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SKRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!!!!
cant believe this hasnt been said but the perfect bike for this is obviously a honda CR500. youre welcome. end thread
Okay, I think I've figured out that I could live with a 250 four-stroke, but it would have to be a more serious bike than the CRF230. The place where we rode was mostly sand, rocks, and whoops. My legs and arms both got a good workout after only a couple of hours of riding that stuff. The CRF230 steered way better in the sand than either of my heavy bikes would have. But it didn't have enough suspension and I want more power too. But I don't think I need a 450.Gonna try out a CRF230 tomorrow. A guy that I like to ride with has a whole garage full of bikes and wanted to do some more serious off road riding than I can handle with an adventure bike. I think we'll be riding around at this place (Overhead shot).
One step at a time...
I'm not really back until I actually buy one. I just need to convince my wife that I need a vehicle to haul dirt bikes with AND a new dirt bike to haul. :laughingAnd welcome back to the real dirty world! :laughing :thumbup
I'm not really back until I actually buy one. I just need to convince my wife that I need a vehicle to haul dirt bikes with AND a new dirt bike to haul. :laughing
I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of good single-track riding since my smallest bike is a 350 pound XR650L. I'm expecting, sometime in the next year, to have a way to haul a bike to the hills, at which point I could get a more serious dirt bike. And living in Idaho, I could license it for street use in case I have to ride a few miles of highway here and there. There's always the KTM 500 EXC, which is about 90 pounds lighter and can be made to have similar range. If I got one of those, I'm not sure I would need to keep the Honda.
I'm tempted by the KTM two strokes, like the 250 and 300 XC or XC-W models. If they have a model named for the Erzberg Rodeo, it's probably pretty good at technical off road riding. I kind of like the new 2-stroke TPI models because they're a little bit lighter than the 4-stroke models of similar power and other than keeping the oil tank filled they're pretty easy to live with - electric start and all that. I think I would really enjoy a 220 pound dirt bike.
Are there any models from the four Japanese makers that would behave similarly?
I'm not interested in some under-powered beginner bike like some of the Yamaha XT and Honda CRF models from 250cc on down. But I don't really want something that requires an expert rider either. I have a lot of dirt experience, but am no expert by any means.
What suggestions can you dirty BARFers offer?
While we all will be riding e bikes in our lifetime, they don't do it for me at the moment. Cool technology, but I wouldn't choose to ride for now.
I agree with the YZ250, mine is modded to all the YZ250X specs. While I can't speak for Scott, I assume he is looking at new or nearer to new bikes.
I just rode 2020 350 with the ECU done last weekend and a modded 450 right after. For me at my skill and conditioning level, the 250-350 4t or 250-300 2t are just perfect for single track. While light on paper, the 450 and 500 just have too much grunt, and wear me out in short order on single track. For me its the HP, and I can go faster for longer on smaller displacement bikes. It was the same impression I had of the Husqvarna 501 when I rode it. For a dualsport or the desert they would be perfect (or young guys on the track.)
When I went away from the big 450 to the two stroke, I really started enjoying the tight technical stuff again. That's just me, everyone is different of course. :thumbup
Perfect world I'd have Husqvarna TE300, FE350S, and a FE501S. If I could have just two, the TE300 and FE501S. Just one, FE350S for the plate. If I ever got serious about racing off road, I'd be looking hard at that YZ250FX too. Or a friend getting back into riding single track, the WR250F. Or any of the Beta, KTM, Husky equivelants. Lots of great offroad specific bikes these days. :ride
As a pure single track toy, can't believe there would be a better bike than the Beta Xtrainer if you wanted something to try real technical riding without the big intimidation factor short of a trials bike and still be able to ride the trails.
Thanks for the video links. I'm expecting to be one of the 99% that doesn't have a bearing failure. It's becoming clear that I will need to put dielectric grease on all electrical connections and safety wire a bunch of hoses and stuff before use.I've ridden a couple of the Beta dual sports and they're pretty good, it's like a dirt bike with a plate pretty much. The cross trainer is like an crosstraining enduro (combination enduro and trials) bike.
I can get the dealer to install all lights, signals, horn, etc. before purchase. It's unclear if it has to be inspected by the DMV before getting a plate, but if I just haul it over there to get it registered, I should be good.Jealous of your plating ability up there Scott. Set your expectations of a two stroke on road lower than a fourstroke. Riding it 45 minutes or an hour down the freeway would not be a great experience or even advisable. Connecting riding areas within the Ntl Forest on rds requiring a plate or shorter jaunts on a country two lane rd at 55 mph would be well within it's wheelhouse.
It's definitely going to be in a trailer to the riding area category.