.  We can make ATVs and UTVs, but no dirt bikes.  It's kind of sad really, none of those European countries are industrial powerhouses or anything.

[alexander-vmann]

It still surprises me that Sherco (France), Gas Gas and Beta (Spain), and KTM (Austria) can build bikes and import them into this country and we don't have one domestic dirt bike manufacturer.  We can make ATVs and UTVs, but no dirt bikes.  It's kind of sad really, none of those European countries are industrial powerhouses or anything.

it's even sader that norway produced a dirtbike (tempo cross) but had to stop in the 60's i can only imagene what it could have been,

however isn't atk still making bikes?

[umberto]

Their website only lists street bikes anymore, and those say 2014 models.

http://www.atkmotorcyclesusa.com/

[umberto]

About all you can get from American "manufacturers" is Chinese made stuff.  Pitster Pro makes a decent little bike, but they don't have a big bike program.  Unless you count this bike that looks to be a Honda knock off.  It looks like they are having trouble getting them in the country, it still says "available November 2013".