I hope you're wrong that the issue is dead. If the mfrs have made an internal comittment to stop making 2 strokes, then that likely will not be reversed. However, barring that, it's just a matter of getting the AMA's arbitrary rules changed to even the playing field. That IS possible, as we just saw with the AMA's decision to allow 144cc two strokes in the "250F" class (although they should have made it 150cc). One thing is for sure: if everyone who likes to buy and rides two-strokes just gives up, then nothing will change and they'll be made obsolete in 5 years or less.