Starter Motorcycle?

Question

I wanted to buy a dirt bike to possibly start racing on, or at the very least go trail riding or something. For someone who has ridden a bike a few times and is a beginner rider, what bike would you reccommend?

*I am like 5'7'', so a smaller bike like an 85 wouldnt work.

Answer 1

yamaha ttr-125l are great for trail riding but if you want motocross try a yz model.

Answer 2

Definatley go Honda. The best models to go trail riding is the honda CRF100F I'm 5"9 and I use the older model of this bike, the 2003 XR100R and this bike works great. It goes around 50 mph. on a straight away trail and it is pretty good for climbing and taking off some small jumps.

Answer 3

try the motorcycle section this is for racing question

Answer 4

There is no such thing, unless you want to add ' training wheels'.

For instance, I started on a 500ccc single-banger, brand name " Velocette"  (English, as that's all there was, in those days.)

If you are going to get into trails riding (as opposed to the close yer eyes and rap on the throttle, i.e., moto-cross), then pick something well-balanced, around 250-350 cc or so. Trails riding subtracts points for every time you touch the ground with something other than the tires. It's a very demanding sport, demanding a LOT out of the rider.

Moto-cross? Basically, who has the biggest engine and deepest pockets. <shrug>

I always liked my bikes in the 500-650cc range when I was riding, but that was decades ago.

If you want to have any semblance of a backbone left at age sixty, stay away from the crotch rockets. They will cripple one.

wsulliva