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In the market for a new bike....need some advice:
Up until now, Ive rarely ridden dirt, never been on a track. Mostly ridden Glamis, always on a 250 2 stroke. I can ride the hell out of the 250 in the sand, but get me on dirt, and its a lil much of a bike (im 5'9" 150lbs). I had no problems on my KX125 but that bike was a no no for the sand.
Im still gonna do Glamis most the time, but I wanna start hitting up Pala and Cahuilla.
My friends whove seen me ride, think I would do fine on a 450....Im a lil intimidated by it tho. They also say that I'd have more fun and a 250f would be easier to ride on the tracks. Which brings me to my first question:
1) Will 250f's get wrecked the same way a 125t does in the sand...Should 250f's avoid Glamis?
If not, then the 250f is my easy choice, Im in love the the new RMZ:
2) Will Suzuki actually release a 2010 RMZ250? Every dealer Ive spoken to is worried that they may not go into production due to economy.
If not, then Im going to look into a 450. Which solves the Glamis issue, and if I pick up a leftover '09, I can save a ton of cash as well.
Anyone seen any RMZ450's for insane deals? Whats your opinion on it compared to the CRF450R? (I got one local to me for $6k otd brand new). I love the feel of the Zooks, but the Honda is close, especially since they went with the newer narrow frame.
any input would be appreciated. thx
Up until now, Ive rarely ridden dirt, never been on a track. Mostly ridden Glamis, always on a 250 2 stroke. I can ride the hell out of the 250 in the sand, but get me on dirt, and its a lil much of a bike (im 5'9" 150lbs). I had no problems on my KX125 but that bike was a no no for the sand.
Im still gonna do Glamis most the time, but I wanna start hitting up Pala and Cahuilla.
My friends whove seen me ride, think I would do fine on a 450....Im a lil intimidated by it tho. They also say that I'd have more fun and a 250f would be easier to ride on the tracks. Which brings me to my first question:
1) Will 250f's get wrecked the same way a 125t does in the sand...Should 250f's avoid Glamis?
If not, then the 250f is my easy choice, Im in love the the new RMZ:
2) Will Suzuki actually release a 2010 RMZ250? Every dealer Ive spoken to is worried that they may not go into production due to economy.
If not, then Im going to look into a 450. Which solves the Glamis issue, and if I pick up a leftover '09, I can save a ton of cash as well.
Anyone seen any RMZ450's for insane deals? Whats your opinion on it compared to the CRF450R? (I got one local to me for $6k otd brand new). I love the feel of the Zooks, but the Honda is close, especially since they went with the newer narrow frame.
any input would be appreciated. thx
Im not opposed to the 2010 CRF250R as an alternative to the 2010 RMZ250 but if I can pick up a new '09 450 for about $1500 less than a new '10 250f, the savings are tempting.
im gonna go ride my buddies crf450 tommorow at a track, and my other friends 250f in glamis on new years. make a comparison.
the 2010 250f's w/EFI look sweet but i just cant see spending 7500+ on a bike right now.
6k on a 450, and i can go sell my kx250 for easily 2k means im only out of pocket 4 grand.
too bad that ktm 350 isnt out yet, that would be the answer to all my problems.
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When you want to spray some sand, yank the ffw off.
Another idea- get the 250F for the track and pick up a clean KX/CR/KTM 500 for putting the hurt on people in the dunes? They can be found for cheap, need minimal maintenance, and there's nothing like shifting up and accelerating up hills that have everyone else downshifting just to barely clear the top.
Heck with a cool set of DeCal works graffix on that thing, it will look so fast you will have a hard time staying on it!!!!LOL!!!
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