crf230f vs crf250x

[KTM200/stevo0987]

Hi we want a bike to have around on the farm and a bike that i can take to the dome valley mx park or some other place i like the 250x but oil changes will be more annoying than anything else.how long can these things last without an oil change.230 good but a bit slow i reckon not slow but not that muck power on tap for what i like doing.oh and 250x valves? whats up with them
Thanks

[F5 Dave]

So you are comparing a competition 4 stroke with a trailbike. You can't have your cake & eat it too. Sounds like you need two bikes.

You just have to feed modern performance 4 strokes parts at the specified intervals, just as you did with MX 2 strokes, or run the risk they go pop if you stretch your luck, - just the 2 strokes were more tolerant.

[Jinxycat]

Mate, just get a steel frame WR250f :weird:

or an alloy frame if you have the $

07 is the first alloy, 5 years old, probably affordable by now

[ktm84mxc]

You're on to it Dave he really needs 2 bikes a AG200 and a WR250f.
There's no such bike that can be as reliable as a farm hack and perform like a full on enduro weapon. A AG200 can last for years on minimal maintance clocking up huge K's and hours, try putting a few thousand hours on a WR/CRFX/EXCf what will the parts bills be?

[KTM200/stevo0987]

we are gonna get 2 bikes either a ktm 200exc or a gg ec250 both 2006 or around that for cross countrys and other stuff like trail rides and want a bike that i can ride after school every day and use on the farm and take to mates places

[takitimu]

You're on to it Dave he really needs 2 bikes a AG200 and a WR250f.
There's no such bike that can be as reliable as a farm hack and perform like a full on enduro weapon. A AG200 can last for years on minimal maintance clocking up huge K's and hours, try putting a few thousand hours on a WR/CRFX/EXCf what will the parts bills be?

There was a dairy farmer up here had a wrf450 for a farm bike, only real issue would be rust, heard of a farmer with a race quad ( kfx450 ) which has run well to.

Though the best bet would be a wrf450 I reckon, maybe a crf450x, you'd want a 450 I think so the engine is never working that hard.

[F5 Dave]

so you want to put a school kid on a 450. :confused: anyway [unsubscribe]

[takitimu]

so you want to put a school kid on a 450. :confused: anyway [unsubscribe]

The school kid post was after I'd written my post, not an ideal combo 450+school kid. The ktm200 would be a good call.

[KTM200/stevo0987]

450 would throw my ass to china and back haha im only 55kg ive ridden a yzf250 2009 that was plenty enough for me,i like wr250s no valve problems :/ do you guys think the 200 would be compareable to a 125 2t or 250 4t?

[cave weta]

contact me - I may have the bike for you... brand new -$2495 sold nearly 200 of them now without issues Im on to my 3rd summer riding mine like a KTM- well a gutless KTM...

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=533266490&ed=true

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[ktm84mxc]

Time to face the fact the poster can't make a decision or choice on what to buy and appears to be a 4 yr in the dairy with 50 cents to buy some candy and can't choose, because it can't understand 50 cents can only buy so much but it wants more.

[KTM200/stevo0987]

Time to face the fact the poster can't make a decision or choice on what to buy and appears to be a 4 yr in the dairy with 50 cents to buy some candy and can't choose, because it can't understand 50 cents can only buy so much but it wants more.


What are you trying to say.That i have no brain?

[SMOKEU]

Time to face the fact the poster can't make a decision or choice on what to buy and appears to be a 4 yr in the dairy with 50 cents to buy some candy and can't choose, because it can't understand 50 cents can only buy so much but it wants more.


What are you trying to say.That i have no brain?

:corn: :corn:

[ktm84mxc]

I didn't imply you had no brain just what your want/needs will mean a compromise on either both or one bike, had a PE175N used it for 18mths as a commuter, trail bike, enduro bike etc clocked up 15,000 k's most reliable 2 smoke I've ever owned.
A similar bike would be a TTR250,XR250 can do most things well.