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Horsepower on a 2001 xr50r?
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[QUOTE="stormer94, post: 125986, member: 23528"] I can't take that much credit for it, I got some good advice from a friend of mine who's son had a pw50. Firstly, I blame this on 100% 'HIS' bad parenting, but also on the nature of the pw50 and the innocent nature of kids. The kid was riding the PW up and down the street, racing the neighbors in their golf cart. Finally he found all of full throttle and held it wide until he was going whatever a PW50 will do at WOT on cement. The kid lost it, slid on his belly and legs to a stop from like 30-40mph on the street, tore him up bad. Spent several weeks wrapped in bandages and has some serious scars out of the deal, even now. We went riding with that family last week, and even though the kid is like 5 years older, and riding an xr80, you can see he's really timid about it. He rides like a kid that's been hurt bad. He enjoys it, but you can see he is aware of the consequences more than most, and it looks like he's having fun, but maybe now he's just doing it because Dad is. I dunno on that one. To make a long story short, he's the guy that hipped me to go to a shiftable bike as a first bike. You can't get an XR to go more than 12mph in first, solves a lot of problems. I argued that the bike only had like 3 innches of travel, and look at all the travel those cool Polini's and KTM's have!!! He then asked me if I felt my first time rider would be catching 3-6 feet of air on a regular basis... Guess what, you don't need the suspension. She's been riding now for a couple months and still you never see more than 3 inches of air under her tires, and that ain't very often either. She's developed good throttle control and is starting to really understand the bike, and more importantly, SHE'S HAVING FUN!!! loves to ride and can't wait to go out and ride. So I think I got the right bike. We ride a lot, like 3 times a week, and I think she'll be ready for a new bike by the end of summer. And I already know exactly what that is, and it took me forever to come to this conclusion. So write this down if your interested. [B]Next Bike:[/B] KTM50 sr adventure. It's got a long wheelbase 40.5", which I like a lot for stability. The seat height is about 4" more than the xr, but kids grow 3-4 inches a year, so that will be right on. It only weighs 89 pounds, so it's even lighter than the xr50 which is good if she needs to pick it up or it's on her, it will be easier to get out from under. As she develops an interest in air, it's got 6+ inches of front and rear travel. What I don't like is the horsepower 6.5hp I think that's to much. And although I've done no research on this yet, it looks like the engine in all the KTM50's is the same. So the plan is to take the 18mm carb off the sr and use the 14mm KTM JR Adventure carb and the pipe off the mini adventure. Should knock back the power to about 4 or so. [B]THEN[/B] as the rider increases in skill I can add a pipe and carb and go from 4 to 6.5hp. It's the best plan I've come up with, and I'm willing to buy whatever it takes. :cool: Good riding, Bob [/QUOTE]
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