1) your physical size - 5'8" and 170lbs
2) How physical / aggressive are you ? - 8/10
3) what do you plan to ride- MX/SX tracks, woods, fields with friends or ????? - woods with friends, but a few of those friends do race and have set up woods tracks to replicate that
4) Do you have any riding experience? - plenty of street time, but only two weekends in the dirt
5) Do you think you will race ? - no
6) Are you mechanically inclined and will you be doing your own bike work? - yes
7) Do YOU have a preferance to a brand/ motor choice (2 or 4 stroke)? - no preference
8) Do you have a dealer close by your home that you might use and what brand(s) does he carry? - yes, any and all
9) How much ($) do you plan to spend on a bike? - $1500-$2500
10) Do you live in California? - no
11) Your age? - 26
12) anything else that you think would help form an opinion
It's pretty hilly where I live, so I've guessing something with good low end torque is good to have, at least while I'm inexperienced and will be moving slowly through the woods. I've been thinking about an XR250 or KDX220, but I wonder how quickly it will be until I want something that will rev out if I want and there don't seem to be any for sale used in my area. The two weekends I've spent riding was on an XR200, which was fun but I think I need some more ground clearance (and of course power) and hated how the thing felt like it wanted to explode when I revved it too high. A buddy is trying to talk me into some of the new 250 4-strokes, but they seem out of my price range and I'm worried they are a little to high maintenance for me; I can work on just about anything but that doesn't mean that I want to.
Any help and advice is appreciated, I really would like just a list of bike I can look into since I know nothing about what's out there.