rmc_olderthandirt said:I ride a YZ-125. There are times that I wish I had more power, but most of the time I just consider the small engine as a challenge. I can really claim bragging rights when I make it up a hill on my 125 that my son fails to climb on his 250.....
If I am just trail riding I am perfectly content with my 125. There are a few times that we get on a smooth trail and my buddies on thier 250s leave me behind, but I catch up when the trail gets rough again.
When I really wish I had more power is when I get into a competitive event that doesn't have engine size classifications. There is just no way a 125 is going to keep up with a 250 in the Super Senior class of a Grand Prix. I rode my first enduro yesterday, and I can tell you that a 450 four stroke is is way better than a 125 two stroke.....
Rod
A 250 2T only needs more power when its racing against 450 4Ts with the same caliber rider, or hill climbing.kingbrian said:i see all these posts all the time of these guys/kids posting about how little power their 250 2 strokes have and how they need more power, .......or do these kids not know how to ride or have broken bikes. just a question that bothers me sometimes...
rmc_olderthandirt said:Speedymaniac/Bakemono:
Have you actually riden an enduro?
I would have said the same thing prior to Sunday. I love my 125 and if time doesn't matter I'll make two or three attempts to get up a hill without any problem. If I had done it right the first time I would have made it up the first time, but I definately need a running start and if I fail I somehow need to get my momentum back.
My first realization that I needed more power was ~3 miles into the enduro. I had a master class rider on my same minute so I was basically just following him. We are riding in our minute, but early in it. We get to a hill and he goes about 3/4 the way up AND STOPS! Okay, there very well could be a checkpoint just over the brow of the hill, so he is killing 10 seconds or so. When the time is right he takes off, no problem. I am left there slipping the hell out of my clutch trying to get momentum up again. Fortunately there wasn't a checkpoint right there but I was a good 10 seconds behind him by the time I crested the hill.
What really did me in was the skinny, rocky, sand wash that I was supposed to average 24 MPH in. I felt like a pinball, bouncing off all the boulders while I am bogging down in the soft sand. I think I lost over a minute in what was probably less than a mile because I just couldn't stay in the power band in 3rd gear and 2nd was too slow.
Rod
Bspeed said:Dang!! another 94 WR250 guy ! :)
Here's the real deal... it's a bad to the bone Motor, period.
SpeedyManiac said:I race the A class and am trying to qualify for the ISDE this year.
SpeedyManiac said:Go up 2-3 teeth on your rear sprocket. Makes the 125 a lot easier to ride. You gotta be dead on on gear selection and clutch control, but if you get the hang of it a small bore two-stroke will sing in the woods.
Oh yes...about the same as adding 3 or 4 to the rear. When I used to do some of the local indoor races I used a -1 tooth front sprocket...and still did starts in 1st on a YZ250.rmc_olderthandirt said:Do you think one tooth on the front would be too much of a change?
High Lord Gomer said:and still did starts in 1st on a YZ250.
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