OSSA: Yeah, it’s a trials bike, but it’s freakin’ cool

OSSA TR280i – First Ride Yeah, it’s a trials bike, but it’s freakin’ cool

May 4, 2012 By Ryan Dudek Leave a Comment
Photographer : Jeff Allen

In the wide, wild world of motorcycles, trials bikes usually don’t show up on the radar. Which is too bad, because trialers often contain some of the latest technology before we see it on mainstream models. That’s exactly the case with the OSSA TR280i, a 272cc trials bike with, among other cool features, a fuel-injected [...]

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Filed Under: First Rides, Off-Road/Motocross Tagged With: 2012, First Rides, Off-Road/Trials, OSSA, TR 280i, trials bike

Two-strokes return? – Feature OSSA shows injected single-cylinder two-stroke engine.

April 16, 2012 By Kevin Cameron 1 Comment

At last fall’s EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, Italy, reborn OSSA revealed two fuel-injected two-stroke-powered machines—one for trials, the other an enduro. Two-stroke? Fuel-injected? Two-stroke streetbikes mostly disappeared after the mid-1980s because of their high unburned hydrocarbon emissions (UHC). The cause? With a carburetor fuel system and piston-controlled exhaust and scavenge ports, some fresh charge [...]

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Filed Under: Features, Off-Road/Motocross Tagged With: EICMA, EICMA 2011, Enduro, enduro bikes, Off-Road/Enduro, Off-Road/Motocross, Off-Road/Trials, OSSA, trials bike, two stoke bikes

L+S=MF (Cont’d)

November 8, 2010 By Steven L. Thompson 6 Comments

In the September, 1966, issue of CW, Suzuki ran an ad for the X6 Hustler 250, a ferociously quick 250cc piston-port Twin with six speeds and “Posi-Force” oil injection. What made the ad stick in my mind all these years was the copywriter’s line at the top: “We’ve invented a very fast way to lose [...]

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