This mite not quite fit in here but I drive a '94 Honda civic 150 in addition to the NSR. Came home one day and the car started to run super bad, the pinging noise sounding like marbles in my engine didnt calm me down either. When the car eventually SHOOK to a halt under a tree on the side of the road, white smoke came from under the bonnet. The temp guage was WAY past the red and the radiator had burst due to the super high heat.

At first I thought it was all over, engine rebuild etc. etc. All I replaced was a broken thermostat (it didnt open, causing the problem) and a blown radiator. Compression test showd well in the green and the car runs for about 3.5 years now after the incident without trouble.

Honda products are super tuff and 2-strokes in general are very solid engines anyway so, youre getting the best of both worlds.