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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Possibly good news
« on: June 27, 2011, 09:40:47 AM »
My local shop had a YZ250 on the floor this spring also. It was the first YZ two stroke I have seen new on the floor in years.

The YZ 2 strokes around here sit on the floor longer than the KTM 2 strokes, both sell much quicker than the 4 strokes though. Didn't know there was a shortage of 2 stroke YZs.

Even when I lived in Virginia, Casey Cycle's in Newport News always had at least 4 (up until I left in 2009).

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Hilarious MXA quote
« on: June 23, 2011, 10:20:37 AM »
http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/MXA-MOTOCROSS-125-SHOOTOUT-2011-KTM-150SX-VS-2011-7967.aspx

Just giving a quick heads up, more reviews (that are more indepth than the last two) are coming, with some shootouts against the 4 strokes.

Expect more from MXA soon, like I said before.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: yz to yzf kit on mxa
« on: June 22, 2011, 06:56:34 PM »
A lot of money to make it look worse than before.

I think it looks 1000 times better...

Now if only Yamaha could make their bikes pump out numbers like the KTM 2 strokes then we'd have something. Oh, and drop the price of their bike.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: KTM DI
« on: June 22, 2011, 06:54:56 PM »
KTM are still being cagey about it.

Rep I talked to last year, and this year had different answers. One from last year said 2012, but in off road models first. The one this year said 2013, but mentioned nothing about off road models only. Meh.

I have a horrible feeling it'll be shelved because of cost issues. I wonder how much it'll tack onto the bikes price wise? I'm all about the DI on 2 strokes.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Hilarious MXA quote
« on: June 21, 2011, 11:35:59 AM »
MXA is still owned by the OEMs. They have a little leeway on 2-stroke verbage, but absolutely no testing against the Fs. they would get spanked hard by the OEMs (er, Honda).

Burn, MXA is not owned by any of the OEMs. I have more respect for MXA than say DirtRider or the others (Jimmy Lewis is a straight up asshat), but then Jody can be as well, but he is far more down to earth in person than Jimmy Lewis.

In my conversations with them (MXA) and Dirt Rider they both have been very receptive to the idea of having a 250F shootout with the 2 strokes included (More so in MXA's case, DirtRider while receptive in face to face conversations, and in e-mail, it comes off more as lip service).

Anyhow, I will say keep an eye out in the near future for something like this from MXA.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: RM250 for 2012 ('08 model)
« on: June 21, 2011, 09:46:22 AM »
Yep, MXA mentioned it in their 250 2 stroke "shootout".

Great news, finally another model besides the overpriced YZ. From what I hear it'll be much cheaper than the YZ in price.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Hilarious MXA quote
« on: June 20, 2011, 12:10:15 PM »
http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/MXA-MOTOCROSS-SHOOTOUT-2011-KTM-250SX-VS-2011-YAMA-7969.aspx

Well at least they finally have a 250 vs. 250 2 stroke shoot out.

Edit: I should also point out they mention Suzuki listing the RM250 as a 2012 model for the US market...

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Technical / Re: 2005 CR250R
« on: June 17, 2011, 08:48:46 PM »
PWK carb swap, Rad Valve (I noticed very little difference with the VF3, so I chucked it and kept the radvalve), Dep or FMF Fatty and your choice of silencer (PC304 or FMF PC2 Shorty), and +1 on the rear.

I did all of those, and the head mod from RB designs for 100LL AVGas.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Hilarious MXA quote
« on: June 17, 2011, 07:56:46 PM »
Well, I've been pestering a couple people about this. Maybe I'll get lucky and one of them will do something like this.

We'll see though.

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http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/DEVILS-DROP-IS-BACK-REM-ADDS-THE-FORMER-CARLSBAD-O-7744.aspx

New 125 classes, and newly (re)designed track! I was getting into REM MX right before I deployed over here. I recommend anyone near Glen Helen (or any track that has REM racing) check it out. Can't wait until I get back. :)

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Riding Spots / Re: Virginia Riders
« on: January 02, 2011, 02:52:42 PM »
Used to live in Hampton, VA (Still own property there)... I only ever rode @ Slades and it wasn't that great at all (it beyond sucked, but was a place to ride).

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: fuel injected TM 2t
« on: November 18, 2010, 03:31:46 PM »
What ever gets the 2-stroke back in business here is all I want. Whatever the enviros happy, I guess. Hopefully TM won't screw up their bikes like Honda did to the 05-07 2-strokes. I'm sure they won't, but...

Honda didn't screw up the 05-07s, they improved them over the 02-04 (and by quite a bit)... But Honda had already planned for the 2 strokes to be obsolete with the introduction of their 450 in 2002. They left a lot on the table, so sad they didn't finish as there was (and is) so much potential in their case reed motors.

Maybe TM will introduce a programmable valve so you can tune it like you do on the KTMs with the springs on their mechanical PV... That'd be nice. Throw that in with EFI or DI and it'd be beyond sweet.

Sorry but i had to reply to you on this I had a KTM 250sx with variable power valve springs but all this talk of 'tuning them' is a load of rubbish all that happens is the stronger the spring the more you disable and weaken the power valve, you dont get anything extra from doing this in different parts of the rev spectrum - if you choose the strong spring it just doesnt let the power valve come in - until its to late for it to give any extra sort of power you'd even notice, its basically for riders who cant handle a power valve - great for novices but of no use for anyone used to riding a decent 2 stroke.

I disagree, it's a valuable option for tuning the bikes for different tracks (I run the red spring a lot on the 4 stroke groomed tracks). (I have a 2010 250SX btw)...

Which is my point, on slick tracks the differing springs would allow you to take some hit out so you aren't out there spinning. etc... throttle control helps a lot, but having something mellow it out / make the hit harder for different terrains and tracks helps.

So, adjustable power valves are are great thing. (electronic or otherwise).

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: fuel injected TM 2t
« on: November 18, 2010, 03:11:31 PM »
Okay, not to down the 05-07 CRs, everyone's right, they should have finished the job. Rather than say the Honda Powervalve was a bad design, i will say that it was an unfinished design. I don't see why they couldn't make a powervalve that doesn't require you to adjust he wires, which loosen. Simpler is better IMO, sans the 01 CRs. :D

They had the right idea, it just didn't fully pan out (especially since Honda pulled the Sr. engineers from the 2 stroke side and threw them into the 4 stroke program). Same goes with their attempt @ the case reed. I'm all for simplicity, however you can't say Honda was trying to bring some innovations to the 2 stroke market. Too bad they just dropped it.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: fuel injected TM 2t
« on: November 18, 2010, 02:05:46 PM »
What ever gets the 2-stroke back in business here is all I want. Whatever the enviros happy, I guess. Hopefully TM won't screw up their bikes like Honda did to the 05-07 2-strokes. I'm sure they won't, but...

Honda didn't screw up the 05-07s, they improved them over the 02-04 (and by quite a bit)... But Honda had already planned for the 2 strokes to be obsolete with the introduction of their 450 in 2002. They left a lot on the table, so sad they didn't finish as there was (and is) so much potential in their case reed motors.

Maybe TM will introduce a programmable valve so you can tune it like you do on the KTMs with the springs on their mechanical PV... That'd be nice. Throw that in with EFI or DI and it'd be beyond sweet.

Sorry but i had to reply to you on this I had a KTM 250sx with variable power valve springs but all this talk of 'tuning them' is a load of rubbish all that happens is the stronger the spring the more you disable and weaken the power valve, you dont get anything extra from doing this in different parts of the rev spectrum - if you choose the strong spring it just doesnt let the power valve come in - until its to late for it to give any extra sort of power you'd even notice, its basically for riders who cant handle a power valve - great for novices but of no use for anyone used to riding a decent 2 stroke.

I disagree, it's a valuable option for tuning the bikes for different tracks (I run the red spring a lot on the 4 stroke groomed tracks). (I have a 2010 250SX btw)...

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