Anybody else ride dirtbikes.

[alec14 10+ year member]

Not the older hondas, they had a lot of valve problems

I only really do trail riding, so I'm not too worried about that

 

[alec14 10+ year member]

I had basically the same bike it's a monsterAnd you gotta love stock dual exhaust on a dirtbike doesn't get

Anymore badasss

Haha, exactly. I love the design, and they're built to last.

 

[alec14 10+ year member]

I love it. If you are looking for the most reliable 250f get a yamaha. Yamaha's tend to get more valve life than the other makes, probably because they have 3 smaller, lighter, intake valves. Hondas are known to have valve issues, but it is really over hyped. I think Hondas are more reliable than Kawi/Suzuki, atleast for the earlier models. I rode my bike pretty hard, and put 75 hours on it (all motocross) before the valves started to move. You will get a lot more than that if you are trail riding.
I wouldn't call it "problems." These are basically 1 cylinder formula 1 engines lol. I think the rev limiter is 13,500 RPM. I think a lot of the problems were more of a maintinance issue. The valves have a coating over them, and if you don't clean and oil the air filter often and then engine starts ******* in dirty air it will wear that coating off quickly. Once that happens the valves go pretty fast.

Ehh, not impressed with Yamaha at all right now. I've got a TTR 230, and that bike just hasn't really compared to my Honda XR's.

 

[Lowflyin 10+ year member]

Ehh, not impressed with Yamaha at all right now. I've got a TTR 230, and that bike just hasn't really compared to my Honda XR's.

TTRs are garbage. If your looking for a 250 or 450 4 stroke yamaha or honda is the way to go... And the valve thing isnt a problem if you get new valves for them which I would hope are replaced by now anyways.

 

[alec14 10+ year member]

TTRs are garbage. If your looking for a 250 or 450 4 stroke yamaha or honda is the way to go... And the valve thing isnt a problem if you get new valves for them which I would hope are replaced by now anyways.

I've been looking more into KTM as well. I've heard good things about their bikes.

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

Also, you can replace the intake valve/springs on the honda with SS coated valves and matching springs/retainers and get much more life out of the top end. You can get a intake kit, piston/rings, oem exhaust valves springs and retainers (the exhaust valves last forever, it's the intake valves that go), and have your valve seats cut for like $400.

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

Couple of my toys...

My favorite of all, I had to sell it tho.....

I used to go riding at this piece of land these old people let people ride on. It had a half mile hard packed drag strip that a bunch of people with stretched out banshees would race. These guys had 450+cc banshees running on alcohol with straight pipes that would do 100+ mph. 250cc 2 strokes didn't have a chance.