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Put the top riders on 2-strokes, guess what - results won't change.
Put any random 3 guys on a 2-stroke in top 10. Odds are - results won't be too different.
It's all in the sales/mental mindset of things.
Perfect example? JS was hangin' with RC on his KX250. He was HANGIN with the GOAT, on a 2-stroke.
They're competitive, but people are sheep and idiots.
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Your example of Stewart/RC? James rode over his head the entire summer trying to keep up on the 250, crashed out of every other moto. Never beat Ricky once. Next season on the 450, he was able to take a few wins from him straight up.
250s are amazing bikes, but with the current rules the 450 is the way to go. If you had ever raced both, you would know.
Those dragsters and indy cars do not get driven in your yard next to the neighbor's house or through woods that have houses that you don't know about every day from sunup to sundown. The drag races, NASCAR races, indy cars and concerts happpen during specific times during the day and evening. You want to be told you can ride your bike but only between 11am and 7pm on Tuesdays through Saturday no more than 50 pre-scheduled days out of the year?
If you want the AMA to run loud and obnoxious bikes, let the manufacturers run full works bikes like Moto GP. However, the public can only purchase well muffled and quiet bikes, not the same machinery the factory starts off with. The works machinery can only be run the day of the SX / National MX, all other days you have to meet the strict dB limits or get fined and /or shutdown. This sounds a lot more fair.
Also, let the AMA only sanction the professional series. Pro Series = AMA sanction and no sound limits. Non-Pro Series = Local sanctioning with strict sound limits.
I was lightyears faster on the 250sx than I was on the 520. So yea, I know the differences.
The fact is - JS hung with the fucking GOAT on 2-stroke. They're competitive.
But people want the easy lazy mans way out - why do you think riders can barely make 30mins + 2 anymore? They look so out of shape. RC made them all look silly out there on the track because he had the conditioning.
If they had to ride 2-strokes I bet more riders would be in better shape.
James also rode over his head - because it was his first year in the big boi class and just like typical James he was trying to make a statement.
Please note - he continued his losing ways on the 450 - it wasn't until recently that he started figuring out he could go a little slower and still win (especially with RC gone).
That said - he could hop on a 250 smoker, walk out there and wax the class, and be riding at 90%.
You tools who think 250 2-smokes aren't competitive are just who the companies want to market to. Fools.
I know - the idiots who think 2-strokes are not competitive. He crashed, yea. He made some stupid mistakes. He made them on the 450 after he switched too - so what's that say? It wasn't the bike you idiot. It was clearly the rider.
He's realized his mistakes now and he's winning... he'd still be winning on a 2-stroke.
You're a fucking tool if you think differently. But after viewing your 'bling bling' profile pic - yea - you're probably a tool.
Per CC a four stroke can not touch a two stroke.
If the rule was run what you brung up to 250cc's, everyone would ride the two stroke at the professional level.
It just so happens to also have fewer moving parts than a fourstroke.
Also, on the technologically advanced issue. Both are very advanced, but in different methods. The modern four stroke has pushed modern Finite Analysis of parts and material science beyond what the two stroke ever did. but without the use of modern computers and computational power, I feel four strokes would never be competitive. To make a four stroke fast parts need to get lighter and stronger.
The two stroke, on the other hand, relies on extremely complicated pressure wave dynamics to work effectively, as well as port velocities and a whole host of other things I have no idea about.
I can tell you how to make a four stroke faster, the theory is more simple. The practice is not.
I can not tell you how to make a two stroke faster in theory, and most joe's don't know either (I would guess - and I mean sure, raise the exhuast port, but WHY does that make a diff, or change the crank case volume, but WHY does that work).
I think the "math" behind two strokes is much more difficult, although I am just blabbering, and can be completely wrong on all thing stated.
That is absolutely picture perfect!
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