So I sold my bike a couple years back, it was a YZ85 06' model and was great for a few months, but a car came along and I decided to sell it for that.
I'm 16, 5ft 5" 55kg and looking for a new bike. My budget is around $1000-1500 so just looking for an old 2 smoker, preferably 90' and up. Just wondering how a 250 would go compared to the 85? The 85 was quick, but to my standard not quick enough and that was 2 years ago at 14 and about 5ft 40kg. I'm just thinking that a 125 will get boring and I'll be wanting more power, so is the 250 a good idea? I don't ride too often, up the river and that, an XR250R would be perfect, but the power issue is there, I'll be wanting something faster.
How expensive would an old 93' CR250R be to run? There's one for sale for $1000, clutch cable it getting bad and parts are getting stiff apparently from sitting. The bike looks pretty sweet, last rebuild done a good 2 years ago. I've read up a bit and it says that most people do a top end first thing on a used bike. I would do the same, but I'd have to get a dealership to do it as I only know the basic general maintenance (Cleaning air filter, dumping oil) and I'm pretty sure that would cost $500+ which I don't have at the moment.
I'm 16, 5ft 5" 55kg and looking for a new bike. My budget is around $1000-1500 so just looking for an old 2 smoker, preferably 90' and up. Just wondering how a 250 would go compared to the 85? The 85 was quick, but to my standard not quick enough and that was 2 years ago at 14 and about 5ft 40kg. I'm just thinking that a 125 will get boring and I'll be wanting more power, so is the 250 a good idea? I don't ride too often, up the river and that, an XR250R would be perfect, but the power issue is there, I'll be wanting something faster.
How expensive would an old 93' CR250R be to run? There's one for sale for $1000, clutch cable it getting bad and parts are getting stiff apparently from sitting. The bike looks pretty sweet, last rebuild done a good 2 years ago. I've read up a bit and it says that most people do a top end first thing on a used bike. I would do the same, but I'd have to get a dealership to do it as I only know the basic general maintenance (Cleaning air filter, dumping oil) and I'm pretty sure that would cost $500+ which I don't have at the moment.