Anyone do a long distance trip on a 2 stroke?

[ApriliaRS]

Is it even possible..2 cruise at a 100ks (without the plug fouling?) from wellington to palmy?Advice?

[pzkpfw]

Is it even possible..2 cruise at a 100ks (without the plug fouling?) from wellington to palmy?Advice?

Do you really have that problem?

Back in 1990 I had a ratty old RD350LC.

Used to ride Palmy to Wellington all the time. (Not back in same day).

Did day trips around the Tararuas, and from Palmy to Mt. Ruapehu and back to Palmy via Wanganui.

Never stopped on me.

(Though it was a pre-mix due to half-arse conversion from 250. Having said that I probably used too much 2 stroke oil in it.)

[Jantar]

I used to regularly travel from from Dunedin to Queenstown on a Suzuki T125 (Stinger) at an indicated 105 kmh over 35 years ago. While this is not as far as Wellington to Palmy, a 125 two stroke will do the trip Ok. Just remember to fill up at every oppurtunity, particularly down the Kaikoura coast, and watch the temperature on those long flat straights.

Have fun.

[ApriliaRS]

Nope, never encountered it Just wondering..goog to know

[soundbeltfarm]

my first bike was a rgv250 and it never missed a beat .
used to ride from taranaki up to tauranga alot and from taranaki to welly alot too and that was when i was learning and stuck to pretty much the speed limit and bike always went awesome.
never had it overheat or anything go wrong with it.

[merv]

The old two stroke I had back in the 70's would only foul a plug after a lot of town riding and then when you opened it up it would whisker the plug, but if you ran it from the garage with a clean plug straight out on to the highway it'd run ChCh to Napier even without a hint of a problem.

These days you've got synthetic oil, electronic ignition etc so they should be a whole lot better.

[Racey Rider]

Heres another thread about the same thing.

[Mr. Peanut]

Never had a problem with my NSR, aside from the annoying drone. Charismatic cruisers they're not...

[banditrider]

Dude did the GC on an RG50 one year & apparently he's also done the Southern X on it. Hard work!

I did over 10,000 miles on my '84 RG250 and while a lot of that was commuting and scratching, I did do some longer trips (pack rack loaded up) - no worries at all.

The only time it ever fouled a plug was on a really crappy day - made the ride a bit more exciting, see here.

[White trash]

I rode my 99 RGV250 from Wellington, through Taupo, Napier to Wairoa in a day. Then from Wairoa, Gisborne, Opotiki, Gisborne, Opotiki, Gisborne, Wairoa the next, then home directly to Welly the next. No problems.

[Daffyd]

Is it even possible..2 cruise at a 100ks (without the plug fouling?) from wellington to palmy?Advice?

I used to regularly travel from from Dunedin to Queenstown on a Suzuki T125 (Stinger) at an indicated 105 kmh over 35 years ago. While this is not as far as Wellington to Palmy, a 125 two stroke will do the trip Ok. Just remember to fill up at every oppurtunity, particularly down the Kaikoura coast, and watch the temperature on those long flat straights.

Have fun.

Wellington to Palmy via the Kaikoura Coast?
That would have to be the long way round!

[DonaldH]

Is it even possible..2 cruise at a 100ks (without the plug fouling?) from wellington to palmy?Advice?

RD350LC toured europe for 3 weeks 2 up never missed a beat. Regular trips from Edinburgh to London - 1,600KMs round trip

[Jantar]

Wellington to Palmy via the Kaikoura Coast?
That would have to be the long way round!

No, Palmerston is only 35 minutes north of Dunedin.

[Daffyd]

No, Palmerston is only 35 minutes north of Dunedin.

I would have thought that a Wellingtonian would be referring to Palmerston North as 'Palmy'.
My bad.

[Jantar]

If he meant Palmerston North, I would have expected the reference to be Palmy North. But maybe I've got it wrong and he didn't realise that Palmerston is actually in the South Island. In that case its hardly a long ride at all.