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I thought this would be interesting, i want to see how many guys are gonna say they liked a 10+ year old bike even after being exposed to all the mew technology. If you have a tie or want to include more than 1 bike in either
Ill start -
my favorite = toss up between a 2010 yz250f and a 07 yz450f. What made me love both bikes was the handling. Esp the 250... that things was on rails and despite being underpowered i could hold it wide open with absolute confidence, it was like the bike was velcro'd to the ground. If they kept that same bike and made it efi and e start i would kill for it. I hear not so good things about the 14+ yz250f.
Worst = 1997 ktm 360exc or my 08 250sxf. The 250 had the worst suspension of any bike.
Ill start -
my favorite = toss up between a 2010 yz250f and a 07 yz450f. What made me love both bikes was the handling. Esp the 250... that things was on rails and despite being underpowered i could hold it wide open with absolute confidence, it was like the bike was velcro'd to the ground. If they kept that same bike and made it efi and e start i would kill for it. I hear not so good things about the 14+ yz250f.
Worst = 1997 ktm 360exc or my 08 250sxf. The 250 had the worst suspension of any bike.
Worst - '02 KTM SX400, heavy and underpowered, cost a ton of money to fix at the time too.
Best? My 2008 crf450r never gave me problems. Wish I kept it tbh.
Best was probably a 1987 CR125 I had. I got a procircuit pipe from Dean Matson's mechanic and got a used ported cylinder off one of Ricky Ryan's race bikes. The suspension was done too... That bike had great low end for a 125 and was easy to go fast on. Sold it to Cole Marshall's dad who bought it for Cole. Cole went on to win a bunch of D36 off road races in multiple classes.
Worst- 05 rmz 250 thing just sucked in every aspect, was the worst bike me or any buddies have ever owned
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Worst bike was the -09 crf250, didn't start a single fucking time, i fell alot in -09 and i couldnt get it started, we had to jump start it for every moto of that season.
worst by a long f*cking shot - 2003 CR125
Best bike 1997 kx 250
Worst....1997 CR 250. Only bike I ever rode that made my bones and muscles hurt without crashing. No give, no flex, all abrupt chassis shock came right back to the poor bastard riding it. Hated that damn thing to the core..... sold it to a newbie who thought the frame looked "dope". Little did he know, mass quantities of "dope" would be needed to enjoy owning it. Bought a new Suzuki and began to enjoy riding pain free again...... That fucking Honda hated human beings.
Worst Bike- 2010 CRF250 didn't own it, but rode it and it was so slow. Really twitchy also.
Worst: By far was an 83 YZ-490 that was only good for hill climbs, and only then, if you could find the right gear in the grim 4-speed box.
Worst bike- 98 cr250
Best - 2007 CRF450 (but the new 350SXF is catching up!)
worse . 06 crf 250, tryed everything to get the bog out of it . Or until this year ,12 rmz 450 ,could nt get it to handle untill
finally found the problem , broken valve shim in one fork . starting to catch up on my 07 crf now .
Worst: 2012 YZ250F. Could not figure out the jetting. The bog almost killed me on multiple occasions.
Worst: 1997 Honda CR250
Weird, huh? One year made all the difference. The '96 was fast (after adding a pipe), handled great (after a bit of suspension work), and made me feel like Jeremy McGrath. I loved it!
The '97 looked amazing. It was Honda's first year with the aluminum frame that gave new meaning to the term "stiffness". It was totally unforgiving & brutal. I crashed more on that bike the first couple of times I rode it than in a whole year of riding my '96. I hated it!
Best- 2004 Honda CRF450R. Great power and fit me perfect.
Pit Row
Worst one is hands down my 00 YZ426. Had it for 4 years (dad bought it new) and was glad to get off it in 05 with my YZ250F. That bike was hard to start, and handled like a freight train. The suspension was at least pretty decent at soaking up the track. It just didn't want to turn.
Worst - '04 KX250. Good bike. It handled alright, motor was good, but could never get the forks where I liked them. I had it only about 6 months.
Worst=1996 KX-250
Worst: well, i didn't owned the bike but i had some local support to race the cannondale in 2002. Bike was a great idea, but a piece of junk. as far as a bike I've owned, i'd say the 1997 kx 125. i raced the bike in the schoolboy class and had the case cover bust several times right above the water pump.
Worst: 07 KX250F. I just couldn't ever get comfy on that bike. It felt stiff & ridged (granted it was set up for the woods). I didn't have it long. I moved on to a 2010 CRF250R which I liked a lot in woods trim!
Edit: I had to make the switch to kawa for the 60cc ^^
Worst bike was a 2004 YZ250F, which was not a bad bike for the time, but I never came to terms with the horrific starting regimen and the overall 4-strokiness of it.
Worst bike: 09 CRF450. Handled like crap, flame out for days, just terrible.
Honorable mention: 95 KX250 was a damn nice bike.
Best: 2007 crf450
Worst- 13' KTM 450SXF- Crank went boom, injector cracked, shift fork, all before 14 hrs
Best: '83 CR125
Worst: 2005 RMZ250
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