New to the Sport?

[burberr23]

1) your physical size (5'9 140 lbs)
2) How physical / aggressive are you ? Semi aggressive when comfortable.
3) what do you plan to ride- plan on riding some tracks and trails, not racing.
4) Do you have any riding experience? Only on a sport road bike
5) Do you think you will race ? No
6) Are you mechanically inclined and will you be doing your own bike work? Pretty mechanically inclined will do most work my self
7) Do YOU have a preferance to a brand/ motor choice (2 or 4 stroke)? Probably a 2 stroke from what I've read. No particular brand choice.
8) Do you have a dealer close by your home that you might use and what brand(s) does he carry? Yes. Honda and Yamaha
9) How much ($) do you plan to spend on a bike? 3500 used
10) Do you live in California? No
11) Your age? 27
12) anything else that you think would help form an opinion

Have owned a sport bike before and just interested in getting into the sport. Would say I have ability and know how of a bike but no expert. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!!!

 

[kj_cr250]

If I were in your situation I would buy the newest good condition YZ250 I could afford. My CR250 was my first motorcycle having a few years experience with sport quads. You could start off with a yzf250 or crf250 but you would probably be wanting more power pretty quickly. A CR250 would also be a good choice but in the later models the YZ's seem to edge out the Honda in most categories.

Good luck and welcome to an awesome sport!

 

[Yamajoe250F]

what he said lol , yeah your gonna want more power especially if you are a sport bike rider, i say go with a YZ450F and just dont use all the power while learning, then once you get everything down then open it up.

Enjoy dirt riding its an awesome experience