"Finally............."
That video has been around for a while.
It's just a mechanic saying what is a known thing, by anyone with a reasonable amount of brain cells.
Honda, announced they were stopping 2t 'series' production by the end of the 2007 model year - I think, a decade and a half, at least, before 2007.
Yet , somehow, many of what we have / had as journalists, seemed to only discover that policy just before 2007, or, after it. Piss poor 'journalism' basically. And, "head in the sand" attitudes from most, that caused them to ignore, or forget, it was coming at the end of 2007.
Though, the 125 and 250 NS/NSRs stayed around for a few more years, of course. Built to pre-order, ntil the 'new' classes started.
The whole Honda/ 2 stroke saga, can be found on the Internet in a few clicks. I think "The Eternal 2 stroke site, and it's sister site, covers it extensively, and goes into many areas. Including some base idiocy on frame design, pertaining to swingarm pivot points that stands out badly. And some very over the top claims for HP achieved by a tuner / tuners with a KTM 80?..........
Terry Goods
www.mxworksbike.com deals very well with the start of Hondas 2t era:
http://mxworksbike.com/Honda_1972_RC125M.htmSoichiro Honda, personally hated 2ts - though, his very first bike had a 2T engine - a gorgeous looking little bike, that may have been the A1. And he inculcated that into his companies ethos.
That Honda has continually used their influence throughout racing, since they started - well, basically from the mid sixties when they really started to rack up titles - is something all should be aware of. Other major manufacturers, haven't been hard to convert to their cause / not put up an argument, when it has enabled them to use their Superbike Technology in more applications.
Moto GP, Moto2, now Moto3 - Pro Level MX / Enduro etc, has all been influenced / controlled by Honda. 2t parity in MX2, was put into the regs, by the FIM, at, I think, the 2008 FIM congress, for the 2010 MX GP series. It 'disappeared', from the FIM rule books, sometime in 2009. Honda, tried to have World Trials limited to 4ts only - it was going to happen, until all the other Trials manufacturers, said they'd quit, if that was the case. In a tiny market like that, the tiny companies had a fair bit of power - the 'all 4t' rule, disappeared. But, with Honda going back into World Trials, with a brilliant strategy of obtaining the best rider(s) in the world - 1st Dougie Lampkin, with Fujinami as an entertaining, highly popular / personable constant, then now Bou, they've dominated World Trials for many years. Though many other companies have their 4ts, 2ts, by numbers, still dominate Trials in sales and international / national / local events. Why wouldn't they, when they have more Torque, more HP, are lighter (though, Works Hondas weigh a hell of a lot less than std RTLs). But, just like with the rest of the sport, the Noise Issue has reared it's head now in Trials, creating incredible problems. Gone are the days of quiet 2ts, and the sweet, relatively quiet sound of the earlier Works Honda 4ts, of Miller,Whaley, Lejeune and Saunders and others.
As for "climate change". It's always changed. It's thought that the advent of farming / crop growing in the 'fertile crescent', then that spreading into Europe, was the first real example of Humans affecting the world climate - basically, delaying and much reducing the severity of the 'mini ice ages' to come.
I have no trouble believing what we do has it's effects. But I don't know who to believe as to the extent of what we do, effects the planets 'body clock'. Some say our pollution additions can / could tip the scales, Some say there's no way what we do can effect things.
I'm for being sensible, and trying to minimize our 'effing up' the planet. Coal fired Electricity Power Plants - well, lets make an effort to have them as clean as is possible. The rather large amount of reports I've read about Algae ponds / dams, and other organic techs, makes me think there could be a win / win, with things like that. ICE powered vehicles being cleaner, factories etc emitting less pollutants, I'm All for.
It could be all BS, and I'm a gullible fool.
And, thinking greedily, the more people that get into EVs, for example, means perhaps more fuel for me to use, in my dirty, smelly 2t. And my other ICE vehicles. Off course, the production of EVs, and the production of the electricity they use, surely won't produce pollutants...................................................................... *this, is Sarcasm, folks*
You mention 2ts to most, and all they think of is the blue haze from earlier 2ts / badly jetted / running modern 2ts. Or, my 500 in the first few hundred metres of running as it clears out the rich mixture from using the choke at the start of a ride / during initial warm up. I'm such an evil
bastard...............
So, going 4t, all the time, every time, has been a great way for companies to baffle the hardline greenies with BS.
The President / CEO of Husky, has been quoted as saying a new 300cc DFI 2t will appear at the Cologne Show this year. Andrea Lettinbechter (sp?) will be using it in a few Extreme events this year, too, apparently. KTM have repeatedly said they would bring out their DFI 2t, When They Have To. For 2ts to keep being sold in markets that require road registration, they will have to pass new regulations that come into force, in Europe, in 2013, or 2014. That's what DFI, EFI, and other types of cleaner 2t techs are all about. For you blokes that don't care, as you don't need rego etc, think a bit. These Techs, will have 2ts, of All types, back legally on the roads. A twin cylinder 600cc class sports bike, or 1000cc twin cylinder Superbike, or Any Type of bike (well, maybe not those atrocities called cruisers), will be a much nicer, lighter, simpler, Torquier, more powerful bike than what we have available now. And much more fuel efficient than 2ts have ever been.
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