MX rider going onto the road, will this bike be ok for me?

[beasty6]

hey guys,

im new here and seeking advice about what bike would suite me and will feel more at "home" on.

i used to ride a 2011 KX250F and had it mapped to have a brutel pull throughout the rev range.

i will be passing my full licence very soon and will be restricted to 33bhp, im 19 and looking for a enduro/supermoto that is not going to get boring for me.

i will be using it to commute to work when its dry and in the summer time and also hitting some trails.

the bike i have been looking at is a yamaha WR250F, the older ones are not FI like my old KX250F correct?

im looking at the older bikes say... 05-07 (want e-start and a decent condition engine.

so will this bike be suitable for me? or should i look at something else? point me in the right direction guys

cheers

[bikertomm]

[beasty6]

maybe 6 weeks at the most, ive looked at the DRZ, seems like they are quite heavy and tall.

im 5ft8 lol

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[Teflon-Mike]

New A2 licence limits you to 46bhp/35Kw and 0.2Kw per kilo.
Trouble with many of the more modern dirt-donks is that they are too light; and need to be 'under-restricted' to meet the power to weight requirement. Give you an idea, the 100Kg 30bhp KTM 125, is not only non learner-legal / A1 125 only licence ineligible, its also A2 restricted licence ineligible!
Going from a full-on enduro, to a trailie, is like as not going to underwhelm you. Less power, more weight and an awful loss less 'stomp' from road gearing.
Especially if the bike has to be under-restricted from even what you could have due to power-to-weight!
Personally, I would look at road bikes.
Because they are a different genre, and behave differently, you will have less pre-conceptions, and with heavier weight bike beneath you, doing things a lot differently, and with full quota of A2 power, its more likely to entertain, going through a new learning curve, of how road-bikes 'handle', and how stuff you do intuitively coming from dirt, is arse about face on tar.
Regs detur anything 'exiting'.... so think 'boring' bikes; and stuff like the GS500, ER5, GPz500, and their ilk. Not amazingly inspiring, but still a lot of fun, and a good tool to ween you off mud-pluggers and into the wider world of road-biking, where they are fairly useful all-rounders that you can do an awful lot with, besides try and go quick.
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[beasty6]

so im stuck with a 125 in till in 20? or am i still able to get a medium sized bike?

not only is a trail bike more at "home" for me, its the riding position aswell, ive sat on my dads FZR600 and i really dont like the position of those bikes.

is their any more bikes like the WR250F that i could look at, and maybe heavier to meet the licence restrictions

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[beasty6]

i am 19 lol

so will a DRZ400 be a better choice as mentioned already?

[sidewinder]

Thought about things like the bmw 650 gs
Husqvarna TR650 Strada and Terra (restricted), TE449 and TE511
or the KTM Duke 690 (restricted)
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[beasty6]

yeh i have looked at those bigger bore bikes, i feel that if i had one and had it restricted, it will be quite sluggish and not very entertaining and not a very brutal pull.

ive researched abit more on the DRZ, seems like the DRZ400E would be he best choice if i go for a DRZ.

whats the reliability and maintenance schedules like on a enduro bike? same as a motocross bike or more forgiving?

[bhinso]

I've ridden a enduro 125 (KMX125) on the road for quite a while and they're OK for short-ish distances, not so good if you want to travel a bit! I think the supermotos are a bit more suited though, and more cc's will definitely help