okcommuter
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- Jan 9, 2006
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I've just recently gotten into the dirt scene but have been riding on the street for a few years now and have racked up some serious mileage on my SV650.
I've been riding my dad's TTR250 on the trails around southern Oklahoma and it looks like most of my riding is going to be done in technical woods and rocky hill climbing rather than on groomed MX courses. I'm getting the techniques down and learn a lot every time I ride (like how not to loop it or to come down too hard on the front when coming out of a gulley or canyon, the latter I learned the hard way as it s quite difficult to maintain a wheelie on that TTR with the lack of grunt that it has).
I'm a little heavy right now and I'm not the tallest either, at 5'10" and 230lbs and 26 years old.
I started out thinking I wanted a 450 four stroke because I thought I needed a lot more power than what that TTR250 has, well now that I've ridden more, I'm not so sure that I need a TON more power, but I'd definitely like to have a significant hunk more.
That's why I'm really beginning to lean towards a WR250 or a CRF250X. However, I'm not totally convinced that I won't be dissapointed with the power of either and might want to go for their respective 450 models. Also, you'd really have to do some major convincing to make me choose the red one over the blue one (being a huge roadbike racing fan of zooks and yammies, honda leaves a sour taste in my mouth, and the bike would have to be significantly better to justify the scorn that I would receive from my fellow race-fan buddies if I brought home anything with wings on it).
I think I've changed my mind everyday for the past month on what I wanted...first it was a RM-Z450, then a YZ450F, then a WR450, then a DR-Z400E, and now I think It may be the WR250 or CRF250X that gets my vote (but like I said, would my weight make it not feel powerful enough? But would it feel just underpowered enough at my weight that when I get down to my normal weight of 200 that I was until this past year and a half and then it would be perfect?).
Argh! This is even more nerveracking than trying to decide on my next road bike...My list of possible candidates in that one is rediculous!
I've been riding my dad's TTR250 on the trails around southern Oklahoma and it looks like most of my riding is going to be done in technical woods and rocky hill climbing rather than on groomed MX courses. I'm getting the techniques down and learn a lot every time I ride (like how not to loop it or to come down too hard on the front when coming out of a gulley or canyon, the latter I learned the hard way as it s quite difficult to maintain a wheelie on that TTR with the lack of grunt that it has).
I'm a little heavy right now and I'm not the tallest either, at 5'10" and 230lbs and 26 years old.
I started out thinking I wanted a 450 four stroke because I thought I needed a lot more power than what that TTR250 has, well now that I've ridden more, I'm not so sure that I need a TON more power, but I'd definitely like to have a significant hunk more.
That's why I'm really beginning to lean towards a WR250 or a CRF250X. However, I'm not totally convinced that I won't be dissapointed with the power of either and might want to go for their respective 450 models. Also, you'd really have to do some major convincing to make me choose the red one over the blue one (being a huge roadbike racing fan of zooks and yammies, honda leaves a sour taste in my mouth, and the bike would have to be significantly better to justify the scorn that I would receive from my fellow race-fan buddies if I brought home anything with wings on it).
I think I've changed my mind everyday for the past month on what I wanted...first it was a RM-Z450, then a YZ450F, then a WR450, then a DR-Z400E, and now I think It may be the WR250 or CRF250X that gets my vote (but like I said, would my weight make it not feel powerful enough? But would it feel just underpowered enough at my weight that when I get down to my normal weight of 200 that I was until this past year and a half and then it would be perfect?).
Argh! This is even more nerveracking than trying to decide on my next road bike...My list of possible candidates in that one is rediculous!