ORIGINAL: daveopam
I think it also depends on what your putting it on. Some applications are better suited one way or the other.
Agree wholeheartedly - if one has the surplus income for budget not to be an issue in the case of preferring a 4 stroke. Most applications can be addressed by either type without undue compromise if personal preference and prejudice is laid aside. Bottom line is that two-strokes as a general rule undeniably offer more bang for the buck.
On the whole people who are anti four stroke havn't owned one in the last 10 years.
I think that''s rather an overgeneralisation about as accurate as saying that the anti two-stroke brigade are all are elitist snobs. ;P
Suck and blow - who needs intake - pause - compression - pause - power - pause - and exhaust - pause - do we really need all that extra scrap metal clanking in unison to achieve half the power in twice the time?