Soooo. One thing I've wanted to do for a LONG time is get myself a dirt bike. In fact, originally I'd planned on buying a dirt bike before I got my FZ. My wife was the one who convinced me I'd use a street bike a lot more than a dirt bike. She was right and I'm so glad I decided to do that. But I've been wanting to add a dirt bike to my garage for a while. Now, with all my medical issues I haven't been able to ride my street bike much, let alone start riding a dirt bike. It's kept me from really being active at all.
Well, my procedure that should get rid of the neck pain that's been hindering me is in a couple of days. I've gained a lot of weight back so once I'm not as limited physically I really wanted to start doing something to get back in shape. So I started looking into getting a new mountain bike since mine is OLD and just beat to death. I hadn't priced bikes in years and I about crapped. A decent bike (not even close to top of the line) for the kind of trail riding I like doing is a minimum $3500. I started thinking, I can get a good used 250 dirt bike for less than that easily. Trail riding a dirt bike is pretty much everything I love about mountain biking and none of what I hate. And it's a great workout too. So in a few weeks after recovery and I'm sure the procedure has worked, I'll be on the hunt locally for a solid dirt bike in the $2500-$3000 range.
I talked to a guy who's wife works for my wife who's got a 2008 KTM 530. He wants a lot more than I wanted to pay ($5000) and it's quite a bit more power than I wanted. (I'm still very much a novice in the dirt.) But it's kind of perfect. It's plated and fully street legal so I could ride to the trails rather than having to trailer the bike. So if I have the cash, that might be an option. What I'd love to find is a Honda CRF250X or Yamaha WR250F around $2500. Something I could ride to trails, trailer to one of our many local tacks or even the desert occasionally.
Anyone on here also have a trail bike? Also does anyone from California have a good explanation of the Green sticker/Red sticker rules? I've never had anyone really be able to explain it to me properly. I'd get a regular MX bike if that's what's out there. But if I can find one that I can have plated it would be kind of ideal.
I don't have any actual pictures of the KTM but I believe this is the same bike.
This is like the Honda I was looking into.
And the Yamaha.
Well, my procedure that should get rid of the neck pain that's been hindering me is in a couple of days. I've gained a lot of weight back so once I'm not as limited physically I really wanted to start doing something to get back in shape. So I started looking into getting a new mountain bike since mine is OLD and just beat to death. I hadn't priced bikes in years and I about crapped. A decent bike (not even close to top of the line) for the kind of trail riding I like doing is a minimum $3500. I started thinking, I can get a good used 250 dirt bike for less than that easily. Trail riding a dirt bike is pretty much everything I love about mountain biking and none of what I hate. And it's a great workout too. So in a few weeks after recovery and I'm sure the procedure has worked, I'll be on the hunt locally for a solid dirt bike in the $2500-$3000 range.
I talked to a guy who's wife works for my wife who's got a 2008 KTM 530. He wants a lot more than I wanted to pay ($5000) and it's quite a bit more power than I wanted. (I'm still very much a novice in the dirt.) But it's kind of perfect. It's plated and fully street legal so I could ride to the trails rather than having to trailer the bike. So if I have the cash, that might be an option. What I'd love to find is a Honda CRF250X or Yamaha WR250F around $2500. Something I could ride to trails, trailer to one of our many local tacks or even the desert occasionally.
Anyone on here also have a trail bike? Also does anyone from California have a good explanation of the Green sticker/Red sticker rules? I've never had anyone really be able to explain it to me properly. I'd get a regular MX bike if that's what's out there. But if I can find one that I can have plated it would be kind of ideal.
I don't have any actual pictures of the KTM but I believe this is the same bike.
This is like the Honda I was looking into.
And the Yamaha.