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Qualified #33 on the KTM 250 2-smoke beating out 41 other entries. #32 in Moto 1 and looks like DNS in Moto 2 for whatever reason.
I wish more privateers would give the 2 smoke a shot. What do they have to lose? Might actually ride better. Rumor was Cody Williams was supposed to ride a 125 but I dont see him listed. Maybe backed out after it turned into a mudder?
I wish more privateers would give the 2 smoke a shot. What do they have to lose? Might actually ride better. Rumor was Cody Williams was supposed to ride a 125 but I dont see him listed. Maybe backed out after it turned into a mudder?
The Shop
Maybe you’d like a few typewriters too? In case that electricity is cutting into the budget too much…
Those of us that still run them for whatever reason are really limited in options for purchasing MX focused bikes. Sure we can modify off road bikes but that can sometimes take work and money to get them up to where they’re a good, safe MX machine. The days of purchasing a wide selection of two stroke MX bikes developed by the rigors of racing at the top level of the sport are over now and it drives some of us to complain about the excessive manufactrurers and almost non-existent fans influence on the sport.
While many four stroke lovers wish us two stroke advocates would quiet down, the fact is some of those same guys are already starting to complain about the arrival of the electric bikes and how they’ll change the racing scene. When proMX abandons the four strokes due the manufacturers desire to develop the electric bike market, do you think you’ll still be happy to just say “ride what you want, let the pro’s race the real race bikes”??
Hope Alldredge gets some sort of support for his efforts!
How did Steinke do on his 125?
Truth is , at a local level a 250 2 stroke will go way faster around a track then what your capabilities will let it. In fact a 125 Will go faster then what you are capable of. If you have the skills , fitness and a will to do so..... you'll make just about anything fly around a track. You may not like 2 strokes , but that's probably because you don't ride them , or have the skill to make it around a track at a decent pace on one. So a natural response from guy's like you is " they suck "........which really means , " I can't ride one worth a shit , so to make myself feel good about myself , I'll slam on the guy's who do ride them ".
With proper maintenance, thumpers will go longer on a top end/set of valves than an equally maintained smoker in a MX application with regular riding.
And this is coming from a diehard 2 stroke rider. I love them. But the whole cost to maintain thing only bites you in the ass with thumpers if you maintain them like shit.
I’m sure some vet is about to come along and tell me how wrong I am because he trail rides his YZ250 3 times a year and has never had to do a top end.
All this assumes a stock vs. stock bike. Once you start doing head/cam/port work then it’s a different story.
Pit Row
Didn't Chris top 20 on a smoker last year?
If you want to hear the sound and feel like you're bringing back the good old days, more power to you. But there is no comparison to new 4-strokes.
FYI this is comparing a 2013 YZ250 and a 2018 YZ450
*back to OP, good on CA qualifying. That KTM he is on is clapped
I'm telling you and anyone else that want's to listen , that using myself as a gauge , I am " faster " around the track on a 2 stroke. The way " you ride " is not the same way " I ride ". I did 15 years on 450's , and raced in the Expert / A classes and know this to be true for myself. Everything depends on what that specific rider's technique is like.
This whole " I can't ride them worth a shit , and the pro's race the 4 strokes.....so 2 strokes must suck " is complete , and utter nonsense.
I'll put it to you this way.....on my last 450 ( 16' Kawi 450 ) if I was to race myself on my TC 250 , in a 20 + min moto like we do at an OTMX event , I would be a good 1/2 lap ahead on my TC 250 by the end. I can ride them harder , for longer. It's not just a fun factor.....I am seriously better equipped on a 2 stroke in longer motos.
In the pro ranks , let's talk about this subject when they actually allow CC vs CC to happen. Of course the fastest guy's will be on 4 stroke's , because that's what they are paid to ride. At a local level......it is legal. Which is where it counts for us. 250 vs 250 , I would choose a 2 stroke any day of the week.
I simply do NOT want to wrestle around 60 HP , while being tired and winded at the end of a 20+ min moto any more. But my 2 strokes allow me to stay aggressive and ride hard to the end , where the 450 put my tongue in my lap by lap 4.
This " 4 strokes are better ".....is your point of view. And many , many guys on here would beg to differ. better at what....a drag race? Put it on the track and show me.
Just an iPhone pic but he was definitely having fun out there. He was getting a lot of cheers every lap. Not sure what happened but he started rolling everything later in the moto
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