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Originally Posted by defector
I thought KTM, Yamaha, and Kawasaki all had at least one 'smoker in their 2011 lineup? Maybe that was the 2010 model year?
The single most intimidating / hardest to ride (fast) bike I have ever ridden was my brothers worked over CR500.
That thing still gives me cold sweats. 
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2010 might be the last year America gets any actually.
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Originally Posted by OTB
Popularity had nothing to do with it....EPA and CARB (California Air Resources Board) killed the two-strokes, first on the street, them in the dirt, as pollution regs tightened up.
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Maybe... But then people were winning races with them LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG before anyone complained about environmental issues. Plus I know so many locals who'd rather ride the 4s than the wild and crazy powerband of the 2s. So I say "no" to your theory.