Kawasaki KX500 2-Stroke VS KX450F 4-Stroke

Is a two-stroke better than a four-stroke? The dust will never settle and the battle will never end. To further examine this issue, Dirt Rider enlisted the help of Destry Abbott aboard his championship winning two-stroke Factory Kawasaki KX500 and his thundering Kawasaki KX450F to find out which bike is the ultimate machine. Check out the 2014 August issue of Dirt Rider for a full comparison.

Comments

1. lol i just got a Honda CR80R and its fast af and loves to wheelie
2. Userability the 4 stroke, all out explosion, go with the KX. Comin from a guy who is almost 50 and still rides a cherry 87 LT500r to work, when I work. :). Knees in the breeze and bugs in our teeth. That's all I ever needed to be happy. Fast and Happy even better. Both bikes are more than capable of evading high speed pursuit.
3. I love riding 2 strokes but I can see why people prefer to race 4 strokes, there soo much easier to ride
4. He had me interested until he said 4 strokes are the way to go.
5. fantastic that sums it all up...not
6. my dads dirt bike is a two stroke!, but my 4 wheeler is a 4 stroke racing edition Suzuki with a powerful exhaust system and air filter which makes the engine sound as loud as a two stroke! I may change it with a least powerful kind! But I don't know for sure! Can someone tell me what I should do?
7. 450s are badass but the sound and the feeling and the power delivery of a 2 stroke is second to none.2stroke always number 1 in my book.
8. Kx 450 is the wife, Kx 500 is the goomar.
9. A two stroke will smoke a four stroke every time.
10. Two stroke all day. I can't get it out of my system. I'm a 70s baby.😫😫
11. i have a mint condition 1986 kx 500 that i can start with 1 kick. Im just afraid of it.
12. Make it a kx500af if the handling, which is 80s frame design, is worse to you. put it in the 450 frame then tell us how it rides.
13. What choose as a begginer?
14. I had a Kx500...1988. Violently fast.I couldn't use in tight woods. Awesome motor.
15. for this to be fair, it has to be more like a kx250 vs a kx450f.. that kx500 will bitch slap it...
16. 4 stroke best hardes working machines
17. bro this guy is seriously being held at gunpoint, the kx500 would pull the 450 any day, it is such a shame that they stopped making the 500 2stroke
18. 2 stroke is always sexier then 4 stroke!
19. Players smoke, Ratchets stroke.
20. two-smokers are way faster.... most people ride slow, that's why four strokes are popular.