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Well technically not 1st ride but 1st time taking it to the track. A little backstory first, I’m 28 years old and have not ridden a track in about 8-9 years. My last bikes I owned that I rode tracks with were a 07 and 08 yz250fs. I used to ride a couple times a week back when I was 19-20 years old but never really liked the 4 strokes. 1st session out was when the track was sloppy and deep. The bike wouldn’t get out of its own way and I thought I was in for a long day. As soon as the track dried out a little I was ecstatic. This 125 is the easiest riding bike I’ve ever owned. I could put it wherever I wanted and the suspension has not been touched since I bought it. It did take me a little to adapt to rolling through the corners to keep the momentum up so it would stay in the power. Overall feeling a 10/10 and re lit the fire I once had for riding tracks
I was told the same thing “don’t get a 150, it won’t be fun after a month”....well, 6 years on and I’m still absolutely loving it! Now some of friends are getting them too.
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Anyway... that 250F was a great bike but I don't miss it one bit. The 125's are big fun.
The ironically funny thing about all this is that I was on my way to get an '06 RM 125 when I stopped at my dealer's and ended up getting the NOS '16 KX250F. A year later, I was on the RM anyway. However... I'd never had a 250F and I know that if I'd gone straight to the RM I'd always wonder what a 250F would be like. So, got that out of my system. When I'm riding the KDX's- which I just got "done" with last week- I'm thinking "Why in the world would I want another 4S?!" The KDX 220 is a tractor!! And it cost $125 to rebuild the top end....
Clothes on was riding a 125! Enjoy brah
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