My wife is 5'3" and has little dirt bike experience. She is athletic and we will mainly ride in Florida. (woods/trail) She may do some racing but I wouldn't count on it. Many people have recommended the Xr200 and the TTR125L. We looked at both and also at the Suzuki DRZ125L. Of those she liked the TTR. I was also thinking the KX100. I thought of this bike after she said "I want to be able to keep up with you". I'm riding a Ktm 200. Any suggestions are appreciated!
Bike for wife
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bluerider125
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yeah....what he said... :)
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Hey, if she wants to keep up, consider a Gas Gas Pampera 250 or 280 :)
AZDesertRat
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I am a guy only 5'6" myself with a 29" inseam and rode a 94 XR200 for 5 years before trading up to a new 2002 KLX300 . I absolutely loved the 200 and was able to upgrade things as my riding skills progressed. Stock it was great for someone around 135 lbs or so but I had to eventually go with heavier springs (I'm 165 lbs.). Power was good whether I was just putting around or riding all out. There was no narrow power band like a two stroke. Over time I added a Supertrapp muffler, rejetted the carb and opened up the air box, but these are things that you may never need. My son-in-law was really upset when I passed him on his new XR250 going all out. In 5 years of heavy riding I changed the oil every 6 mo. with Hondaline Synthetic and put two spark plugs in it. My 35 yr. old son bought it from me and is very happy. The most dependable bike I have ever owned hands down. I think she would be disappointed with anything less than a 200 in a very short period of time.
I bought my son an 02 TT-R125L at the start of this season as basically his first bike (he had a pw80 for about a month previous season). I think it is a great bike although we have just bought a 99 KX80 for him as he wants to try his hand at MX racing now and the TT-R just won't do for that. My thoughts after riding the TT-R is that it has plenty of speed at the top end for most trail riders it's just somewhat sluggish in getting all the way wound out. Also I don't think you could find a friendlier starter bike for anyone than this bike it will start with almost no gas while easing off the clutch and almost come to a complete stop in turns on the trail before it would think of stalling. Just my thoughts on the bike, oh and did I mention that as of today I'm selling an almost new 02 TT-R125L? :)
I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Would be willing to drive a bit to help someone out. I could come down around Grand Forks or Fargo ND. Minneapolis would be a huge stretch which is where the nearest forward air terminal is to me. I expect I will have no trouble selling this bike locally pretty quickly but always willing to help out a fellow member of this board.
