harescrambles or motocross?

[keeptwostrokesalive]

I definitely prefer motocross over harescrambles. The adrenaline i get from hitting 80ft jumps is 10x better than woods riding.

[snook620]

Motocross about 95% of the time.

[MyckMcClung]

FMF Gnarly pipe w/ Turbinecore2 or Q, get a brake snake, radiator guard/braces, also try taking out some compression on your suspension clickers for woods riding,  you never said what kind of bike you're on.

[EJ]

For MX a 144 or 150 will be more than enough fun.
For woods riding, get a 300 2 stroke. You can lug them all day long,
and still have plenty of smooth power when you want it. With small mods, you could also do some MX.
Myself, I prefer trail/enduro riding over MX. I like an adventure, instead of beiing in the same spot all day.
But it's all personal, riding preferences vary from person to person...

[monsteryz125]

Ive been reading up on some woods built 125s and im not sure (if i eventually did it at all) if i should go with the 134 or 144 for the woods? If i read right theyre the same price so itd just come down to better performance for harescrambles/trails

[graham472]

If you want seat time, hare scrambles for sure.

[monsteryz125]

FMF Gnarly pipe w/ Turbinecore2 or Q, get a brake snake, radiator guard/braces, also try taking out some compression on your suspension clickers for woods riding,  you never said what kind of bike you're on.

Sorry its a yz 125 and i cant get a ganrly for it or thatd be my pick, and about gettin a 300 i dont think my dad would be up for gettin me one because i just got my 125 last year so im sticking with it for now

[MyckMcClung]

the pipe you have is fine, just get the Spark Arrestor muffler. The Boyseen  radvalve, and the Vforce 3 both make a great performance enhancement to the YZ125,  add a flywheel weight.
I like the smaller bikes in the woods I'm actually faster on them than my 250, cause I can keep it wound up higher and it doesn't take as much energy from me as the 250. but I ride in alot of sand and weigh around 200 lbs. so I got the 250

[Larry63r]

I raced both for many years. I quit CC in 1985. It was just to dangerous. I broke my back, my left clavicle and dislocated my left shoulder. Then I had to ride 10 miles or more through the desert of Yerington, Nevada to get back to the pits just so I could ride the ambulance to the hospital.
I decided to stick with nice safe MX after that. At a MX race you are never more than a couple hundred yards from the ambulance! At a CC you could get hurt and wait for hours or even days for help. It all depends on where the CC is and if the sweepers find you.

[yo_marc]

I'd probably stick with a stock motor 125, with the exception of a flywheel weight if/when you desire.  Bike armor would be very wise; bark busters, a skid with good coverage, radiator guards/braces.

It's really not 'too' much about the bikes power out there.  Its embarrassing to say, but funny none the less;  I let a guy around me in one HS race - he was using a bicycle bell to alert riders ahead of him that he wanted to pass.  "bring-bring, bring-bring".  I literally laughed out loud at that - I let him around, and saw that he was riding a very stock looking CRF230.  "WTH", I thought. I chased him, but he was gone a few turns later.  I now respect the underdogs and 'little' bikes out there.

[SachsGS]

When I was a kid my friends and myself would race Thursday night motocross,practice Saturday and race harescrambles/cc on Sunday.

[ford832]

Scrambles are pretty much just mellow old dude racing. Just a way to while away a Sunday afternoon and get a little fresh air and exercise.Hare Srambles Gone Bad

[yo_marc]

All of my aspirations to get back out for another race or two this year.. washed away in the first 30 seconds of that film.   

[Larry63r]

That little video makes my point perfectly.

[ford832]

All of my aspirations to get back out for another race or two this year.. washed away in the first 30 seconds of that film.   

Nah,watching that got me all wired up for a go this year.Now I'll be thinking about it all weekend at the little one's dance competition.