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Height, Aftermarket Extras and Progression?
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[QUOTE="new bea, post: 1168339, member: 76107"] Rod, thanks for your knowledge and input. I'll quote you on the parts i'm replying to for ease of reading. That makes it easier to understand. I'm guessing though it wouldn't be all that efficient (financially) to buy a 125 2 stroke and have the engine stressing every time I ride. Like you said there's techniques/skills to keeping the bike in the power band, but I want to make sure that there's not an overtly large amount of stress on the engine by keeping really high RPMS. Also, being able to be a little bit sloppy with the gear selection and throttle might be a good thing since I'm starting out. I'd probably not get much respect from the technical riders though, but I'm out to have fun mainly and not be thinking about keeping the bike in a narrow powerband all that much. I'm not lazy, but it's just a preference in riding - if that makes sense? I'm not looking for a MX bike, I really don't want to race. A trails-only bike will be perfect. I've found a new Honda CRF 250x (2006) for $5,800 out the door, a bit over budget, but doable. If I need to stretch to a CRF 450x, I can... but I'll expect it to be all that I need for a good while - I can progress my learning with it (easy trails, to muddy trails with jumps and all the good stuff). Another think I'd need is that I can reasonably maintain it and there's plenty of aftermarket/3rd party parts to upgrade/swap with the bike (I've researched and found a reasonable amount for the CRF x's). Yeah, I do. Good to hear it's not as true as I think! :cool: I have thought it'd be a money saver to invest in a bike that's more than you need both in how much beating it can take on the trails and the overall ability of the engine? Result - less repairs needed and no need to upgrade in 6/12 months? Yeah, that would be ideal for sure, but trusting a seller without any experience of maintaining or riding a bike myself would be tough. I can read up on what to look for in damaged bikes - like the skidplate as you said, but once I've given the seller the cash it's a done deal and I'm responsible for the repairs and whatever else I might have missed....or the seller didn't mention. When I've got some experience under my belt in riding and maintaining a bike, I'll definately go the used bike route, for now though I think I'll still stick with new. Thanks again for the response. :cool: [/QUOTE]
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