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crm250!

ktm 300 is an animal so need to be good on a bike

Have to be a top rider to handle a 500 tho!!

FunkeyMunkeyDavid wrote:

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Liam12 wrote:

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Have to be a top rider to handle a 500 tho!!

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 have to be a animal just to star one lol me and 4 mates chipped in and bought one as kids (13-14) still got a broken bone in my foot from when it kicked back. snapped me mates leg in 2 places when it kicked back. 3rd mate got thrown clean over the handlebars and broke his collar bone  we sold it to an older mate. he took it to a motorcross track. 1st motox bike,1st time on a motox track. suffice to say he's not with us anymore...... i'd have another one,but i'd be far more cautious with it 

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 You never grew up in Liverpool did you? haha when me dad was young he bought one and his one setn 2 people to the hospital in one day! one from snaping his ankle from starting and another from thinking he can race start it! me dad said the bike traveled further then he did! haha, and I will own one someday! gonna get a cr250 next year some time!

try finding a frame for this monster.... http://www.trickracing1.com/Twin_CR500.html i reckon that would be nice in a supermoto chassis

Question is do most of the bigger 2 strokes are high maintenance or are they just the ones you normally find on the track??

the big smokers need longer to warm up,you cant just kick and thrash them lol they usually last longer than small bore smokers because you dont tend to wring their necks like the small stuff. cr 500's have glass pistons as stock though  guy down the road has a ktm 300 and thrashes it from cold 6 days a week for 20 miles to work (and home again). i've lived here 2 years and it aint broke yet,dont seem too bad lol

it is something else. the noise on the start line is epic,and the amount of people who dont make 2 laps is mental lol i'd defo need 18 months solid training to go again

FunkeyMunkeyDavid wrote:

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do want to do weston again,not sure i'll be fit enough next year but we'll see. building a lil something at the moment to get me back into endurance/beach work though. should be ready to test just after xmas 

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 My fitness starts after Christmas!!

its all about the warming up lol 500's have a huge piston,takes a good while to warm it up properly. but like i say,you dont thrash bigger bikes half as much as little ones. a 125's got about 20hrs before full rebuild,250's can stretch to 60-80 hours. only rebuilt one 500 (kick kick thrash,lasted 30-40 seconds) no idea how many hours they can rack up though i have heard someone claim nearly 200 hours with a wiseco piston

Seriously though, can you get away with thin snow wheel/tyres?

ha ha ha aye, Monster MX , heres an idea I'd try too, get another throttle cable, turn the junction round, so its two going into one, not one going into 2, swap oil cable with normal throttle cable, then get a thumb throttle off a quad, duel throttle if wanted, plus a back up incase twist grip throttle cable gave up the ghost near the end. thumb throttle is usefull on rough track, I reckon anyroad.

exactamundo

Or you can smash one out 15 times a day to get some strength in ya wrists