2 strokes, is learning on one a bad idea?

[fizzwheel]

I found with mine if I didnt thrash it, it used to oil the plug up and then when I did get on the throttle again it used to do a passable impression of a bonfire out of the exhaust.

Yeah , if you bimble about on them around town and then headed out to somewhere faster you would leave a billowing cloud of 2 Stroke to confuse your racing buddies woe-betide any car driver that was behind a flock of 2 Strokes all getting on the gas at the same time as we so often did

[ophic]

That's oil collecting in the exhaust, which doesn't get hot enough to burn it off on short runs. Get the exhaust hot and u gotta get on the gas to stay far enough ahead of the fumes not to get addicted...

Originally Posted by ophic

That's oil collecting in the exhaust, which doesn't get hot enough to burn it off on short runs. Get the exhaust hot and u gotta get on the gas to stay far enough ahead of the fumes not to get addicted...

So ........ going back around for a sniff was where I went wrong then

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Bibio

yup but mechanics at dealers are notorious for not setting the pumps back after run/break in period, which results in an over rich mix via the injector pump.

And what, pray tell, gives you the idea that that bike will be going anywhere near a main dealer!

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

By the sounds of it a learner would benefit far more from having a 2 stroke, purely because you are forced to take more care with them. Sounds good to me, I highly doubt I'll be thrashing the thing anyway, as I understand it that will be YC's job once I'm finished with it

Have I taught you nothing woman! Cane it to death!

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

So ........ going back around for a sniff was where I went wrong then

#resists the temptation to kick the RD400 over...#
Castrol TTS, nom nom nom.

Does anyone else choose 2 stroke oil on the criteria of a) being a good quality fully synthetic and b) smelling lovely?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Have I taught you nothing woman! Cane it to death!

Lol!

[yorkie_chris]

Anyway I'm gonna put a CR500 engine in that frame when you're done with the thing, so don't worry about killing it...

I chose the bottle that had the most Graphics and big words on it for over £9

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Does anyone else choose 2 stroke oil on the criteria of a) being a good quality fully synthetic and b) smelling lovely?

I used to pick by criteria a, then I changed and started to pick by criteria b..

I used to run TTS because thats what my brother told me to run it on and then I discovered that it smelt gorgeous so I kept using it

[yorkie_chris]

Seems to oil up the planet pretty quickly, but it hasn't been on the road for a caning yet so it's to be expected.
The RD400 just smokes like a demon.

Cagiva has a fresh pair of avon vipers on it, so it should stick well according to berlins review of them.