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Posted by: derekb_55---------------------
I am in the market for a new bike and I'm thinking about a CRF. I'm sick of the engine work on my 2 stroke. My question is, can a CRF go an entire season on the same piston and rings? I know this bike is going to have all the same maintnance as my 2 stroke but I'm wondering if the engine is less demanding for service. The idea of dropping her off at the end of a season for a new top end seems like a dream.
Posted by: Rich Rohrich---------------------
Will you be racing it regularly?
Posted by: derekb_55---------------------
I will be racing regularly, I am in the Novice class so I'm not blazing fast.
Posted by: Rich Rohrich---------------------
It's probably unrealistic to assume you can go a whole season on the top end if you are racing it. People stretch the OEM service intervals on four-strokes all the time and get away with it, BUT the people who don't get away with it tend to pay dearly and end up with an expensive collection of grenanded parts. The CRF is a real race engine with real race engine service intervals. Treat it that way and I think you'll be incredibly pleased with the bike.
Posted by: ttt---------------------
My friend Has a 450. He rides at least once a week. he has had the bike for a year
now and has done nothing but chande the oil and air filter, he hasen't even adjusted the valves.
He has ridden bike since he was a teenager and now races the oldtimer class.
so he knows what he's doing. If you take good care of the bike,
change oil often and clean the air filter every ride it can last that long. My CR 250 would
go for a half a year between top ends and it wouldn't need one badly, but I changed the
air filter after every ride. It all depends on how you ride the bike and how well you do the little
maintinance stuff like airfilters and oil changes.
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