How to Take Care of Your 2-Stroke Motorcycle
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A community member writes: “For those of you that are able to legally ride a 2-stroke motorcycle these will be of great use! People can still use these pocket rockets for fun on private land, so these tips may still be useful.”
- Italian or Japanese? This all boils down to how wealthy you are, and how long you wish to wait for spare parts! Italian firms such as Aprilia, Cagiva produce some remarkable looking bikes for beginners ie: (APRILIA RS125/CAGIVA MITO EVOLUTION125). The prices all in all are sure to cause some major “bank emptyage”. You WILL at some point be needing spare parts ie: pistons, rings, and cylinders. These guys will keep you on the wait list for months on end. On a positive note, they are fantastic to ride with the best (small capacity performance). As for the Japanese bikes, they are pretty self-explanatory. You are sure to save money, time and also gain more durability from your chosen machine! Recommended models include (TZR125 from Yamaha, NSR125 from Honda.
- With 2-strokes, always use the best (fully synthetic 2-stroke oil) your little soul can afford!. This is considered a must as it will prolong the life of your engine!
- Always allow your 2-stroke to warm up in neutral for at least 15mins as this lets the major components of the engine reach optimum running temp. I cant stress how important it is… as I’ve seen so many people ask me why their pride and joy has blown up!
- Many young people admire the idea of purchasing a 2-stroke and deciding to upgrade the engine with bore increasement kits, race pipes ect. My advice is: unless you are experienced with these engines… don’t even think about it. Just like PCs, if you want more power and speed it’s going to run much hotter! With a bike, it can lead to disaster if not done correctly!
- Be sure to have your bike serviced at least once a year, as this helps the overall value of your bike for when your ready to sell and move on. A good collection of service receipts proves your bike worthy to be a 2nd hand sale!
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27 Comments
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January 15th, 2008
at 12:33am
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Deathreaperjk
January 14th, 2008
at 12:24pm
good chris
what does this have to do with tech? lol jk bye!
Dany117
January 14th, 2008
at 12:25pm
thz that helped
bigbeckster1234
January 14th, 2008
at 12:28pm
i bet u just scan Youtube all day just to comment first on videos i bet u feel proud
LukeTheShizzle
January 14th, 2008
at 6:17pm
so true.. lol
stevensons
January 14th, 2008
at 6:56pm
Chris 2 strokes are the bikes that go bing bing bing bing tin tin tin bing. LOL
westhere1993
January 14th, 2008
at 8:44pm
is he tacking about mini motas lol buy a scrambala
keithcry
January 14th, 2008
at 9:36pm
i love u
pauldonald
January 15th, 2008
at 12:42am
my lawn mower is a two stroke
luisscazador
January 15th, 2008
at 5:41am
you suck!!!!!!
Bartong666
January 15th, 2008
at 10:19am
this is full of bs, dat guy dont now wtf is he talkin bout, you have jto replace ur piston n rings almost every year if you ride like we do (every weekend) you can bore out ur cylinder only if u no wat u doin cuz if seen ppl mismatch parts and they only are damaging the bike, i saw over a 1000cc banshee
Bartong666
January 15th, 2008
at 10:19am
(originally a 350) but with the owner knowing wat hes doing dat bioke is gonna run for years to come, read more on engines especialy 2 strokes as they require more meintenance before u speak about them
Rasmus Abrahamsen
January 15th, 2008
at 6:52am
Interesting, you said that you once had an ex-girlfriend. Does that mean that she is not your exgirlfriend anymore? That she IS your girlfriend now?
To be continued..
anthony
January 15th, 2008
at 10:28am
this is Anthony’s Computer Service new web site.
LUALV05
January 16th, 2008
at 2:12am
I have a suzuki rm80 1981 80cc
its stronger than my brothers 110cc china bike
devkamal
January 16th, 2008
at 10:42pm
i had a yamaha 125z, got stolen a month ago..
Snakeyes11123
January 17th, 2008
at 12:04am
oops
lilcbr1000rrlou
January 17th, 2008
at 9:23am
i have a cr 125
Lkyda
January 17th, 2008
at 11:22am
I learnt something too, they are not even allowed in the US?
Why discuss them
Who drew the caricature of you on lid of your PC ?
Lkyda
January 17th, 2008
at 11:29am
He appears relaxed and comfortable with himself, and I feel he could teach me something. Especially about cell phones, I am a senior who just thought it would be useful to have one with me in the car in case another freeway bog me down and traps me into another giant parking lot. I was thinking of one with a card but apparently these expire after 30 days I might as well subscribe to a company.
Shadowever
January 23rd, 2008
at 2:47am
obviosly the guy didnt know a thing about motorcyles :p
Im sorry for your loss, I had a friend that happened the same…
crazyladydriver69
January 23rd, 2008
at 9:09am
that banshee wasnt bored out- it probably had an engine swap done on it- most likely an r1 engine but maybe a cbr1000rr or 1000ninja or gsx-r1000.
I saw a 1300hp quad with a turbo- it had 350hp. was on ebay a few months ago for 16grand or something
Bartong666
January 23rd, 2008
at 10:00am
ya it was bored out but i said dat to prove my point dat if u no wat u doing then u can do everything wit a motor. n dat quad u saw wsnt 1300hp it was 1300cc.
crazyladydriver69
January 24th, 2008
at 7:12am
oops- thanks for correcting that typo
but there is no way you can get a banshee to 1000cc- that would require a stroke increase of AT LEAST 20 mil and a massive overbore. The biggest i’ve seen a banshee is 500 and thats already a massive overbore and longstroker. You might be able to get it to 800cc (thats is +20 on both the bore and stroke)with a SH!T load of money
neolightproductions
March 28th, 2008
at 9:49am
Thats why I hated a 2stroke…it was like working on windows.
demonsparkx
April 12th, 2008
at 10:27am
the frame rate to audio is off lol
bamper42069
April 16th, 2008
at 6:09am
you can use htem on roads they have catalytic converters on them now. my friend ha a chain saw that has one. I got a on off road 1972 kawasaki G4 TRB with a dual range tranny.