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Non-Moto / Suzuki EFI 2T

« on: April 24, 2013, 12:21:33 PM »

Evinrude 250hp " title="Roll Eyes" class="smiley">

Na, too small.
Johnson 4L V8. 300Hp.

That's it?  4L V8 an you only get 300hp?

I know of Vauxhall Corsa`s that make more from a 1.6L engine!

Also isnt that V8 a two stroke? I would of thought that it would make atleast 5 or 6 hundred horses without trying.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Semi-Related - MX Video Games

« on: April 23, 2013, 03:49:54 PM »

I am still playing MX vs. ATV Unleashed for PS2.  It's 9 years old now and the physics are perfect.  I keep setting lap times on 4 strokes, then go back and try to beat them on 2 strokes

I would love to see a game that had 3 wheelers, complete with goofy physics if possible.  That would be awesome.

I LOVE that game its freakin awesome, unfortunately my ps2 broke so I had to get an xbox 360 instead so now I have alive and reflex instead, both great games but I miss the free riding and pitbikes of unleashed.

I did try getting it for my xbox but the physics are all wrong for some reason not like it was on ps2.

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General Two Stroke Talk / KTM world dominance

« on: April 14, 2013, 04:16:48 PM »

Dear ford... Case closed.

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Open Forum / Trucks

« on: April 13, 2013, 01:03:46 PM »

Man when I saw a thread about trucks I was expecting some proper yank tanks (Kenworths etc) not these tonka toys.

Here's what the British call a truck.

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General Two Stroke Talk / OK EVO,it was your idea........

« on: April 11, 2013, 12:54:29 AM »

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General Two Stroke Talk / OK EVO,it was your idea........

« on: April 11, 2013, 12:24:54 AM »

So ford now your here what exactly were you meaning about WTFactoryX?

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General Two Stroke Talk / OK EVO,it was your idea........

« on: April 11, 2013, 12:13:32 AM »

I get that you can go just as fast on an old bike but that still doesnt make it a better overall bike because that person can go fast on it. If most people are faster on the KTM then thats a better bike, just the same as if most people are faster on a Maico 490 then that is a better bike.

And without continuous annual development we'd all still ride fourstrokes and I dont mean the fuel injected 250fs and 450fs of today.

Are we done d*ck measuring yet?

Come on, guys.

No we cant decide whether to use imperial or metric measurements.

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General Two Stroke Talk / OK EVO,it was your idea........

« on: April 10, 2013, 11:56:10 PM »

Wait I thought we were comparing bikes not coming up with excuse why we don't need the best.

In that case then my 90/91 yz 125 is the best bike ever made because when Ive fixed it I'll be able to get the same finish position on that as I could on my friends 2011 150sx.

Comparing bikes though and we soon realize that while KTM hasn't made any major advances with the two stroke (neither has anyone else since the late 80's for that matter) they have still tuned it each year to make the bike better and better and now after the yz's 6 year lack of development the KTM is now finally a better overall bike. So yes of course the yz can be made better and even get to the point where its better than the KTM why would you bother with this if you were buying a new bike?

but the main issue is that you have to spend more money to do so while you could have bought a purpose built bike to begin with.

I was about to go after this but then I clicked your username as I was curious what your background knowledge level was and if all your info was from experience or net surfing.Now I'm not going to bother with this argument anymore-'nuff said. Cheers.

And what exactly are you meaning by this? Is it because of his age that his opinion is invalid or something? In which case I'll just start skipping past any comments made by you in future due to how your too old to know what your talking about.

I have a lot of respect for you and all the other members of this forum but I have no time for those that think they are somehow above others, especcially when its because of something as stupid as that.

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General Two Stroke Talk / OK EVO,it was your idea........

« on: April 10, 2013, 02:05:07 AM »

It may well have been about the 250s but I cant sleep and have nothing better to do and so seen as I havent ridden either 250 then I'm bringing 125s into it ha.

And of course you would notice 2hp! its like when people put induction kits on their 1l cars its an instant feeling of extra power!

On a serious note I think you'd probably be just as quick on either bike but you'd be faster for longer on the KTM. Besides orange is a better colour.

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General Two Stroke Talk / OK EVO,it was your idea........

« on: April 10, 2013, 01:45:21 AM »

Seen as its a KTM vs Yamaha debate not an sx 250 vs yz 250 debate then I'd say that you need all the extra power you can get when racing the 125 class and I'd also say that the orange machine puts its extra ponies onto the ground a little better aswell.

Also for the sake of the 250's I'd rather be on the bike with the extra few ponies just in case rather than the one thats a few short.

And I did my best to stop people using the 'it all comes down to the rider' idea by using that xr crf analogy.

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General Two Stroke Talk / OK EVO,it was your idea........

« on: April 10, 2013, 01:08:14 AM »

Suggested title: Why my 10 year old YZ will kick your 2013 Ktm 300's butt.
Oh and invite racerx, I want to have some fun with this.

I have a ten yr old YZ and I want in on this.
To answer your question,how about because I'm riding my old YZ and you're riding your new KTM and there's not enough to pick and choose between the machinery to make up for the lesser rider-regardless of which bike he was mounted on.
Jeram was likely just annoyed for having to listen to one more person spewing how KTM continues to develop 2t technology-apparently by changing plastic style and graphics.It does get a little old really.

KTM makes a good bike but I didn't think anyone actually swallowed that "KTM Family" hokey sales pitch. " title="Roll Eyes" class="smiley">

I was hoping someone would make this a post.

For starters Ford you saying that the difference between the two bikes isnt enough to make up for a talent difference between the two riders aboard them is like saying that an xr100 is as fast as a 2013 crf450 because if James Stewart was on the xr and me on the crf he could make up for the difference by being a better rider.

Also for the sake of the board could you all please state if you have rode both bikes or not and what years they were and the cc etc.
I have rode a 06 yz125,02 sx 125, 03 sx125, 08 exc 200 and an 11 150 sx and while the yz was easily more reliable and better handling than the 02 and the 03, the 08 and 11 bikes proved to be more reliable and both me and my mate think they handle better aswell.

Also if you've ever rode a KTM for a day or more's worth of riding and then jumped back on the Yamaha then you'd soon wish you had a hydraulic clutch on the YZ.

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Open Forum / Superbikes

« on: April 09, 2013, 12:45:50 AM »

You've definitely got the right idea by having it just for the track, my cousin was out on his bike the other day (its an old 650 Yamaha streetfighter thing) and while tootling around at 30mph in a town centre got completely taken out by some dickhead in a big Audi.

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General Two Stroke Talk / TSM announcement coming soon!!

« on: April 09, 2013, 12:01:08 AM »

Haha ye just drop a 380 into one for a round or two.

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General Two Stroke Talk / who rides what?

« on: April 08, 2013, 10:07:05 PM »

I might need one of them then in another few years seen as I'm 17 and my knees are already going knackered (too many bikes with busted or just to soft suspension and an attitude of that can just stand up for suspension) altough did buy some knee braces a year or two since so I should hopefully be okay yet for a little while longer.

Nice bike aswell by the way, wish I could afford one.

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General Two Stroke Talk / KTM 2 stroke fuel injection

« on: April 06, 2013, 03:02:10 PM »

I think the 170cc EFI Derbi provides a noticeable and reliable improvement in performance over a standard road issue GPR125.

When was that engine tuned by 'traditional' means? Trust me it isn't hard to improve on a standard restricted learner legal engine. Remember that is with a 36% capacity increase, which is not a validation of the EFI conversion. It is more a validation of "no replacement for displacement" axiom.

@ 2T Institute - I was refering to exhaust emissions, not amount of fuel used. The developing countries, with their growing need for resources and their lack of reulation and enforcement is where the problem lies and where solutions will be found. Across Europe and America, 2T are a very small part of the problem and 2T off-road machines don't even make up 1% of that. Of the 2T portion of the problem, first is the lawn and garden, then the marine industry. They pretty much eliminated the 2T from the roads in America and only places like Italy and Spain have much with the scooter industry.

@ msmola2002 - Nice pic. Now consider that a 2T motorcycle equals 20 of those cars. Each.

@ citabjocky - You'd be surprised how clean a Hummer is these days. They need a lot of fuel to push them around but what comes out the pipe is negligable in comparison to an unregulated, lead fuel burning, 2 cylinder snow mobile engine pushing a Tuk-Tuk in the PI.

What a crock of **** a Hummer has a fuel consumption of 24litres/100km in the city a performance 125 averages about 5-6litres/100km in city traffic. My old Honda H100 ran forever around town on a few litres of fuel. By volume alone a urban use 4WD/SUV  emits 4 times the hydrocarbons by volume alone regardless of the efficiency of the engine. The average family in SE Asia would be unlikely to afford to use any other form of transport than a motorcycle.

Did he ever say the hummer used less fuel? No. He said the hummer had much cleaner emissions which I am 100% sure will be true due to the amount of technology that goes into all modern cars these days, like I said earlier we have 7.5l diesels in our tractors that produce no smoke at all, just steam. So while my 125 will drink less fuel it most definitely won't produce less emissions.