when you take a hammer and beat the dents out of it from crashing too much? What they are talking about is that a two stroke engine makes SHIT for power on the bottom end, when you get the revs goin' it comes into its power band, which is usually pretty narrow and modified through the exhaust pipes, it "hits", you just hear the engine pick up revs very quickly and it start laying down its HP. Honestly if you are trail riding and farting around the woods FUCK the 2 stroke, dead serious man, a 4 stroke has WAY MORE RIDEABILITY especially in the woods and for farting around...Do you REALLY wanna be slipping the clutch every corner to get the power down? If not then say NO to the two strokers, I kid you not, if you buy a two stroke and then ride someones 4 stroke bike, no matter what size, youll be asking yourself where the hell the torque went to on your two stroker. I had an '02 CR250 and rode my buddies YZ250F which is technically in the same class as the CR125 and I shit you not, at croom, that fucking 250F was WAAAY more fun, it NEVER bogged in the sand and there was instant power when you cracked the throttle. The CR required a lot of clutch work to lay down power coming out of a corner and it spends most of its time clawing for traction and required much attention to trying to maintain as much momentum as possible. t

PS:once again, theres a REASON factory teams run 4 strokes WAY more controllable and has usable power DOWN LOW where its needed in trail riding and tight courses.

 

im still a squid so i enjoy being on the pipe

 

god thats weak

 

i was in the fuggin trees, getting higher = my head being taken off

 

i know. your catchin on fast! now i need to show you how to read how much gas is in your bike.

 

cost of a rebuild on a 2 stroke $200 cost on a 4 stroke $2,000 hmmmm. a 2 stroke revs faster giving you that shot when needed. the overall package is much lighter. a 2 stroke is easier and faster on a hot restart. carb tuning on a 2 stroke is a snap compared to the 4 which can take days to get perfect. i mean i can go on for days. 4 strokes are great but there arent enough advantages yet

 

how many guys do you know that have had to rebuild their 4-stroker? ESPECIALLY a non-race machine? I know of no one. To go along with that, Ive never seen anyone carb tune a 4 stroke, they are pretty much set and good to go right from the factory. They arent thrown off by climate change as easily as the 2 strokes. The 4 strokers are also just as light now, like i said, go to a MX track and take note of what guys are riding. Go talk to some of them and ask THEIR opinions, people who ride them everyday. Better yet, go to croom and talk to some, thats more of the riding your likely to be doing. Get people opinions who actually own and ride the 4 strokes all the time