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Micahdogg
2/4/2015 7:10am
2/4/2015 7:10am
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2/5/2015 1:56pm
For your style of riding obviously.
So if you wanted the relish in the pure shock value of, "I can't believe that guy thinks he's going to race that bike!!!"- yet you could actually be as fast as your current mill, what bike would you choose?
So if you wanted the relish in the pure shock value of, "I can't believe that guy thinks he's going to race that bike!!!"- yet you could actually be as fast as your current mill, what bike would you choose?
The Shop
Honestly there is maybe 2 guys that post here that can use a stock 450 to its potential.
Hell, anyone of us could win a local race on a stock 03 CR 125 ( probably the slowest 125 ever made ) if we knew how to ride it....Case in point is Stewie back in his 125 days, look how fast he was going. Guaranteed if you could take a 17 year old james and teleport him to the present with his 03' KX 125, he would still be on the podium if not winning.
Having said that, I really like my Yz250 2 stroke but I had an 08 Yz450 a year ago and really liked that bike as well.
Sometimes I think it would be fun to buy an old dog that was beaten to death, then invest only in the motor/suspension, ergos, and make sure pivot points and drivetrain are all fresh, etc... but keep it looking like a total rat trap.
Pit Row
Raced a few harescrambles on a motocross set up 08 yz250 and got my ass handed to me by a guy on a 99 rm250. Smoked him on the field and track sections but this guy was unreal in the woods.
Those bikes may look old but it is a very competitive bike to this day.
I don't win- but I do embarrass an awful lot of riders, especially in the 125/250 C class- they get bummed when they are passed by that old Elsinore. I used to ride it in the Beginner class (and ask not to be scored so I don't take some newbie's trophy) I felt bad passing someone who finally got the nards to try racing and didn't want to be that guy.
I got no problem embarrassing a C rider, though.
McDade raced a local pro 20 lapper money race in 2011. Everyone was on their trick new 450's and he waxed them on a stock 1998 Yz 250.
I'm going to race 30+ B/C at Daytona next month on it.
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