250 SHOOTOUT–YEAR ZERO-ZERO: THE WRAP

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Ron Lawson

by: Ron Lawson

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Going into the year 2000, we kinda thought the world might end. Everything was changing; a four-stroke had just won the National championship the previous year. Who saw that coming? The 250 shootout for the year 2000 took place in late 1999 and appeared in the January, 2000 issue of Dirt Bike. The Japanese makers were still all-in for two-stroke development at the time, and all four would go though at least one major redesign before turning their attention away. Honda redesigned its 250 two-stroke in 2002, Kawasaki in 2003, Suzuki in 2001 and Yamaha did it in 2002 and then again in 2005 ...

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