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Why do four-stroke riders get so mad when you mention anything about two-strokes?



Could it be that they know in their hearts that the two-stroke is better? Or could it be that they never could race a two-stroke well and the easy-to-ride four-stroke makes them feel like real racers? Maybe they need anger management courses?



And it does not matter how many facts are quoted or who says that comparable sized two-strokes are faster than the four-strokes, these guys act as though you killed their dog! It would be funny if they were not so serious and angry.
Heres some tidbits containing facts that make four-stroke guys freak out.


The first is a letter written to Motocross Action magazine. A reader wrote in to ask why MXA defended two-strokes so much, here is the letter in it's entirety.



Dear MXA
Why does MXA always defend the two-stroke? It's obvious that four-strokes are better than two-strokes.



The rise of the four-stroke has nothing to do with four-strokes being better than two-strokes. In fact, they aren't better than two-strokes.



The two-stroke is the ultimate racing engine. A two-stroke engine weighs less, has fewer moving parts, has a significantly reduced maintenance cost, revs quicker, is cheaper to manufacture and produces more horsepower per liter than a four-stroke.


So, why are four-strokes dominating now? Politics and displacement.


Under AMA rules, four-strokes are allowed to be almost twice the size of a comparable two-stroke. It is comparable to allowing Lennox Lewis to fight for the Featherweight World Championship.


(Without the extra displacement, no one would be racing a four-stroke today!)


Horsepower: A two-stroke engine produces 0.2 horsepower per cubic centimeter (a YZ250 makes 50 horsepower out of its 250cc of displacement). A four-stroke only makes 0.12 horsepower per cubic centimeter.

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