just to clarify a point here chaps......when did the victa 2 stroke engine stop being made in Australia???
and who said it's being made in China???
according to Victa themselves, they have around 2000 2 stroke blocks left that they think will take around two years to clear, and as sales have fallen away, they wont be redesigning the engine for the future emissions laws,
this is customer driven, more so than some scheme on Briggs part to do away with the Aussie 2 stroke.....as Gadge has said, it's more to do with the modern consumer in their throw away world! a case in point.....person brings "cheap" mower into shop and bawks at paying $45 to have new blades fitted because the mower didn't cost much more than that. The current new 2 stokes are already expensive because of high production costs- in Australia- and low sales, so it's no wonder Briggs arn't prepared to regig them......and if you look at the four strokes , they are constantly being updated to meet standards, hence the demise of the mighty side valve's...
For my mind, Briggs buying Victa was the best thing that could have happened, as it has kept the company in Australia and they have the money to keep it ahead of the rest, it could have easily gone off shore, the 2 stroke is no different to the Commondore and Falcon, no one buys them so out they go!! We should be supporting Briggs and so in turn supporting Victa....we'll always have a 125/160 to play with, and if you want a new one, then buy one NOW!
