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Rides Big & Small => ATV & Motorcycle, Snowmobile World.... => Topic started by: blaska on July 26, 2006, 12:03:28 AM

Poll
Question: What do yuo prefer 4 stroke or 2 Stroke
Option 1: 2 Stroke's are #1
Option 2: 4 strokes are #1
Option 3: 2 strokes are more fun and faster
Option 4: 4 strokes are more user friendly and easier to maintain
Option 5: Hell give me a BANSHEE any day
Option 6: 2 strokes are fun But i perfer a 4 stroke
Title: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: blaska on July 26, 2006, 12:03:28 AM
 :-\  :-\  :-\  :-\   :-\  :-\  :-\
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Crazymays77 on July 26, 2006, 12:07:18 AM
hey blaska since we both have 4x4 atv's we should get together at the mounds and hit the mud. I wont be out there this weekend but I will be there the 6th or august. I'm getting some new rims and tires so I want to see how there are in the mud. Cory
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: blaska on July 26, 2006, 12:09:01 AM
For sure man let me know when your going agian  yeahh
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Crazymays77 on July 26, 2006, 12:12:28 AM
next weekend the 6th of august. I got those itp mud lite tires with the itp type 7 rims. I cant wait to try them out.
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: blaska on July 26, 2006, 12:35:44 AM
 yeahh   ==rocks ==rocks ==rocks ==rocks  ==roxx
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: polarismudder on July 26, 2006, 02:13:35 AM
4 Stroke  ==rocks  GotMud?
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: OiRadio47 on July 26, 2006, 02:38:47 AM
for the sand dunes...2 stroke banshee
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: 4x4ZR2 on July 27, 2006, 02:52:33 AM
4 strokes all the way....
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Corey on July 28, 2006, 03:15:19 AM
i loved my kx125, it hauled ass
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Hippie on July 29, 2006, 06:32:03 PM
i'll ride whatever, but i prefer 4 stroke, they're  quieter and are easier to deal with
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: OiRadio47 on July 30, 2006, 11:07:29 PM
i find the 4 strokes that have aftermarket pipes to be louder and more annoying than a 2 stroke
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: John on July 31, 2006, 06:38:20 AM
Quote from: OiRadio47 on July 30, 2006, 11:07:29 PM
i find the 4 strokes that have aftermarket pipes to be louder and more annoying than a 2 stroke

I agree
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: lowspikedrop on August 04, 2006, 01:30:04 AM
4 strokes are #1
Bye the way i have one for sale
selling for $3,100 or best offer
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2 strokes or too touchy or their the ones i rode
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: da_peas_2097 on October 26, 2006, 06:41:32 PM
i have had built banshees and raptors i like the raptor a little more i like reverse but the banshee was sweet at the sand dunes both good machines like them both
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: killakovach on October 26, 2006, 06:57:35 PM
Four storke all the way.Pour gas in it and go.
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: blackbowtie on October 26, 2006, 07:54:52 PM
four stroke i love my yfz it has almost enough power,  ==shrug but i still like getting on a cr250r and running the power band
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: BC BOY on December 07, 2006, 07:26:14 PM
I say two stroke! lol
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: sandman02 on December 15, 2006, 01:33:46 PM
simple math....4 stroke=4wheeler....2stroke=2wheeler...eachs has its place.... but this is an age old argument that probly wont be desided on untill 2 strokes arnt made any more
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: lil tntmud on August 13, 2007, 11:13:08 PM
cant say much   i have a 2-stroke bike and a 4-stroke quad
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: MidMichiganMudRun on January 16, 2008, 04:04:02 PM
Ok well being a motocross racer for well most of my life I can tell you that 4 stroke is the only way to go...Now of cource this is only my opinion and only applies to bikes but here is what we have thought now for years... with a 4 stroke your fatigue will set in about half as fast as with a 2 stroke... sure the bikes are a little heavier but the difference in weight is so minor that the overall power and ability to ride it harder and longer on the track makes up for that... we were some of the very first people to switch over to the 4 strokes and now I think just about every real weekend to weekend racer is riding a 4 stroke... I can tell you looking forward in the future the 2 stroke bikes are going to start getting weened out..
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Choke on February 19, 2008, 05:49:38 PM
2 strokes are fun but 4 strokes have came a long way
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Squirell on February 19, 2008, 10:09:50 PM
i will take the power band of a two stroke any day
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Stump Jumper on March 01, 2008, 11:36:12 PM
four stroke
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: chevyman350 on April 04, 2008, 08:20:32 PM
4 strokes is where its at all that tourqe you can get plus they are as quick as you need em to be 4 strokes last a hell ofa lot longer  also
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: cj7on44s on April 04, 2008, 09:50:50 PM
Quote from: Hippie on July 29, 2006, 06:32:03 PM
i'll ride whatever, but i prefer 4 stroke, they're  quieter and are easier to deal with
you get your 4 stroke and i will get out my good old  250r and smoke you all day. my dads 660r raptor wont even come close to it
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Comanche Dan on April 05, 2008, 02:07:03 AM
I really enjoy 2 stroke dirt bikes. I've had 2 KX500s in the past and would have put them up against any 4 stroke bike or quad that wants to run the dunes.

Insert "Kawasaki Smiley" Here!!!!
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Matt on April 05, 2008, 02:13:00 AM
if ur raceing i say 4 stroke but i dont race soo i like my two stroke 98 cr250r     i raced a 2007 honda 450 and he beat me :[     (but in my defense i popt the clutch to early and almost flipped      thats the bad part with the two strokes)
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: liftedboomns10 on April 05, 2008, 01:17:49 PM
4 stroke ==dj
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: URAtard on April 08, 2008, 01:26:37 AM
Quote from: cj7on44s on April 04, 2008, 09:50:50 PM
Quote from: Hippie on July 29, 2006, 06:32:03 PM
you get your 4 stroke and i will get out my good old  250r and smoke you all day. my dads 660r raptor wont even come close to it

Ha hahahahahahaa bring that r out and lets play. The raptors are not that fast either. The 450s will smoke raptors and 250s all day.
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: cj7on44s on April 08, 2008, 03:41:18 PM
Quote from: URAtard on April 08, 2008, 01:26:37 AM
Quote from: cj7on44s on April 04, 2008, 09:50:50 PM
Quote from: Hippie on July 29, 2006, 06:32:03 PM
you get your 4 stroke and i will get out my good old  250r and smoke you all day. my dads 660r raptor wont even come close to it
im kicking out about 75 hp at the rear wheels
Ha hahahahahahaa bring that r out and lets play. The raptors are not that fast either. The 450s will smoke raptors and 250s all day.

im kicking out bout 75 hp at the wheels no 450 will touch me. my budys bike is even faster it has a 350 kit in it and that thing is crazy fast
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Cannaert on April 09, 2008, 05:10:42 PM
I like the 2 storkes a lot more but for easy of it all Ill will take a 4 stroke.

My old Yamaha was a 2 storke. the cool thing aobut that one was no mixing of the oil and gas. it did it all on its own.
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: URAtard on April 12, 2008, 01:23:33 AM
Quote from: cj7on44s on April 08, 2008, 03:41:18 PM
im kicking out bout 75 hp at the wheels no 450 will touch me. my budys bike is even faster it has a 350 kit in it and that thing is crazy fast

So when do you want to play ==rocks yeahh
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: savagewarriorx87 on April 22, 2008, 04:13:53 PM
FOUR STROKE is the way to go torque every where and go when you want it to you dont have to wait to the power band to get up and boggie! FOUR STOKE ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!1
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: xtremefabrication on October 22, 2008, 12:14:01 AM
I had a Banshee just didn't like the low end power loos.....Really like the torque of a 4 stroke...
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: Corey on October 22, 2008, 01:11:35 AM
Quote from: xtremefabrication on October 22, 2008, 12:14:01 AM
I had a Banshee just didn't like the low end power loos.....Really like the torque of a 4 stroke...
not to mention the constant work a banshee takes to keep running right or else it will run like p00........ 4 strokes for sure
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: 89SHORTBOX on January 09, 2011, 11:17:46 AM
I do like the power of the 4 stroke, it just being there, not havin to wait for it but on the other hand i love my 2 stroke i love the sound that 2 stroke smell but not good to run in the winter lol power band kicks in and...down u go lol
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: 300inlineFord on January 31, 2011, 02:19:21 PM
4 Stroke! low end torque is where its at
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: BAD APPLE on January 31, 2011, 07:01:45 PM
the power band on a 2 stroke hits allot harder but u have to be on the pipe to keep it were u want it, but the 4 stroke is power when u need it from start to finish
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: CBakes on February 01, 2011, 05:05:48 AM
I've been on both sides at the same time! My dad and I had always been 2 stroke snobs and I think it was mainly just to resist change...Grew up on 2 stroke and became very good at building, maintaining and tuning them so it never seemed like a hassle. I love a well built 2 stroke power band and my Banshee absolutely ripped. Had a +6 swing arm, narrowed rear axle, 406 kit, cool jet head, fat boy pipes, turbine core silencers, pearl white caddy paint frame with deep cherry metal flake race cut plastics and was just plain sweet. Great drag machine...My 2003 Suzuki Z400 is awesome all around. I'm running a cam kit and Yoshi head back pipe and that livened it right up. All around the z400 is more fun on any terrain and although not as top end fast, I probably have more fun on it. 4 strokes have come along way to become competitive, lighter and more track friendly and cost of parts has come down...I like both I guess.

Pic of the banshee before I had the frame caddy white and after
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: curler900 on February 03, 2011, 04:50:32 AM
Quote from: puddlejumper on January 16, 2008, 04:04:02 PM
Ok well being a motocross racer for well most of my life I can tell you that 4 stroke is the only way to go...Now of cource this is only my opinion and only applies to bikes but here is what we have thought now for years... with a 4 stroke your fatigue will set in about half as fast as with a 2 stroke... sure the bikes are a little heavier but the difference in weight is so minor that the overall power and ability to ride it harder and longer on the track makes up for that... we were some of the very first people to switch over to the 4 strokes and now I think just about every real weekend to weekend racer is riding a 4 stroke... I can tell you looking forward in the future the 2 stroke bikes are going to start getting weened out..
Good opinion, but i have to respectfully dissagree. 4 strokes made a huge hit but 2 strokes are getting back in the swing of things. as a 12 year ama member and working in a family owned motorcycle shop for 6 years, alot of hare scrambles racers, weekend warriors and people who are struggling to make ends meet just so they can race that weekend (myself being one of those people) are all going back from the 4 stroke to the 2 stroke. there cheapier to buy, race, and work on. Plus you can race a 250 2 stroke vs the 250 4 stroke in ama. sure 4 strokes make the average person a faster, but they also make them more lazy rider. ktm still makes a full line of 2 stroke bikes including a new fuel injected oil injected 250/300. But my best advice, ride what you get the BEST deal on. no one makes a bad bike. im just happy to still be riding. =)
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: flintpunk on February 09, 2012, 01:18:12 AM
I started racing back in the 70's when people were riding both, and continued racing when there were no four strokes and then made the jump to the four strokes before the wave hit when I bought an early model Husaberg.  I can honestly say that there is no other bike that makes power like a Husaberg.  It is simply the fastest dirt bike made.  That said, when you begin to make serious power with a four stroke, they become hard to start, loud, they break easilly, and are about 3 times as expensive to repair as a two stroke.  I'm 45 now and I'm really tired of trying to start them when they're hot in the middle of summer.  I recently began building a couple two stroke bikes that will behave like 4 strokes without all the headache.  I am currently putting old school YZ490 motors into late model YZ250 frames.  One of them will be water cooled when it's done.  These are the bikes I hope to be on in 2012.  The big bore 2 strokes will grunt hard off the bottom like a 4 stroke, are easier to start, weigh a lot less, and are cheap to maintain.  Works for me!

Here are some pics of the 1st project:

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2905.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2905.jpg)

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2904.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2904.jpg)

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2903.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2903.jpg)

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2902.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2902.jpg)

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2906.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2906.jpg)
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: 989F150904 on March 07, 2012, 04:38:29 PM
I'm with Chris-puddlejumper
I raced motocross for a lot of years also and the technology and power and weight difference between the 2 and 4 strokes are insane now days. To take a bike made 10 years ago and compare it to today's bikes is incredible. They both have pros and cons but I still choose the 4 stroke.
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: 4x4xdodgeman on March 09, 2012, 03:18:24 AM
I cann't vote, I like both!!!!!   I will ride any thing  as long its fun!!!
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: BC775 on August 06, 2012, 04:31:26 AM
4 stroke for sure, my kxf 450 is fuel injected and thing screams, and my 250f is faster than any 125 ive ever rode.
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: fast78ford on August 06, 2012, 06:36:09 PM
Quote from: flintpunk on February 09, 2012, 01:18:12 AM
One of them will be water cooled when it's done.
Here are some pics of the 1st project:

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2905.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2905.jpg)

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2904.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2904.jpg)

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2903.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2903.jpg)

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2902.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2902.jpg)

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2906.jpg) (http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/flintpunk/2011%20Dirty%20Girl%20Customs%20YZ500%20Geisha/DSCN2906.jpg)


elaborate please? i hade a 79 yz250 and thought about water cooling many times. jim adema had a 70's thunderjet with a free air 292 single with a custom water cooled cylinder. i saw the sled at a vinteage sled swap and show, it was a peice of art haha.

i realy like the modern yellow plastics

im in montrose and would love to see your conversions some time

(http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/ae303/atcrider1/liquidmod.jpg)

(http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/ae303/atcrider1/liquidmod292.jpg)
Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: fast78ford on August 06, 2012, 06:44:24 PM
ok back on topic lol 

i am a fan of both. i had an 04 suzuki z400 and loved it, unfortunatly a cr500 doin 60 mph made a quick mess of the frame, swinger, and axle.

after that i got an 86 cr500. there is nothing like trying to hold on to that thing its either spinning the tire or trying to kill you lol

yesterday i picked up a 2004 troy lee predator. this is the nicest quad i have ever rode. extremely fast and agile

(http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/ae303/atcrider1/photo2-15.jpg) (http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/ae303/atcrider1/photo2-15.jpg)

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Title: Re: 4 stroke or 2 stroke
Post by: burl on August 06, 2012, 08:31:47 PM
ive owned both and like stated above when yuou own a 2 stroke tuning becomes a natural everyday thing and it isnt a hassle, ive rode some fast 450s and 660s and rode 426s n 400 bikes, but nothing compares to the good ol 2 stroke, banshees tore down at the moment and yes i will admit they are a pain to start with, not something you can just hop on and go on most occasions, but my ytz 250, i love it fell in love the first time i rode it, has all of the low end i want and still has the mid to top too! has a hellova power band, scares me every time i ride it, outta every corner its got serious banshee killer power, buddy had a .80 over trx250r with pipe and bigger carb, reeds n what not, i would either beat him or it would be and even race, banshees really arnt too fast, the gearing in them isnt for racing, idk what it is but my 250 runs and runs good and i dont plan getting rid of her anytime soon, im restoring her a little at a time i just got the seat cover redone

(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa83/lil_burl/Mobile%20Uploads/0803022053-1.jpg) (http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa83/lil_burl/Mobile%20Uploads/0803022053-1.jpg)