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Ride a sport bike..looking for some trail fun.
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[QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1431025, member: 68872"] You won't be happy with a CRF150 for very long. Too small. Great bike for a teen working their way up to a full size bike, but not for an adult. I wasn't aware that there was a YZ-150. Did you mean 250? Or 125 two stroke? A TTR-230 (or any of the other brands of 230s) are trail bikes that are great to learn on and putt around some trails but they will be horrible on a MX track. They are heavy, underpowered and very limited suspension travel. Hitting a jump with such a bike is not a good idea. A two stroke is harder to ride than a four stroke. A small two stroke (125) is even harder than a 250. Very little of your street skills are going to transfer to the dirt. A YZ-250F (four stroke) would be a good bike for you, as would a WR-250F. Finding one in your price range will be a challenge. Your budget doesn't leave a lot to work with. If you can double it or at least half again ($1500) you will be able to pick up something, but it will be fairly old. A two stroke, such a YZ250, would be a little cheaper, both to buy and to maintain. . You need to leave room in your budget for all the riding gear. As a minimum: helmet, googles, gloves, boots, chest protector. Highly recommended are knee/shin guards, elbow guards, riding pants and jersery. Note that while riding pants may seem like an unnecessary expense they will take a lot more abuse than a pair of jeans will. After you have shredded a couple pairs of your favorite jeans you might have paid for the riding pants. Where do you live? If you live in a state that requires off road vehicles to be registered (such as California) I would highly recommend that any thing you consider be properly registered. A few things to consider: 1)Very little of your street skills are going to transfer to the dirt. 2) On a dirt bike, you will be going down. It isn't a question of when, it is a question of how many times on this ride and how hard. Protective gear isn't "just in case", it gets used, often. 3) Dirt bikes will take an incredible amount of abuse and keep on going, but they do break. Leave room in the budget for fixing things. 4) You will need to transport this bike. Do you have a truck? A trailer? Rod [/QUOTE]
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