Sled Idaho
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- Mar 25, 2007
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Your help needed for a family of newbies
I just wrote some of this in the "Introduce yourself" section and then found this. Sorry for the near-double post.
1) your physical size (both height and weight are important)
Me - 6"0", 210 lbs, age 41
Wife - 5'6", 140 lbs, age 40
Son - 5'6", 110 lbs, age 13
2) How physical / aggressive are you?
Like some challenge, but not into big air or racing. Looking for family fun.
3) what do you plan to ride- MX/SX tracks, woods, fields with friends or ?????
Will be riding mostly open and forested trails.
4) Do you have any riding experience?
No
5) Do you think you will race ?
No
6) Are you mechanically inclined and will you be doing your own bike work?
Maybe 50%. Have done some work on the snowmobiles but nothing terribly technical.
7) Do YOU have a preferance to a brand/ motor choice (2 or 4 stroke)?
Been thinking the KTM 300 for me, and the 230/250 four strokes for wife & son. Would like to go four-stroke with wife & son's bikes. Would like to stick with Yamaha / Honda because the dealers here are good.
8) Do you have a dealer close by your home that you might use and what brand(s) does he carry?
Yes, all brands within close proximity with good service depts.
9) How much do you plan to spend on a bike?
Would like to keep the cost of the first two at $5500 or below.
10) Do you live in California?
No, Idaho.
11) anything else that you think would help form an opinion
Would like to keep these first bikes for a while rather than trade out every 2-3 years, due to costs. So I would like a bike for me and for my wife that we can grow into and be happy with for a while. I assume my son will grow out of his shortly, but want him to get into the sport right and enjoy it.
We do snowmobile, mostly off-trail mountain riding, so we do have experience in motorized recreation.
Thanks in advance.
I just wrote some of this in the "Introduce yourself" section and then found this. Sorry for the near-double post.
1) your physical size (both height and weight are important)
Me - 6"0", 210 lbs, age 41
Wife - 5'6", 140 lbs, age 40
Son - 5'6", 110 lbs, age 13
2) How physical / aggressive are you?
Like some challenge, but not into big air or racing. Looking for family fun.
3) what do you plan to ride- MX/SX tracks, woods, fields with friends or ?????
Will be riding mostly open and forested trails.
4) Do you have any riding experience?
No
5) Do you think you will race ?
No
6) Are you mechanically inclined and will you be doing your own bike work?
Maybe 50%. Have done some work on the snowmobiles but nothing terribly technical.
7) Do YOU have a preferance to a brand/ motor choice (2 or 4 stroke)?
Been thinking the KTM 300 for me, and the 230/250 four strokes for wife & son. Would like to go four-stroke with wife & son's bikes. Would like to stick with Yamaha / Honda because the dealers here are good.
8) Do you have a dealer close by your home that you might use and what brand(s) does he carry?
Yes, all brands within close proximity with good service depts.
9) How much do you plan to spend on a bike?
Would like to keep the cost of the first two at $5500 or below.
10) Do you live in California?
No, Idaho.
11) anything else that you think would help form an opinion
Would like to keep these first bikes for a while rather than trade out every 2-3 years, due to costs. So I would like a bike for me and for my wife that we can grow into and be happy with for a while. I assume my son will grow out of his shortly, but want him to get into the sport right and enjoy it.
We do snowmobile, mostly off-trail mountain riding, so we do have experience in motorized recreation.
Thanks in advance.
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