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Hi I am 5´9 120 pounds with a 37 inch inseam. I used to ride a 70cc bike for awhile until it stopped running about a year and a few months later.(Felt extremely slow and cramped) I mainly trail ride but I want to try a track a couple times for sure. My budget is about $1250. I am pretty set on these 3 bikes but I will accept other opinions aswell. Im not sure which bike would be the best for me and my money. Edit _ I have also ridden a yz85 before and I could control it but the powerband was crazy witjh no powervalve. I got up to 6th gear it felt pretty good but I think I need something taller with me only being 13 I could easily grow a few inches but the smaller the displacement the newer I can buy in my price range. This is where the problem arises. Thank you for any assistance you guys can give I appreciate it.
You're too tall for a kids bike.
If your scared of the 2 stroke hit, you could look for older Honda XR bikes. Maybe a XR200. Just be known, they are slow.
An older race model 125 is sure to have seen some ,if not a lot of abuse. As a beginning rider, I would much rather have something that lets me ride it more than work on it, even if it is not the fastest thing out there.
You can have a lot of fun on a play bike. Makes it more fun when it starts and runs, without always needing $$$ thrown at it.
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I.e. straigh line, stand up and brake in line 60% with the front and 40% from the rear while dropping 3 gears, release the brakes very progressively while entering the turn still stand up, mid corner seat down 1 second to pivot the bike, leg out just in case or to help and control the throttle/hp with the clutch while pivoting/picking your exit line, 2 third of corner throttle 60% plus 25% to 0% clutch, then stand up as soon as possible. Most of the power delivery of the bikes is controlled from the clutch, not the throttle. The bike needs to somewhat scream all the time (70% to 90% of the rpm, that doesn't work below or above). Most of the bikes cannot be ridden below 50% of their rpm otherwise valves or not valves, more or less all the bikes tend to do trud trud trud boom as you said. I reply to try to help about the trud trud trud boom because it can save you before a jump! (Experience from a friend ... on my bike...)
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