2 stroke vs 4 stroke

[Chickenlegs]

In all seriousness....

I think a lot of 2-strokes have a bad rep because a LOT of them have been played with.

A standard RD, RG or RGV, TZR, NSR, etc. will happily do many thousands of k's. The problem is, owners usually tend screw with them and by the time it's had a few owners, it's pretty screwed...

They are more susceptible to climatic conditions and jetting, so can easily be seized.... Standard though, they'll live a long life...

EG: I had a mate who had a RZ500 (RD500 for Scracha), and it was reliable as... Mate decided to give the bike a birthday but rebore it and do a bit of porting while at it... It was never as good afterwards...

[scracha]

EG: I had a mate who had a RZ500 (RD500 for Scracha), and it was reliable as... Mate decided to give the bike a birthday but rebore it and do a bit of porting while at it... It was never as good afterwards...

Oh there's nothing like the sound of a TZR250 getting it's nads screwed out of it round a race track.

Ducati 2 strokes....the ultimate in reliability
http://www.bevelheaven.com/brochure-index-2stroke.htm

[quallman1234]

Wow calm down buddy, i just think your be a little short sighted. Of course it come's down to your own personal expirence with such machine's personally i have had much worse problems with 4 strokes than my 2 smokers, but that could be to do with i look after them (sometimes track bikes don't count right ).I seriously can go crazy sometimes whilst on a 2 smoker, being in that meaty powerband is a kick for me.
Gotta love hitting power band and feeling like a GP rider .


Loving the ducati 2 smokers .

[sosman]

Get the two stroke! & you dont need two smoke oil every time you put gas in.
I had a suzuki zz50 & put oil in, round every 5 or 6 gas fills,also i could do the piston & rings my self! cause i wouldn't have the foggiest about 4strokes

[jade]

Modern 2 strokes are sweet as..
Ive ridden my bike every day now as my only form of transport for 20 months now... still kicks over first pop dead cold, has never once skipped a beat and I thrash the bejesus out of it every day
I doubt anyone in this country thrashes their bike as bad as me any my mate do... they are perfectly reliable
Ive ridden a few other bikes on the road (like brand new sportsbikes) and whilst they are ultimately faster etc, they are not as fun - period
throw 20 stoppies a day and off the throttle wheelies with enough power to flip into the equation and its the most fun you can have with your clothes on, ill get a big bike, but im keeping my current bike forever

[TLDV8]