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racing and riding are different. as long as it has decentish compression its cool to ride but would be not ideal to race.

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i am 100% your a fagot....and your xr 600 is a dual sport bike not a standard dirtbike..so get your ---- straight the op wants a DIRTBIKE not a dual sport....i work part time in a small motor cycle shop and i see more pos 4 strokes than i do 2 strokes....and the last time i checked it was way cheaper to keep a non-race bike 2 stroke running then a 4stroke.
like rawr said there is a difference between racing and riding on the weekends...
but of cource your a badass mofo that "races" and knows everything there is about bikes....

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Nah Rawr. 125s ecspecially need topends often..Not the cylinder just a piston and rings costs about 130 bucks.
Ive pushed and not changed it before and had the top of the piston crack off like a boosted honda ringland.
But if your just an easy with friends trail rider then one can last a year or more though...When I trail rode though we would cover more then 200 miles of trail in a weekend, I'd need a new piston and rings after doing that about two times. anymore and I'd end up owning myself with having to buy a 400 dollar cylinder to.

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def get a 250 honda or yamaha. four strokes are fun though they have alot of torque all around. but if you really want something fun get a pit bike i have a 03rm250 (dont know why i bought it) its fun and i have a 03 xr50 with big suspension and a 110cc kit and its fukin badass sooo much fun

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wait till you blow it up and have to nickle plate your cylinder worst case/i know), word of advice, for the 30 minutes and $150 it takes, for the love of god pls rebuild your bike, after 3 years it'll be like a brand new bike to you.

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I have a 1986 kawasaki kx125. I go riding almost every weekend for about 4 hours straight and I only had to get the topend rebuilt twice in the past 4 years. It could probably use one now tho. 2-strokes win over 4-strokes any day......

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ok "jonny dirt bike worker" u sure are smart........not xr 600 dirt xr600r dual eat ---- but you should know this u work for a bike shop ok for the ride on a wkend let look at cost 5 gallons in my big bore 600 cost ???12 buck and ride all day , now a 250 2 stroke cost 12 bucks for the first 5 gallons of gas + motul mix which is not cheap, air filter oil which is cheap but still counts , 2 stroke eat sprockets and tires fast chains everyother set of srockets, like the dude also noted kx have frm sleeves which can not honed which cost bucks, yet to see a 4 stroke that need anything more then a hone, so just drop it the choice is his to make not ours to squabble about

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i dint want to get in a pissing contest with you but when some 1 calls me out im going to say something back..but back to the subject

yes its a lil more $$$ when you get in to 2 strokes then 4 stroke but it depends on the bike itself also the new fourstroke race bikes need just as much attention as a 250 2 stroke bike...
when you say maintenance that means to me oil change/filter, look at chain and sprockets.. and there is not that much of a diff in prices between the two...
i go throw tires about once a year but i only ride on the weekends on trac and trail...
lets say you have 06 yzf 450 and you need to rebuild the motor..it going to cost a ---- load more $ than an 06 yz 250 with the same rebuild...do you agree?
my personal experience its easier to work on a 2 stroke than a four stroke....

Re: Dirtbike advice
 

if you're still new a 125 will be just fine. you most likely wont be getting into anything that you'll need the 250s power to get out of.

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depends on experience level never called you out but want to race put ur money were ur mouth is and lets see who wins lol i will even ride my bros cr 80 and whip ur ass, and a set of tires that last a year must be a squid rider with hard terrain rubber