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Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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Thinking of an off road light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; I'm opening this one up for suggestions; what would you get?.
OK love my duc.
But I also do a lot of outdoor off pavement activities that I wouldn't think of taking a an Italian primadona for a date on....
So what robust off road (street legal, maybe) bike would you buy? This is something that parts would be readily available and an all round reliable bike(jap?); preferably in the 125 - 250 cc range; not a strung out loud moto cross. My first bike a long time ago was a Suzuki ts 75; fun, but not enough power or off roadish. Oh and my first though would be KTM or BMW but that's too exotic; parts are expensive and hard to find in the boonies.
Cheers Duci Dave [moto]
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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I rode a Suzuki DR200 dual sport at my MSF class. I kinda liked it.
Had good pickup for a sigle cyl 200.
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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http://powersports.honda.com/2010/crf250r.aspx
http://powersports.honda.com/2009/crf230m.aspx
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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A bit larger than you wanted, but a great popular bike.. suzuki DRZ400. I have the supermoto version
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Yeah +1 for the DR's I had '98 250 about eight years ago. It's not gonna win any motocross competitions, and was a tad heavy but it had enough grunt to pull anything you'd find trail riding and enough size and engine that you could ride it on the street too. Plus it was pretty quiet with the stock silencer set-up, bonus is used ones are cheap.
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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Quote from: DuciD03 on December 12, 2009, 07:51:09 PM
Thinking of an off road light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; I'm opening this one up for suggestions; what would you get?.
OK love my duc.
But I also do a lot of outdoor off pavement activities that I wouldn't think of taking a an Italian primadona for a date on....
So what robust off road (street legal, maybe) bike would you buy? This is something that parts would be readily available and an all round reliable bike(jap?); preferably in the 125 - 250 cc range; not a strung out loud moto cross. My first bike a long time ago was a Suzuki ts 75; fun, but not enough power or off roadish. Oh and my first though would be KTM or BMW but that's too exotic; parts are expensive and hard to find in the boonies.
Cheers Duci Dave [moto]
Quote from: Duckintime on December 12, 2009, 08:03:14 PM
A bit larger than you wanted, but a great popular bike.. suzuki DRZ400. I have the supermoto version
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=30286.0
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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Quote from: ducpainter on December 13, 2009, 10:50:00 AM
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=30286.0
thx DP ... nice bike; a little on the larger and weight-er side that I'd want.
2004 DRZ 400S; 5808 Miles; Has Acerbis Hand guards, Full Pro Circuit exhaust and rear cargo rack. Bike has low miles on it.
... Would like to get $3000 .... is it sold? Also I'm on the left coast... its a long way across the continent ...
The Honda's & Suzi's DZR are good suggestions; another thought would be a trials style bike .... but then not enough in the high end ...
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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Yamaha WR250R.
Seriously nice bike.
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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Any Suzuki DR is fun!
My first bike was a DR350 dual-sport. Went everywhere and was bulletproof!
I was thinking actually thinking about getting a new/used 650.
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CRF250F.
Brutally reliable and tough. Also helps that there is nothing that can't be fixed on that bike using a leatherman and zipties. Nothing.
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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Quote from: MrIncredible on December 13, 2009, 11:50:22 AM
Yamaha WR250R.
Seriously nice bike.
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the people i know with the yamahas are quite happy.
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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I would buy this
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=31943.0
Great bike for trail riding, quiet, good adjustable suspension soaks up air time well, powerful enough to zip along on fire roads but wont rip arms ot of your sockets. Low hour a few scrapes and bumps. Four stroke bullet proof motor air cooled.
My kids outgrew theirs and have moved on to other interests.
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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Quote from: skisteep on December 13, 2009, 12:52:07 PM
I would buy this
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=31943.0
Great bike for trail riding, quiet, good adjustable suspension soaks up air time well, powerful enough to zip along on fire roads but wont rip arms ot of your sockets. Low hour a few scrapes and bumps. Four stroke bullet proof motor air cooled.
My kids outgrew theirs and have moved on to other interests.
I'll take the Yami for $1,111 - delv inc.; so-oz long as its delivered to Van BC Can.
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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I would go for the Yamaha as well. They kick butt!
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Re: Off road bike; light, quiet, smallish, dirtbike; what would you get?.
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Yamah TW200... sort of a unique cult type bike and its road legal! very cool looking!!!! (reminds me of a modern Honda fat cat!
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