i must be missing somthing ?

[jimg1au]

freaky
sevice your new four stroke.if you dont it could come back and bite in the bum and wallet.i have heard stories of 3500.00 to do a top end.about 8 years ago i bought a smick gpz900r of a guy who needed cahs to rebuild his husky enduro race bike.i paid 2800.0 for it he told me he would get sfall change from that
cheers

[All Things 414]

Ahh Freaky,
No your not going crazy, you have just discovered the flaw in the whole 2 stroke vs 4 stroke thing. 2 STROKES ARE MORE FUN TO RIDE.

Amen!

[Freakshow]

Nice Ross........ nothing beats up like match box flame decals 

[crash n bern]

If your going to ride a 4 stroke it needs to be at least  500. If you want to move serious dirt a Husaberg 650 is the go.  I'm nearly 50, unfit and punt a 07 Ktm 525 through tight enduro tracks no problem. As for top end rebuilds, around $1,200 -1,300 including labour. On average usually around the 5-7,000 klm mark depending on your maintenance schedule and how you ride.

I've ridden four strokes all my life. Well, I actually rode two strokes up until Yamaha bought out the TT500.
  Two strokes will produce more power with less weight for the same capacity and in general are probably a better weapon.  But I hate a bike that sounds like a lawn mower, and I love the low down grunty torque that you can only get from a big thumper.

Think... filleting knife versus meat clever.

[Freakshow]

mmmmm i was feeling it was more akin to steak knife versus butter knife myself...........

[David Lahey]

A friend of mine wanted something modern to replace his XR600 for registered trail riding and ended up getting the KTM300 (two stroke) elec start, mainly for economy of ownership. The alternatives he liked (KTM and GasGas four strokes) were going to cost $$$$$ for the type of riding he likes. He was told to budget for $1 per km for engine servicing ($4000 for 4000km) riding on any of the performance-type four strokes.

[TooFastTim]

The whole 4 stroke thing is just one big marketing scam perpetuated by a series of illadvised and simplistic, short sighted rule changes. It has taken one of the simplest and most accessable forms of motorsport and inflicted a huge increase in costs, TOO MUCH BLOODY NOISE and NO ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGE. A crap deal all round IMHO.

Hallaluah brother <chorus of hallahluah echoes around church of the Holy two stroke> For you have seen de light. And sh&t it is good.

Now if only we could turn a few people of, err, a more fundamentalist persuasion against the FIM..

[oldyzman]

Yep,
We can quote $ and talk about reliability, I love the two strokes and thats all I own, but the four strokes do have a place as they are a little more forgiving in many instatces, I have recently recomended a friend to buy a fourstroke for his first dirtbike. He's abig guy and new to enduro- Horses for causes i guess..
brett