The Worst Bike YOU Have Ever Ridden?

inthebadboycorner 11/25/2016 2:29pm
11/25/2016 2:29pm
My racing buddies 1983 RM125 that thing was slow to start with, and was ratted out by the end of the season.
Problem is I just couldn't keep him in sight all year, the bastard.
MadsDausel 11/25/2016 2:38pm
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1994 kx 250 or 2011 kxf 450
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Elbows 11/25/2016 2:44pm
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I couldn't wait to get the 97 CR250. I was sick after the first lap...
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Jaze 11/25/2016 3:47pm
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2004 Honda CR125. Slowest bike i have ever ridden perioid.




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Jroc 11/25/2016 3:49pm
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MR. X wrote:
1998 CR 250
My answer right there
SmoothOperator 11/25/2016 3:56pm
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One I forgot about, because I didn't own it. Was the yz400f. What a tank and turd. My buddy bought the '98 when it came out. It made decent power, but weighed a ton, and heaven forbid you kill it on the track. Had to do a rain dance before you were going again. Hated that bike.
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BB67 11/25/2016 4:28pm
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81 Honda CR 250. I was lured in by Honda "smoke and mirrors".What a dog pile. I should have cked under the logo for a Montesa decal cause that is what it reminded of, but I sold it so fast it didnt matter. Within a hour after selling it i bought a Yamaha 125.
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malachi177 11/25/2016 4:30pm
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Elbows wrote:
I couldn't wait to get the 97 CR250. I was sick after the first lap...
Laughing ..I can relate. Absolutely loved my 96 then got the '97Sick Don't think I had it more then 6 months ...been on Suzuki's since. I'd love another '96...bike was awesome.
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motosurf 11/25/2016 4:48pm
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Buddy's 03 yz450f. He got it off a guy here in Elsinore and the dude told it had all these mods but the thing was jankier than all hell and all he did was put new oil in it clean the air filter and put new grips on. Took it to Perris and he wanted me to try it. Scariest bike by far, felt like I was riding a hard tail mountain bike and the power delivery was full out of don't go at all. Thing just didn't want to hook up in any corners and it jumped worse than anything I've ever ridden. The bike straight out of the factory back in 03 was probably awesome. But this one was a straight lake Elsinore tweaker bike that did not belong within a mile of a track.
motoarmageddon 11/25/2016 6:45pm
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2002 CR250 Honda...couldnt get me off it fast enough, the forks were sooo bad they could break your wrists. And 2010 Yz450, what a whale and you didnt know how it would react to obstacles
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Steve47 11/25/2016 9:10pm
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97 CR250, Holy cow that was a pile of shit! Worst bike ever made.

If any other manufacturer produced that bike, they would have been crucified but somehow Honda gets away with shit like that cause they were so great in the 80s.

GeorgiePorgie 11/25/2016 9:15pm
11/25/2016 9:15pm
13 yz450F. Hated that bike. Sold it after 5 months. Only had 10 hours. Could not get it to corner. Climbed out of every rut I entered. Of course I'm light and weak. Bike would ride me after a couple laps. It was wicked fast and suspension was awesome. But wouldn't settle in a rut and the front end pushed.
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Redrcr34 11/25/2016 9:37pm
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Steve47 wrote:
97 CR250, Holy cow that was a pile of shit! Worst bike ever made. If any other manufacturer produced that bike, they would have been crucified...
97 CR250, Holy cow that was a pile of shit! Worst bike ever made.

If any other manufacturer produced that bike, they would have been crucified but somehow Honda gets away with shit like that cause they were so great in the 80s.

By far the worst bike I ever owned, and I love Honda's.

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slotsquid 11/25/2016 10:17pm
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Worst Bike for me was the 1980 Kawasaki KX-420 A1... not one good thing to say about that bike.


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USMCMXer 11/25/2016 10:58pm
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The slowest bike I've ever ridden is easily the 98' CR125. My '87 CR125 was night and day better in all aspects! Worst bike I ever raced would be 01' CR250. I was absolutely snake bitten. Ugly crashes and weird injuries, after coming off an awesome 2000 YZ250.
darkbelow13 11/25/2016 10:58pm
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2001 CR125. Holy shit was that thing slow. It was the first 125 I ever owned, so it gave me the impression that 125's were just slow bikes. Years later I ended up riding (and buying) an RM125 and was blown away. I mean, it seriously felt like it had twice the engine of that piece of shit CR.
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ledger 11/25/2016 11:46pm
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And the winner of....Piece Of Shit Award goes to the 97 Honda....so far. Silly
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Sully 11/26/2016 12:50am
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I can't really say what the worst bike I've ever ridden is, because I'm such a shitty rider, that it doesn't seem fair to put the onus on the bike.
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KMC440 11/26/2016 1:51am
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Funny thing is the worst bike I ever rode I wish I still had. '82 yz490 ... I was happy just to be riding, yeah it could've been more fun if it wasn't trying to kill me each time I moved the twisty noisemaker thing in my right hand. That wouldn't have been so much fun in hindsight though. I'd have to say as long as I'm riding somethin I'm a happy ass camper.

Now quit your bitching and go ride something that's too slow or too fast, bad forks, worse shock, rubber framed or stiff as cold steel, at least you're riding.

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evomx244 11/26/2016 3:54am
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2001 TM250-Horrible bike, light switch power, avg suspension and didn't turn at all. It looked cool but sucked to ride
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downard254 11/26/2016 5:44am
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slotsquid wrote:
Worst Bike for me was the 1980 Kawasaki KX-420 A1... not one good thing to say about that bike. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/11/25/161515/s1200_1137968253_1980kawasakikx420a1.jpg[/img]
Worst Bike for me was the 1980 Kawasaki KX-420 A1... not one good thing to say about that bike.


That bike always looked to be about 12' long. Kind of like driving a semi truck.
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Crush wrote:
Thing left me broken down in the bush more times than I care to remember... [img]http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/Bluetickk1313/motorcycles/yamaha-dt175-74-bikepics-513585.jpg[/img]
Thing left me broken down in the bush more times than I care to remember...

Had no idea you were so vintage Crush.
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kaptkaos 11/26/2016 9:27am
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reded wrote:
This was a really bad motorcycle....all the way around. [img]http://www.oem-cycle.com/images/CR125R%20HONDA%201981%20CR125%2081.jpg[/img]
This was a really bad motorcycle....all the way around.

I too lived the ordeal of the 1981 CR125R. However it was my first new bike ever, my Dad showed up with it and a 250 when I was 12 and riding the wheels off my Xr75.

I didnt know it sucked. We didnt have internet back then and the magazines were hard to come by and all the content was old news bybthe time we read it.

I learned to love it and sent it off to get Flow Ported. I had great times on that POS. When we got the 1983 models, we felt like Factory Gods, the 1983 Hondas were the best bikes I have ever ridden (in my mind). I skipped from 1983 all the way until 2015 without riding. My 2013 CRF450R is definitely a far superior motorcycle in every aspect but I will never be able to ride it like I rode my 83 125R.

Worst bike I ever owned 1981 CR125R. However, there were some folks atvthe track with some beat down Husky 420's and Maico 490's that looked like they were having a much worse time of it.

I remember a ton of rear fenders pointing straight up and front fenders flopping around, and fouled plugs and smokey, ratty poorly tuned bikes and old dudes in jeans.

They inspired Ronnie Mac.
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mikec265 11/26/2016 10:14am
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2003 Cannondale was the worst I ever rode.
At least it wasn't my bike, but one lap was enough. ..
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EV901 11/26/2016 10:21am
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The Beta enduro range, no idea why someone would drop money on something like that.
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FIREfish148 11/26/2016 4:48pm
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I generally love Suzukis but this 2004 model was really funky.
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ATKpilot99 11/26/2016 8:05pm
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FIREfish148 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/11/26/161596/s1200_IMG_2392.jpg[/img] I generally love Suzukis but this 2004 model was really funky.


I generally love Suzukis but this 2004 model was really funky.
That bike was more Kawasaki than Suzuki.
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WS728 11/27/2016 7:20am
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After being a lurker for years, I guess this is a good first post as one of the few who actually owned one of these things... lol I picked this 2002 C440 earlier this year as a project to turn into an enduro bike. I figured it would probably be OK for light trail use. Fact is, the later one (which this one is) with the re-designed airbox and other updates is actually a pretty decent off-road bike, but I can't imagine how they tried to market it for MX use. It is WAY too heavy for that.



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motoarmageddon wrote:
2002 CR250 Honda...couldnt get me off it fast enough, the forks were sooo bad they could break your wrists. And 2010 Yz450, what a whale and...
2002 CR250 Honda...couldnt get me off it fast enough, the forks were sooo bad they could break your wrists. And 2010 Yz450, what a whale and you didnt know how it would react to obstacles
It's funny how preferences vary-My 2002 CR250 was one of two bikes that I wish I never would've sold. Absolutely loved it. Other than bars, a PC pipe/silencer, Vforce reed cage and a Keihin carb swap I didn't do anything to it, and it felt like some of the best stock suspension I ever rode with. I normally sent all my stuff off for revalve etc and never saw the need on that bike.
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Bigfoot 11/27/2016 7:37am
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No, I never rode it. But ya gotta wonder how much of a handful this thing must have been.

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