overall witch are faster witch are louder witch take more matnience and just witch ones would you guys rather have

The thing about 2-strokes is most of the machines will be older....which usually means more maintenance even with the simpler engine!!!

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Desert: 450R
Trail: 400EX
Technical Trail: Rancher 420 and 350 4X4's
Kids: Two 250EX's and 90
Dual-Sport Bike: XT225

Past rides: 300EX, 2wd Rancher 350, Recon, TRX90, Z400, LT160, LT80, Warrior, Blaster, CRF230F

Edited: 04/27/2008 at 08:29 AM by reconranger

motor wise a 2stroke is less maintaince than a 4stroke.the loudness are about the same with aftermarket parts between 93 and 101 decibles. 2strokes tend to sound like a chainsaw depends on pipe and silencer.4strokes sound better to me they have a deeper tone.diffrent pipes and silencers will make the same motor sound diffrent. if you know what you want or have go to a popular riding or racing spot and listen to the quads.when you find the one that sounds the best to you ask what pipe and silencer they have.most everyone will tell you. a 2stroke will most of the time outrun a 4stroke of the same size. an example is a 250 2stroke dirtbike will be competive with a 450 4stroke dirtbike.

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95' polaris 400L 2x4 no name version

The general consensus on the power battle between 2-stroke and 4-stroke is that 2-stroke engines make power with each turn of the crank, while 4-strokes make power with every second turn. This gives a 2-stroke engine around 2x the power of a 4-stroke with the same displacement; the 2-stroke engine is also lighter because it requires less parts, and it can operate upside down and every which way without a hitch. Reconranger was right when he said most of them are older; even the banshee, although still being made new, has the near exact same design it started out with, but that hasn't stopped it from gaining great popularity. Also 2-strokes are usually easier to work on than 4-stroke engines, but that comes with experience. One thing that is for sure is that once you've driven a well-tuned 2-stroke, all 4-strokes seem pretty slow and they don't sound as powerful. Because of all the characteristics of the 2-stroke engine, it just supports the fact that 4-strokes are for cars, 2-strokes are for powersports.

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1996 Kawasaki Lakota 300

2 stroke advantage great weight to HP Ratio, simple design, cheaper maintenance for race engines, great straight line racing power,
4 stroke advantage cheaper on fuel and oil, less noisy, cheaper maintenance for a sport engine, wider more controllable power band, and now with the newer design 4 strokes, the gap is a lot closer between the two.

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oil rides- '05 660 Raptor, '86 trx250r, '76 it400, '93 cr250, '78 yz125, new rides '88 warrior380cc, '04 raptor350, '00 xlt1200 waverunner, '99 1500 vulcan classic,