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[QUOTE="adam728, post: 1194192, member: 55463"] Everyone has their own take on why 4 strokes are taking over. Here's mine The displacement advatage. Easy enough to see that one, 450f vs 250, 250f vs 125. With the increased displacement a broader powerband can be created to make the bike easier to ride. Many people call it being lazy, I say its an easy way to be faster. If you are someone calling 4 stroke riders lazy, then you better be on a non-powervalved 125 with dual rear shocks, or else you are just using technology to be lazy. Emissions. No, they don't test closed course bikes, but you can bet its coming. Emissions are getting tighter and tighter on everything. Why not have a platform in place that can be easily adopted to pass? I work in the small engine world and get to see the 2 vs 4 thing daily. It's much more difficult to get 2 cycles to pass consistently in mass production (these run a cat). It doesn't take much of a jetting variation to bomb one over the limit. The 4 cycles on the other hand run so well that even a pig rich one will usually pass the bar without issue. Do the manufactures want to built a more complex, harder to assemble, more expensive to manufacture engine? NO!!! Trust me! Magazines, other riders, televised races, all push 4 stroke bikes way more than the 2 strokes. There are good articles and such on 2 strokes and the advantages, but I am guessing 90%+ of the stuff in magazines today is 4 stroke, so I don't know how you can blame dealers for the rise of 4 cycles. I know when I was a mechanic at a dealer we much prefered the 2 cycle stuff. If Joe Blow doesn't want to work on his overly complex 4 stroke at home, do you think the local grease monkey really wants to do it? Granted, a challenge is fun, but a relaxing day of changing reeds or tossing in 2 stroke top ends is real nice too. The guy spinning the wenches doesn't get any more $$$ for working on one bike compared to another. People come in looking for 4 cycles, so you carry what sells, right? Possibly the most ignorant thing said on this forum. If you take offense to that, great! Not everyone is a racer, not everyone needs to push their bike to it's limits and beyond. Most people are in this sport for FUN, who cares what they ride, as long as they ride. If we want everyone who doesn't have A-class skills and taking their riding with a heart-attack-serious-attitude to hang up their helmet, then the sport is done. If a 4 stroke works best for someone, then let them ride a 4 stroke! No one is a poser for not having 2 stroke experience. [ /rant ] [/QUOTE]
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