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Are Dirt Bikes For Me?
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[QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1188550, member: 68872"] You may love the bike, or you may prefer the quad, hard to say. My experience is this: A quad can go anywhere slowly. On a quad you can work your way up the nastiest hill or through the worst boulder field. On a bike, there is a certain speed at which trying to rider slower is just not easy! You have to attack a hill, maintain your speed in order to stay in control. On the flip side of the coin, on a bike you only need to find one skinny path through a rough section. On a quad, you need to find two wider paths ~ 40 inches apart that doesn't have anything too tall in between. A bike will have 12 inches of suspension travel compared to the quad's 8, which makes a BIG difference in absorbing the bumps. A bike weighs about 100 pounds less than a quad which makes them nimble and much more responsive. In my family we have both. I choose my ride based on where I am planning on going. For a longer ride I will take the bike, no question about it. If my son says "Come on dad, let's see if we can get to the top of that mountain" I will probably take the quad. Sand washes are really fun on a quad but not on my bike. Whoops are a lot more fun on the bike than they are on the quad. I only ride the quad at night. I think that you would do real well on a 125 two stroke. I am sure that you will find yourself going much faster with much less effort on such a bike than on a quad. Now, when your friends on quads start playing around in the mud and boulder fields you may be at a disadvantage, however. Don't buy new, buy something ~10 years old and you should be fine. If you end up not liking it you can always sell it again for what you paid for it. Rod [/QUOTE]
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