What bike is right for me?

[Harbourone]

Try to include the following info in your first post
1) your physical size (both height and weight are important)

5'10" 250lbs

2) How physical / aggressive are you ?

Middle of the road

3) what do you plan to ride- MX/SX tracks, woods, fields with friends or ?????

Woods, gravel pits, maybe a trip or two to the local track. No regular racing.

4) Do you have any riding experience?

Been riding since i was 14, switched to street at 16, got back to dirt 2 years ago on a beater xr200.

5) Do you think you will race ?

once or twice in the life of the bike MAYBE.

6) Are you mechanically inclined and will you be doing your own bike work?

Fairly inclined.

7) Do YOU have a preferance to a brand/ motor choice (2 or 4 stroke)?

Nope, thats why im filling this out.

8) Do you have a dealer close by your home that you might use and what brand(s) does he carry?

Closest dealers i would trust are half an hour away, carrying kawi, yamaha, honda, ktm, bmw, gas gas, suzuki

9) How much ($) do you plan to spend on a bike?

7-8k

10) Do you live in California?

nope

11) Your age?

21

12) anything else that you think would help form an opinion

I might be interested in entering some hare scrambles once i get a little more comfortable with a new bike.

 

[anthony96rm250]

maybe a 250 2 stroke or 4 stroke but test the bikes out first test ride even the 450

 

[flyingfuzzball]

if you want to ride harescrambles and woods AND u have a gas gas dealer and a KTM dealer then u are set. i would look at both of those because they make bikes that are directly made for woods racing.