Thread: Do you know how to ride a motorcycle ?

Q - Do you know how to ride motorcycle.

A - Yes.

If you don’t know if your bike is a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke you probably shouldn’t be allowed to ride it.

^ A little unfair, but a 4-stroke trial bike is preferred with the higher low end torque and better engine braking.

Originally Posted by Backspin

Wonder if this is still there

So this isn't a yellow submarine according to yours truly. And he thinks I stole pags map when directly say I got it from pag !

Q - Do you know how to ride motorcycle.

A - Only a beta cuck trying too hard would even start such a thread.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Q - Do you know how to ride motorcycle.

A - Only a beta cuck trying too hard would even start such a thread.

Video came up in my recommendations you piece of shit.

The point is , some ppl think they know what they are doing

Originally Posted by Backspin

a beta cuck trying too hard

Video came up in my recommendations you piece of shit.

The point is , some ppl think they know what they are doing

Q.E.D.

Originally Posted by Troy

^ A little unfair, but a 4-stroke trial bike is preferred with the higher low end torque and better engine braking.

I'd take a 2 stroke over 4 for offroading any day. Lighter, more power, more fun, doesn't rely on electrics and I love the smell of 2 stroke in the morning.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

I'd take a 2 stroke over 4 for offroading any day. Lighter, more power, more fun, doesn't rely on electrics and I love the smell of 2 stroke in the morning.

Agree. Better powerband

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

I'd take a 2 stroke over 4 for offroading any day. Lighter, more power, more fun, doesn't rely on electrics and I love the smell of 2 stroke in the morning.

Horses for courses...I had a Suzuki 250 2-stroke trails bike that I absolutely loved for its being light enough to haul out of the mud when I got stuck half-a-wheel-deep in Cornish moorland and loch ness snow...However, for downhill and technical maneuvring at low speed you can't beat a 4-stroke.


[QUOTE=Backspin]Agree. Better powerband[\Quote]

....because of the better powerband of the 4-stroke (you just knew Backspin would screw that up didn't you....)

Originally Posted by Troy

Horses for courses...I had a Suzuki 250 2-stroke trails bike that I absolutely loved for its being light enough to haul out of the mud when I got stuck half-a-wheel-deep in Cornish moorland and loch ness snow...However, for downhill and technical maneuvring at low speed you can't beat a 4-stroke.

Have you driven trial ?

I had a Montesa like this

Now it's a Bultaco Lobito, that I do not use

Classic bike

[QUOTE=Troy;4293190]Horses for courses...I had a Suzuki 250 2-stroke trails bike that I absolutely loved for its being light enough to haul out of the mud when I got stuck half-a-wheel-deep in Cornish moorland and loch ness snow...However, for downhill and technical maneuvring at low speed you can't beat a 4-stroke.

Originally Posted by Backspin

Agree. Better powerband[\Quote]

....because of the better powerband of the 4-stroke (you just knew Backspin would screw that up didn't you....)

Nope. I like high end power (rpm) power
rather than low end torque of a 4 stroke.

Granted I do own a Yamaha Raptor 660 5 valve

Originally Posted by Backspin

Granted I do own a Yamaha Raptor 660 5 valve

literally no one asked


beta-cuck

^^^ I tried trials back in the 80's on a KTM 250 but I have to confess to be not very good. I was okay on trails bikes on the suzuki 250 I mentioned but i was always much better on tarmac with road bikes. My favourites at the time were 750s, Kwaka or Honda, especially the GPZ series and the F- and VF- series.

The best fun and the most useless I have had was with a quad bike; talk about getting that completely wrong using instinct after so many years on bikes...I managed to throw myself off and send the quad into a quarry...

Originally Posted by Troy

I have to confess to be not very good

Can't all be "good".

Men playing around, that's all

Originally Posted by Troy

The best fun and the most useless I have had was with a quad bike; talk about getting that completely wrong using instinct after so many years on bikes...I managed to throw myself off and send the quad into a quarry..

Yes
To be respected

Good fun

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

literally no one asked


beta-cuck

Are you done stalking around here ?

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

literally no one asked


beta-cuck

Are you jealous that you don't have one ? This is the exact model I have

[QUOTE=Backspin;4293198]

Originally Posted by Troy

Horses for courses...I had a Suzuki 250 2-stroke trails bike that I absolutely loved for its being light enough to haul out of the mud when I got stuck half-a-wheel-deep in Cornish moorland and loch ness snow...However, for downhill and technical maneuvring at low speed you can't beat a 4-stroke.




Nope. I like high end power (rpm) power
rather than low end torque of a 4 stroke.

Granted I do own a Yamaha Raptor 660 5 valve

Out of curiosity, has anyone else ridden one of the bigger 2-stroke motorbikes? I don't even know if there are any around anymore.

In my day, the UK bike licence limit was 250cc and everyone rode around on a 250cc before getting the licence and moving on. At the time, the bike to have was the Suzuki GT-250 twin, followed closely by the KH-250 triple. The Yamaha of choice was the RD-200 and Suzuki also had the GT-185, which is the one I owned, being a complete cheap-skate. Yes there were 4-strokes, such as the Honda CB-200 but they couldn't hit a ton, like the 250's could (at a push). Anyway, being in a group of several riders we all shared bikes and got a good idea of what they were like. After taking the test, the bigger 2-strokes were tried, although most moved on the the 4-stroke fours for a smoother ride.

I managed to have some fun on the GT-380, GT-550 and GT-750, the larger Kawasaki 2-strokes had already been banned by then (S3 series?). There was no doubt they were fun but that's about all as it took an awful lot of maintenance to keep them on the road.

Anyway, I went on to the CB-400 fours f1 and f2 series, which were awsome bikes and then progressed through a range of 500 twins and then on to the 750 fours. The 2-strokes were fun but had seen their day by the end of the 70's in my view.

I remember the two stroke comeback of early 80ies with this:

RD 350 lc

A friend of mine had a 2 stoke 500 Suzuki Quadzilla. Even now , they are a highly sought after bike.

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjQwWDExM..._id=8800005007

Originally Posted by helge

I remember the two stroke comeback of early 80ies with this:

RD 350 lc

I used to have one of those. They handled brilliantly.

^^^ Yes, I should have given that an honourable mention along with the 250lc. However, I was on the 750s by the then.

Why has bs switched to quads? As I mentioned, they are a different breed altogether and you need to forget bike instincts to handle them. Get that opposite boot into the turn and swing it round....

Originally Posted by Troy

I was on the 750s by the then.

The Water Buffalo ?



Edit:
No, you aren't that old

A Classic though

We called it the steam kettle, but I meant the cb750f2...