2 stroke longevity - how many hours

Smithsonite

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80 & 100 are recommended by Amsoil right on the bottle - they leave it up to you to decide. They stake their reputation on it. Some people aren't comfortable with either and mix at 50:1 - that's fine - it's your money as I said. If you want to use double the necessary oil, totally fine.

Same with their 4-stroke engine oils and their 25k recommended changes. That's a different ballgame in the 21st century, so I won't get into that here ( long and short, I'd do that on my '86 Grand Marquis, but no chance in hell anything built after 1994).

66, as I mentioned way back in this thread, was used by a paramotor instructor from LA (NOT L.A.) for years on MANY different units in a training environment - in other words, he's tested, tested, and retested that with zero I'll effects. If it can handle the heat down there, I figure that's good enough up here for me in MA.
 

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80 & 100 are recommended by Amsoil right on the bottle - they leave it up to you to decide. They stake their reputation on it. Some people aren't comfortable with either and mix at 50:1 - that's fine - it's your money as I said. If you want to use double the necessary oil, totally fine.

Same with their 4-stroke engine oils and their 25k recommended changes. That's a different ballgame in the 21st century, so I won't get into that here ( long and short, I'd do that on my '86 Grand Marquis, but no chance in hell anything built after 1994).

66, as I mentioned way back in this thread, was used by a paramotor instructor from LA (NOT L.A.) for years on MANY different units in a training environment - in other words, he's tested, tested, and retested that with zero I'll effects. If it can handle the heat down there, I figure that's good enough up here for me in MA.
I have seen Amsoil at trade shows over the years. Even had a guy that came by my house about 25 years ago selling Amsoil. I realize it is a “premium “ product. I wonder what percentage of the 2-stroke oil market Amsoil has? I bet it isn’t much. I wouldn’t mix gold at 100:1.
 

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OK, but that RD weighs (according to Wikipedia) 342lbs. A truck weighs over 10X that. Although I have to say, that must be a VERY well tuned RD. My 4-stroke bikes never got mileage that good.
Consistently 50+ mpg on a Yamaha FJR1300a
 
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