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I’d like to say that I have the most dirtbike knowledge and experiance on this site… so…
Stay away from 2-strokes. they sound cool, thats about it. Everything is going 4 stroke for a reason. they are better.
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With the exception suzuki is going Fuel injection on their 450’s
true
if he wanted a trail bike, i dont see where he could go wrong with some type of DRZ SE/E/SM ect…
i don’t want to come out as a dick, but more of a fellow rider… i just have some points to make.
2 stroke vs 4 stroke
$100 rebuild $1000+ rebuild
now power, im sure your assuming say a 250 2 stoke and a 250 4 stroke are the same over all HP?
well seeing AMA will do nothing about this, but are well aware… a 2 stroke produces pretty damn close to .10 hp per CC so a 250 2 stroke would have 25 hp @ crank.
now a 4 stroke on the other hand, is pretty damn close to .12 hp per CC.
so a 250 4 stroke would be 30hp.
BUT again nothing is an ACTUAL 250/450cc ect… my RM125 was really a 124.6 or something. not that big of a deal.
again not trying to be a dick, just bring up a point.
i still say a DRZ some way new or used. mod parts everywhere, pretty cheap and reliable proof. then he’ll have a headlight and a street conversion if wanted