Best Handling bike you've ridden?

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-eagle- 11/13/2008 5:44am
11/13/2008 5:44am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 9:12pm
93 cr 250 with pro action suspenders or either of the 96 cr's.
My 03 cr cuts insides like nothing i've ever ridden, especially coming off a yz 250.
I"d like to ride a late model rm 250, everyone says they have a motor like the 01 cr and handle like a dream.
Thats a great combo.
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mayzo 11/13/2008 6:26am
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My 89 CR125, dialed it in went racing. It was light, fast and so flickable. You could land 60ft up hill doubles, land with the brakes on, use the inside line, abuse the clutch and power on over the massive big down hill double near where I lived, it felt like sex on wheels. Honda got that one oh so right.
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Larry 11/13/2008 6:38am
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1979 Maico 440 Magnum that my buddy raced. We switched bikes one weekend and I did not want to give him his Maico back.
For modern bikes I would have to say my son's 02 YZ 250. We did a little suspension work and that was the most precise handling bike I have ever ridden. You would see acceleration bumps but never feel them.
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Adam43 11/13/2008 7:24am
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Small bike? 2001 Suzuki RM125. That thing was a razor, and it wasn't so fast that its lack of stability was an issue.

Big bike? 2002 Honda CR250. These bikes had absolutely no ill handling traits AT ALL.

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MXR 11/13/2008 7:49am
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1979 Maico 250 with Works Performance shocks .
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Highsider 11/13/2008 7:57am
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I know I live in the past, but can anybody confirm the 1983 CR250R was awesome in the handling and motor department, spanning several years and brand comparisons?

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MXR 11/13/2008 8:09am
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I had an 83 CR 480 ,it was bad ass . Handled pretty good , turned great and fast . I disconnected the rev limiter by unplugging a blue wire under the tank and it reved to the moon .
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kawboy388 11/13/2008 8:37am
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I'm hoping the brand new 08 Suzuki RM-Z 450 that I bought last Monday is going to be the best handling bike I ever owned, we'll find out this weekend. Up to this point though I'd say it was my 87 CR 125, I never got so comfortable, so fast, on anything. Not only was it a totally different bike but I was moving up from my 86 KX 80.
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slowvet 11/13/2008 8:38am
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My 2000 YZ426 with RG3 suspension.
My 1980 YZ250G with Keystone suspension and a matched and blueprinted engine. That thing barked, it got stolen while I was in the hospital getting my second knee surgery. Fug'n thieves.....
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Tiki 11/13/2008 9:34am
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Probably CRF150. Was the most fun to ride. My CRF450 is pretty good. I think I can identify the worst handling bikes easier then the best.

Worst 99 CR250
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Suns_PSD 11/13/2008 10:22am
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2008 KTM 144 or 250SX.
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Motomad 11/13/2008 10:23am
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1987 CR 250....but I had a small fortune into the dare thing.
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Factoryphoto 11/13/2008 10:43am
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Factoryphoto wrote:
94 yz 250 enzo susp
08 crf 450 RG3
rubarb wrote:
What class?
rubarb I race the othg club in expert class or normal gfi or cmc I would ride Intermediate.
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Highsider 11/13/2008 10:49am
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I have nothing to add...just hit "submit" in error
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user760a 11/13/2008 11:35am
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the best handeling bike I have ever ridden would probably be a CR125...but the best handeling modern 4 stroke (450 anyway) would have to be the 06 RMZ450 I briefly had. I would still be riding suzuki's because the bike turned like it was on rails...if only the motor had not been a defective piece of shit and blown up like most 05/06 RMZ450's eventually do
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Trinitite 11/13/2008 11:48am
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2006 YZ 125.
dirtbikersa 11/13/2008 11:50am
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Best - 06 RM 250
Worst - 02 CR 250
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G-man 11/13/2008 12:03pm
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81 RM125 Full Floater. Felt like a bicycle with a motor.

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Highsider 11/13/2008 12:06pm
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MXR wrote:
I had an 83 CR 480 ,it was bad ass . Handled pretty good , turned great and fast . I disconnected the rev limiter by...
I had an 83 CR 480 ,it was bad ass . Handled pretty good , turned great and fast . I disconnected the rev limiter by unplugging a blue wire under the tank and it reved to the moon .
Back in those years, my Honda-Yamaha shop had a good-sized motocross team. I picked one rider in particular to sponsor because he could make his CR480 holeshot every moto he entered and that ment the announcer mentioned his sponsoring shopWoohoo

Nice guy, too.

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KlinesHill 11/13/2008 12:38pm
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1978 Maico 250...stuck like glue...LOVED THAT BIKE!!!
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morrison100 11/13/2008 2:48pm
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My 09 Honda 450 pr2 sus. best handling before that my 06 Honda 450 pr2 sus
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todder 11/13/2008 3:44pm
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Looks like the RM250 is the winner.
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Racer92 11/13/2008 4:11pm
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todder wrote:
Looks like the RM250 is the winner.
Trust me, the bikes handle and turn awesome.




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MX72 11/13/2008 4:18pm
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kawboy388 wrote:
I'm hoping the brand new 08 Suzuki RM-Z 450 that I bought last Monday is going to be the best handling bike I ever owned, we'll...
I'm hoping the brand new 08 Suzuki RM-Z 450 that I bought last Monday is going to be the best handling bike I ever owned, we'll find out this weekend. Up to this point though I'd say it was my 87 CR 125, I never got so comfortable, so fast, on anything. Not only was it a totally different bike but I was moving up from my 86 KX 80.
Rode mine for the first time last sunday, I think you'll be very happy.
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J.Saunders144 11/13/2008 6:25pm
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my 03 cr125 was badass by far my favorite bike ive ever rode, didnt have power worth a shit but as long as you kept momentum you where set
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mxpimp 11/13/2008 7:18pm
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mxpimp wrote:
97 CR250
hammertime wrote:
lmao...your kidding right? that was the biggest piece of shit, tuning fork honda ever produced.

i'll say 98/99 yz 250's were unreal.
Loose wrote:
Thank god someone sees the light. I mentioned this bike in another post. Stiff, headshaking piece of shit. I used to end up on my ass...
Thank god someone sees the light. I mentioned this bike in another post.

Stiff, headshaking piece of shit. I used to end up on my ass asking myself 'what did I do wrong?'

98/99 YZ's were good 98/99 YZF's weren't.

Maybe mxpimp never let the clutch out?
It was a joke. HA HA
Never mind.
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mike868y 11/13/2008 7:37pm
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Truthfully? My KX85 race bike from the beginning of last year when I actually fit it. The suspension was set up perfect, I fit it perfect, and the applied triple clamps suited me really well. I loved that bike ( I think it was a 2007 model). My race bike from this year (restored 2006 RMZ250f) just doesn't compare even with perfectly dialed in Factory Connection suspension. The steel frame just doesn't cut it.
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gas gas
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yourmumsfat 11/13/2008 8:15pm
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john1753 wrote:
gasgas sucks bro.
na man they are the best man they are awesome. they like go real fast and stuff.

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