Two Stroke Motocross
Two Stroke Motocross Forum => General Two Stroke Talk => Topic started by: CCOADY454 on March 22, 2011, 12:07:12 PM
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Like a lot of you, I don't hate four strokes, I just hate the rule advantage given to four strokes. My dad raced 2 strokes in the 70's and early 80's but now likes four strokes power delivery for his type of riding and racing (dual sport races and enduro). It's a KTM 450-XC-W. It's pretty fun, but doesn't have the punch that my RM 250 has. It's linear power is typical of a 450 and it's a nice looking bike! I tries to convince him to get a KTM 300 2t but he wants the option to make this bike street legal and he likes the predictable power at his age.
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww345/chadcoady/dads.jpg)
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Can't blame the guy, at least he' got a dirt bike. It will probably be a good bike for him. 4-strokes are great for a smooth power, they're just expensive and a booger to fix once they blow up.
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450's dont go bang like 250F's either.
Unless you ride on the limiter.
There is not many people good enough to do that all day. ;)
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It'll be a good bike for the riding he does. I'll probably borrow it here and there when I feel like trail riding, since the ol' RM is more suited for the track.
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Nothing wrong with a RM for trail riding.
I must have done close to 2000km on mine. ;D
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Can't blame him for wanting more of a mellow powerband.
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of course im not familiar with state laws in your area wherever that may be but im pretty sure you can make a 300 legal in pa i know i guy who bought a kit to do his, but that 450s a nice lookin bike ive been tryin to get my dad (about to turn 47) to get a 2 stroke trail bike cause he likes my 125 if things go right there will soon be a 250xc in my garage :D
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My dad is also right around that age, and he has a 450 as well. His is a little different though, it's a '78 Maico. :D
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If he wanted to get it legal, he shoulda just gotten the exc. it comes street legal. much props to your Dad, if I'm still around at 55 I intend to still be riding.
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much props to your Dad, if I'm still around at 55 I intend to still be riding.
Why ? Do you think you wont be ? ;D
I plan to be around.
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Damn you guys, I turn 50 in June :(
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Damn you guys, I turn 50 in June :(
Isn't 50 the new 30 ? ;D
That would make me 21 again. :P
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50 is the new 30 and 16 is the new 21.
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50 is the new 30 and 16 is the new 21.
Hahahahahahaha
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I'm sorry, but I have to admit to getting that from Larry the Cable Guy.
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55 is not old! I am getting ready to go to the LA OTMX international this weekend at Competitive edge in Hesperia, CA and race with 200 guys ranging from 40 to 80 years of age. I am looking forward to turning 50 so I can get out of the +40 class. Those damn +40 riders are nuts.
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Eeew a four stroke... :P
Nice looking bike, tell your dad congrats on the new ride!
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Damn you guys, I turn 50 in June :(
Holy crap you're old ! :o I won't be there for another 4 years ;D
Tell your Dad congrats on the new bike ccoady.Sweet ride 8)
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You never know what'll happen.
Live for the day, plan for tomorrow.
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In all honesty, you're dad needs to trade it in on a KTM 200 put a flywheel weight on the 250XC or SX. Heck, he could have a lot of fun on the 150. I'm sure that a dealer would let him try one out if he took the 450 up there with him.
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In all honesty, you're dad needs to trade it in on a KTM 200 put a flywheel weight on the 250XC or SX. Heck, he could have a lot of fun on the 150. I'm sure that a dealer would let him try one out if he took the 450 up there with him.
I tried to convince him otherwise. His last RACE bikes were a Maico 390 and Maico 250 - not sure of the years. After that (and me being born) he switched over to airplanes and just recently got back into riding again. The dealer didn't have any 2 strokes available, because I tried to get him to get the 300 2t but all they had on the floor were 250, 350, and 450 4t's. He was riding a KLX 250 before this bike and it didn't have the power he wanted for the dual sport races and enduros he ran in last year. He can't make the 2 stroke street legal here in Ilinois unfortunately and for a couple of the dual sport races, they have to be street legal. He did borrow my RM 250 last year for an enduro and it was too much work for him (lack of flywheel weight naturally) keeping it running down low.
I'd like to have a KTM 150 for myself, even though at 6'7" 230 lbs I'm a bit big for it, I'd still have fun with it.
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Oh, I know. I'm being kind of selfish. I wish I had the money to plop down on a new bike. I would take your dad's bike in a heartbeat.
. . . and then I would sell it for a good used 2-stroke. :D
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A Maico 390? I can't say I've ever heard of one of those. Maybe a 360, from way way back in the late-60s to early-70s?
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That,s cool that your Pa, has a bike and he,ll let you ride it, sounds like a cool guy. 55 yrs old he,s not a spring chicken, but very capable of ripping up a trail. I,m 44 and Live everyday like it,s 1983, goofy new wave bowl hair cut, can still dunk a basketball and have a crowd in awe of my skills haha. I like to have fun and be loose, my alas aka name is Ricky Rick Ringle haha , for dating I have 1 rule that is no married women, all others are fair game. Alot of people are way to serious these days, they wait for retire ment to have fun.
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Getting older can be tough to,if your body is beatup. I was getting loaded 2 days ago at a doc in the pouring rain, the concrete had 5 inches of standing water, I stepped in a hole and tweeeked my back pinching a nerve. Today I get home and there,s 17 inches of snow, moving my stuff from the truck I slipped weird a couple times. So I,m laying on ice, went to the chiropractor twice,got adjusted once and spent over 2 hrs in a dentist chair today. The trailer I pull is intermodal a 53 foot box set on a 54.5 foot chassis, they beat the hell out of the truck and driver. So I have to get healed fast, I,ll be iceing all night.
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A Maico 390? I can't say I've ever heard of one of those. Maybe a 360, from way way back in the late-60s to early-70s?
sorry, that was a typo....Maico 490.
He also has an Ossa and a Bultaco, so on top of that and the jap bikes, he's had a diverse collection of bikes. That was back in the day when people would trade bikes at the track, and you could buy a new one without taking out a 5 year loan, haha.