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I just bought a '00 yz250 from a buddy for 1500, never ridden a dirtbike before. I have raced raptor's when they first came out, then moved onto modding banshees for ET.
I am about 230lbs, 6 foot flat, I sat on a couple other bikes, a ttr 250 and a cr250, and the cr felt alot better to me, the ttr felt like a tank and was a little small.
I started out riding quads 3 years ago, and my first one was a raptor 660, before that it was all 4x4.
I talked to a few people about riding this bike, and they pretty much told me to take it slow, and not to go over my limits with it, since I know how to use a clutch and shift correctly it would be a lot easier then if I had just switched from automatics. Any inputs? I take things slow and I am not planning on racing, mostly riding on gravel roads and asphalt, no real other off road activities here, no sand or deep gravel.
Wondering who started out on a bigger bike, and if there are any problems I should watch out for. I am a A&P mechanic and know my way around anything mechanical.
I am about 230lbs, 6 foot flat, I sat on a couple other bikes, a ttr 250 and a cr250, and the cr felt alot better to me, the ttr felt like a tank and was a little small.
I started out riding quads 3 years ago, and my first one was a raptor 660, before that it was all 4x4.
I talked to a few people about riding this bike, and they pretty much told me to take it slow, and not to go over my limits with it, since I know how to use a clutch and shift correctly it would be a lot easier then if I had just switched from automatics. Any inputs? I take things slow and I am not planning on racing, mostly riding on gravel roads and asphalt, no real other off road activities here, no sand or deep gravel.
Wondering who started out on a bigger bike, and if there are any problems I should watch out for. I am a A&P mechanic and know my way around anything mechanical.
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