Mito & RS service intervals.

[MetalheadA7X]

Can someone give some idea of this.

I like the look of the mito or the RS but i have heard they need constant top end rebuilds and attention to keep running.

Thanks in advance!

Chris

[Robby]

They make over 250bhp per litre. So they need some attention.

As long as you warm it up properly and use very expensive fully synthetic 2 stroke oil (the current favourite seems to be castrol TTS at about £12/litre) it will last fairly well. Keith on here knows his stuff, I think he checks the rings every 6k km and expects a rebuild every 2nd or 3rd ring check.

So looking after it, if it was your only form of transport, you would need to do a rebuild once a year. If its a toy, more like once every 5 or 6 years.

The only problem is that lots of them are owned and abuse by kids with no money to fix them. So you could buy one and find its got a poor quality and poorly installed piston or big bore kit, or its shattered a piston in the past and damaged the crank, or the bore is knackered...

Basically, I would only buy one if the seller obviously knew their stuff and had owned it for a while (through at least one rebuild) or if it was very cheap, so that I could budget for a rebuild.

[Thom]

Chris theres workshop manuals on here that should tell you the service intervals of both.

you know my fave, the NSR, but to be honest i reckon no matter which of the three you choose if you ride conservatively you should be ok

[Kickstart]

Hi

On my RS I change the rings every 6000km. People seem to get away with doing it less frequently on the Mito. The NSR has a lot longer life expectancy for the rings but is also less powerful. Pays your money and takes your choice.

As Robby says they make a lot of power for their engine capacity, added to which unlike larger bikes they spend a lot more of their time being thrashed.

All the best

Keith
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