got heaps of helmet cam footage but all on a mates computer.
will get some pics and vids from dargo in a month or so.
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also a pretty good site for anyone allways looking for new places like myself.
http://www.mototrailsoz.com.au/motot...Bike-Home.aspx (http://www.mototrailsoz.com.au/mototrailsoz/Motocross-Dirt-Bike-Home.aspx)
I've been out of bikes for quite a while but picked up a brand new Yz250 this morning.
Cant wait to go for a ride later today.
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
Bumping this thread back up if probably dangerous but it has to be done.
I have been looking at getting a bike for a while now and have around 5 - 6k to lash out. The blokes that i will end up riding with primarily do trails riding, but i want the ability to smash around on a motocross track and head up to Lancelin ( in WA ) for some dune goodness.
The bikes i have been looking at primarily have been the YZ450F, CR450F and YZ250. now they are clearly not trails riding bikes, but they can be set up with out too much difficulty. I have ridden 2 strokes and 4 strokes alike, and i both are amazing fun. I am more that likely leaning toward an 07 YZ450f as i can get into one for a decent price as its a good mates.
The thing that has me worried is the fact that the header pipe glows bright red after say 1 minute idling, i have read up about this and apparently its normal :/ ...... it idles perfectly but when i go to twist the throttle it will sometimes stall. other times it wont and it will rev freely, but when it does the occasional backfire occurs and sparks fly out the end of the exhaust. Now i was putting it down to overfueling due to it sitting there idling for a while, others who have experienced all of these symptoms say it could be a leak in the exhaust, bad fuel due to sitting for a while, bad jetting causing lean mixture etc.
It had a top end rebuild roughly 10 hours ago so it should be running pretty well.
am i stressing over nothing or should i just walk away and look elsewhere?
Cheers
Christian
250f's are fun for the trails i reckon. much lighter than a 450 but still have that even wide powerband from bottom to mid range. otherwise id say a 250 2 stroke over the 450. or you could go all out and get a KTM 300-XCW
On another note. Cleaned up the whip today, fresh oil & oil filter, air filter and bit of armor all
Hoping to get her into the shop next Saturday to get it rec reg spec and also new chain and sprocket.
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
ended up finding an 2008 RM250. Had been sitting up for the last year or so, and it wasnt starting. the bloke had chucked in a new spark plug and drained the fuel from the tank and put new fuel in, but still nothing. So i made the bloke an offer and he accepted. Got the bike home and the next day i drained the fuel out of the float bowl (which he hadn't done) 3rd kick it started. Pretty stoked as i got it for decent price due to the fact he couldn't get it going. Love the smell too haahhahaha
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Top stuff Christian!
Come out with us one day. You NOR or SOR?
Yeah im stoked with it hey....
I'm NOR but i will drive pretty much anywhere to go for a ride.
Mike (mcdarragh off here) has a bike too and we are gonna try and get up to lancelin as much as we can.
Its been about 13 years since i have owned a bike so im pretty sh1t but its gonna be mad fun.
I only started April this year. So cant be much sh1tter than me haha.
We head out Beverly way quite a bit. And dwellingup for some trails bashing and emu and roo chasing
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I only started April this year. So cant be much sh1tter than me haha.
We head out Beverly way quite a bit. And dwellingup for some trails bashing and emu and roo chasing
Whats the beverley moto track like?
Sorry should have been clearer.
Not out to the motox track but near there in the trails etc.
A couple of mates are going to organise a day at West Moto Park soonish at Wyalkatchem if ur down?
Yeah im pretty keen
pretty sure that place is like $55 a day to ride at.....also it seems to have the most amount of straight aways i have ever seen on a track.
most of the jumps there seem like table tops or jumps to flat :/
could still be a worth a check...
Went for a ride at a mates 2500 acre property today, the yz is running well and still no dents in the pipe. I took the buggy as well but a mate managed to totally screw the rear suspension after a hard landing.
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.