Recommend me an trail/enduro/green laning bike

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

I know, please don't throw too much stuff at me.

The old man's after a green laning bike. He doesn't want anything less than a 250. Small cc stigma I guess.

I've been looking at XR250/400s and 200/250/300EXCs.

Any other recommendations/thoughts?

From what I've heard about the XRs they are bomb proof and make a great starter bike.

The KTMs are Lighter and quicker being strokers, but require more maintainence.

Budget's no more than £1500, ideally about a grand. (Which puts us firmly in XR territory, the KTMs tend to be a little more, or so it seems.)

O, and it needs to be road legal.

Thanks muddy chaps.
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[J D]

My kdx 250 is up for sale soon......

I would go for a 2 stroke myself but then not really ridden a 4 stroke green laner. Could be a pain doing a lot of road miles on it though, unless he has a van?
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m0l0t0v wrote: Chris, just so you know, JD is a nutter

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[J D]

2 stroke then

I might know of a 2003 ktm 250 going for 1600 if you can stretch to that....Comes with supermoto wheels as well as years tax/mot.
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m0l0t0v wrote: Chris, just so you know, JD is a nutter

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[J D]

Will do as soon as i get some
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m0l0t0v wrote: Chris, just so you know, JD is a nutter