Motocross Action's Two Stroke World Championship TM144MX Project
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The World Two-Stroke Championship is a race that has a certain amount of prestige among the growing two-stroke community. To win, it takes much more than a box-stock YZ125 or KTM 250SX can deliver. So, we asked TM USA importer Ralf Schmidt if TM could build us a project TM 144MX that could win the 125cc World Two-Stroke Championship in October. Ralf said, “Get me a fast rider and I’ll give you a fast bike.” TM 144MX isn’t a big bore 125. TM starts from scratch with new cases, a different crank and a completely unique bore and stroke for the TM 144MX.If you’re thinking a 144cc engine is cheating in a 125cc class, you’re wrong. World Two-Stroke Championship rules allow engine displacements up to 150cc in the 125 classes. After testing the 2020 TM 144MX in stock trim just one month prior, we were impressed with how strong the stock power was and with how well the bike handled. The MXA wrecking crew was already a fan of the TM 144MX, and we were excited to see what TM USA was going to cook up for us. We also liked that we were going to get factory support for this World Two-Stroke project. Was it all worth it? We assigned two Pro-level MXA test riders to shake down the TM 144MX project bike. One of them fit the small-bore, 144cc two-stroke perfectly at 5-feet, 6-inches tall and only 130 pounds, while the other was 6 inches taller and 35 pounds heavier. Our first impression was a positive one, as the bike sounded terrific. We had the entire Glen Helen facility to ourselves for the first of multiple test days at different tracks, including TM’s test track, and the crisp-sounding TM exhaust echoed throughout the park. We’ve heard a lot of great two-strokes in our time, but this one had everybody reminiscing about the good old days of factory two-strokes every time the sweet-sounding TM two-stroke rocketed by the assembled crowd of test riders and mechanics. With the stock jetting and 13/52 gearing, the MXA test riders were blown away by the sheer power the bike had on the straightaways. It pulled exceptionally hard, and our testers almost forgot it was a small-bore bike until they got to the hills. It’s not that it wouldn’t climb the hills, because it did‚ it just required extra effort in the shifting and clutch-feathering departments to get it into the rpm where it sang its best song. The power was potent, and the hit was hard, but our testers were looking for more bottom-end to get the bike up to speed quicker.
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The World Two-Stroke Championship is a race that has a certain amount of prestige among the growing two-stroke community. To win, it takes much more than a box-stock YZ125 or KTM 250SX can deliver. So, we asked TM USA importer Ralf Schmidt if TM could build us a project TM 144MX that could win the 125cc World Two-Stroke Championship in October. Ralf said, “Get me a fast rider and I’ll give you a fast bike.” TM 144MX isn’t a big bore 125. TM starts from scratch with new cases, a different crank and a completely unique bore and stroke for the TM 144MX.If you’re thinking a 144cc engine is cheating in a 125cc class, you’re wrong. World Two-Stroke Championship rules allow engine displacements up to 150cc in the 125 classes. After testing the 2020 TM 144MX in stock trim just one month prior, we were impressed with how strong the stock power was and with how well the bike handled. The MXA wrecking crew was already a fan of the TM 144MX, and we were excited to see what TM USA was going to cook up for us. We also liked that we were going to get factory support for this World Two-Stroke project. Was it all worth it? We assigned two Pro-level MXA test riders to shake down the TM 144MX project bike. One of them fit the small-bore, 144cc two-stroke perfectly at 5-feet, 6-inches tall and only 130 pounds, while the other was 6 inches taller and 35 pounds heavier. Our first impression was a positive one, as the bike sounded terrific. We had the entire Glen Helen facility to ourselves for the first of multiple test days at different tracks, including TM’s test track, and the crisp-sounding TM exhaust echoed throughout the park. We’ve heard a lot of great two-strokes in our time, but this one had everybody reminiscing about the good old days of factory two-strokes every time the sweet-sounding TM two-stroke rocketed by the assembled crowd of test riders and mechanics. With the stock jetting and 13/52 gearing, the MXA test riders were blown away by the sheer power the bike had on the straightaways. It pulled exceptionally hard, and our testers almost forgot it was a small-bore bike until they got to the hills. It’s not that it wouldn’t climb the hills, because it did‚ it just required extra effort in the shifting and clutch-feathering departments to get it into the rpm where it sang its best song. The power was potent, and the hit was hard, but our testers were looking for more bottom-end to get the bike up to speed quicker.
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