TWO-STROKES
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It’s been a long time since any major manufacturers cranked up the production lines and wheeled off a stroker, with Cagiva’s SP 525 hooligan learner bike being one of the last examples to make it into the showrooms. Yamaha were still pumping out their headbanging TZ250 racer until quite recently, but unless you wanted to share a prison cell with a hairy misogamist named ‘Bob’, the race focused weapon was little to no use for Her Majesty’s Highways.