Word to 88Warrior. Chasman, <The 2 Strokes were a good thing in their day, but let's put them out to pasture and make way for the big 4 strokes> Just cause the only production 2-stroke is a Banshee and Blaster doesn't mean that 4-strokes are necessarily better. It's just opinion and riding style. I would rather ride a 2-stroke hard all day than put around trails on a 4-stroke. And about the reliability issue, I have had 2 or 3 4 strokes and all of them broke down, and one blew up an hour after I sold it, while my CR250 that I sold a year ago is still running strong and hasn't been rebuilt for 7 years. And don't even say I don't know how to ride cause I rode it everyday on MX track and trails and never had any problems with it except a dirty Air-Filter, I never even fouled a plug!!

 

It's a matter of generally speaking that 2 strokes are more maintenince or easier braking. It is true. I'm not sayin 4 stroke x is worse then 2 stoke b.

 

Whoa settle down there Sparky. Maybe you should take some English classes before speaking.

 

ltracer you make some valid points, but you obviously didn't fully understand my point about the 2 stroke needing rebuilt often to run at maximum performance. I had a 2 stroke and liked it a lot, but now that I have a big 4 stroke I would never buy a 2 stroke again. However, I must admit when it comes time to redo my 4 stroke I will wish I had the parts bill of rebuilding a 2 stroke. Now can't we all just get along. LOL LOL LOL[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

O.K. Chasman we can get along[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] I guess this was just another 2 V.S. 4 issue again.

 

Cool

 

as far as rebuilding 2 strokes every year. use a compression gauge on it and it will let you know
if its time to rebuild. i heard people running top ends on 2 strokes for awile and never changing them. it goes both ways i seen 4 strokes in rough shape after a year,so its just not 2 strokes.

 

evhwg is right.

 

Chasman, The fact is this. You want the truth ?? Here is the truth. My Banshee is 2 1/2 years old, I ride it about 60 hours a year, more or less. So by now it should have 150 hours of use on it. Before this quad, I always had 4 strokes, and I used to think about 2 strokes like if they should rebuilt the top end every year. Well, now that I have experienced by having this banshee, I must say that I am very pleased by it´s reliability. I am not saying that they dont need maintenance, because you should have always fresh oil and air filter (normal stuff), BUT for me the important thing is that I am very surprised with its durability.
I live in a city so I dont have sand dunes or trails nearby BUT when I want to really roost my banshee is ready to give what I need or even more !!!!!
Banshee: OOOhhhh!!! What a machine !!!!
For you,OTTERBOB , My lenguaje is Spanish so maybe thas why I had some spelling mistakes. So I´m sorry pal I wont do it again.

 

Sparky2001 the Raptor is 398 pounds!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]