Older 2 strokes

[thorns]

Cheers mate,

Yeah that was what was suggested to me, that I'll be shit scared of ringing its neck for the first 12 months while I get up to speed and that a 250f of some sort would be easier for me to focus on actually riding and improving on that before going after the gruntier bikes.

I know when 4 stroke's came out, they were alot pricier to rebuild, has this come down over the years now that they seem to outnumber the 2 strokes? If I buy one, i want to have some money to the side to get a rebuild if it turns out to be a lemon.

[barty5]

Cheers mate,

Yeah that was what was suggested to me, that I'll be shit scared of ringing its neck for the first 12 months while I get up to speed and that a 250f of some sort would be easier for me to focus on actually riding and improving on that before going after the gruntier bikes.

I know when 4 stroke's came out, they were alot pricier to rebuild, has this come down over the years now that they seem to outnumber the 2 strokes? If I buy one, i want to have some money to the side to get a rebuild if it turns out to be a lemon.

If you get a 4t the has been maintained well and you keep doing it ie change the oil every 5-6 hrs and keep air filters etc clean then generally you cant go wrong youll get away depending on how you ride with 50-60 hrs between pistons and they really arnt that much harder to do than a 2t. My yzf450 i had which was given a hard time had the rings done at 75hrs and piston at 100.
Once finances allow ill be going to a 250t 450s are great but a lot harder to ride over long distances.

[Jay GTI]

I agree with Barty, get a decent, well looked after 4T and you'll be fine. A 4T is only more expensive to rebuild than a 2T because of the cams, valves etc., doing a crank and piston is the same, but a top end rebuild on a 4T isn't difficult either.