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Husqvarna MX & Off-Road Dirt Bikes
I never rode a xr, please try to describe it..
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[QUOTE="weimedog, post: 61719, member: 20655"] I have owned and riden CR's of all sizes from 1984 to 1991. Also have ridden XR100's, XR250's, and XR400's. My buddy has a new XR400. I also had a chance to ride a 2000 model CR250. (About 2 hours) The XR100 and XR200 are in a different league that the XR250 and XR400. The smaller ones are short, old style geometry, with soft motors that work very well for beginners. I have a 10 year old girl on one and its a blast for her. With the nice low end power its easy for her to get started even with an uneducated clutch hand. Just dump the clutch in first and its moving. (thumping)Short suspension lets her feet plant on the ground. Its light enough to pitch around and pick up after a crash. Easy to start for her as well. Just sips gas. She goes until she runs out of suspension. The XR250's are soft motors in a much more capable chassis. Motors have nice power where it will chug through anything. Up hills, mud, rocks. Kind of feels like a refined lawn tractor. Its controllable but adiquate enough to handle any trail situation. They feel heavy but still turn very well. Same with the 400's. The 400's have nice controlable power everywhere. Just ride along and dial on more speed. ( faster thups) They just start thumping more frequently with more throttle and pull along harder and faster. Soft suspension handles the rough trails very well. The nice handling and tighter geometry make tight corners easy. Nice brakes as well. When trail riding at an easy pace rolling off the throttle lets the engine braking feel like using the rear brakes, slows you down and you just turn throught the corners, and then just start thumping faster to gain speed. The power delivery is snappy on the bottom through midrange. They rev but make more noise than power on top. Short shifting allows for the best use of power in the tighter trails. Those XR's are awesome when you have things like tight corners before nasty hills. They don't need the clutch slipping small two strokes need. Just pick a gear and concentrate on riding up the hill. They hook up better as well as no fanning clutch technic is required. For trail riding the suspension is great. Soft or "plush" as some say. All the larger XR's fell heavier than any of the CR's. When you pick up the pace and try to be aggressive, the very things that make them nice in the trails slow you down at the track. They feel like heavy unresponsive tractors on a MX track as compared to CR's. ------------------ 2001 VOR503 V-Cross 1982 husqvarna XC430 1974 Bultaco Frontera 360 6 Kids, Four Ride, 3 race. (cr125, yz80, 2 KX125's) Case 780, INT 1066, Ford LTL9000...and a Percheron [This message has been edited by weimedog (edited 04-15-2001).] [/QUOTE]
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