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Sorry mate but if you think 2 strokes are the future you are very much mistaken! Many factory teams tried to make them clean. HRC spent millions with the EXP2 motocross bike before giving up with it. And Bimoto went bankrupt trying to get fuel injection (the answer to cleaner running 2 strokes) working.
It's called evolution. You may not like it and neither do I, I would much rather be watching and hearing an NSR or V593 howling round Assen, but NOONE makes 2 strokes anymore apart from for the scooter and MX market and even they are moving towards 4 stroke. It's easier to clean up the exhaust gasses and limit the emissions. If you were still largley 2 stroke you would have the EU all over you and motorcycling as a whole would suffer.
AS for the lease costs, HRC were doing this in the 80's to make money pure and simple. In 91 they wanted to limit NSR build but guys like Cornu and HB were coming with open books of fag money to lease them, what are you going to do turn them down! Times were good then, money was easier! Its different now Im afraid.
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