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KDX - Shortcomings as a Dual Sporter?
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[QUOTE="Joburble, post: 1360937, member: 108776"] Engine braking on any premix 2 stroke that you have just had flat out for a few minutes is crazy. Firstly the motor is nice and hot and needing lots of lubrication and cooling both of which are supplied by the fuel/air mix. If you try and engine brake from high speed you are cutting off the lubrication and cooling when the cylinder, piston, rings, big and little ends need it most. It's even worse if you are riding at sea level (like on the beach) because the bike is already running lean. If you want to dual sport your premix 2 stroke, be kind to it, blip the throttle to lubricate it on the downshifts and get it stopped ASAP on the brakes. You can also have your idle set just a bit higher than usual to keep it lubricated when you are off the gas. You cannot compare it to a Yamaha RD or any other road bike, the motors are simply designed for different things. Nor can you compare it to a big bore 2 stroke that will do just about anything and still ask for more of whatever you can give it. I rode a YZ125 2 stroke for years, including riding flatout on the beach without any probs because I was kind to it when slowing down. I sold it to a friend who rode it without probs until he took it to the beach and treated it like a 4 stroke when downshifting. It was obvious it was going to seize just by the way he was riding it, and it did. [/QUOTE]
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