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Alright I want to race motocross next year and I either want the YZ125 or the YZ250. I'm 5'6 and 125 pounds and I'm 15. I was scared to go past 3rd gear pinned on a 185 4 stroke dirt bike but that was a year ago. Will he YZ125 have the torque of that 185

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Offline MyckMcClung

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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2011, 06:59:46 AM »
check out the KX 100, a little smaller than a 125 and the perfect stepping stone from a mini.
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2011, 07:03:14 AM »
I also agree an 85 big wheel would be good too, you can always install a torque spacer for $35 to increase the bottom end and add some weight to the flywheel.
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2011, 08:48:30 AM »
Wow....a 125 or 250 for a begginer on a moto track? Your gonna kill your self.

I would get something smaller and trail ride for a while first....just my opinion.

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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2011, 01:10:38 AM »
A Honda 150r four stroke would probably be good and I'm sure has more torque than a 125 but I have only rode the f version.   I think a 125 would be ok
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2011, 01:29:18 AM »
If you were starting a career in trail riding, I might recommend the 250 simply because it's got the kind of low-end that can keep you from being trapped at the bottom of a big scary canyon, that a 125 might require more skill to overcome.  But, because you're apparently going into racing and will therefore actually using the bike to its potential, I have to say a 125 or smaller sounds best.
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2011, 04:02:14 AM »
If you're a beginner and have a the natural tendency to be a little spastic with the throttle at times,a 250 2t will hurt you.
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2011, 11:19:54 AM »
jetz, he was scared of a 185 4 stroke, in third gear.  :-X
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2011, 11:31:37 AM »
Jetz you must do different trail riding then me.
A 250 hitting the power band going up a steep incline when riden by a novice will put you back where you came from. :-[

Start of on a KX100 and see how you go.
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2011, 12:08:42 PM »
I say a 125, the kx100 hits harder(I've ridden both). Plus the 125 is pushing his height range, and if it is scary put a governor on it to at least learn how to ride.
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2011, 12:12:55 PM »
Quote from: sdjclevland on January 25, 2011, 01:10:38 AM
A Honda 150r four stroke would probably be good and I'm sure has more torque than a 125 but I have only rode the f version.   I think a 125 would be ok

As an FYI, if you listen to this and get a CRF150R please do not return and cry to us about how the motor just blew and it will be $2,000 to fix.   8)  If it is offroad, a CRF230F is a good bike, but it is heavy.  A mini like many of these guys posted about, would be light. 85's and 100's.
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2011, 02:08:11 PM »
Quote from: factoryX on January 25, 2011, 11:19:54 AM
jetz, he was scared of a 185 4 stroke, in third gear.  :-X

From looking at Jetz's vid from a while back,he's never seen second gear,let alone third :D ;)
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2011, 02:23:12 PM »
because the bikes he's riding only have 3 gears, and he doesn't want to break any of them..  ;D
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #27 on: January 25, 2011, 03:14:17 PM »
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #28 on: January 25, 2011, 06:40:53 PM »
actually the KX100 is an easy bike to calm down, Torque spacer and flywheel weight, most areas have a class for them. I know a kid that destroys grown men on 250 fourstrokes on one. it's bonestock.
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Re: Best biggnier bike
« Reply #29 on: January 25, 2011, 06:47:05 PM »
Never seen second gear?  Jesus, my Husky spends 50% of its life in sixth, but the low-gear trails make for better video so I post more of them.
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