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Tell Me Your Horror Stories of MX 4 Stroke Engines
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[QUOTE="fizzle, post: 1057208, member: 68959"] Birken, I can't say that I have a lot of experience with single-cylinder thumpers (or dirt bikes in general). I have had Yamaha YZF street bikes for quite a few years. They redline at 13,500 rpm. Never had any real issues with them, except for keeping all 4 carburators in sync. I've owned a 2-T YZ for 2 months and a 4-T YZ(acutally the Mrs. owns this one) for 1 month. I've had no issues with the 2-T and one minor issue with the 4-T, which is most likely due to my own ignorance of fuel additives (or just plain bad fuel). This summer I ought to have a very good opportunity to ride two very similar bikes with very different engines and get the pro's and con's of each for the same riding condition (woods and recreational MX). If you are interested is seeing how it goes, keep tabs on my [URL=http://dirtrider.net/blogs/fizzle]blog[/URL] (Note: the following paragraph is an opinion, the opinion of a noob who nearly fell for Okie's "April Fool's name hack") I will say, though the linear, consistent power band of a 4-T feels "right" to me, and the speed racer turbo boost powerband of my 2-T scares me, I feel very comfortable tearing into my 2-T engine (even though it's my first one), yet I am very intimidated by even thinking about doing anything to the top end of the thumper. Perhaps that is why it is easier to hate the thumpers and gossip about their high maintenence....because we are intimidated by their high-tech, high-tolerance engines, so instead of diving in and figuring them out, we take them to shops to get regular preventative maintenence done then complain about the costly maintenence to cover up our own inconfidence (I know that's what I did this week). That's my take on this controversey. [/QUOTE]
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