Thoughts and opinions: CR85 big wheel

[LittleJohn]

Both my wife and sister have CR80's. My wife is learning to ride on one and she is having no problems. Just did some adjustments with the carb and spark plug to stop fauling them. Her's is more higher geared than my sisters but it is what she is comfortable.

As they are both leraning still they only did the 10km loop at tussuck, around the start and head home at the cross road intersection, but they had no problems with that what so ever. Your missus will be fine once she gets used to it.

There is so much hype about how hard they are to ride but since I have seen two complete beginners learning on them I think it is just hype and not fact. The are an excellent bike for women as they are so light and short enough for them to touch the ground.

If you start to faul plugs, adjust the needle jet clip position up one to lean out the mixture. Run a hotter spark plug (just one down) and use a standard plug instead of a racing. You will notice a slight difference in power using a standard plug rather than a racing (noticed by me but not my wife).

[B0000M]

yeah the way i see it is similar to that.

back when i was 8-12 i had a couple of CR80's, and went from novice to 8nz on them, so if kids can learn and get good on them and be able to do anything on them, why cant kid sized adults do the same. the 'hard to ride' crowd like to say that about all 2 strokes.. apart from the beloved kdx200 which i actually find hard to ride

i know the loop you're talking about at t.b. - the one including the wheelie paddock

[tommorth]

when I was 14 I was riding an old xr250 and the odd play I had on a mates rm80 was a blast so light you get away with almost any thing on one they change direction so easily

that bike got ridden to the point where it wouldnt move as the rear sproket was so tired that the teeth folded over

[FROSTY:Me]

Sorry I diddn't see this thread sooner dude.
I would suggest the KX85 over the CR. Not that the CR is a bad bike its just that the KX seems to be more "torquey" if you can see that as possible in a race orientated 85 smoker.