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Making the Street to Dirt transition. Help!
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[QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1360730, member: 68872"] regarding the maintenance: there are "high performance" engines and then "low maintenance" engines. If you buy a MX bike, two stroke or four stroke, the engine is going to be of the high performance variety. High performance engines run higher compression ratios, use lighter components, push the red line higher and in general run closer to the limit. Great for racing, lousy for durability. If you have a high performance engine you can expect that it will need to be maintained more. When it is time to do the maintenance, a two stroke is MUCH easier than a four stroke. Regarding power: Two strokes will rev a lot higher and can produce twice the power for a given displacement when it is in its "powerband". If you let the RPMs drop below the power band a two stroke can fall flat on its face. A four stroke, on the other hand, will chug along at low RPM. This makes a four stroke much more forgiving for a beginner rider. SUSPENSION: Other than cost, there is no down side to having a better suspension! Bikes tend to come in two basic models: MX and "off road". The off road bikes are a lot cheaper (like half) but they are a lot heavier and have much less suspension travel. If you expect to be going to a track I would avoid the off road models. I suspect that in short order you are going to want either a 250 two stroke or a 450 four stroke. They would not be the bike I would recommend to learn on, however. If you could borrow something like a 125 two stroke or a 250 four stroke for your first couple of rides you would be better off. Rod [/QUOTE]
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