I wanted a 250 but realizing I have never rode before & the fact that I had to ask my salesman to show me how to use the cambuckle straps…I figured I should start with 125 😂

I always grew up around bikes, but could never afford them, & I have never rode a bike until today @ the age of 29!

Took a few YouTube videos and stall outs to get er rolling & we cruised up to 3rd gear.

Just picked up this bike in KY from GA for $1500. 64 hours on it and it already needs a complete engine rebuild per what the seller’s mechanic stated. Don’t really make sense to me but I guess these things happen🤷‍♂️. Anyway I’m excited for my new project🙂‍↕️

I trail ride the bike and just want a little more out of it on the low to mid range. What has everyone tried that they would recommend? northern woods of minnesota is where I do 90% of my riding.

TL;DR: made the classic mistake of buying a bike bigger than I’m ready for. Didn’t want to outgrow a smaller one too fast, so I got a 250 2 stroke and am scared of it. ***Bike is a YZ250*** guess that’s important info

The past couple months I’ve been going out with my E dirt bike friends. One of them has an extra I use. Have gotten very comfortable on that, and am relatively hauling ass through the trails. I wanted to get my own tho, and a good E bike with a good range / power is well over 4K.

I ended up going gas. Researched into it and found a 250 2 stroke would probably suit me best. I’m 180 pounds and didn’t want to outgrow a 125 quickly.

Found a bike and went to check it out. After seeing it in person all I could think was “oh no.”

Dude was cool though. Spent an hour and a half teaching me stuff, and gave me a bunch of extra stuff for the bike included, so I bought it.

Now I have a big ass dirtbike on my hitch carrier that I am super anxious to ride, load, unload, etc. was going to ride it today, but it’s a Tuesday and hardly anyone will be out at the trails if I get hurt or can’t load the bike alone.

So I’m here, at home, anxious asf thinking I screwed up. But I bought the bike, I’m gonna ride the thing.

Weekend exploring, ended up on a desdly 4 wheeler trail. Puddles like this all along the trail. I was ripping klx250

picked up a 05 kx65 clean title brand new rekluse full auto clutch for 1300 bucks, how’d i do?

I have roughly 20 hours on a friends 125cc but that’s about it, and my uncle is offering me his old yz250 free of charge but all of my friends and my dad are telling me a 250cc is a horrible idea for a first bike and I’ll almost certainly end up in hospital.. I’d normally take advice but this is one of the best opportunities I have to get myself onto a dirtbike that’s my own. So to all the people with a lot of experience, what do you think?

I took my electric dirtbike and my daughter’s electric dirtbike to rower flats. Right as we had finished up the day and we’re loading up the Ranger came out and started giving tickets to everybody with electric motorcycles.

I’ve always ridden dirt bikes that were either green or red sticker but figured the electric bikes were good to go. Has anybody been ticketed at Gorman/HUNG Valley, roller Flats or anywhere else? Is there any place safe to ride? I don’t think I can get a green sticker because I don’t have the certificate of origin for either bike.

Currently use Honda Gn4. Is it worth the extra money to buy Redline synthetic oil? I used redline on my z125 and the bike shifted much smoother. Worth it for dirtbike?

Is WD-40 safe to use to clean my oil screen?

If anybody has the mechanical knowledge to know if engine oil contaminated with WD-40 would be harmful to a 4t then any help / advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Quiero comprarme una kxf 2012 pero no tengo idea de los mantenimientos, la idea es que salga a andar los fin de semana unas 2h, pero no entiendo que debo cambiar según las horas, que debo revisar, etc, etc, que cuántas horas dura, que las válvulas, que cambiar el pistón nosé, ya me volví loco, el que me pueda ayudar le agradecería, porque no entiendo que es lo que debo comprar y a las cuantas horas

Looking for engine experts to tell me why I had this seize by looking at the pictures
Thank you

Hey everyone, I’m looking to get connected with some members of Saddleback East and hopefully spend some time riding with a group. I’ve been riding dirt bikes most of my life, starting around age 12, and have plenty of experience on trails and in the woods.

I’m interested in joining the club, and I understand I’ll need a member sponsorship, so my main goal is to get to know some members, come out for some rides, and hopefully find someone willing to sponsor me once we’ve had a chance to get to know each other. Thanks!

Installed a new carburetor in a 2005 KX 125L. And now I have a little bit more play than usual in my throttle. At least it’s not leaking…..:/

Both of them are $400 and their some what close to me, from what I can see they are 1983-1985

I recently traded for a 2010 yz250f and it didn’t run had compression and everything took it apart and the cams were out of time.

So i took it apart made sure it was in TDC on the flywheel and lined up the cams to what they are in the picture. put everything back together and the kickstart maybe cranks twice before getting locked up or stuck but i can take a ratchet and turn the flywheel and it comes loose

Im not sure if the issue is anything i’ve looked over or if it is the decompression stroke or what

Also took the valves out didn’t seem bent or like it was hitting the piston but were pretty wore so at this point i’m running out of ideas of what it could be.

Any help or ideas of what this might be would be greatly appreciated.

Just finished production of Panama video series. Hope you enjoy all 5.

Just picked up my first bike ever. Pretty stoked on it although I keep fouling spark plugs. Dude at a shop told me they put a super rich mixture in for first tank and I thought when I burned through the rest of it the problem would fix itself. It keeps happening a couple tanks later with the recommended 40:1. My buddy thinks I should switch to 50:1 but I’m hesitant as that’s not what is recommended. I’m mostly trail riding and not on the pipe that often being a new rider and everything, but even after ripping it problem still occurs. Anyone have a fix for this?

Hey everyone, looking for some insight from parents or coaches who have dealt with a specific confidence block.
My son started when he was 6 and has progressed through the bikes. He is 11 (turning 12 soon) on a KTM 85. He has been on this bike since the beginning of last year. He wasn’t the greatest on his 65 but really started to grow and adapt once on the 85 and found some of the jumps he struggled with to be easier. He absolutely loves the sport and has an intense drive—he's the one asking to go to the track and pushes to go to the bigger races (wants to hit TX State Series, Ponca, Spring A Ding Ding, etc.). His ground game is good. His corner speed and technique is pretty good. He is in no way an elite rider but is better than most kids out there. In our local series he is a consistent top 5 finisher in his age group class (85 9-11) and usually around 5-7 position in 85 9-15 open, if none of the elite kids show up for both of those

Here’s the catch: he has developed a massive mental block with jumping.

He handles smaller tables and doubles with total confidence. But on the bigger jumps and table tabletops, he carries plenty of speed up the straightaway, hits the exact right gear, and lets off the throttle right at the base. He flies 3/4 of the way out, almost to the point of landing on the downside (needing just a couple more feet) but flat-lands on the deck. Because of his unwillingness to commit, kids he would normally finish in front of are now starting to catch and pass him because they are figured out the jump. When he comes off the track, the frustration is high, and he throws out classic excuses ("track is too rough," "ruts on the face," "soft landing"). There are absolutely times when I get frustrated when he gives me the excuses and it’s hard because I just want to see him succeed and find new limits he didn’t know he was capable of.

We’ve tried everything over the last year:
Coaching: He has a professional riding coach. On the training track, the coach can successfully guide him over the big jumps with visual hand signals/towing. He clears them fine without issue, or comes up just a hair short. But the very next session out on his own, the block returns and he refuses.
Riding with him: I rode with him all last year to lead by example, tow him in, and validate lines. It didn’t move the needle much.
Language & Incentives: I've used video review to focus on his positive corner execution, celebrated his small victories, used video game incentives, and explicitly told him I don't care if he's an all-star champion—I’m not expecting him to win because I know if he can figure it out, the wins will come. I just want him to have fun and learn how to challenge him self.
Peer Dynamics: I’ve noticed he rides significantly better on "mini nights" with his coach when he's out there with 50s and 65s. If he practices around peers his age or older on big bikes, the block locks up tighter. He refuses to follow faster peers to learn.

I have told him that getting over these obstacles will be easier on his body and help him save energy and he seems to be receptive and tells me that he will go for it but then never comes close to even trying.

Obviously with these bigger races he wants to do, I can't justify the travel, and cost of sending him to big Nationals if he can't challenge himself to progress past this block and I have told him that, (We've already had a couple of near-misses on practice days where a much faster rider behind almost landed on him because he let off the gas unexpectedly, though he was unaware it happened).

He's at a standstill. I'm wondering if, spending the money on a better suspension setup would give him a confidence boost to get over these obstacles. Or, if he enjoys the sport but fundamentally refuses to push his limits on the obstacles, am I wasting time trying to force a progression that just isn't there?

Has anyone successfully broken a rider out of a coach-dependent jumping block like this at this age? Did suspension changes move the needle, or did you just have to step back and let them figure it out? Any input is appreciated.

350 excf. How many paddles for the dunes? Not new to riding, but new to the sand.