2 strokes are still alive.

[Albie]

I do too on my CR, but changing the piston took a whole 2 hours...very easy. Plus it cost a whopping $140. I'm not sure I'll jump the four stroke off road band wagon yet.

No kidding? I can access the plug on my KX without having to remove anything. Well, except for the plug wire.

[jay547]

 jay, i don't moto like i use to. the last time i was at LTM was 3 years ago. i mostly race at motosports park in byron ill. only 85 miles. only 1 1/2 hours to get there. i have never ben to Salem but i believe a lady named Nadean dose the scoring.
 had a bad crash last April when i grabbed to much throttle and skied the bike off a jump. let go of it 15 to 20 feet in the air. cant be leave i walked away from that one. the body was sore for like 3 weeks. when your 50 you just don't bounce back like when i was younger.
i only raced 3 times last year. but this year i plan on doing more racing.

 what part of Oklahoma are you from? me, the n/w suburbs of chicago.

one track i have always wanted to go to was "cooperland" in stillwater O.K.

 ed

i'm in far northeast oklahoma. i race cooperland fairly often, it's a fun track.

i'm 47. i had a bad injury in '02 that put me out for over three years but i started racing again in late '05. i'm currently racing the oklahoma state championship series in the 40+A/B class. i got fifth in the first round. the second round is this weekend.

you should come down and ride dunes some time. it's the best riding there is.

[photomd]

Bought an RC30 and needed to pay for it.

Holy cow! You've had some cool bikes!  

[bizarro]

Yeah, but I'm fuckin' broke now!

[bluesurf]

2-smokes rock.  

[knobby]

  I'm a new guy here, so I thought I'd chime in on this one.  I love 2-strokes, and they are far from dead. I had an '04 CRF450, and it was a great bike no doubt.  But when push came to shove, that's the one that got shoved out of the garage, and I kept my '01 CR500AF. Just plain more fun, and less expensive to maintain IMO. Just picked up an '01 CR250 in awesome condition as a backup ride, although I've been considering getting rid of the CR500 to cover the cost of an engagement ring for the lady.

[photomd]

Yeah, but I'm fuckin' broke now!

Yeah, but better to have loved and lost......  

[bizarro]

Yeah, but better to have loved and lost......  

'Tis true. I felt like a million bucks when I rode the RC30.