i wanna supermoto!!!

[garth]

what are the good'uns and the definite ones to avoid?

ill be on 33bhp so im planning on either a 400 or 600 (ish) and most likely restricting it.. ahem...

budget is around 2k, what can i get for my money??

cheers everyone
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[Sparks!]

Not much decent

£2.5 buys you my nice WR400

£2k might get you a DRZ400, great bikes, but you need to be REALLY tall to ride them, they aren't the fastest in the world and you'd struggle to get one at that price.

With a £2k budget don't buy anything that isn't already supermoto'ed, talon/excel etc wheels cost £500+ alone, then you need brake discs, caliper bracket and tyres.

You'd get an older XR650 for that money, good bikes if you like pink girlie bikes anyway.

For £2k you would easily get the likes of DR600/650, XR600 etc... but they are a different league to the competition bikes, i.e. EXC, WR, husabergs etc.

KTM LC4 is well out of your league, double your budget and you'd get one, insurance and restriction would be expensive though.

As far as I know, most supermotos do not have restrictor kits available so you'd need to take it to a suitable dyno shop for them to restrict it themselves, then dyno it until they reach 33bhp maximum power.

HTH
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[daz|n00by]

just a couple of questions
1 what is the difference between a moto and a normal trialy or on of road bike?
2what would you have to do to change say this into a moto ?
i,m just interested really because most only look like wheels and tyers
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[Gazdaman]

Buy Yams' WR!! it's gorgeous, just make sure you've got a big shed for all the spairs that he's got for it!

Gaz

[G]

I'd say the most important thing is a decent front brake and grippy tyres.

Not many grippy tyres are available for a 21" front, so a 17 will help a lot.
However the tyres on my (older) dr were pretty damn grippy for trail-sized tyres (they still had significantish tread as well, not like normal-bike road tyres).

I was happy to get my knee down and push it further with them.

[stinkwheel]

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

What Stinkwheel said^.

[flat spot]

what about one of these?? You may have to restrict it though. Chap on rd forum just got it. GasGas 300, 2 stroke.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/flattyman/gasgas.jpg

[garth]

liking the gas gas... but i dont wanna fix it. and my budget is changing all the time... i can probably strestch higher, but i was considering insurance aswell....

Damn theses expensive bikes ! ! !
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