Tz 250 is NOT a toy. It’s a big shame they killed all the 2 stroke classes. Nowadays 2 strokes ( like power boat direct injection engines) are cleaner as 4t heavies. Bring back the f’n strokers now.
@MoultonDave5 жыл бұрын
MaverickM1 Could not agree more, I raced Tz250g in the early eighties. Full on excitement both to participate and as a spectacle
@jacksaysfuk-u48635 жыл бұрын
Epa=leftie dick smokers made a money deal to end em
@robertrishel36854 жыл бұрын
100%!👍
@Ignas2fly3 жыл бұрын
There is a real possibility that THEY will bring two strokes back. F-1 is allready experimenting on two stroke injectioned emgines for 2024-2025 year, if f-1 will moto gp will definately bring them back to.
@rodrigotaira79253 жыл бұрын
@@Ignas2fly I pray for that...
@sizzlean94596 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget in 1988 after taking a test ride on a V-Max and telling my motorcycle mechanics teacher how bad it was..the way he laughed at me and told me "Boy you don't know what a motorcycle is until you've seen a TZ-250 in action". This being the first video I've ever seen of one in action I find myself wishing I still had contact though if he's still alive he probably has a playlist of them that play over and over to put himself to sleep with. Damn what a bike
@captainsensible2983 ай бұрын
What a weapon of a bike, skilled in keeping it on the boil. After they banned 2 strokes from GP, I lost interest, this is awesome.
@joski90309 ай бұрын
Absolutely flying! Love it ✊🏻💨
@cranky18126 жыл бұрын
Next time install the camera on the back, I would love to see the other guys trying to catch you.
@nikitaheinkens97205 жыл бұрын
isn't there a guy that pull out way ahead?
@nikitaheinkens97205 жыл бұрын
at like 25-30 seconds you see a mysterious figure take off
@wanawan18345 жыл бұрын
AGREED
@jackylimaiksiang6 жыл бұрын
All bikes eaten up by TZ250 for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
@t.h2105 жыл бұрын
I love watching better riders on 2T bikes cruise by the lazy 4T HP queens
@JethroRose5 жыл бұрын
to be fair the 2 strokes do make cornering easier. a LOT. I've got an RGV250 and whilst it is no TZ race bike it is SO much easier and more flickable than my 600RR and 1000RR. Especially side to side transitions and the speed you can flick it onto its side. Not to take anything away from the rider though. You still need balls to pass on the outside and brake so late past everybody else. The lack of weight definitely helps though.
@blacklight44602 жыл бұрын
TZ 250s can really haul ass and carry corner speed so much easier than all the heavier bikes. They are purpose-perfect road race machines. 30 years ago, about when Freddie Spencer got famous in F2 GP racing, it was really fantastic with close dicing, very high cornering speeds and great sounds! Same thing later with the Euro greats like the Doctor 46 - he rode and even looked better on the bike than everyone else, a real world beater on those F2 250s.
@franzneubauer8902 жыл бұрын
On the czech Circuit Brno Lorenzo ' s 250 time was 2.01 in 2007 that 's the best Moto 2 time now with 765 ccm.!
@lordbelvoir25435 жыл бұрын
Proper racing machine.....motogp boys have got it so easy on 4 strokes.....two strokes bit like a black widow...sometimes ya get a good ride other times she'll bite ya fucking head off
@igorsanchez4086 жыл бұрын
capable machine in the hands of a seasoned rider.. Well done .
@yonniboy16 жыл бұрын
Just imagine what strokers would be capable of today if development of them had continued.
@_chp_5 жыл бұрын
There is still a 2 stroke bike it was made about 2017. It was also used in the Isle of Man TT
@benf39793 жыл бұрын
@@_chp_ suter?
@nickywh1t33 жыл бұрын
Ktm still putting work into the 2 stroke. They’ve come along way with them
@LittleTankDestroyaz3 жыл бұрын
there are quite some 2strokes from ktm husqvarna aprillia etc but unfortunately no superbikes anymore
@3406Accert2 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't be able to ride the thing simply not true enough to the world & your goony self.
@biggedybiggedybong80325 жыл бұрын
Wtf?! Made the other stuff look like mopeds ridden by pensioners!!
@cyclesrfun20016 жыл бұрын
TZ 250 track weight 250-270 pounds. Short wheelbase, out turn and out brake 450 pound plus GSXR. As we saw in the video it acceleration is on par with GSXR. To bad people have to race on street bikes instead of race bikes.
@rg500delta4 жыл бұрын
I think you'll find a TZ is about 235 with a half tank. I wonder how light the fancy guys can make them??
@patmooney97854 жыл бұрын
Wow, I had no idea this on-board video of me had made it to KZbin. The bike is a 1996 Yamaha TZ250 4TW. This video makes me want to get out and race it again! I wrote an article for Cycle World magazine about this TZ: www.cycleworld.com/v-twin-racers-ebr-1190rx-and-yamaha-tz250-comparison-review/
@rg500delta4 жыл бұрын
Well THAT explains a lot! Terrific ride, thanks very much for making the video, we need to do more of that to record and share these fantastic bikes. Beautiful!
@mick80183 жыл бұрын
Pat, You have that bike dialed in perfectly, and you ride it extremely well... I would love to follow (or try to follow) you around the track someday.
@adamroberts745 жыл бұрын
It's the sound I hear when I'm dreaming...
@K777John3 жыл бұрын
Got to love a TZ250-sold my ‘92D back in 2007 and still regret it-watching this brought back happy memories of showing guys on 1000cc bikes what a proper 250 GP bike could do-especially on a tight track.......
@williamschroeder30705 жыл бұрын
Love Love Love the two strokes !!!!
@matthewwhite40086 жыл бұрын
Beautiful motorcycle a real race bike,anyone who hasn't rode a two stroke grand prix bike won't understand the art of riding it,especially that long left hander it looks like high side city on a two stroke,big four strokes are easier to ride,I have a 70s tz so am appreciating the video.
@cdeddits5 жыл бұрын
The sound is such an antidote for the weak and mild mannered, that the acoustics resonates fear! It makes you weak at the knees! So much power at the self destruction level! Word!
@forplayracing4 жыл бұрын
I totally agree, there is nothing like tipping a TZ into a fast corner, no matter how hard I road my 99 I could feel the bike telling me "come on is that all you got-- you pu**y-- " A well set up TZ250 really proves Nikki's Haydens statement "The straights are for show and the corners for Dough"
@peterjaszczyk80563 жыл бұрын
Völlig fehlerfrei und immer hart am Limit & Gas,absolute Spitzenklasse der Typ,mein Respekt🙄👍
@syby11126 жыл бұрын
My kid ran some WERA nationals formula one races against 1000cc on a 1999 Honda rs 250 back in 2000- 2002 and always finished top 3.
@ariskonstantinidis38903 жыл бұрын
Great Video, TZ250s is really the best racer of the time.
@liamhumm67857 жыл бұрын
WHAT A START!!!
@pokerpariah6 жыл бұрын
Looked like an expert level club race but for the vintage class. How does it stack up against the current 600 and liter bike classes? Love the TZ and sounded like you have great tuning skills with the 2 stroke. Tune it wrong and you'll fly higher than American Airlines.
@jarnosaarinen45835 жыл бұрын
Some Moto 2 lap records are slower than the old 250 class!
@mehmetmutluoglu15426 жыл бұрын
Listened to the buzzing hornet, stinging those roaring lions around the circuit. But from the mids of the video it was boring to watch (but fun to listen to) as there were no "versus" around. In fact there were none from the beginning !! And yes, start was great.
@davegaleuk6 жыл бұрын
This causes me deep, deep calm and joy! :D Top job!
@jeriksson76863 жыл бұрын
Two strokes are racing! Bikes should not have car engines
@timsullivan15312 жыл бұрын
Pure talent and a great choice for this very curvy track. Well done. As kenny roberts made clear, you don’t have to have the biggest displacement just the biggest balls.
@johnsolimine116411 ай бұрын
"As kenny roberts made clear, you don’t have to have the biggest displacement just the biggest balls" ... and the brains of a B-B.
@symontabbenor21865 жыл бұрын
The funniest video I have seen for a long time ! He went by about 20 guys in the first 20 seconds. Great riding and a great bike.
@katanamaker3 жыл бұрын
this video should be removed because it shows a massacre.
@davidburne94773 жыл бұрын
Nicely sorted chassis and engine with power band from 8,000 to over 12,000. That’s pretty wide power band by TZ standards. The wider the power band the less they are likely to spit you off and send you into the shrubbery when they come on the pipe, IMHO. Nice!
@jackkrinkov927311 ай бұрын
I want a …..shrubbery!
@lilianemoro65246 жыл бұрын
3:46 OKAAY
@carpenter1274 Жыл бұрын
Listen to that Yamaha, it's beautiful, you will never beat a 2 stroke, only bike I ride. All hail the 2 stroke.
@udubidub6 жыл бұрын
menacing the bike had no more to give.
@TheFighterbike6 жыл бұрын
There's actually 1 bike you didn't catch up to. At 0:44 you can see him in front of the bike you're about to overtake, but you never actually catch up to him. Still really impressive riding though. Absolutely love the 2-strokes!
@bazonka16 жыл бұрын
You must be seeing things mate.
@TheFighterbike6 жыл бұрын
You must pay more attention. The quality of the video isn't great, but if you pay attention you can see it.
@bazonka16 жыл бұрын
@@TheFighterbike more like you can't accept how fast a well ridden TZ250 actually is. Probably own a GSXR.
@TheFighterbike6 жыл бұрын
I actually love two strokes, but it's right there in the video. You can't seem to accept the fact that there was 1 bike he didn't overtake. You really should look at the video again, maybe on a bigger screen. I also have never owned a gsxr and don't want to, your strange aquisations give you away. I have a vtr 1000, which you would be able to tell from my picture if you knew anything about bikes. I know for a fact this guy in the video on the tz250 would absolutely destroy me on the track, but the simple fact is, there is clearly still a bike ahead of him that he didn't get passed.
@bazonka16 жыл бұрын
@@TheFighterbike I did look at the again. Repeatedly. I didn't bother looking at your profile because I simply didn't care enough too. I would also be willing to bet that you are quite young from your obvious inability to detect sarcasm and the further inability to see that you are, quite clearly, wrong.
@matto20476 жыл бұрын
In my place this two stroke is legend and known as yamaha tzm.
@KathrynLiz15 жыл бұрын
Those wee TZs sure can honk on a tight circuit, and their corner speed is epic...That one is running very sweetly..... Brilliant!
@johannienel16 жыл бұрын
Was this acually a race? Looks like the other guys were doing a practice lap against this bike? No one around to race after the first lap.
@喫茶ぐう6 жыл бұрын
やっぱり 生粋のレーサーのTZ250の方が 市販バイク1000ccより速い。当たり前。
@RTK1715 жыл бұрын
She's running nice and cool too
@Hamsa36005 жыл бұрын
humm good breakfast 25 bikes in 2 mins
@peterelmer91145 жыл бұрын
Power to weight ratio and nimbleness - I remember my mates LC 350 when they first came out ; it was just mind blowing in its day, could eat pretty much anything in the right hands in the twisties.
@thompsongl5 ай бұрын
As a mechanic in the 70's, I rebuilt my friends TZ250. After riding it, I realized it would whoop my 1979 KZ1000 MK II 🏍
@mystikflight5 жыл бұрын
That was Awesome 😎😎😎
@LaMoyneAustinАй бұрын
I recall the great Rich Oliver on this bike at LAGUNA Seca Raceway lapping the field up to second place rider again. An unbeatable champ !
@marshallrogers80117 ай бұрын
Miss the Formula USA Racing!! Race what you brung+the bikes they made to go against the YZR 500!! 😊
@teamgonzo92892 жыл бұрын
Yeah buddy 👍
@Mu2driver5 жыл бұрын
So bitchen! That race was over before it even started! Killer riding
@Johnnywhamo5 ай бұрын
I had a 79 RD 400 Daytona Special. I can't tell you how many 750's and 900's I had stand up and take notice while out hammering the country roads.
@robber5764 жыл бұрын
Its a thoroughbred racer vs motorcycles that can be used to do errants and shopping , what did you expect ?😂
@twostrokeforever2 жыл бұрын
What a great Job mate!
@robertrishel36854 жыл бұрын
I can just image how all those other guys must have felt sitting on their lawn mower engined pigs watching that gorgeous RACING motorcycle lap them all!!! Priceless! That’s what happens when you race street bikes against actual race bikes (like bringing a knife to a gun fight). “Hey, that isn’t fair!” It’s a travesty, a crime against all that is right and holy, that they have done away with the continued development and production of the two-stroke engine. No other design or configuration can match its power to weight potential, let alone the visceral excitement and emotive power of these machines....less rotating mass, less moving parts, less complicated....it’s horrible. Motocross was absolutely RUINED....now the sport has lost so much of the simplicity, accessibility and economic appeal it once had, not to mention the excitement from a spectator perspective. It’s turned into lawn mower racing.... and roadracing has suffered a similar fate, especially GP racing.... the skill to master a 500cc two stroke GP Bike....just to ride the bike, let alone go fast on one, was such a high level. They were so exciting to watch. Oh well.... they will al be electric soon anyway I guess, given our collective lack of backbone to check up this inane bullshit road politicians have taken us down. Very nice to see someone out there whipping some ass on a 20 year old bike.... just proves my point.
@Adrenalean7674 жыл бұрын
Uhhh ok.i bet u didn't realize that guy way out Infront that left your tz rider in the dust lool
@robertrishel36854 жыл бұрын
Just Lean meh....
@joelfernando20315 жыл бұрын
That’s How you juice every gear! This guy is good! I spank my Aprilia every weekend! 165mph front wheel in the air
@pablogiraldoz16 жыл бұрын
What a Rocket
@TheSpeedracer5556 жыл бұрын
Looks like a tight course! Two strokes rule!
@Hotrob_J2 жыл бұрын
Jesus you didn't just win you passed the field in under a lap... I'd upload this to KZbin too. And then put a tablet on my fridge doing nothing but looping this video
@Daddy537513 ай бұрын
Man was racing those smokers a blast! Way more so than 600 and 1000.🤘🏻
@MrOnboc3024 жыл бұрын
Weapon
@PD-gl6wf4 жыл бұрын
Thats one well set up TZ 🤘🤘
@camilo8cheryl6 ай бұрын
I never loved 4 strokes. Miss my Honda RS 250R😭
@leslieharding75143 жыл бұрын
What a machine, well done
@taylormanuel57423 жыл бұрын
I have that typ of ingine in quad tz 250 twin cylinder it is scary 112 0ctane gas ⛽
@ShahidKhan-lr3kp2 жыл бұрын
fast on the straights and even faster through the bends ! a real racer.
@japrajaps49086 жыл бұрын
The power of love n 2-stroke!
@stonedfly464 жыл бұрын
Had a 1KT for a while. I miss that sound so much, good times man!
@EduSanjuan77711 ай бұрын
100 hp for 100 kg. Of course it smokes them...
@rongregory85142 ай бұрын
That was exhilarating. Well done
@5051976 жыл бұрын
The only reason you won is you were faster. Were the other riders aware you were racing? I love little Davids whooping Goliath's ass. Well done.
@spawnof2006 жыл бұрын
"The only reason you won is you were faster." thats the winner of every race ever XD
@slyfly86 Жыл бұрын
Very bad Day for 4stroke pilote😅
@patricks89284 жыл бұрын
A very well ridden 250.
@agylub6 жыл бұрын
Watching these go around Bathurst in the late 70s was pure racing
@JDoubleOP6 жыл бұрын
Perfect
@herobo1234566 жыл бұрын
Disappointed with this vid, thought i was going to see a race/battle,, all I saw was a 250 kicking the utter shit of all the other bikes, where the fuck was the GSXR ??????
@eddievanlingen19356 жыл бұрын
sucking in the TZ premix
@НиколайМатына-ж9э3 жыл бұрын
Супер!!! Красавец!👍👌👏
@davidgibbons6934 жыл бұрын
And it didn't get hot enough to make a cup of coffee the whole time.
@Adrenalean7674 жыл бұрын
There's another rider that left him in the dust.
@jdsstegman Жыл бұрын
How much hp that bike pushing?
@gottfriedbrand1642 ай бұрын
I shit of 1000 cc bikes!!!!!
@mjt1066 ай бұрын
Totalement fabuleuse rhaaaaaaa la vache 👌🤪🤪🤪
@netharad4235 Жыл бұрын
Bonjour, on peut avoir l'année, perso 84, mise en kit 1985,haut moteur Humels et pistons wiseco,bras et supports regidifier, montage des jantes 18 pouces or 5 branches et freinage double disque flottant et sur l'arrière en brembo or, juste fourche origine avec ressort plus dur, franchement vous avez une très belle machine 💕💕🤩
@Mark-wl3en3 ай бұрын
A real race bike!
@Thetasyncro22993 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting pwned by a chainsaw on two wheels after you boast that your 1000cc destroys anything with smaller displacement.
@jerrylawson69053 жыл бұрын
This bike is lean.
@derf94653 жыл бұрын
All those litre twist and goes left behind. Heavier isn't always better.
@julianwinn4502 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@maadhavteeyes18672 жыл бұрын
How many miles were this guy ahead of everyone 🤣
@SPOOKSTR5 жыл бұрын
250 GP bikes are a good investment right now.
@madaxemule88546 жыл бұрын
Pure class
@trithongnguyen49223 жыл бұрын
my dream car! When will I get it?
@karthikdattagTEI3 жыл бұрын
9 dislikes by liter class ricers!
@yannx49686 жыл бұрын
La TZ 250, on l'avait déjà essayée à Carole, alors faut pas déconner : C'est une deux temps et c'est le genre de truc que tu perds tes bras quand ça accélère ! :o) La TZ, c'est une tuerie !
@grantbeerling43965 жыл бұрын
What year? had a couple of 1998 vintage, suspect this is a lot newer.....like the s section....
@patmooney97854 жыл бұрын
Grant Beerling it’s a 1996 TZ250 4TW
@bradvlaming3094 жыл бұрын
rider and 2 stroke power!
@rogerw38183 жыл бұрын
Ahh... a proper race bike.
@banzaiipipe6 жыл бұрын
Just stupid that 2 stroke race bikes are pretty much dead.
@luistrejos59975 жыл бұрын
Two strokes rules
@bradvlaming3094 жыл бұрын
Two Stroke Power!!!
@davestatham8122 жыл бұрын
EPIC, 👏👍🏻
@tomasnokechtesledger17863 жыл бұрын
Imagine a 500
@Bobby-fj8mk5 жыл бұрын
Wow - imagine a TZ750.
@jarnosaarinen45835 жыл бұрын
Honestly there actually worse! Only about 30 hp more and handle like a sack of bolts. If Yamaha had kept developing the 750,a massive difference, but that bike looked like a mid 90's TZ it would flog a 1970's TZ750.
@Bobby-fj8mk5 жыл бұрын
@@jarnosaarinen4583 I dunno about that - the TZ750 was a monster. I saw a TZ750 drag racing the 1/4 mile in 1977. It had a tall road racing rear sprocket - completely wrong for dragging and the strip was slightly up hill. He still ran a 10.3 second time at over 140 mph.
@jerknamesmith59035 жыл бұрын
I had a TZ750 with a California license , street legal, kind of. Run like hell to start. Daytona gearing .Fun Fun.
@Bobby-fj8mk5 жыл бұрын
@@jerknamesmith5903 You lucky devil.
@jerknamesmith59035 жыл бұрын
@@Bobby-fj8mk yea I was ! Also very young. I only got it up to 170 MPH. 100 plus MPH wheelies! I let a few lucky Souls ride it, some declined , pussies. If I knew then what I know now , It would be in my living room.
@mehmetmutluoglu15424 жыл бұрын
Barracuda vs. loose whales...
@mehmetmutluoglu15424 жыл бұрын
...and a great ride. I consider both biker and rider "GP racers".