[2 STROKE VS 4 STROKE] We Put 250's Head to Head

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The rivalry between 2-Strokes & 4-Strokes will never fade. In this video Josh & Kobee spend time with 250's on the moto track to see which bike benefits their riding styles the most, and to help YOU decide which bike will help you achieve your goals. Whether that be to put down heaters, or simply have fun twisting throttle!

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[NizeDirt]

No matter how many people will bag on 2 strokes, there is always that one kid on a 85 that passes you going mach jesus

[yzwp]

I’ve owned majority 4 strokes bikes all my life, i got the little guy a kx65 and tried it out myself, man it’s a little rocket ship. Went and got myself a yz125 the next week 😂. There’s something so satisfying and fun about pushing your limits on the track and being able to stay inside the powerband through even the tightest turns. I want a 250 next !!

[VintageEngineRepairs]

99.9% of riders do it for fun, choose what gives you that joy.

[BrianLampright]

I own a 450 and a 300, 450 rules the Mx track, but I’ll take my 300 for any type of off roading, the fun factor is off the charts and it requires less energy to ride. 450 off road feels more like a workout, kind of a buzz killer.

[nickkeith]

Couldnt disagree more about the arm pump. Id say it was more about the rider being less relaxed on the 2 stroke. I had more arm pump on a 450 than a 300 2 stroke. The 450 was my personal bike.

[cannonsmith]

Gotta do a short off-road desert loop next to compare! Seeing the data is very cool

[ericrock]

This comparison should be great. These TBIs are a little “newer” without having a carb or jetts. Also have features with electric start and minimal vibration.

[_Nick]

2 strokes are way more of a handful. #2strokes4life

[ottokirk]

Get the carbed MC250 smoker. All it needs is a STIC Super X carb, but only if you want power approaching 450 levels. I've got one on an old 200SX and it pulls new 250F's and a '98 KX250! I'm mixing it up with 450F's suddenly. To keep it in control, I run the slowest turn G2 throttle cam. On the tight trails it has unstoppable grunt and lofts the wheel in an instant. YAT No Choice boys and girls!

[hellwithit]

Problem with 4stroke riders is they don't have the rpms high enough to get the maximum power of the motor. Gotta have it right up at the top rpms to go.

[adambatchelder]

All bikes are fast now and is always mostly rider skills.
Slow technical off road is where 2 strokes are definitely easier to ride .

[chrisoffersen]

That guy on the 50 😂 “It’s the rider, bro!”

[Mrusdad]

Two strokes are faster! Four strokes weigh more, cost more, and need a larger CC displacement to compete. That is why the AMA will not let the pro riders ride a 250 two stroke against a 250 four stroke.

[myronstambaugh]

What do you have inside the T35 tires? Mousse? Tubes? I am curious what you like with the T35 front tire, which I have found to be a stiff carcass and not as good in rocky terrain. Do you use it in rocky trails also?

[ktmripper]

2 stroke for sure!!!!can't bet the fun factor

[mixerguru]

Ok first thing this is comparison between you guys the two stroke isnt slower you are! 1.do either of you understand how the 2 stroke operates your comparing it to a vacuum pump with a combustion impeller . A practical comparison in a different context riding a two stroke with expansion chamber. Or a 4 stroke single bike . they couldn't be more different one uses resonance with intake velocity, combustion scavenges the exhaust which is in resonance with the pipe and reentering the combustion chamber and supercharging in a sense but with harmonic resonance like brass instrument like a trumpet . Wich you don't blow into to make by sound by pursing your lips and make a dirt-bike sound into the horn resonating the horn. Exactly like a reed valve (thank you Kenny Robertsand a clever Nazi ) . The four-stroke, more fuel more air, higher intake velocity more power . Lighter stronger pistons lighter stronger everything= more power more speed less math like being a horse power DJ as opposed to a classically trained musician playing music. The instrument must be in tune and then played in tune . Riding a two-stroke will only ever make you a better racer you could train on a two-stroke and only ride a 4 stroke in the race and be forever better on race day . 2strokes are alive in harmony with the earth and its physics and build better riders and racers, I wonder why the entire world or moto has started whole racing series just for two strokes you ever remember seeing the 4 stroke Nats? because no one wants to see a vacuum pump race it sucks ....lol

[panic-revv]

Good job guys! Best channel in our state!

[barnescycle]

Now let's see laps on the rebuild 😆

[BobBeck-zlrb]

The issue is really the reclassification of CC's vs 2stroke vs 4stroke; I raced in the 70's and 4 strokes weren't there... slow off corners and out into straights
it takes a lot of time and energy to wake up all those valves/cams etc.. Yes they have improved 4strokes. [[forced to, to get 2 stroke performance.][Oh yes it's sometimes easier to ride a 4 stroke because you can miss a shift/wrong gear and pull a steep "scary" hill in the desert [don't exsist in MX] the four stroke will do it however CC = CC watch the 2stroke skill riding "smoke" you.
1972-75 100mile desert; NO 4 strokes... some would try 2 or 3 out of hundreds.
Sorry FACT; now if you want to hamper 2 strokes, and force a reg. that is unfair, then different story 500cc vs 250 add the fact that the bike companies stopped investing in 2 stroke tech and went to four stroke, it's just like all regulations they screw up everything. It's not like there are/were a million 2 strokes out there poluting.
I have a Bultaco, and a CZ that no 441 BSA could touch, that's my era.
2 strokes will come out of a corner and leave you behind.. get ready
Later I bought a Suz DR350 dual purpose took it out to a trail and the first thing I did, not planned was hit a banked/perm corner and when I gassed it out of the corner " I fell over" then I had to pick up a MONSTER.
sorry fact
semper fi bob
.5S faster one lap on track expand that on 100 miles

[goodtimesracing]

Wouldn't it make more sense to compare a sx250 to a mc250f rather than an xc250?