Bike for Freestyle

[dman2091]

Hey,

I've been recently starting to get into fmx with my friends dads xr250(simple stuff of course).

I want to get my own bike and was thinking of a 250 2stroke, but my uncle who is semi pro said that 4 stroke would be better for me because im more used to it. He recomended a YZ250F because he said they are very tough and are good performance wise. Is this a good choice, if not what is another good bike to get.

Keep in mind i have been riding for a year and a half and am 17 years old at 6 foot 180 pounds.

Thanks

 

[J-man]

The big time freestyle guys are all using 250 2strokes. The 250F is a fun bike too but not as much power. either way is a good choice but the 250F is ganna be way more maintainance. and rebuilds are ganna cost alot more. hope this helps.

 

[dman2091]

I was thinking of getting a yz125 or a rm125, would this be ok?

 

[flyingfuzzball]

if you can handle the 250 2T then get that. you want as much power as you can get to throw you into the air. also i would stay away from the 4T because of the compression braking. it can cause some problems on the landings

 

[_JOE_]

Fuzzball is right, 4 strokes aren't as easily flicked around as a 2t. The rotating mass in the engine (think of holding the axle of a bicycle wheel while it's spinning) which causes resistance to movement is greater in a 4t. The compression braking is also not good for trick jumping.

A 125 is more peaky with a much narrower power band.

 

[J-man]

get a 250 2 stroke

 

[dman2091]

thank you for all the help guys. I just saw an ad for a 2001 honda cr250, would this be a good choice?. Also do you think i'd be able to handle this bike. I am 6 foot 180 pounds.

 

[XRpredator]

yes

 

[jackflack44]

Just wondering, but is that XR250 your only experience? I'm not saying it can't be done but FMX is way harder than the pros make it look.

 

[dman2091]

yea it is my only experience but i'm one of those people that hits a jump to high and falls and then gets right back up and hits it higher

 

[J-man]

yea it is my only experience but i'm one of those people that hits a jump to high and falls and then gets right back up and hits it higher

how high of a jump are we talking cause not too many people can hit those giant freestyle ramps, crash, then get back up.

 

[_JOE_]

how high of a jump are we talking cause not too many people can hit those giant freestyle ramps, crash, then get back up.

Right! You probly won't get right back up, if at all, after crashing off a freestyle ramp with a CR250.

 

[XRpredator]

you guys need to stop trying to squash this guy's dreams.