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Worst: 1987 YZ 250. Slow, hard to turn. Never felt right.
Both handle really well & go as fast as you could want, Both are easy to ride fast!
The KTM just has better suspension & Much Better brakes!
Worst: my KTM 525Sx! It's a brute & it handles like a large truck. it doesn't like to turn. Kinda like a plow!
I still own all 3 of these bikes!
Worst- also my 86 rm250, because it was just a terrible platform. I was a play rider, so it was fine for me, but I truly pity anyone who had to race one competitively.
at all the mid Michigan tracks and once I got the suspension dialed that thing was a run away freight train in the sand.
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Worst 1980 rm 125 it would constantly break throttle cables. The last straw was when the cable partially broke and balled up in the throttle housing. Tried to launch me into some trees 5th gear stuck at full throttle.
Close second would be my first brand new bike
01 cr125 it was slower than the 86 cr125 I had before it.
WORST: 99 XR400. Fun bike if you could get it started. Key phrase being "if you could get it started".
Actually hard to choose the worst 2-stroke bike since I probably don't remember or cared how the bike handled in those young years
Worst : None?
Best : KTM 125 -03
Four-stroke era:
Worst : KTM 350sxf -11 and KTM 250sxf -11
Best: KTM 250sxf -16 and KTM 250sxf -17 so far..
Worst: 2002 - KTM SXS 250 - Awesome motor, everything else was horrible.
However, I do love the way the bikes were unique back in the day. The Mono-x. Full-Floater, Pro-Link, and Uni-trak.
Gave these old POS's character. Right now everything is so good and so similar.
Runner-up best - 1987 CR125
Worst - 1974 YZ80 (What a pig. I could jog faster.)
Worst Bike: 2013 kx250f The only 4 stroke I ever had and the last
Best: several RM 250's starting around 2001, 05 CRF 450, and my 13 KTM 450 is pretty damn nice.
Depending on the track, that bike was either the most forgiving, maneuverable bike ever...or a twitchy, no bottom-end having bike with more head shake than a mid 90's rock concert.
Damn I miss that bike. Especially with the MC replica graphics.
My old 12 rmz450 was a sweet bike.
I also like my 13 crf450r
Two Strokes I'd say 06 rm250. I also liked my 85 cr125 alot as a kid.
Worst was my 09 ktm250 sx. Engine vibration , handled bad could never get the suspension to work. 07 KTM 505 was terrible too . Could never get carb set up right . I never could get comfortable on those pds bikes
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#2 best - 85 RM 250 not the fastest but the best handling and suspended production bike of its time
Worst - 82 Maico how they went from what they had in 81 to that POS in 82 is beyond me...they had to go single shock and destroyed one of the best motorcycles ever...if you hit just the right bump at the right speed the linkage and the shock would bind mid stroke and throw you over the bars....
Tie for worst - 85 Husky 500 4 speed...worst vibrating motorcycle ever made...I had one of two in the country for the Florida Winter Am and Phil Alderton and I were swapping parts the whole winter...gearing was so far off I think that bike would top out in 4th gear at 100mph! Wouldn't turn, wouldn't stop...it was only comfortable in a straight smooth surface...like pavement and them you would need somebody to pry your hands off the bars from the vibration...
Hated i mean hated yzf250 04
Also liked my CRF450 2009 very much. Kinda a fan of the twitchy handling, reminded me a lot of the 125.
Worst: KX85 2003. PV was sweet but it was so damn slow compared to the RM85.
Worst = 1998 CR125. Slow and rigid!!! This was my first race bike in 2003 and it was definitely difficult to learn on. Upgraded to a 2002 CR125 after the first season and I couldn't believe the difference. I still have fond memories of that 1998, that first season was so much fun. I don't enjoy racing as much as I did then.
Worst bike: That's a toss up. My '84 CR500 was fast, but it was a vibrating, detonating mess. And a bear to start.
My '79 RM100 forced me to push it home on several occasions. That POS broke almost every time I rode it. It sat in pieces in the garage most of the time I owned it. All my buddies were always out riding their dirt scooters while I was pedaling my Mongoose around.
Same with the yz250f/yz450f.
All my yamaha 4 strokes were awesome bikes.
Best 1987 CR125. That was a fun bike!
Worst 1997 CR250. What a rigid pos.
Best = 17 sxf 350 or 09 yz450
The worst, and a lot of you may think I'm crazy, was a 2004 CRF 450. I was coming off of a 2000 YZF 426 that took me 2-1/2 years to get used to and learn to ride to its full potential. The 04 Crf sounded good on paper; it was lighter, more powerful, easier to start, and it looked awesome. I was so fired up about the power and throttle response of that at first that it took me a few months to realize that I couldn't get that bike to corner. My first trip to tracks that I was tearing up on the 426 had me so confused. The front of that bike would not stick...period. I tried several suspension settings that never solved the problem, adjusted sag settings, tried different front tires, adjusted my riding style, nothing worked. I had more broke bones and concussions riding that thing too. I even hit a tree once...hard. I was glad to get rid of that thing.
Honorable mention, my son's 2015 Kx250f is a pretty sweet bike. Good power, decent suspension, can put that bike wherever I want, and it's so easy to ride.
Worst: Honda XL 250
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