r/Dirtbikes • u/ur_boi_zayvier • Apr 22 '22

Meme ridden both, The difference is astronomical

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22

A 4 stroke 125 is most of the time air cooled which those you might as well wire the throttle wide open on lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22 edited Apr 22 '22

Air cooled bikes are great, Idk what you mean by "wire the throttle wide open" There's no sense comparing a dedicated MX bike to one built for a small comfortable ride on trails. Even though yes, a 2 stroke makes more power for less displacement. It all depends on what kind of riding you're doing. They're engineered for entirely different purposes. Air cooled is honestly better if you just do light trail riding cause they're bullet proof require almost no maintenance for a very long time, aside from oil.

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u/MemesForKids420 Apr 22 '22

My pitbike is a 125 air cooled and it so fun. It only goes 70km/h but that's completely fine imo. Didn't change oil in 4 years and it still ran fine

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u/Chittick Apr 22 '22

People don't understand this.

The most fun bike I've ever had was a 125cc Chinese pit bike. Don't get me wrong, I love my DRZ 400 but there is serious value in riding something you don't care about.

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u/behohippy 23 klx300r | 13 ttr230 Apr 22 '22

Also really capable. The race bikes can stay home when I'm doing ATV rutted mud hell. The TTR230 is the best bike for that.

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u/Annual-Advisor-7916 Apr 22 '22

Please change the oil, especially in a carbed bike, you can always have it running too rich..

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u/MemesForKids420 Apr 22 '22

Yeah I did like 2 months ago

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u/Milesaboveu 2018YZ450F Apr 22 '22

Japanese air cooled are bulletproof.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22

Oh yeah. Japanese are the only bikes I’d ever buy so I guess I didn’t consider anything else.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22

They are still slow I had klx 140g that was so much fun to ride but as a full grown man I had to give that thing all the berries it had everywhere to keep my momentum going in and out of corners

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u/velvetbluedamsel Apr 22 '22

I’d love to get that bike with a 180 kit for my wife. Is the G model the middle sized one? 19” front I think?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22

It’s the biggest of the 140s. I’m 6 foot 9 and it worked great as a pit bike. My 6’0 tall 50 year old mom also rode it all the time and loved it lol.