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nostalgia2strokes

Classic & performance two-strokes · UK — the workshop group feed

Posts: 48
Photos: 20
In the workshop: 12
Based in: Surrey, UK

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Restoration stories, bike features and machines for sale — everything we post in the group, in one place.

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nostalgia2strokes Workshop

22 September 2026

Workshop

Welcome to nostalgia2strokes

Welcome to the group. This is the home of classic and performance two-strokes in the UK — RDs, TZRs, RGs, KR1S, NSRs, RS and Mito machines, and everything else that rings, buzzes and clears its throat on the overrun. We run a specialist two-stroke workshop in Surrey: servicing, full restoration, in-house vapour blasting and motorcycle painting, all done in-house by people who ride these machines. Post your bikes, your projects and your questions — workshop photos are always welcome. Introduce yourself and tell us what you ride.

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nostalgia2strokes Workshop

15 September 2026

Workshop

TYGA stainless race exhausts on the TZR250 3MA1

A satisfying day on the 3MA1. The TYGA stainless expansion chambers went on this afternoon — hand-polished, properly jetted and torqued down with new copper gaskets. The front pipe clearance took a little gentle persuasion, but the finish is exactly right for a period race-replica build. It'll get its first proper run next week. If you've got a 3MA1 sitting on a tired original system, this is the single biggest transformation you can make.

TYGA stainless race exhausts on a TZR250 3MA1 in the workshop

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nostalgia2strokes Workshop

8 September 2026

Feature

The Rothmans NSR — when race paint ruled the road

Some liveries are just paint. The Rothmans colours are a whole era — blue, white and red laid over a V-twin that won everything worth winning. This NSR came to us for a sympathetic refresh: decals preserved exactly as they left, paint corrected by hand, and every fastener vapour blasted back to factory finish. Machines like this were the posters on our bedroom walls. Keeping one on the road exactly as it should look is the whole reason the workshop exists. What was the bike on your wall?

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nostalgia2strokes Workshop

1 September 2026

Workshop

Four carburettors, four identical answers

Bank-of-four day in the workshop. Ultrasonic bath, new jets matched across all four, float heights checked twice, and every diaphragm inspected under a bright light before it goes back. A inline-four two-stroke will happily run on three-and-a-half good carburettors — and it will feel flat, eat pistons and foul plugs doing it. Balanced and synced, the difference on the road is night and day. If your inline stumbles off the bottom end, the carbs are the first place we look.

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nostalgia2strokes Workshop

25 August 2026

Feature

TZR250 3XV — the last of the real racer-replicas

The 3XV is arguably the peak of the small-bore racer-replica: a proper V-twin, a dry weight that shames modern 600s, and handling that still embarrasses bigger machinery on a tight B-road. This one arrived tired and left sharp — new consumables, carb setup on the rolling road, suspension sorted and a full detail. They're getting harder to find in honest condition every year. If you own one, ride it. If you're looking for one, talk to us.

Blue Yamaha TZR250 3XV two-stroke motorcycle

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nostalgia2strokes Workshop

18 August 2026

For sale

New in the workshop — Suzuki RGV250 VJ22M

Now workshop-prepared and looking for a new owner. Suzuki RGV250 VJ22M — the V-twin that brought GP technology to the road, in period racing livery. Full mechanical inspection, fresh consumables, carbs balanced and paint detailed in-house. Two-strokes like this don't come up often in this condition. Full details, price and photos on the bikes for sale page — register interest there and you'll be first to hear when it goes public.

Suzuki RGV250 VJ22M-300cc in the workshop

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nostalgia2strokes Workshop

11 August 2026

Workshop

Vapour blasting — the before and after never gets old

One of the most satisfying jobs we do. A crusty, salt-marked crankcase goes into the vapour blasting cabinet and comes out an hour later in a soft, even satin finish — no media lodged in oil galleries, no distorted castings, no over-polished alloy. Every engine case, bracket and small part on a full rebuild goes through the cabinet before it's allowed back on the bike. Postal vapour blasting available UK-wide: post us your parts, we blast them and post them back. Message us for details.

Bottom end rebuild — piston and vapour-blasted crankcase on the bench

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nostalgia2strokes Workshop

4 August 2026

For sale

Coming soon — Aprilia 250 in Aprilia Racing colours

A proper Aprilia 250 two-stroke in full Aprilia Racing colours is being finished in the workshop now — final setup, detail and photos before it joins the bikes for sale page. Register interest on the page and we'll send you the full details the moment it's listed. First come, first served — our machines tend to move quickly once they're published.

Aprilia two-stroke 250 in Aprilia Racing colours