A GREAT two-stroke for under £3k? A few years ago that would have been easy – virtually everything would have slotted into that price category. Not anymore, though.
So put aside notions of a Suzuki GT750 or Kawasaki H2; our budget might get you a box-of-bits rebuild candidate, but little more. Good ones are passing the £10k mark now and even rolling restoration candidates are out of reach. And if you’re thinking that an RG500 or RD500 will be heading the list, you’re out of luck too; you’d need double our budget to bag a half-decent one.
And with those legendary stokers already out of reach, their less famous siblings are starting to head north, price-wise, as well. There’s no option of a new two-stroke bike these days, so the ranks of nostalgic riders looking to relive their youth must pick from an ever-shrinking number of good secondhand machines.
Read on for our pick of the top ten two-strokes under £3k