Polls

kawasaki rules HONDA SUX

I am an old fart now, 42 years old this year (2004.) Back when I was racing fulltime in pre-1984, I had a few bikes most all of the time. One year in particular I remember having an 84 CR125 and an 84 XR200. I bought the XR for a pit bike basically. One day the CR was not running right (blew it out during practice I guess) and when race time rolled around I was allowed to use my XR200. It was box stock. I ended up running faster laptimes though the lack of accelleration was what kept me from winning. I still trophied against all the KX, YZ RM and other CR's. I love the way a 4-stroke handles braking. You don't even need brakes and you are practically always in the right gear. I wish 4-stroke technology would have been there when I was racing. There is no way I would have raced anything else.

out of all of the bikes listed i would prefer the wr 250f. all other bikes you a restricted to the tracks unless you pay another 1000 bucks to get it recreationly registered. the wr can be set up for both on track and trail riding, it is the best all round bike. yamaha made a good move when they brought the 4 stroke enduro comp bikes out.

kx 250 are better hondas suck

NO THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT HONDA COULD BEAT YAMAHA THIS IS A JOKE YAMAHA IS THE BEST AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST.

If i only had the bikes i custom built 25 years ago !!!!

I broke my middle finger :D in my first race.

Fortunately I haven't broken any bones. There must be others out there too in this position. I guess I'm not as brave and don't take as many chances.

Ed.

right femer pelvis left wrist right elbo
left collar bone broken neck
fused left toe multiple broken ribs
fingers

WHY NOT INCLUDE PROTAPERS IN POLL

you shoul add just kids

I am a dedicated Trail/Adventure/enduro rider. And I wonder why it is that the vast majority of riders insist on spending large summs of money to replace the standard muffler on their late model dirt bikes? Late model bikes make great power, have good throttle response and are acceptably quiet and light enough for the majority.
In most cases a dialed in after market muffler will offer a modest increase in HP (usually at high rpm where most riders can't use it effectively), and maybe save a kilo or so, for trail riding...big deal.
Most riders I come across are what I would rate as 'average' and in no way capable of exceeding the potential of a dialed in STD machine. But these riders seem the most compelled to pipe thier bikes.
I was impressed that at the 2003 4day a large percentage of these expert riders used STD exhausts, even WR's. Good on them.
However the 'average' riders (especially WR riders it seems) insist on modifying the exhaust (often without sorting the jetting properly) when they should be learning how to pick a decent line, weight the pegs, use the clutch, brake and so on.
Most riders are dreaming when they pipe a 525 or a WR450.
A simple fact is in the trail riding world, noise is our biggest enemy (followed closely by lack of rego....don't start me, and guys that ride around in circles in an area).
If no one can hear you having a ball then there are fewer problems and closeures.
From my point of view it feels good to be able to 'stealth' a piped rider.
KTM are selling bikes that are both quiet and powerful with no power sacrifices needed in STD form.
Get on one!

downsouth mx
gravityalley mx

all minibikes are gay they suck big dinks all day