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General Two Stroke Talk / MOVED: Which tires should I get for my 2001 cr 125
« on: December 07, 2009, 04:40:58 PM »198
General Two Stroke Talk / MOVED: 2stroke youtube findings
« on: December 07, 2009, 04:40:16 PM »
This topic has been moved to Photos & Videos.
http://twostrokemotocross.com/forum/index.php?topic=39.0
http://twostrokemotocross.com/forum/index.php?topic=39.0
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General Two Stroke Talk / MOVED: How do I check how healthy my engine is on my YZ250?
« on: December 07, 2009, 04:39:45 PM »200
General Two Stroke Talk / Now This is a Cool Sticker!!
« on: December 04, 2009, 11:18:08 AM »
I want some of these!!! 
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General Two Stroke Talk / Harley Davidson MX bike finishes race!
« on: December 02, 2009, 07:18:41 AM »202
General Two Stroke Talk / British Open Supercross results
« on: November 30, 2009, 01:47:32 PM »
Overall: Pro SX1 final results.
1. 1-Mike Brown ( usa)
2. 2-Gordon Crockard ( GB ) Service KX250AF
3. 21-Colton Facciotti ( can )
4. 95-Ben Lamay ( usa )
5. 114-David Goosen ( GB )
6. 72-Spencer Knowles ( can )
7. 814-Ryan Blizzard ( usa )
8. 12-Carl Jones ( GB )
9. 69-Richard Worrall ( GB )
10. 9-Carl Jones ( GB )
11. 307-Danny Tollet (GB )
Overall: British Open Final Results.
1. 2-Gordon Crockard ( GB ) Service KX250AF
2. 26-James Dodd ( GB )
3. 307-Danny Tollet (GB )
4. 822-Lewis Rose (GB )
5. 227-Kristian Whatley ( GB )
6. 861- Jason Varnham ( GB )
7. 14 Jordan Booker ( GB )
8. 955-Rowan Hill ( GB )
9. 33-Daniel Brough ( GB )
10. 69 Richard Worrall ( GB )
11. 9 Carl Jones ( GB )
The two strokes are starting to show up at some bigger races.... 2010 is going to be a great year for two stroke fans!
1. 1-Mike Brown ( usa)
2. 2-Gordon Crockard ( GB ) Service KX250AF
3. 21-Colton Facciotti ( can )
4. 95-Ben Lamay ( usa )
5. 114-David Goosen ( GB )
6. 72-Spencer Knowles ( can )
7. 814-Ryan Blizzard ( usa )
8. 12-Carl Jones ( GB )
9. 69-Richard Worrall ( GB )
10. 9-Carl Jones ( GB )
11. 307-Danny Tollet (GB )
Overall: British Open Final Results.
1. 2-Gordon Crockard ( GB ) Service KX250AF
2. 26-James Dodd ( GB )
3. 307-Danny Tollet (GB )
4. 822-Lewis Rose (GB )
5. 227-Kristian Whatley ( GB )
6. 861- Jason Varnham ( GB )
7. 14 Jordan Booker ( GB )
8. 955-Rowan Hill ( GB )
9. 33-Daniel Brough ( GB )
10. 69 Richard Worrall ( GB )
11. 9 Carl Jones ( GB )
The two strokes are starting to show up at some bigger races.... 2010 is going to be a great year for two stroke fans!
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General Two Stroke Talk / The Dangers of Message Boards - Thoughts and Tips
« on: November 23, 2009, 02:04:08 PM »
You may or may not know this, but initially I was against adding a message board to Two Stroke Motocross.
Just like every other human on the planet I have my opinions about message boards, based on experiences that were not so good. In so many cases I've read stuff that was just terrible on so many levels. Some complete slander, some lies, and much of it extremely disrespectful.
I wondered why this situation could be so bad, until this morning.
Usually I follow the back-links on my site, just to see what folks are saying about two strokes. This morning I followed a link back to a site that shall remain nameless, and found a post in where the author insinuated an article on my site might not be true. He didn't come out and say it but he certainly implied that it was not true.
So after being a lurker (a reader that does not contribute to the conversation) for almost a year, I felt inspired (pissed off actually) and wrote a post to defend the article. At least in my mind I hoped that is what it would do! LOL
Well the guy writes back, not only does he ignore the question I asked, but sidesteps it. In effect asking me to prove myself by answering a couple of his questions.
Honestly I saw red!
I was so mad, that I wanted to rip him a new..... well ... um.... well I was really upset. Lucky for me I needed to drive to the city just when I would have been typing some idiotic comeback, to show this guy I was right. While driving in the car I had a coupe of interesting thoughts.
First one was, no matter what I wrote, this guy will either side step it or turn it around and make another snide remark. That would probably get me even more upset. Even after coming up with a dozen come-back ideas to write in my defense, I felt that not one of them would "convince" this guy of anything different. His mind was made up and closed a long time ago.
Which made me think, I didn't have to defend myself at all. Which made me feel much better.
Then came the doozy... this guy was baiting me so that I would fight with him on the forum.
Why would someone want to do that? Then I looked around and saw all the ads on the message board. Did you know that, that when you own a web site, you can charge for advertising based on the number of impressions that your site gets? The more "hits" on the site the more money you can make.
Once I thought that, I realized something very interesting. Could it be that these forums purposely hire, set up or ask friends to post things that gets people's emotions boiling, just so they can get more traffic to their site?
It's possible that they don't give a hoot one way or the other about what is written on their board! As long as lots of people visit their site and they are able to charge as much as possible for advertising.
Of course this is only my opinion and it could be crap. But what if I'm correct?
Well whichever is true, I thought of a few tips for when you are cruising the internet message boards. Feel free to use these or ignore then, it's up to you, but they may just keep your blood pressure in check!!
1. Always be respectful... every single time you post. This one tip will probably be more than enough to make your message board experience a wonderful one.
2. If someone accuses you of something, calls you a liar or blasts your opinion, ask yourself is this guy serious or just trying to bait me and drag me into a forum fight?
3. If they're serious, I'd feel bad for the guy, he probably has low self-esteem and he's trying to make himself feel better by putting you down.
4. If they're attempting to bait you, ignore them. No..... I mean not just ignore them, never answer them when they write anything, directly to you or not.
For the most part these guys are bullies. They goad you into a fight in order to show you (and everyone else) how superior they are. Or they purposely mis-understand your meaning and turn it around on you. Usually while dripping with sarcasm and self righteousness.
Now some people just do this because they are emotional, having a bad day or something is not going very well in their life. Give normal people (like me and you?)
a chance to apologize. Ask them what they meant by what they wrote. If it was an honest mistake, let it go!
It's so easy to misunderstand the written word. Unless you are a writer by trade or have a knack for writing, it can be difficult or impossible to express some emotions via the written word. Give folks a break.
On the other hand you have the guys that live for this stuff. If they disagree with something, they are right and everything you write is wrong. Not only that but they speak down to you, like they are better than you. At least in their minds they think they are better.
These are the guys to ignore.
Why do I say to ignore these folks? Because when they can't engage you in the sport of one-ups-man-ship, a game in which you will never win, one of two things can happen. They will get bored with you and leave you alone. Or they will continue to write crap on the board, "yelling" because you don't answer them. At that point, it's time to feel sorry for them.
My feeling is that these message board bullies chase away the interesting folks that could offer some excellent insight. I've seen them do this to folks in the industry. Folks that took time out of their busy lives to add something to a board, but they get attacked by those who need to feel superior and the Industry folks just leave.
That's why I resisted diving into starting a forum. I won't allow that to happen here.
Hence the rules on this board are very short and to the point. Be respectful. Disagree or hold different opinions in an adult manner without attacking others. Otherwise your post will disappear. Do it often enough and you will be banned.
What do you guys think?
Just like every other human on the planet I have my opinions about message boards, based on experiences that were not so good. In so many cases I've read stuff that was just terrible on so many levels. Some complete slander, some lies, and much of it extremely disrespectful.
I wondered why this situation could be so bad, until this morning.
Usually I follow the back-links on my site, just to see what folks are saying about two strokes. This morning I followed a link back to a site that shall remain nameless, and found a post in where the author insinuated an article on my site might not be true. He didn't come out and say it but he certainly implied that it was not true.
So after being a lurker (a reader that does not contribute to the conversation) for almost a year, I felt inspired (pissed off actually) and wrote a post to defend the article. At least in my mind I hoped that is what it would do! LOL
Well the guy writes back, not only does he ignore the question I asked, but sidesteps it. In effect asking me to prove myself by answering a couple of his questions.
Honestly I saw red!
I was so mad, that I wanted to rip him a new..... well ... um.... well I was really upset. Lucky for me I needed to drive to the city just when I would have been typing some idiotic comeback, to show this guy I was right. While driving in the car I had a coupe of interesting thoughts.First one was, no matter what I wrote, this guy will either side step it or turn it around and make another snide remark. That would probably get me even more upset. Even after coming up with a dozen come-back ideas to write in my defense, I felt that not one of them would "convince" this guy of anything different. His mind was made up and closed a long time ago.
Which made me think, I didn't have to defend myself at all. Which made me feel much better.
Then came the doozy... this guy was baiting me so that I would fight with him on the forum.
Why would someone want to do that? Then I looked around and saw all the ads on the message board. Did you know that, that when you own a web site, you can charge for advertising based on the number of impressions that your site gets? The more "hits" on the site the more money you can make.
Once I thought that, I realized something very interesting. Could it be that these forums purposely hire, set up or ask friends to post things that gets people's emotions boiling, just so they can get more traffic to their site?
It's possible that they don't give a hoot one way or the other about what is written on their board! As long as lots of people visit their site and they are able to charge as much as possible for advertising.
Of course this is only my opinion and it could be crap. But what if I'm correct?
Well whichever is true, I thought of a few tips for when you are cruising the internet message boards. Feel free to use these or ignore then, it's up to you, but they may just keep your blood pressure in check!!
1. Always be respectful... every single time you post. This one tip will probably be more than enough to make your message board experience a wonderful one.
2. If someone accuses you of something, calls you a liar or blasts your opinion, ask yourself is this guy serious or just trying to bait me and drag me into a forum fight?
3. If they're serious, I'd feel bad for the guy, he probably has low self-esteem and he's trying to make himself feel better by putting you down.
4. If they're attempting to bait you, ignore them. No..... I mean not just ignore them, never answer them when they write anything, directly to you or not.
For the most part these guys are bullies. They goad you into a fight in order to show you (and everyone else) how superior they are. Or they purposely mis-understand your meaning and turn it around on you. Usually while dripping with sarcasm and self righteousness.
Now some people just do this because they are emotional, having a bad day or something is not going very well in their life. Give normal people (like me and you?)
a chance to apologize. Ask them what they meant by what they wrote. If it was an honest mistake, let it go!It's so easy to misunderstand the written word. Unless you are a writer by trade or have a knack for writing, it can be difficult or impossible to express some emotions via the written word. Give folks a break.
On the other hand you have the guys that live for this stuff. If they disagree with something, they are right and everything you write is wrong. Not only that but they speak down to you, like they are better than you. At least in their minds they think they are better.
These are the guys to ignore.
Why do I say to ignore these folks? Because when they can't engage you in the sport of one-ups-man-ship, a game in which you will never win, one of two things can happen. They will get bored with you and leave you alone. Or they will continue to write crap on the board, "yelling" because you don't answer them. At that point, it's time to feel sorry for them.
My feeling is that these message board bullies chase away the interesting folks that could offer some excellent insight. I've seen them do this to folks in the industry. Folks that took time out of their busy lives to add something to a board, but they get attacked by those who need to feel superior and the Industry folks just leave.
That's why I resisted diving into starting a forum. I won't allow that to happen here.
Hence the rules on this board are very short and to the point. Be respectful. Disagree or hold different opinions in an adult manner without attacking others. Otherwise your post will disappear. Do it often enough and you will be banned.
What do you guys think?
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General Two Stroke Talk / Guy B quote from Racer X
« on: November 22, 2009, 09:54:23 AM »
This is quote was published in the Noise section of Racer X the January 2010 issue.
What do you think about this?
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I think two-strokes are sort of like a past relationship. You remember the good parts, and quickly forget the bad parts. There's a lot of nostalgia for the scent, and the sound, but the equipment and racing itself is better now. Guy B
What do you think about this?
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General Two Stroke Talk / The Brits are at it again!!
« on: November 21, 2009, 06:05:58 AM »
Fantastic news coming from England. There is a big shift in that country, new promoting organizations are beginning to challenge the incumbent ACU.
The ACU in England is like the AMA in the USA. Not very fast to make the changes racers and fans want. Due to the competition, the ACU is finally beginning to change.
Read this article about the MC Federation and their plans for 2010. It sounds so good, it's time to check out International flights and attend what sounds like awesome events.
http://twostrokemotocross.com/2009/11/mcf-discusses-plans-for-audacious-2010-united-kingdom-motocross-race-series/
The ACU in England is like the AMA in the USA. Not very fast to make the changes racers and fans want. Due to the competition, the ACU is finally beginning to change.
Read this article about the MC Federation and their plans for 2010. It sounds so good, it's time to check out International flights and attend what sounds like awesome events.
http://twostrokemotocross.com/2009/11/mcf-discusses-plans-for-audacious-2010-united-kingdom-motocross-race-series/
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Technical / Testing is Important! 06 YZ250 Pipe Shootout
« on: November 21, 2009, 04:47:16 AM »
So often racers just guess what's best based on friends recommendations, write ups in magazines or heaven forbid ad copy!
dunecj2a over on TT wrote up the following test of pipes on his YZ250. It's an excellent write up. But more than that he did it on his own without sponsorship or advertising to "color" his testing.
What do you think about tests like this?
dunecj2a over on TT wrote up the following test of pipes on his YZ250. It's an excellent write up. But more than that he did it on his own without sponsorship or advertising to "color" his testing.
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OK I did the Pipe "Shootout" this Saturday. This is how they stacked up for me.
Bike = 06 YZ250. V-Force3 reeds. Stock Gearing.
Jetting = Stock pilot. Stock needle and clip pos. 180 main, (1 up from stock). Stock air screw set 1.5 out.
**Note: 180 main on all tests. 178 looked a little lean but performed same as 180**
Fuel = straight VP C12. 30:1 mix (Yamalube...always!)
Temp = 80 ish, sunny, dry
Riding area = Open Desert. Deep sand, Hardpack area''s, MX type track with DEEEEP sand whoops, lots of berms with jumps right out of them. Hardpack and Sand berms.
Rider = 165 lbs. Stupid old man who thinks he's 16.
1. Stock pipe with PC R304 shorty and FMF Shorty. I included these 2 together because both silencers performed almost identically. Fit and finish on both cans are a 10. FMF shorty is just a little louder. The silencers make the motor snap and really clean up throttle response. Right away you can notice the difference on the bottom and thru the mid. Bottom end gains are really noticable, especially pullin out of turns with deep sand. The mid pulls harder and crisper with no overrev loss. Without a Dyno there is no noticable loss on top end overrev either. What I liked most with this combo was how the different silencers gave the bike a "lighter" feel. It produced more snap and made the motor crisper so hitting big jumps was easier. Thats what made the bike have a "lighter" feel. Power comes on sooner and hits hard, it really wakes up the charecteristics of a 2 stroke. Great combo if you are a 2 stroke die hard and love the crisp snap and hard hit of the power band.
2. FMF SST with FMF Shorty silencer. Fit and finish is awsome, top notch. Bolts on with eez, installation is a peice of cake. Stock pilot and needle are perfect. Stock main is also good, but I went up one because my plug looked a little lean with a 178. The first thing I noticed with this combo was how much more torque it gave my bike. Throttle response was perfect and immediate. It was noticable right from the bottom to the top. It made my 250 feel like a 4 stroke. I was able to shift way sooner in the deep sand and turns. Wheel spin was reduced comming out of hardpack turns since the motor didn't want to rev out high and quickly. Some of the 2 stroke snap was gone with this combo and moved to produce more torque. I noticed that I lost overrev in the middle and top, but traded it for more trackable torque. This pipe combo produced the most 4 stroke like power, it smoothed out the powerband hit and took away the snap when you crack the throttle. In exchange you get more trackable torque with less wheel spin all across the range. I could definately have run a 49 tooth rear and maybe a 48 with the power it produced in the mid and top. I could pull 3rd gear starts and grab 4th quickly.
2. Pro Circuit Works with R304 Shorty. Just like FMF for fit and finish, top notch. Throttle response was crisp and immedeate also. On the bottom I noticed it pulled a little longer and harder than the other combo's. In the middle it gained some overrev and pulled long with plenty of power. It was very similar to the Stock/304 & Shorty combo. The Works pipe had a little more torque up top but signed off quicker than the Stock combo. It sacrificed top end overrev for torque. This combo was really good in tight sections and deep sand, it also revved higher and longer than the SST combo. The PC combo didn't smooth out the hit and powerband like the SST did. It produced 2 stroke like power and was very similar to the Stock combo. I did notice a loss in Top end overrev especially in wide open sections compared to stock combo. This was a great set up in tight situations when you need a little extra on the bottom and mid and aren't needing to use top end power alot.
Well my favorite combo was the Stocker and either the PC or FMF shorty. I love the Top end overrev and how hard the motor hits with this set up. All I noticed were gains across the power band with switching out the silencers. Anyways just what I came up with, but just between these three different set ups there are a considerable amount of differences....Go Ride
What do you think about tests like this?
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General Two Stroke Talk / History of the Two Stroke Engine
« on: November 20, 2009, 03:03:10 PM »
Did you know?
Invention of the two-stroke cycle is attributed to Dugald Clark around 1880 whose engines had a separate charging cylinder. The Crankcase scavenged engine, employing the area below the piston as a charging pump, is generally credited to Joseph Day (and Frederick Cock for the piston controlled inlet port).
Invention of the two-stroke cycle is attributed to Dugald Clark around 1880 whose engines had a separate charging cylinder. The Crankcase scavenged engine, employing the area below the piston as a charging pump, is generally credited to Joseph Day (and Frederick Cock for the piston controlled inlet port).
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General Two Stroke Talk / Message Board Rules
« on: November 20, 2009, 01:26:24 PM »
This is a grand experiment. Quite a few people have suggested that a forum be set up on this site, so here we go. Adventuring into the future.
One of the most important rules that MUST be adhered to is respect. You are free to disagree, to have your own opinion, but under no circumstances will any name calling or bullying be tolerated. Your post will be deleted, no questions asked.
This forum will be used to share news, ideas, thoughts, interesting tidbits and stories relating to two strokes.
Leave the political commentaries to the thousands of other sites out in cyberspace.
This message will change and be updated as the forum grows.
Enjoy your stay.
One of the most important rules that MUST be adhered to is respect. You are free to disagree, to have your own opinion, but under no circumstances will any name calling or bullying be tolerated. Your post will be deleted, no questions asked.
This forum will be used to share news, ideas, thoughts, interesting tidbits and stories relating to two strokes.
Leave the political commentaries to the thousands of other sites out in cyberspace.
This message will change and be updated as the forum grows.
Enjoy your stay.