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whats a good bike for sand?
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Posted by: gir

my friend wants to get a dirt bike and i dont know much bout them. hes about 5' 8 and has some ridding experience. wahts a good dirt bike for him? dune and some dirt ridding

Posted by: kamikaze_rzrbak

if he gets a 2 stroke 250 then he can play with the big boys and not even have to do much mods, but it will be a lot of power so if he dosnt have much experience he should get a 125

Posted by: gir

thanks kamikaze. that helped a lot. so i guess a 125 would be perfect for him.

Posted by: twisted threads

A 125 is a little small for the dunes. I have seen many 125 not come back from the dunes running. He should get a 250 or a 4 stroke 450. Just my $.02

Posted by: Gordons Well

He is right . Don't paddle a 125.

Posted by: 267ex

450 4-stoke, i wouldnt go w/ a 2stroke. I know alot of ppl that have seezed(spelling) the piston after acouple of rides in the sand. i dont reall kno anything about dirtbikes tho. ill ask my neighbor . hes a dirtbike guru.

Posted by: gir

the problem is, hes pretty new to dirt bikes and dosent have a lot of money. he can only afford a used bike. buget is around 2 grand. up or down a few hundred. plus, hes short. he rode a xr250 and needed guided starts with me and my friend holding on to the bike so it wouldnt tip over. but its possible to adjust the suspension right? i guess hes going to go to gorman a lot but maybe a couple of trips out to the dunes. .............if only he were getting a quad this would be so much easier. ..

Posted by: ledofthezep

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but its possible to adjust the suspension right?

That, and you may be able to lower the tripple clamp just a bit---I'm no bike guru so I couldn't go into details there, also I've heard of people shaving off some seat foam to lower the seat height a couple inches.

Posted by: socallen85

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Originally posted by Gordons Well
He is right . Don't paddle a 125.

yeah most 125s just dont hang in the sand,

atleast here in the SoCal Sand

Forget Glamis........Gordons Well kicks *****

Posted by: Got Roost?

i'll say the same thing, in the sand a 125 is going to be under powered. lots of stress on the motor.

Posted by: BrD MaN

what twisted say get a 450 honda

Posted by: allmixedup047

i have a buddy that is around that hight and he has a RM250. his suspension is set up by pro action for his hight. but hes not going to get that great of a bike for 2grand. if hes not that great on a bike maybe he should try to save some money and get a 250 4stroke. they would be alright in the sand. my buddy has a yz250f that does good in the sand. but thats out at oklahoma.

Posted by: bigbadktm

here we go, ive been riding 2 wheels, 2 stroke 250 for the past 4 years and hae no probs. 90% sand riding in Glamis. bike is a 00 ktm 250exc.

a 125 has to rev high just to keep up, add to that the stress of the sand, and you have yourself a blown motor. not everytime, but it will happen.

i would not recommend anything under 250cc for a 2 stroke, and nothing under 400cc for a 4 stroke. when i bought my bike, it was my first time on 2 wheels in the sand, and i did fine. he'll pick it up.

as for heighth...cut the seat foam, or lean over. dont compromise power or suspension for ride height.

as for bikes, he can get a used yz 250 for right around that price, or a 96 kawi 250(bike of the year for 96). honda's are always a safe bet, but there is a year to avoid, and i can never remember it. i think it was the first year for the alum frame.

hope all that helps, if not check out www.glamisdunes.com and post your q's there too.

Posted by: gir

thanks guys......i told him all this and he kinda knows what he wants.....anyways........im really hyped up cuz we just got a new buggy!. sory to brag but its a nortstar v8 in a ag chasis...huge fox coils and all the blingin chrome....cant wait to try it...maybe my buggy will have a bike to follow

Posted by: gir

maybe my buddy* will " " ...lol........hes gonna be followin ME!