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Old 11-09-2012, 05:27 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by alvaro84 View Post
Although I hate and despise 2-strokes as they are now (I'm sorry, it might be a prejudice from my behalf), I find their simplicity appealing. I'd really like to see a cleaner and more effective direct injected variant on bikes, I'm really curious what kind of FE they could achieve. And I hope that they wouldn't smell of wasted fuel like the blue-smokey oldtimers and 'modern' scooters.
Nowadays there are even some researches about ways to provide it a lube system similar to a 4-stroke, avoiding the smoke-belching from the oil. Anyway, vegetable-based oils such as Castor oil are good options to cut the smoke since they get more effectively blended with the gasoline and eventually with some ethanol content (E5/E10/E15 or higher). It's worth to note that many synthetic oils have the same lube properties as Castor oil and palm oil.
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