Weekend Awesome - Two-Stroke Porn at the Isle of Man TT

This week’s video come from our correspondent Andrew Capone on the Isle of Man for the annual TT races. Capone sent us this video of the Suter MMX 500 two-stroke warming up ahead of the Senior TT. “I smell like Castrol R, and I like it,” Capone wrote, when he filed the video.

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Dear Suter: One Man's Rant

Yesterday, Suter Racing‘s crack team of professionals started their retired MMX1 MotoGP racebike at the Swiss-Moto show. Its BMW inline-four and Akrapovic exhaust sounded crisp and impressive, but the Suter crew’s promotional angle made them look foolish.

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Suter MMX 500 Two-Stroke To Race Isle Of Man TT

Read that headline again: Suter MMX 500 Two-Stroke To Race Isle Of Man TT. That’s right, Suter’s 580cc V-4 two-stroke grand prix replica is going to compete at the Isle of Man TT this year, not just parade around for a celebration lap. The news was reported on the official Isle of Man TT website, wherein it was also announced the MMX 500 would compete in both the Superbike class and the TT’s premier category: The six-lap Senior TT. If you’re not familiar with the MMX 500, you can read more about it here.

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Suter MMX500 Unveiled

Swiss outfit Suter, most recently known for its chassis used for the past few Moto2 seasons, including the one Marc Marquez rode to the title in 2012, unveiled a 576cc V-4 GP replica this week. The bespoke two-stroker boasts numbers like 195 hp, 280 lbs and 120,000 Swiss francs (approximately US$123,000). That’s $60k cheaper than Honda’s new RC213V-S.

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