blindmandesigns
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- Dec 18, 2006
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Alright, I figure I would post in here to get suggestions on a newer bike.
First a little detail about my experience/history with bikes.
I have been riding since I was 5 years old, starting out on a minibike. I would ride around the trails with my cousin and
brother, uncle, who has a 4 wheeler, my whole family has been involved with riding dirtbikes before I was born, dad had a
harley davidson dirtbike and my mom had an indian dirtbike.
When I was around 10 years old they got a a yamaha MX100 for christmas (it was from the late 70's) I rode that 2 stroke for
years and got quite good at it on my property taking jumps and hitting the lines correctly in the trails out running the
more powerful fourwheelers because they couldn't keep up in the turns :)
Well I have since got a 1986 Suzuki 125 SP dual purpose bike (which has been geared as low as we could get it for the trails
only) Its fun to ride around on but has little or no potential at all. Not even enough power to pull a wheelie unless the
conditions are just right.
Alright since that is all said lets bring the other conditions up to date here!
24 years old, 6 foot 2 or 3 inches tall and 220lbs.
As stated before, I have been riding since I was in kindergarden. I feel better on a bike then I do driving a car sometimes!
I can be a very mellow rider and really enjoy just being out riding around more then anything else with a bike. which means I can take a ride through the back farm lanes here in 3rd gear low RPM's just enjoying it to it's fullest... BUT I can be pretty agressive and have no issue with taking some bigger jumps clearing from when I was younger about 20 to 30
feet on those smooth transitional ramps. I like to ride hard and push it to the bikes limits which wasn't much on the MX100
with horrible suspension (compared to todays bikes) but I was the quickest of the group.
I have always like Yamaha bikes, the MX treated me very good and my cousin has something simalar right now that treated him
good too, I do have a wide range of bikes to choose from also from the local shops around here. I am not too concerned with
the brand I go with though, anything will be an improvement over the SP.
2 stroke or 4 stroke. I like to ride for long periods of time and I think a 4 stroke would be more suiting. but I may be wrong on this one with the advances they have made since my 2 stroke from the 70's haha. I plan on riding at Paragon adventure park up in Hazelton PA, Tower City, and at some other spots I have heard about in the general coal regions of PA any place with long trails and some nice jumps to play on :) .
I would be working on the bike myself, I have no problem with tearing a motor down infact it would be quite fun doing this on a bike instead of a car for a change since there isn't as much to it. I would like a bike with less maintenance would be better (assuming 4 strokes will last longer since they dont put out as much power/cc as a 2 stroke.
Here is the thing, I dont know where to go to get the best deal on a bike. I want somethen relatively cheap (definitely not over 2 grand unless financing is possible from say a yamaha dealer on used bikes they sell)
I will be riding this bike a lot next year and hopefully will get to ride around with some members from here. Always cool to meet up with new riders since I rarely get to ride in any other place then the area right around here.
Thanks in advance, Let me know if I missed anything, I checked out the rules thread and tried to give you the info you need.
First a little detail about my experience/history with bikes.
I have been riding since I was 5 years old, starting out on a minibike. I would ride around the trails with my cousin and
brother, uncle, who has a 4 wheeler, my whole family has been involved with riding dirtbikes before I was born, dad had a
harley davidson dirtbike and my mom had an indian dirtbike.
When I was around 10 years old they got a a yamaha MX100 for christmas (it was from the late 70's) I rode that 2 stroke for
years and got quite good at it on my property taking jumps and hitting the lines correctly in the trails out running the
more powerful fourwheelers because they couldn't keep up in the turns :)
Well I have since got a 1986 Suzuki 125 SP dual purpose bike (which has been geared as low as we could get it for the trails
only) Its fun to ride around on but has little or no potential at all. Not even enough power to pull a wheelie unless the
conditions are just right.
Alright since that is all said lets bring the other conditions up to date here!
24 years old, 6 foot 2 or 3 inches tall and 220lbs.
As stated before, I have been riding since I was in kindergarden. I feel better on a bike then I do driving a car sometimes!
I can be a very mellow rider and really enjoy just being out riding around more then anything else with a bike. which means I can take a ride through the back farm lanes here in 3rd gear low RPM's just enjoying it to it's fullest... BUT I can be pretty agressive and have no issue with taking some bigger jumps clearing from when I was younger about 20 to 30
feet on those smooth transitional ramps. I like to ride hard and push it to the bikes limits which wasn't much on the MX100
with horrible suspension (compared to todays bikes) but I was the quickest of the group.
I have always like Yamaha bikes, the MX treated me very good and my cousin has something simalar right now that treated him
good too, I do have a wide range of bikes to choose from also from the local shops around here. I am not too concerned with
the brand I go with though, anything will be an improvement over the SP.
2 stroke or 4 stroke. I like to ride for long periods of time and I think a 4 stroke would be more suiting. but I may be wrong on this one with the advances they have made since my 2 stroke from the 70's haha. I plan on riding at Paragon adventure park up in Hazelton PA, Tower City, and at some other spots I have heard about in the general coal regions of PA any place with long trails and some nice jumps to play on :) .
I would be working on the bike myself, I have no problem with tearing a motor down infact it would be quite fun doing this on a bike instead of a car for a change since there isn't as much to it. I would like a bike with less maintenance would be better (assuming 4 strokes will last longer since they dont put out as much power/cc as a 2 stroke.
Here is the thing, I dont know where to go to get the best deal on a bike. I want somethen relatively cheap (definitely not over 2 grand unless financing is possible from say a yamaha dealer on used bikes they sell)
I will be riding this bike a lot next year and hopefully will get to ride around with some members from here. Always cool to meet up with new riders since I rarely get to ride in any other place then the area right around here.
Thanks in advance, Let me know if I missed anything, I checked out the rules thread and tried to give you the info you need.