I want to buy my friends KDX 220 2-stroke dirt bike but I want to take it for long rides. I've heard that it is not good to take a 2-stroke on long rides is this true? Can it be ran hard for say 10-20 minutes without seriously damaging the engine?

 

I doubt very seriously that's true. My friend takes his Honda CR250 on long trail rides. We go for more than 3 hours at a time. I know he'll run his bike for 30-45 min before taking a break. We always take an xtra 2 gallons of gas when we go cause he burns gas like wild fire hitting every hill wide open. His bike is an 02 model. I dont know about the older bikes though

 

Well this is a 2003 model. I dont have any experience with two strokes thats why I was asking the people on here

 

Mix the gas correctly and give her hell, by the way whats yur frend tell'n ya about long rides?

 

Mix the gas correctly and give her hell, by the way whats yur frend tell'n ya about long rides?

 

Mix the gas correctly and give her hell, by the way whats yur frend tell'n ya about long rides?

 

i used to ride my cr 500 on 80 miles rides often, that makes no sense. I ride my 2 stroke snowmobile thousands of miles a year

 

Yhea its no problem to ride a 2stroke for a long ride. What is not good for it is to be held wide open for a really long time.

 

Read: http://www.dansmc.com/seizure.htm

 

A KDX is a "Pure Enduro" race bike, The point of the bike is long punishing races.