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is a 250R still competitive
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Posted by: HippieMcgrath

My question is. Does anyone think a 88' TRX250R is gonna be competitive in the GNCC against all these 450's? I'm setting a R up to race this year and I'm pretty confident a R will be perfect. But I thought I knew best before and was wrong. My R will be pimped with everything I can afford. And the valves won't tighten up in the middle of the race and the engine braking won't put wear and tear on my shoulders. What do you think? I got just as good a chance as anyone or I should scrap the idea and buy a TRX450R? Either way I want to do my best.

Posted by: JAKE YATES

I BELIEVE THE R WOULD DO FINE IF YOU CAN GET IT TO RUN IN THE STRAIGHTS!!!!!!!!!! THATS WERE THE 450 DOMINATES.

Posted by: LT80

Whatcha yellin about Jake (caps)? LOL

I have a R and I've raced a 450.
IMO, in the straights is where the R will shine. The R will take 3x as many shifts as the 4 strokes will pull in a gear forever it seems.
The 4 strokes excell in the corners as they need no clutch fanning.

I love my R but the 4 strokes are so much easier to ride. Stick em in 3rd and go anywhere. hehe

Posted by: Flynbryan19

You'll be fine. There would still be many more out there today if all the sponsorships didn't reward people with thumpers. If its what you have and your comfortable on it you'll be fine. Take a look at the bike gncc's. The vast majority of the pros are still on two-strokes.

Posted by: xcracer416

if there wasnt a production rule and all the sponsers bill ballance would have won all his championships on a 250r. imo there isnt a quad that rolled off the assembly line that can out handle an R. My 450r is the closest thing to handling as my old 250r was.

Posted by: HippieMcgrath

I figured there would still be alot of them out there but haven't been able to find any results to show what the guys were riding. I gotta be honest I started thinking about giving up my R plans and trying for a 450r after speaking to a few builders out there. But then I remembered I'm doing this for fun. I want to do as good as possible, but it will be on a R. I now have two I'm building. This is what I want to do and I'm doin' it. I am seriously wanting to race some of the 6 hour races and maybe even the 12 hour race. I always wanted to race the baja 1000. Might never happen but I can race 12 hour adventure. All on my R.

Posted by: snacob14

I raced mine in the C class for the first time last month. I had more than one guy tell me I was on the wrong bike for XC. Well, I tied for the holeshot and took fifth out of a bout 30 guys, and it wasn't because of the bike.