crf230????

[scott411]

a KAwasaki Super sherpa is worth looking at , only $6995 with the road gear already fitted, disc brakes front and rear, built in japan, looks good in black

[IronicCapers]

All those mods that are being done to the crf230s seem a bit ridiculous. If you really want power out of a it just trade it in for a CRF250X. Lighter, faster, better handling, electric start and kick start and the beauty of it is you don't have to take it to bits to install and properly tune it to so it can get the power and handling you desire. Aircooled bikes are quite heavy and gutless. Although my mate had a crf230 and he did the oparau race last year on it. But he loves his WR250F even more.

[denill]

The reponse has been great. Rightly or wrongly - I have ordered a new CRF230. Motorcycles are ALL very diferent to each other, with their own nuances.
In my case I went for the new CRF because I got a *sharp* price, which made it stack up with stuff on Trade Me.

As I have spent many hours in the past wearing out XR200s (then going to the magic little KDX200s) I will be interested in seeing how this latest example - with a few steroids will stack up.

For the very little gravel road work it will get - an Acerbis tail lamp will keep it looking legal enough - (he writes hopefully)

The cops don't really vet this site, do they??

[WRT]

LOL - noooooo, no cops on this site, no siree.

Congrats on the new purchase tho

[Wellyman]

Well done mate! good choice on the bike! if you need any help or advice with it just gimmie a buzz, I'm happy to help out a kiwibiker member.

P.S I shall post up a review of my Racetech bits after my first ride with them this weekend.
WM

[crazyxr250rider]

LOL - noooooo, no cops on this site, no siree.

Congrats on the new purchase tho

Yeeeeeeeeaaaah right....

[southernman]

the big thing you need to look at is this just a xr 200 with a disk on it . and yes had 3 xr 200 and loved them but thay lacked power and the breakes were poor. so got a 230 and loved the little bit more power and the breaks and the electric leg. but it is still a xr old and doggy. so got a 250 and this is the gap filler that makes real power and cost f all more than the 230.

[Wellyman]

the big thing you need to look at is this just a xr 200 with a disk on it . and yes had 3 xr 200 and loved them but thay lacked power and the breakes were poor. so got a 230 and loved the little bit more power and the breaks and the electric leg. but it is still a xr old and doggy. so got a 250 and this is the gap filler that makes real power and cost f all more than the 230.

thanks for the comment buddy, but work on your splleng beofre yuor nxte psto.

WM

[merv]

Not being road legal has put me off the CRF230 hence me ending up with the WR250F and the XR250L. I have never ridden a CRF230 but if they are anything like the last XR200R I had (and I remember you on the XRs too) you will be happy with its speed on gravel. My XR200RD would easily cruise all day at over 100km/hr on stock gearing 13T/50T and it never cared on road rides in the Wairarapa if you just nailed it on the throttle stop for as long as the road lasted. If I was doing a ride biased more to road such as an adventure ride instead of a trail ride I ran it with gearing of 15T/50T and then it would cruise all day at over 120km/hr and you couldn't break the engine. I sold that bike in perfect nick after 15 years and the only time an engine case came off was to once replace the clutch plates. I am sure the 230 is as strong.

Now in comparison the WR250F will easily show 160km/hr on the speedo (over 150 according to my GPS) and it is as light as an XR200 and in some ways very similar to ride hence when I got it I felt like I was back on a Honda and glad to see the end of my Suzuki DR250R. What I can't imagine though is the engine being hammered for 15 years without regular expensive engine rebuilds and a CRF250X will be no better than the WR250F so they can't be compared to the 230 really. Do you want fast or do you want longevity as you won't get both? That's why I got the XR250L as well to handle the big distance dirt plus road rides as its engine will last. We are tripping down south for the next two weeks and the WR is staying home.

I am sure you will enjoy the 230 it will be like youa re back on your old 200.

[denill]

All those mods that are being done to the crf230s seem a bit ridiculous. If you really want power out of a it just trade it in for a CRF250X. Lighter, faster, better handling, electric start and kick start.

Yeah, what you say is quite right. Except that EVERY model has it's subtle differences. THey are like fingerprints - they look the same, but they're not.
The CRF250 has all the advantages that you say - but the piston has to be replaced at 15 hours......

There is no such thing as a free lunch, eh.

[crazyxr250rider]

Yeah, what you say is quite right. Except that EVERY model has it's subtle differences. THey are like fingerprints - they look the same, but they're not.
The CRF250 has all the advantages that you say - but the piston has to be replaced at 15 hours......

There is no such thing as a free lunch, eh.

15hrs hahahah you think your that good eh??