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Message: [QUOTE="O3RM125, post: 1258833, member: 82886"] Coming back last month after 16+ years off left me with alot of questions too.. The 4-stroke craze was the oddest thing I guess.. I remember reading about the testing Yamaha was doing, and seeing the pics of the bike in magazines back in the day, but never thought 4 strokes would become what they are today in mx/sx. I steered away from 4 strokes mainly because I knew 2 stroke engines and how to work on them, add in the stories of how the 4t bikes can be unreliable(earlier models I think mostly), and/or when they break it can be big $$ to repair. I learned that the newer 2t bikes have cyl. heads that cant be bored over stock specs and I suppose this offsets some of the overall cheap-ness of 2t engine work. From what Ive gathered though repairing a 4t bike is still quite a bit more costly then 2t, and the overall maintenance is/can be more costly as well. It will feel odd for sure to be one of the few 2t bikes at the track, or out riding somewhere.. but to me it was the most comfortable choice after never riding a 4t bike(aside from 1980's xr50 and 100's and such), or a bike over 125cc, I was just unsure about that 250cc wether it be 2t or 4t.. I am only 5' 10" and 160lbs. though and will be riding aggresively to get my form back from 16+ years ago(I hope!! lol). I can only imagine the "tractability" etc. of the 4t engine, and Im sure it has advantages over 2t in many conditions, but I went with what I knew and that was 2 strokes :cool: [/QUOTE]

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