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Fun piece of history: 1985 East German 250cc championship. A proper swarm of angry bees 
(Autotranslate subtitles, they're accurate enough)
"This class since last year is highly competitive for the Friendship Cup of Socialist Countries" lol. Bestest cold war eastern block propaganda.
These bikes had around 60 two-stroke hp with a top speed of 250km/h with a weight of less than 120kg. Certainly something for "real men" with balls!
(Autotranslate subtitles, they're accurate enough)
"This class since last year is highly competitive for the Friendship Cup of Socialist Countries" lol. Bestest cold war eastern block propaganda.
These bikes had around 60 two-stroke hp with a top speed of 250km/h with a weight of less than 120kg. Certainly something for "real men" with balls!
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It's wonderful to see more 2 strokes.Fun piece of history: 1985 East German 250cc championship. A proper swarm of angry bees
(Autotranslate subtitles, they're accurate enough)
"This class since last year is highly competitive for the Friendship Cup of Socialist Countries" lol. Bestest cold war eastern block propaganda.
These bikes had around 60 two-stroke hp with a top speed of 250km/h with a weight of less than 120kg. Certainly something for "real men" with balls!
EJ3
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Saab had some nice 2 strokes, too:1989 Touring Car championship 600cc
Two stroke again. The Trabant was called "racing cardboard" for a reason
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Fun piece of history: 1985 East German 250cc championship. A proper swarm of angry bees
(Autotranslate subtitles, they're accurate enough)
"This class since last year is highly competitive for the Friendship Cup of Socialist Countries" lol. Bestest cold war eastern block propaganda.
These bikes had around 60 two-stroke hp with a top speed of 250km/h with a weight of less than 120kg. Certainly something for "real men" with balls!
Spent 1990 in Sydney, Australia. Had a Kawasaki KR1-S. Modern update to these. Essentially a road legal production race bike, and still the fastest production 250 ever made.
It was some of the most fun I've had on two wheels. The power to weight ratio was nuts. The only issue was that it would frequently oil its plugs and bog down on the my commute to work... then it would clear and furiously wheelie with the shrieking sound of a banshee.
I was younger then and loved it.
Would probably put the fear of god in me now.
(Or necessitate mandatory diapers. Lol.)
PS It was so light, I used to literally lift it, manoeuvring into tight city centre parking spots.
Also, when I'd left the UK the insurance companies had decided on a different class for this type of bike due to their extreme power to weight ratio. Not so in Oz, the insurance was the same as a dull as f*** commuter 250! So the KR1-S was super fun, plus cheap to run too.
Splendid.
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With helicopter camera? Live TV?
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Of course. Those weren't exactly ancient times, nice video and audio quality too. It was the east but still Germany
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That's clear. What's so impressive is that such resources were assigned to Trabi racing.Of course. Those weren't exactly ancient times, nice video and audio quality too. It was the east but still Germany
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Matter of state honour. The GDR was generally poor but still the richest country of the Eastern block, and for representative stuff the party deemed worthy there was always enough money and resources somehow.
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Indeed. The GDR, and MZ in particular, made the fastest racing two strokes for a long time. Their designs were later to be stolen by Suzuki, along with the defection to the West by Ernst Degner during the 1961 Swedish GP.
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Top speed would be more like 210 km/h for a 60 hp racing bike, maybe a bit less with those old fairings and tall racers. All the same, racing such a lightweight with skinny tires on that course, which is not quite as dangerous looking as IOM, yeah, not for me.Fun piece of history: 1985 East German 250cc championship. A proper swarm of angry bees
(Autotranslate subtitles, they're accurate enough)
"This class since last year is highly competitive for the Friendship Cup of Socialist Countries" lol. Bestest cold war eastern block propaganda.
These bikes had around 60 two-stroke hp with a top speed of 250km/h with a weight of less than 120kg. Certainly something for "real men" with balls!
All that work is done basically to get the heat out of the engine from putting in cool pistons.
There's no sound in motorsports like that of 2 or 4 1,2000 HP cars blasting down the 1000 ft track in under 3.7 seconds and 330+mph.
Your entire body throbs with each cylinder fireing pulse. No recording could ever equal the experience. Just Incredible!
I should've originally posted this here but worth posting again, since I just saw this thread.
Did you notice the marmot he ran over?
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Deafening if you’re anywhere close, even with ear plugs. Probably not good for evaluating audio equipment.
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