500cc 2 Stroke Motogp

At the beginning of the new motogp era in 2002 500 cc two stroke or 990 cc four stroke bikes were specified to race.
500cc 2 stroke motogp. Jerez 2015 saw gp riders reunited with original 2 stroke machinery for the race of legends. Four strokes had dominated the 500cc class up to the early 70s but it was barry sheene who first turned the category into a two stroke war. From the mid 1970s to 2002 the top class of gp racing allowed 500cc with a maximum of four cylinders regardless of whether the engine was a two stroke or four stroke. The enormous power advantage of the twice as large displacement four stroke engine over the half the size two stroke meant that by the following season no two stroke bikes were racing.
Honda won ten 500cc world championships with the nsr500 from 1984 to 2002 with six in a row from 1994 to 1999 with more than 100 wins to its credit the nsr500 is the most dominant force in modern grand prix motorcycle racing. In 2016 many of these bikes and more will be back on track at the sachsenring classic and silverstone classic. The honda nsr500 is a road racing motorcycle created by hrc honda racing corporation and debuted in 1984 for the grand prix motorcycle racing s 500 cc class. Yamaha hit back next using their experience with 250cc 2 cylinders to build a 500cc 4 cylinder bike on which giacomo agostini rode to a world championship in 1975.
Sheene had first raced on the four stroke tr500 but it was no match for the three cylinder two stroke kawasakis. But two stroke development happened fast once the factories figured out that a race worthy 500cc two stroke was indeed possible. The motorcycles used in motogp are purpose built for the sport and are unavailable for purchase by the general public because they cannot be legally ridden on public roads. A great circuit now ruined by the f1 bore fest brigade this was also the last west german grand prix because later this year the berlin wall came down from.
Nothing compares to the sound and smell of an original 500cc 2 stroke gp bike.