So much for global warming, I woke up to 6" of fresh wet heavy snow. Knocked out power and most all schools closed. It was 1 year and 4 days ago that I brought the KLX home and it was in the 60's and not a hint of snow. Can't say the same for this year. 30's forecast all this week.

 

That sucks....However not to get into a Global warming debate, but the term global warming doesn't mean that everything is getting hotter everywhere. It actually is causing cold weather and snow in places that haven't had those conditions in years. Yea we had a Global Warming conference a couple of months ago here at work, and it was funny because it started snowing and someone said "look there's no global warming here, and one of the world renown scientists had to correct that person saying that extreme temperatures either way is a sign of global warming. Look at places that have gotten snow for the first time ever. And then there is the melting of the permafrost, I'm just saying.....

 

Well, I am going for the first dualsport ride of the season today. It's about7-8 miles of road to the national forest then natures playground abounds. I bought this bike for a reason. Oh, sorry that your CRF has to be trucked or trailered. CYA!

 

Just realized that we need milk, oj and a few other items. So when I get back from my dualsport trip I will probably change and take the KLX up to the grocery store with my daughter on back (she loves it). Just one more reason that I enjoy this bike.

 

No matter how much you spend...no motocross machine will never be street legal. My KLX is used more as a light weigh adventure bike, rather than a trail bike.

I think he;s just pissed that he really wanted a full time trail bike, and didn't do his reasearch and wasted his money on a KLX.A KLX still blows away all other dual sports under $5000. Only some more expensive KTM's come close to it's trail worthyness.

 

if nothing elseyou learned a lesson. do your research next time and you won't get burned rook. sorry it didn't work out for you but it's not the bike it's you. good luck with the honda.

 

Maybe you should be comparing your 'MX' bike with other 'MX' bikes...just an idea. I went to the dealer buy a dual sport, that's what I got and I'm happy with it.

We'll make sure to a wave as we pass you in your in your truck/trailer hauling that non-tagable bike to the next trail head.

 

I ride with the originator of this thread and as much as I don't think he should be bagging the KLX I do know where he is comming from having just bought the same bike also. As far as street legal goes we have no problem registering them here as the dealers fit them out with the necessary gear(which most people take off as soon as they get them home).

All the comparisons I have read seem to rate the CRF's power easily comparable to the TE250(not the yet to be released model) and the CRF is a lighter bike. The CRF250X has more HP than an XR400 and the suspension is a dream on really rugged trails, it will also lift the front wheel with a twist of the throttle in 1st 2nd and 3rd gears from 2500rpm. We paid $6400 on the road for the KLX250 and $8990 on the road for the CRF250X. A Husky, KTM, or Yamaha equivalent is around $11000 on the road. I agree also that the CRF will require more maintenance but thats the price you pay for that much power from a 250 I suppose.

I don't think we bought the wrong bikes as neither of us knew what type of riding we were going to be doing but after 4 months and more than 2000km we found that less than 10% of it was on the road so we bought more suitable bikes. The short time I owned the KLX I learnt a lot about modifying bikes and researching potential modifications thanks mainly to this forum. Thanks Guys.

Here's a few pics if the bikes. As you can see we have a bit of a Honda fan club going.

 

congrats on the new crf[sm=smiley20.gif]