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Tim and Kelsey get lost..
I had a klr a 300. GREAT beginner bike. When I needed to have more power I went to a monster. A yz426. It made me a worse rider. Not for me and way above my level.
I like the more mellow power of the enduro bikes.
I have an XR400 and have had it for years now. By leaps and bounds the best compromise of all the bikes I've owned, rented, borrowed, ridden.
It is a jack of all trades. I find myself riding with the really tight single track guys that ride ktm 200 2 strokes or the guys who go to baja.
Its not the best at any of them, but I smile in my helmet when people are working on their bike or kicking it over a bunch, or the bigger 650's run out of gas and I feed them from the petcock.
I hate doing lots of maintanence too so love that its not tempermental. I change the oil/filter every 3 rides. (I would a lot less if I was riding easy on the road with clean air being sucked in)
I change the plug once a year, but dont have to even then. I just don't know what else to do!
There is my sales pitch. Not for my bike, its too far away from you anyway
,but for the xr400 or xr250 for a first bike. The DRZ400e is a great one also, but I have no experience with it. (accept crying in my helmet that they have electric start)
Good luck and happy riding!
I like the more mellow power of the enduro bikes.
I have an XR400 and have had it for years now. By leaps and bounds the best compromise of all the bikes I've owned, rented, borrowed, ridden.
It is a jack of all trades. I find myself riding with the really tight single track guys that ride ktm 200 2 strokes or the guys who go to baja.
Its not the best at any of them, but I smile in my helmet when people are working on their bike or kicking it over a bunch, or the bigger 650's run out of gas and I feed them from the petcock.
I hate doing lots of maintanence too so love that its not tempermental. I change the oil/filter every 3 rides. (I would a lot less if I was riding easy on the road with clean air being sucked in)
I change the plug once a year, but dont have to even then. I just don't know what else to do!
There is my sales pitch. Not for my bike, its too far away from you anyway
,but for the xr400 or xr250 for a first bike. The DRZ400e is a great one also, but I have no experience with it. (accept crying in my helmet that they have electric start)Good luck and happy riding!
