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If the CRF150 forks are the same as my CRF230, this guy makes it look easy by removing the handlebar and leaving the forks on: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9HnnDxTTvrI

Sadly, I'm up in Jacksonville, but I'd never let someone do it for free. I'd pay someone $100 just to let me help and learn how to do it myself. And I'd bring supply the beer.

I told them I had the springs, and that it just looked like dropping them in--he said they'd have to change the fluids, etc. I may ask again one day when I have the bike with me. There's also a local group of riders here in Jacksonville, FL (River City Dirt Riders) that I'm going to join; they have some...

Thanks. I have read online tutorials and it sounds very simple, which is why I was asking if there was more to it. I've read online that this bike comes severely restricted, and can be made a lot better with a few cheap parts and pulling the restrictive snorkel on top of the intake. Right now it's fine for what...

Hourly labor is $140 and they say front forks are 2.5hrs. Seems a bit excessive based on what I've seen online, but if I'm gonna run into weird issues I don't foresee, I'd be worried. I have all the tools and access to a bike stand (I would be doing it in NE Florida's 95-100 degree weather with no shade...

Older DRZ400s are really expensive for some reason--one guy's asking $3500 for a 2001 (though it looks pretty good). I see 2013s for like $4000-$4500--you'd think an extra 12 years would take off more of the value. --- This guy has the most modded out XR400 I've seen, and I know he's raced it, but if the engine will hold...

Steve.hackler: The newest I'm finding that I can afford are a lot of 2006-2008s. But you're saying for trails, and newbie riding, I won't be torturing the bike like an MX'er would--so a top end may last 100 hours versus 25? Like this RMZ450 (but no one has mentioned RMZs): https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/mcy/6123418076.html -- I'm in no hurry--just gonna wait until I...

Ing: That was just with the Suzuki DS 185. I was 13 years old when I started riding it (my dad left it behind when my parents divorced), and I didn't know any better for the first three or four years I bet. I kind of assumed it was just like my go cart. That bike was still going strong...

Yeah, I am definitely leaning XR unless I find a smoking deal on a CRF or YZ. For some reason the YZs are all way more expensive ($3300 for a nice 2006?) compared to the CRFs ($2900 for a nice 2009). It seems that non-XRs, like the CRF, KTM, and YZ, are almost all more race (MX?) oriented. I just...

There is a 2007 KTM 300. Are these pretty reliable without much maintenance? I assumed all KTMs are just too high-strung race machines. Ktm 300: https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/mcy/6085858020.html

I can't afford those KTMs. I'm trying to stay under $3K for the bike.

This is the main bike I'm looking at getting (2000 XR 400), though I'm not in a big hurry--this one just looks like it's been well kept: https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/mcy/6063506136.html There's a 2006 and 2009 CRF450 that are both nice, at $2600 and $2800, but I just think those will be a bit too much bike and need a bit too much...

Ouch to that dune-buggy. I just ended 15 years of being a vegetarian so I could go on this KETO diet. For getting down 26lbs, I'm celebrating with a bike (and a small trailer). Next up, I get my almost 8yr olds two PW70s. -- Evidently a group has leased a ton of land, and they have like 10 miles...