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Buying first dirt bike - am I doing this right?

FriendlyFoe said:
there's tons of early 2000's 250 4 strokes on kijiji. Riding a 250 on the street is not going to be like riding a 250 on a dirt trail surrounded by trees and stuff to jump off of.
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A 250 street bike motor is still not the same as a 250 MX motor. Compare the WR250X motor and a YZ250F motor and the power delivery is quite different... Even have different transmissions for being "almost" the same motor.
 
Yeah for sure its thumper vs 2 cylinder. A 250 thumper would still be boring on the street tho, was just making a general point.
 
GAH I just missed a 92 RM250 in Oshawa for 600. No matter the shape I wouldve saved enough to spend a bit of cash getting it right again, but the guy insists it was a good runner
 
[evo] said:
I dunno about that, I rode the 230 four and it was like riding a 250 street again. BUT, this is one of the very few I have ridden so what the hell do I know. Does a 250 four compare to a 125 2t?
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a 230 and a 250mx bike are not even on the same planet.
 
rmemedic said:
That's a steal! What kind of shape was it in? I sold my 04 YZ250F last June and got $3200 for it... But, my dirt bikes are kept pretty much as mint as you can keep them, since I race I keep them tip-top... Which is why when I see bikes that are "trail ridden, never raced" in ads, I tend to think those ones have LESS maintenance done to them. Almost every racer I know changes air filters through the race day/weekend and is on time with oil changes. I get about 4 or 5 runs on the track between air filter changes, and oil is done basically after every 2 or 3 races. Guys are always going over their bikes at the track.
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not bad...could have rode it as it was, but did chain and sprockets, valve adjustment, spark plug and filter. It had a bunch of aftermarket parts on it too. Thing runs mint and is a blast
 
kellen said:
not bad...could have rode it as it was, but did chain and sprockets, valve adjustment, spark plug and filter. It had a bunch of aftermarket parts on it too. Thing runs mint and is a blast
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That's pretty awesome. Chain and sprockets are at least a once a season thing anyways, same as valve checks, filters are every couple hours and I change spark plugs fairly regularly so I'd say you made off pretty well!
 
Bit the bullet, got a 96 CR250R for 1500. I'll just have to not be an idiot. Looking for helmet and boots next week.
 
[evo] said:
Bit the bullet, got a 96 CR250R for 1500. I'll just have to not be an idiot. Looking for helmet and boots next week.
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My SCORRA forum avatar is still of my '96 cr250 - I loved that bike and wish I never sold it, you'll have a blast!!

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Well so much for that the guy just messaged me this morning, returned my deposit - "i sold it to my neighbor last night"

Jerk.
 
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