I did a search, but didn't find anything that answered these q's....
I'm looking for my first dirt bike....I have years of road experience with sportbikes, Harleys, and even a custom chopper. But I just came to the realization that my cycle of revenge against my mom will not be complete until I get a mx'er....hehehehe
Only reason I bring that up is because as far as dirt goes, I am a complete novice. I am 5'11" and 185. I live right on a greenbelt with miles of trails (a couple of my neighbors ride out there on Yamaha enduros), but we also have 2 pretty good tracks in town. I'm not looking to race, but I do like to get on the throttle pretty good and I like having nice stuff.
I was almost 100% sold on the new YZ250f and I was gonna go to the dealer and grab the last yellow one the other day, but luckily i found this site.
I figured the 4 strokes would be quieter - just having basic knowledge. But it sounds like I am way off on that one. Personally, I love the sound of the 2 strokes, so I am a little relieved that they might actually be quieter nowadays ( I still have memories of the local neighborhood teens scaring the hell out of us little kids with their RMs and YZ's back in the early 80's).
Anyway, I have sort of self-guided myself back to 2 strokes because of the sound issue, I don't want to blow the use of the greenbelt for all those who enjoy it. And I remember going to a supercross a few years back and being amazed how quiet the bikes (2's) were.
ALSO, I run a business and the maintainance issue is steering me away from the 4 bangers. I just don't have a heck of a lot of time for checking valves and stuff like that. I do have time for adding trick new parts and accessories though...hehehehehe
So, I had narrowed my choices down to a YZ125 or a 125SX KTM. I really like the KTM, but we don't have a dealer here, so I'd have to spend more to ship one. Really not a big deal...but today my neighbor was saying that for my size, I would definitely not be happy with the 125s. I just don't have enough knowledge of these bikes to know any better. I was subscribing to the '125 is the best learner' thing...and like I said I'm just going to tool around on the trails and if I get some balls, take it to the track....no serious racing or anything. I understand that these bikes have explosive power though.
All the guys who seem to post on here that have 125's seem to weigh like 130.....hehehehe
On the other hand, just reading the descriptions of how brutal 250 power comes in, it seems like it would be way too much for what I intend to do with it.
Hell, I'm confused....any opinions appreciated.
I'm looking for my first dirt bike....I have years of road experience with sportbikes, Harleys, and even a custom chopper. But I just came to the realization that my cycle of revenge against my mom will not be complete until I get a mx'er....hehehehe
Only reason I bring that up is because as far as dirt goes, I am a complete novice. I am 5'11" and 185. I live right on a greenbelt with miles of trails (a couple of my neighbors ride out there on Yamaha enduros), but we also have 2 pretty good tracks in town. I'm not looking to race, but I do like to get on the throttle pretty good and I like having nice stuff.
I was almost 100% sold on the new YZ250f and I was gonna go to the dealer and grab the last yellow one the other day, but luckily i found this site.
I figured the 4 strokes would be quieter - just having basic knowledge. But it sounds like I am way off on that one. Personally, I love the sound of the 2 strokes, so I am a little relieved that they might actually be quieter nowadays ( I still have memories of the local neighborhood teens scaring the hell out of us little kids with their RMs and YZ's back in the early 80's).
Anyway, I have sort of self-guided myself back to 2 strokes because of the sound issue, I don't want to blow the use of the greenbelt for all those who enjoy it. And I remember going to a supercross a few years back and being amazed how quiet the bikes (2's) were.
ALSO, I run a business and the maintainance issue is steering me away from the 4 bangers. I just don't have a heck of a lot of time for checking valves and stuff like that. I do have time for adding trick new parts and accessories though...hehehehehe
So, I had narrowed my choices down to a YZ125 or a 125SX KTM. I really like the KTM, but we don't have a dealer here, so I'd have to spend more to ship one. Really not a big deal...but today my neighbor was saying that for my size, I would definitely not be happy with the 125s. I just don't have enough knowledge of these bikes to know any better. I was subscribing to the '125 is the best learner' thing...and like I said I'm just going to tool around on the trails and if I get some balls, take it to the track....no serious racing or anything. I understand that these bikes have explosive power though.
All the guys who seem to post on here that have 125's seem to weigh like 130.....hehehehe
On the other hand, just reading the descriptions of how brutal 250 power comes in, it seems like it would be way too much for what I intend to do with it.
Hell, I'm confused....any opinions appreciated.