Today, Yamaha is one of the most popular motorcycle brands ... the YDS-1 stepped things up with a 246cc, 2-stroke twin-cylinder powerplant delivering 20 horsepower at 7,500 rpm.

The Yamaha DT 125 X was the last version of Yamaha’s long-running DT series before its two-stroke engine finally gave way to the four-stroke motors in bikes like the Yamaha XT125X and the Yamaha ...

Yamaha RX100 offered incredible performance with its small 98cc single-cylinder, two-stroke engine which is hard to match by even bigger motorcycles today ...

Now, ever-tightening environmental regulations will retire 2-stroke off-road motorcycles to the history books--by 2006, 2010 at the latest. Yamaha was the first major motorcycle manufacturer to ...

While Honda built only 4-stroke designs throughout the 60s, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha stuck almost exclusively to 2-strokes. This served them well & allowed them to fill a market segment that was ...

For 2024, a few motorcycle manufacturers – Husqvarna, KTM, and Gasgas – offer two-stroke dirt bikes with up to 300cc displacements, while others, like Yamaha, stop at 250cc or less.

The motorcycle pictured ... very neglected 1972 Yamaha RD125, which had been abandoned behind an apartment block and was slowly rotting away. Ultimately, the classic two-stroke was given away ...