General Chat

[nathanstott]

If i were him i wouldn't go anywhere near a crf250, hope he's got plenty of money to replace the valves on a regular basis.

[Peter r]

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the hot weather..

I've just joined AMTRA myself with Pete's Eildon ride in November being my first outing, great day..  I've quickly learnt that the forums are a wealth of knowledge so I thought i'd post a question..

An old mate of mine is getting back into trail riding as well (hopefully a future AMTRA member too) and is dead keen on a Honda CRF250X and has tracked down an 06 bike in mint condition 2400km (currently a lady owner so well looked after).  I keep telling him that Blue is best but he won't listen.

Anyway, we're going to look at it this weekend and was just wondering if anyone in the club has any experience with this model bike, are there any gremlins to look out for that are particular to this bike over and above the standard things to look out for?  I know the CRF250X has had value issues which she said was resolved in the 06 model, but not sure.

Any pointers greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Daniel

Here's a tip DON'T BUY ONE. But if you have to have one, go to your local TIP, i'm sure there's gotta be some there.

[DanJ]

Yea I'll pass on the advice.  He's got RED flowing through the veins (and hopefully plenty of cash in his pocket) so not sure if I'll have much influence.

Just slight change of topic then and just out of general interest, what's a good 250 thumper for getting back into riding, something with performance and to keep for a few years, is cheap ($5-$6k) on the 2nd hand market and isn't a maintenance nightmare.  I grabbed myself an 03 WR250F with low KM's (had to be electric start) and seeing i'm still learning I wanted something 2nd hand, my skills would go lost on one of the new bikes and the finance director (wife) had a heart attack at buying a bike in the first place (not an un-common problem I hear) and the bike has been great to date.

But the decision was tough and took months of research.  The Yamaha's seemed to have a good name and with plenty of oil and maintenance appeared to be reasonably problem free.

It's the million $$$ question really and one I doubt you would get a consensus on...

Also Pete, any plans of another Level 1 Eildon ride in the coming months?  I missed the Christmas/New Year ones.  I've also been checking the maps of Rubicon and the trails branching from the power station, interested if anyone has riden that area and if it's any good?  does AMTRA put on many rides through that area?

[sjkermode]

Tell him to go and chat to Scotty at Scotty's dirt bike spares.  He will tell him they are a good bike but on average he has the owners bring the head in to change the valves approx every ten hours.  It only costs about $350 a time.  So basically for every $20 oil change I do on my WR he can do a complete $400 valve change.