hey everyone,
i am hoping to buy my own mx dirtbike later this year, and am facing the 2stroke vs 4stroke dilemma, more from a service/maintenance $$$ perspective.
is one going to be cheaper than the other?
i have heard that its easier to work on 2stroke's.
my son has a KX65, and i have already replaced the piston and piston rings once, and i assume that doing the same job on a bigger bike would be basically the same. so hopefully me doing the work takes the labor cost out of the equation.
but still having to buy the piston rings and gaskets every 10 hours of riding will still add up.
with a 4stroke do you still need to service the piston & rings as frequently as a 2stroke? as well do you have to check the valves as frequently and how expensive is that?
more than likely i will be buying used, because i cant afford to buy new, but i have also noticed it looks like some of the manufactures no long make 2 strokes.
PS: i have never rode a 2stroke, my gixxer 750 sportbike is a 4stroke, and the honda crf230 dirtbike my brother lent me is a 4stroke. I have 2 heard the 2stroke have a narrow and very aggressive power-band, where as the 4stroke have a even and smoother power-band.
anyway any comments are appreciated.
i am hoping to buy my own mx dirtbike later this year, and am facing the 2stroke vs 4stroke dilemma, more from a service/maintenance $$$ perspective.
is one going to be cheaper than the other?
i have heard that its easier to work on 2stroke's.
my son has a KX65, and i have already replaced the piston and piston rings once, and i assume that doing the same job on a bigger bike would be basically the same. so hopefully me doing the work takes the labor cost out of the equation.
but still having to buy the piston rings and gaskets every 10 hours of riding will still add up.
with a 4stroke do you still need to service the piston & rings as frequently as a 2stroke? as well do you have to check the valves as frequently and how expensive is that?
more than likely i will be buying used, because i cant afford to buy new, but i have also noticed it looks like some of the manufactures no long make 2 strokes.
PS: i have never rode a 2stroke, my gixxer 750 sportbike is a 4stroke, and the honda crf230 dirtbike my brother lent me is a 4stroke. I have 2 heard the 2stroke have a narrow and very aggressive power-band, where as the 4stroke have a even and smoother power-band.
anyway any comments are appreciated.