Honda has told it’s dealers that 2007 will be the last year for 2 stroke dirt bikes. As you can tell by their press releases on the new CRF150R and CRF250R there is a big shift coming in dirt bikes. I wonder how long it will take for 2 stroke dirt bikes to become collectors items?
Torrance, Calif. 09/12/2006 — Anybody with even a passing interest in motocross and Supercross racing recognizes that a revolution has recently taken place. Within a few short years four-stroke machines supplanted two-stroke bikes almost completely throughout the ranks of professional racing, and Honda has played a major role in this transformation. Since the debut of the CRF450R during the 2002 season, the buying public has purchased well over 100,000 motorcycles spread between the CRF450R, CRF450X, CRF250R and CRF250X, which makes Honda’s four-stroke Unicam(R) engine format a runaway best-seller.
In 2007 the revolution continues with the introduction of the CRF150R, a machine destined to transform another segment of the motocross market in a shift from two-stroke to four-stroke-with all the stellar attributes that have been quickly proven in Honda’s big-bike ranks. In keeping with the trend begun by the CRF450R and continued with the CRF250R, Honda’s new CRF150R and big-wheel CRF150R-Expert are destined to shake up the small-displacement classes of two-stroke MX machines.
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