4 stroke death toll...

[DesertCR]

Well I gotta say that I know a mechanic who does my fork seals and works at a shop and he personally tells me that ALL the four strokes are having some sort of troubles. For example he's recently seeing the cranks in the YZ's go out for no apparent reason (07,08's). My roommate's 06 cr250f took a poop recently and it had maybe 50hrs on it, thousand bucks later it runs. I'm going to buy one one day but damn sure I'm keeping a 2 stroke or two in the stable.

[iggys-amsoil]

Nicco Izzi RMZ250 last lap @ Jacksonville.

Ol' Ralphy and Emig trying to say miss shift. Fine then, lets hear the panic rev if so

[M.F.D.B.]

I wouldnt suggest those were the bikes fault....

Well one thing is for sure, the operator and the mechanic havnt changed...

[dannygraves]

the machinist has though just to defend atleast 1 of those 500 topends

[M.F.D.B.]

Ya, good point...

[ISBB]

02 wr426 bought brand new.. had it for 5 years. did nothing more than change the oil and airfilter.. it was getting tired after beating the snot out of it for 5 years. probably could have used new rings at least.. but i sold it so its not my trouble. to this day the bike still runs and the current owner didnt do shit to it. Was the bike i used to Re-Learn how to ride ( took like a 6 year break from riding )

I did the ride it like you stole it break in method too

[AlisoBob]

The Yamaha's seem pretty reliable.

[Roostius_Maximus]

+ 06+ KTMs

[M.F.D.B.]

+ 06+ KTMs

Dont tell Arley that!! =)

[M.F.D.B.]

The Yamaha's seem pretty reliable.

Thats been my experience. The Hondas have been questionable, but after doing unbiased research it seems that a large portion of the issues are lack of maintenance and or improper installation of the air filter (quite common) or installing the oil filter backwards (less common, but easy to do).

The guy's/gal's I know with Hondas and no issues are peeps like me who change oil every couple rides and clean/properly install air filters. Their experiences have convinced me to give Honda a try. The 250 is getting stripped and sammich baggied like the 500 (starting tonight). 100% go through, check and replace anything questionable and put back together, MY WAY. If the thing goes BOOM after that, I guess Ill have a (Gen 3?) roller and Dani gets a YZ250F...

[dannygraves]

gen4

[M.F.D.B.]

gen4

Ya, ill be doing a Service Honda, take the 250 motor out and out it in a cr80/crf150 chassis for her, and putting the hundy in the 250 frame...