The REAL SECRET of the world’s FASTEST TWO STROKE!

[@codycallaway2911]

Look at how humble he is and is so quick to give credit to where credit is due. That’s rare these days.

[@brianrallen]

Well said, Cody. It's the (Real) American Way.

[@davidwagner2280]

For real, need more people like him for sure!!!

[@alj2264]

It comes natural with this guy ... You can tell he really really appreciate the help he has received ... by making sure he give them credit

[@jeff40]

@@mostlymotorized Yes and I often wonder whatever happened to common courtesy? It's not to common anymore?

[@adow77]

You can see why smart people are happy to work with Bill.

[@hydorah]

I'm not a two stroke guy, a drag racer, or even a biker but the quality of that guy's passion and the intriguing engineering had me riveted! Really nice interview, great Qs and loads of space given for the amazingly illuminating answers! Lovely!

[@blanbec14]

I was convinced the 3 cylinders would be amazing but hearing them screaming was an experience. Congratulations for this optimisation. Cheers from France 🇫🇷

[@seniorrider9337]

Ah two strokes! I was a 4 stroke guy in my early bike years, owning a 73 Z1 in 73. Raced an H1 at Carlsbad in 74/75 and got my clock really cleaned, even as I ran a 12.09 at 113 mph. Wow, those two strokes are fast! Later after my Z1 was stolen, I got an RD-350 and the fun began. I lived in San Diego county, so Vesco's El Cajon shop was close and I used it to my advantage. Before I had the bike too peaky for the street, it was a pure blast, making close to 58 HP. Stock was 39/40, so that was a pretty big increase. TZ bottom end, ported and polished barrels, shaved heads, different reeds, carbs, expansion chambers. Yea, a lot of cafe racer fun. The best part is I was doing the mechanics myself, learning as I went from the good guys at Vesco Yamaha.

[@donniebaker5984]

Most no one realizes two strokes are internally self supercharged when the piston compresses the crankcase intake at bdc..so at the beginning of the, power band the air/fuel going. Up the transfer ports. Is higher pressure than atmospheric pressure ..snd each time it fires the supercharged effect continue to become more violent the faster it gains more boost...the sound wave echo from the reverse cone of the expansion chamber keeps the next new supercharged air/fuel from escaping the exhaust port long enough untill the piston can cover the port.

[@crocbaitaussie5204]

I watched a triple on the strip 40 years ago and it was fantastic to watch it eat plenty of competition. This man is great to interview. So laidback and downto earth.

[@scottshaw1310]

I met Bill at Santa Pod (UK) probably about fifteen years ago. I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't have a clue who he was and that I was admiring the bike (not his) that he was riding. After chatting for a few brief minutes, I remember walking away thoroughly impressed. Fantastic knowledge and extremely personable guy!

[@jimplatek3606]

Good to see a great feature on Bill. He works hard and deserves his successes!

[@stevesolo16]

From one 2-stroke lover to another; keep fighting the good fight!!

[@jontrudell7529]

U need to put a MIC on ur guests! We Need to HEAR The Knowledge that they are dropping!

[@williamstkw]

i was thinking the same thing!!

[@joshushillman6248]

Yup

[@mattprice37664]

Class Act! I’m a 2 stroke junkie from way back, I have snowmobiles carcasses everywhere(only ones around for 300 miles)and never rode one!

[@Powerstroke-gc3em]

Any 900-1000 tcat motors?

[@snafuequals]

You looking to sell something around 400cc? (Engine, carb and pipe.. don't need the rest😁)

[@johnconner8901]

This is the content that makes this channel amazing

[@vintagedashboard6810]

I’m almost 66 and I’ve always been a 2 stroke man all my life. I raced for 25 years in MX and Cross County and have ridden bikes since I was 10. I’ve been all over the USA on the street but my love is the dirt on vintage 2 strokes

[@htothejay]

Oh yes more of this! A billet engine block h2, 1200 ccm. Damn! Cant wait to see that monster

[@josephpacchetti5997]

I had a brand new 1972 Kawasaki 500 Mach III H1 when I was 14 years old and I'm still here, Man, she sure was Fast!!!😉

[@jlrutube1312]

That's crazy man. When I was 14 I was just happy to have my 1972 Lt2 Yamaha 100 enduro!

[@keeplearn5735]

@@jlrutube1312 wow, i was just yamaha ls3

[@mokelv]

I bought a 1969 H2 had it less than a year almost killed my self street racing never lost a race, car or bike till the 750 came out Fun Days also raced snowmobiles yamaha 640

[@loganmpe7559]

It's like reading my own story! I bought a new H1 in 1973, I had just turned 15! The next ten years were some of my best times!

[@ralphcantrell3214]

I remember watching Mr. Baxter race his H2 in my home town in the very early 90's. He made a lasting impression then, and I have always followed his successes through the years. At that time he was starting to experiment with ways to overcome the fragile transmission issues that plague all H2 drag racers. A fellow I knew, the late Steve Jacks, had just mated a Z1 tranny to his record holding H2 rocketship, and Bill was intently interested in the set up. It was a marvel of precision design and fabrication. Steve raced that bike successfully for several more years with no transmission issues before finally retiring from the sport. As far as I know, nobody has ever duplicated this very effective solution. Godspeed, Bill, and please keep on draggin' those wonderful H2's!

[@lunkydog]

Nice to see a feature on Bill. Long overdue.

[@jeff40]

The beauty of a two-stroke is in its simplicity and the utter quickness of them on the pipe.

[@draftwood]

Long live the 2 stroke!! Great interview.

[@extec101]

long live the smokers.

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Amen Brother!! 😉

[@texsizeParrot]

Not if the EPA has anything to say about it.

[@extec101]

@@texsizeParrot lets hope not.

[@tomstark1136]

Congratulations to this humble man!!! Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷

[@Tshade67]

Great video! Those two strokes are a thing of beauty to the eyes and the ears! That Water Buffalo brought tears to my eyes. I had a '72 same color as a teenager. I still kick myself for letting her go.

[@matthewdoyle4418]

I grew up riding on S2,H1,H2 ... RD AND GT love the 2stroke twins and triples

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

All the Cycle Drag videos are great but this was my favorite video yet

[@fuhkoffandie]

I agree

[@blanbec14]

Imagine the restoration quality when a professional of this level is taking care of it. The basic suzzie must have been not only saved/cured but also optimised where it matters by solving mass production issues where it would have been too much at the time to take care of. It means this must be the satisfaction of the good jib done each turns of wheels. Congrats. I’m in !

[@Dave-yb2od]

Love this video guys. Great work. Love 2 strokes. Back in the 80s I used to build and ride rd400s. But you guys are taking it to the extreme. Thank you.

[@loganmpe7559]

I'm drooling! This is dreamland for me. I bought a brand new H1 in 1973, I was fifteen and rode the wheels off for the next ten years. I can't imagine anything being more thrills!

[@constant333]

it's maybe weird to say , but i wanna have a life like thiss when i'm older :)

[@joachimsingh2929]

You could have it now

[@johnp8625]

Nice job on the video, very informative great questions. You covered all aspects of Bill’s amazing project, including all the support needed to be as successful as he is. My first bike was a 1965 Suzuki X6 Hustler , purchased a new 1970 Kawasaki H1 for $999 and now own a 1970 Suzuki Titan 500cc so I love all of this 2 stroke coverage. Well done!

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Those X6 Hustlers sure were fast, when I was 14 I bought a brand new 1972 Kawasaki 500 Mach III H1 I sure do miss her!! 😉

[@johnp8625]

That’s quite a starter bike for a 14 year old!

[@completelyboringstuff204]

Just fantastic to see and hear so much of the high efforts in the background of such an amazing bike. Hats off to everybody involved here!

[@james.d.8044]

I love it its these guys that have dedi aged their lives to their bikes and you have to respect the amount of time they have spent working on these bikes and bettering the world of dragbikes ,and streetvikes too

[@robertlandy9414]

Thanks CycleDrag! Great questions and coverage on this super cool two-stroke drag racer!

[@jeffdillard8789]

Keep on fighting we love those triples

[@marshallmorris3322]

Hats off to CycleDrag for bringing so much good dragbike news and articles !

[@lancelanphier9509]

Great video. Very informative. Awesome to hear that two strokes are still alive and well. My first transportation was a two-stroke street bike. Used to go to Wednesday night and Saturday night drags at irwindale raceway in Southern California. ... Remember the good old days when Terry Vance and Byron Hines worked with Russ Collins on his V8 supercharged Honda nitro .. kept breaking those huge double chains.... This was before Vance & Hines were even thought of... I used to drag race with them boys admiring them back in 1976 and 77

[@kirstenspencer3630]

I love the " development " evolution the bike. The theoretical construct at work here is science meeting pure artistry. Thanks for the little tour of the shop...no limits here....

[@donaldjackson8845]

Great too see two strokes still out there, Thank-You

[@ricatiman]

Last month at VIR, Chris Moore ran a 5.96/229 mph on his Turbo (800hp) GSXR 1000 recently with NO wheelie bar, on DOT stock tires - and he's run 6:30/233 mph as well in the past to hold both parts of the World Record, on that bike - First ever no bar-gasoline-street tire bike in the 5's...Back in the day, the mid 1960's through the 90's I ran many two strokes for years and loved them all.

[@joeyahd71]

That Super Awesome Bill.... Thank you for all your Contribution to the H-2 world. And all the best on taking the New World Record. Good Luck and God Speed .... Joey A.

[@pickuo580]

I owned a Suzuki T350 in the 80`s. Still love the smell and speed of two stroke bikes. Good vid,Jack.

[@tomrynkewicz7674]

This guy is so cool. I hope he has continued luck and success with his triple. Great video!

[@TheBugbugboy]

love small cc, i'm still learning

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

If every mistake we must surely be learning - while my guitar gently weeps.

[@nikolaiownz]

What a nice shop he has. I have My little work shop where i work on My dragbikes aswell. And I mostly watch cycledrag there haha

[@sneakysnake109]

Your channel continues to prove what I've always said, that the people involved in drag racing are some of the best people in the world. Love the video. Thanks Jack!

[@johnemmons9087]

I had an h2! The guy I bought it from said it was to fast. Took everything off the bike and made it a bobber. It was incredibly fast I loved it.

[@clifffoltz651]

Absolutely love the 2 stroke drag bikes and what a great episode of cycle drag this was , sometimes you just can't get enough of the high tech stuff that happens in the sport but was very very cool to learn of the new technology that is happening today with the 2 strokes !! Really enjoyed the show gentlemen!!😁👏👏👏👏

[@jasonfarr1]

Hands down best drag channel you ask some awesome questions very professional and highly educational

[@baeruuttehei1393]

Great to see what's possible with ingenuity and a lot of helping hands!

[@shaunpc2512]

😍 That GT 750 is absolutely to die for. Those bikes are one of the finest 2 strokes of that era and the restoration of that one is just astonishing, I’ve seen so many restorations in the UK but nothing on that scale at all. Absolutely awesome job 👌🏻

[@GT380man]

Agreed. I own a 1977 Suzuki GT750A in better than showroom condition. It’s in flake orange #2. Stock pipes, three of which were NOS. It’s been nearly flawless in the 13 years I’ve had it, my first nut & bolt restoration. Despite the money that I put into it, I still ride it like I stole it.

[@shaunpc2512]

@@GT380man you my friend are a very lucky man, I was born in 1977 and my favourite colour GT750 is the orange (orange is my favourite colour full stop) so your bike is actually my dream bike. Well done you and if I had it I’d definitely ride it like I’d stolen it too 💪🏼 👊🏻 🧡

[@rogermarcoux4467]

That Water Buffalo is missing the black cones on the pipes. I had that bike in 1972, and also the 1974 version. Beautiful bike.

[@joemarshall5843]

not buffalo , they were suzuki

[@rogermarcoux4467]

@@joemarshall5843 Anyone who ever had a GT750 Lemans Suzuki knows it was referred to as the Water Buffalo.

[@joemarshall5843]

@@rogermarcoux4467 correct ,, except this is not a suzuki ,,butis h2 aircooled kawasaki

[@rogermarcoux4467]

@@joemarshall5843 Dude, you need to watch the video. Clearly you haven't. Check it at 1:32

[@joemarshall5843]

@@rogermarcoux4467 sorry yes you are correct ,,, the purple suzuki . did get a mention

[@fuhkoffandie]

That shit was money. Most people are tight-lipped on some of their awesome Innovations, bill kept it lighthearted, and things like that dry clutch, the rotax 600 rods, it was just money all day. Awesome video keep up the good work my friend.

[@davidfirth6535]

That kettle is beautiful!! had a T500 same colour, what a smashing bloke he is, and talented.

[@squarefour1]

Great Interview. One of the Masters of Speed I really enjoyed that.

[@bobteachesphoto6379]

Stumbled across this, Wow so cool grew up with Yamaha rz 350 and a Kaw h1, so great to see the technology applied to the mighty h2, just awesome love it thanks and more please!!!

[@shafferjoe1962]

Great interview Bill and Jack. Jack you need to ask Bill about some of his stories. They will make you cry laughing... Love you Bill, your the best...

[@tonyw3250]

What a legend, Ralf too, I run some of his parts on my H1

[@routmaster38]

As a "Scrambler" in the sixties I was aware that early chopped off exhausts wasted power and many thought that radical "crankcase stuffing" was the answer to gain more power .by increasing the primary compression didnt work either. Then Suzuki,Honda in particular made far more useable power by using reed valves and tuned exhausts to compliment these modifications .T he biggest power gains were made by increasing the reed valve area ,using extra wide reed blocks and opening up the crankcase transfer mouth and cylinder transfer passages using the inertia of the charge to fill the combustion chamber more thoroughly thus getting a better power gain .I hope two strokes will make a come back soon to challenge four strokes twice their size. By the way over two hundred and twenty five mile per hour speeds were clocked by Ducati at the first Qatar moto GP recently! By a four stroke so its a big order to achieve!

[@willmc42]

Hard to beat that 2stroke sound !!

[@humanitech]

Got to Love those amazing old two strokes. My first real big-ish bike (after passing my test back in the 80's) was a cheap rusty old Suzuki GT550 triple... that was left in someone's yard! The bolts and chain was so seized up we had to hacksaw the chain off, just to push it back home! But my dad and I stripped it down and completely redesigned and rebuilt it... into a full fully tuned cafe racer! It truly was a one of a kind ..and one of the coolest, craziest and loudest bikes I ever owned....much to the annoyance of my poor long suffering neighbors...but heck on the power band that thing was gnarly.... and my first true "warp drive" experiences 😂

[@SharpByCoop]

I loved this on every level: Personality and Technology. Both important. Thank you.

[@justjoe7618]

Absolutely the baddest, pound for pound, no denying it. Bill, your the beast, Baxter!

[@outinthebackyard7579]

Bill seems like a genuine person

[@bboulier]

Great interview Bill. Cool mention of Ralf and Henry.

[@AvaPxiaO]

I particularly liked that washer and wire going under the plug. A temp sensor I'd guess? That's a nice tuning source of data, so simple yet so informative.

[@maxfastest]

Amazing ! I remember when these bikes hit the streets ! They were Epic !

[@royledford5673]

Love it, LOVE IT!! Your passion for our obsession is so very much appreciated--OUTSTANDING job, my man. At 62 I used to worry about the next generation but no more : ) Peace & Good Will be unto you. Rubber side down...

[@bobc8694]

Very cool! I'm a 2- stroke mechanic and have been building engines for over 40 years since I built my first one at a young age and I live in Michigan and have rebuilt a number of engines that Doug has built from big bore trail engines to some of his full mod snowmobile engines and the work that Doug does on the porting in some of the best work I've seen out there I do all my porting on a flow bench and most cylinders that other people have ported that I have put on the flow bench I have to do a little port work to get them all to flow the exact same on all ports and match from cylinder to cylinder but I have yet to have one of Doug's engine that I have put on the flow bench need any work at all !! And I've had hundreds of cylinders on my flow bench and besides the ones I do using the flow bench threw out the porting process his and about 2 or 3 other guys that are good with porting cylinders I have never had to touch a port to get them all the exact same all of his cylinders I have checked out when doing a engine rebuild his have always been spot on perfect !!! And I can tell you it takes a ton of time to make that happen and in my opinion Doug is one of the best engine builders around!!! You definitely have the right guy helping you out with your engine !!! Have a great day... Bob from Hard core performance in Houghton lake Michigan !!!!

[@supercuda1950]

Great video. That guy is truely on a mission. I wish him luck and hope he attains his goals and then some.

[@Pushyhog]

best vid ever, this man bill is greatness.

[@clasicdemott5986]

One of my favorite videos from your channel. Mr Baxter i wish you success in chasing down that record. I see you play Battlefield .Very cool .

[@jaygdav]

Awesome video! Baxter’s the man! 🏁🔥👍

[@TENNJACK]

Jack! We love your interviews. Keep them coming. And again I say, I'll work the big end for free. The finish line at speed we need.

[@chrisiollich4890]

I got a ROTAX 779 MODEL it's 763cc's 140 hp 3flat slide Makunis I'm glad to see this very inspiring, like the pipes that raw 3 cylinder block that's How 2 stroke are supposed to Get fuel thru the crankcase!!! I'll be there when I can find the Find the right clutch. Its cool guy's stuff!!! Oh yeah I'm Watching you in my shop!!!!! THANK'S from NOR-CAL!!!

[@barrycarleton1298]

I tuned a 800cc three cylinder DKW engine years ago, got 130hp for road use. I wish we could have shared some knowledge then and now. there was a lot more that could have been done.

[@patrickmckeever2378]

This guy should be hired by a bike company to design a new category of racing.

[@tonywright8294]

Two stroke engines aren’t new ! They don’t use them because it will destroy the world 😂😂😂with the fumes

[@R.B_B]

Great racer great guy. We need more of these workshop tour and technical stuff

[@stevejohnson8703]

Credit where it's due, hard work n dedicated. He'll get there.

[@gerardfoo7336]

Thank you for the presentation.This design 2 stroke is beyond my basic understanding,a wonderful piece of technology.

[@bigram7235]

2 Stroke motorcycles are 10x better than 4 poppers!!!!!

[@donniebaker5984]

Why??? And how does it do it ???

[@Narblo]

Nah, 4 strokes are more efficient and give you the best power output for the buck (the engine is more expensive but I am referring to running them)

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

OMG, I found my people! I live in Germany and have been a 2stroke fan all my life! Three moving parts make all the magic happen! I so hope Bill cracks that record, I forgot to turn down the volume and the sound of that opening scared the crap out of my cat and me. These bikes are terrifying fast and light- I wouldn´t dare to ride them but Bills Wasserbüffel I´d like to ride all day. This is a jawdropper for me, "gloryfied lawnmowers" LOL... A little history: in the 60´s a German engineer built a V6 2stroke as an option for the DKW(Auto Union)1000. That engine made 130 hp right from the start and the car would go up to 180 km/h- that´s Mercedes Benz and Porsche territory. But no luck- a few were built but Mercury bought the engine to use in outboard marine engines and had huge succsess with it but cars with a 2stroke were on a downslope in West Germany. In East Germany it was a complete different story... Imagine a Wartburg 353 with this H2 engine- what a ripper! Bill should take a look at this cars, maybe he puts together a top fuel Wartburg 353- what a tribute that would be!

[@markbarber7839]

Thanks for the video. A complete set of gentlemen!

[@gabrielrace3532]

FLANNERYYYY POWER AND SOUND....michigan made buddy

[@Paratrooper-pv5nk]

Best vid thank you cycle drag

[@dazaro3]

Great interview, super interesting, great channel

[@ds4284]

Awesome! More please.

[@chadsiewert6060]

This is cool. Thanks for the great info!

[@ronnierush9379]

Great Video. Two strokes are the best, brought back memory's of my race tuned H1 500 that I had in 1979. Mr hindsight says wish I hadn't sold it :-)

[@ChrisDaubitz]

I love to see the bottom end. We use to cork the crank pin to create more stroke bottom end compression.

[@tfjack97]

Jack you did it again, this is one of the best videos I have watched in a long time. I didn't know there was a big following of these bikes, a kawie 400 trip was the very first bike I owned. You talk about a kick in the pants learning to ride on a trip two stroke, you better be hanging on tight when you hit that power band. Which organization runs this two stroke class? I have to get out and check this crazy s#!+ out. Thanks for the awesome video.

[@sonnydayz2118]

I love the way 2 strokes sound over 4 strokes.

[@shooter7a]

Wow....that is some cool 2T development....

[@MM_in_Havasu]

Oh hell yes. 2-stroke triples rock. Especially these. 2-stroke triples have 7 moving parts total.......3 rods, 3 pistons and a crank.

[@TheClintmeister]

I calculate 199.5HP and 4.395 HP per cubic inch, 1.353 HP per pound!

[@699669king]

Great Interview.Excellent questions being asked. And then Bill, a humble man lays out all the fatcs one may be interested in. Thanks for that. Bill ,go get that record ;-)

[@billclark5943]

Super genuine guy for sure. I wouldn't call it naturally aspirated though it's got big old fat round superchargers hanging off each side of it. They just don't have any moving parts

[@spencerwvcmoon]

Brilliant a true innovator love it sounds sooo nice

[@aeroflopper]

I used to have a terry beckett tuned 2t when i was boy, he knew his stuff.

[@1995dresser]

I remember almost 40+years ago a friend of a friend had a worked 750 triple with a drag frame and pipes and rode it on the street that thing could paint a line on the street in second gear but the weakest part back then was the clutch hub and basket they couldn't handle the HP and would explode glad to see years later someone has figured it out

[@weshoyt2322]

Outstanding bike!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!

[@boneav83]

I thought i loved 2 strokes, and then theres this guy 😮

[@davidboreham4820]

Great video, pure dedication Bill, good luck for future races!

[@alistairbalistair9596]

Amazing video! I am currently setting out to EFI and control ignition on my 1976 RD400 with a Microsquirt. I am even building a dyno out of a hydraulic pump and load cell and will be running one cylinder as well so that I can tune in the maps.