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alright lads.. just really needin to know which is the better bike for me.. i just race around dirt tracks in them.. can u plz help  

what size fourstroke are you talking about? I prefer the ktm 250's. an sx? they are pretty mint bikes especially for tracks.~pat  
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sorry. .250cc.. whats the difrence between a 2 stroke and a 4 stroke ... runnin wise powerwise .. maintenance  

allright. i know im gonna forget something so someone else will post what i forgot lol. with racing fourstrokes the power is nice. really nice. but the maintanence is frequent. changing/checking valves and the such. quite a pain. plus the top end will wear out eventually on a racing fourstroke and thats biggggg money. thousand or two i hear. one  racing fourstroke. the only maintanence you do is changing checking oil and airfilters. plus you have to mix your gas. so you have to add 2 stroke oil to your gas. the mix is called premix. a top end on a 2 stroke will run about 180 to 200 depending on the 250. but. you do have to replce the top end on a two stroke a bit more frequently.

also, working on 2 strokes is a lot easier then fourstrokes. 2 strokes dont have timing chains/belts whatever they are lol. plus i like the powerband of my 250 2 stroke. but for you i would advise testing them out. feel what fits you better. o and hte 250 2 stroke will have quite a bit more power then the 250 4 stroke.~pat  
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so its def the 2 stroke then cheif.. yeah im not too clued up on the maintenance side at moment but learnin. so would like to cut that down lol . cheers bro  

on my word though. i would hate to think that. thre are way mroe people on here that have way mroe experience then me. but yes. hte 2 stroke will require a fresh topend ussually once a year. depending on how hard you ride. maybe once every two years. but it is easy to do. takes very little skill and time to do a top end. takes patience and tools pretty much. anyway. hope you get what you want ~pat  
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get a 2 stroke. everything atk said is right. 4 strokes have a lot of mantence and it cost a lot. 2 strokes are way more powerful.  
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2002 cr80

well since it sounds like u havent rdden much i think u should get a 125 two stroke  

I must not be riding my machines hard enough
I haven't had to replace the barrel on mine like ever. granted i don't race. i weekend woods warrior 03 ktm 300exc, 08 ktm 300xcw.
cheers.  

How do you like the 08 300xcw?  
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How do you like the 08 300xcw?

yes..... if i could have any brand new bike that would be the bike! the electric start nice? or was that not added till the 09 models. o man i would love to get on one of those. ~Pat  
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ive got a 0 450sx just back from the shop all new gaskets timing chain shiftshaft, 700 bones, what im sayin is, fourstrokes you dont have to work on as often, but often times its harder and more expencive. but i would say if you have the money or the know how go with a fourstroke for the torque i swore by twostroke till i got this bike now ill never own one again.  
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your crazy. 4 strokes need way more maintenance. wait till yours craps on you because you never touched the valves.  
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Ride 2 strokes, buy 2 strokes, save the 2 stroke.

1998 cr125
2002 cr80

haha. elko is dead on. you are crazy. 4 stroke require way more. but people dont reallize this. ym friend is trading his 99 yz250 for an 07 crf150. with hopes he can somehow sell teh 150 for enough for a 450. he is ignorant to the fact teh 4 strokes require way more maintanence, and wa more expensive maintanence at that. ~pat  
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i pay 25 bucks or so to get my vales adjusted, change the oil every four hours and keep the air cleaner clean, hmmm what else ? oh wait nothing  
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