Small, flickable, but with torque to climb walls

[river251]

Please suggest a bike. I need it light and steerable, but with power to pull up hills without problems. I weight 230. I've read about KDX 200/220, KLX 300, KLX 400, kLX 250, XR250, WR450, CRF450X, and I'm sure there are a bunch. It's impossible to try them all. I got an XR650R which has infinite power and torque but is pretty useless for me in tricky slow stuff where I need to pick careful, slow lines through obstacles, and climb slowly uphill through them. Want to be able to get the wheel up and crank it in the open too. I don't want a new highly tweaked bike that needs frequent maintenance, like the CRFs, no time for it. Old and tried and trusty and true.

Any thoughts appreciated.

 

[ulmanb]

A ktm 300 will slowly lug itself up just about anything and is way lighter than your 650 and is a lot less likely to stall than the 4-strokes.

 

[Patman]

Might I suggest http://www.dirtrider.net/forums3/showthread.php?t=174972