Supermoto thread

[jaywood]

These dirt bikes/supermotos are not something you want to be commuting on the highway with. Honestly, I know it sounds fun now, but these bikes are not fun on the highway.

[slaterd]

Well since I'm new to this I'll trust your judgement...if you say looks good for the requirements I need then I'll try to get it tomorrow ha

[2l2ltq]

Looks like a blast

[slaterd]

What do you guys think of this?? It's not a supermoto...I know but I just want something I can have fun on and commute to work on the highway with...

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/mcy/3643160131.html

I'll add stuff to it as I go...probably first thing after maintenance would be black plastics.

[myinfernalbmw]

I'm going to need a new chain/sprocket,.tires and a few misc items before spring. I'll probably order tires locally as soon as i figure out which ones i want

[randomsv650]

Depends what exactly you need I guess. What are you lookin for? I get a lot of my stuff direct from parts unlimited since I work for a dealer.

[myinfernalbmw]

Who has the best prices online for parts? I've used the TT store and motostrano before but i know motostrano isn't the cheapest by any means.

[randomsv650]

I sell bikes, but very rarely do we get a supermoto...haha.

[slaterd]

Taxes are in! Time to start shopping around!!!
I think we need to find a sumo hookup for sure for R3V.

[motomaster99]

Got it on craigslist. Rode it when I got it home didn't need anything. bars were bent, as well as shift lever, I changed the oil and added smaller front blinkers. Ordered a full bug gun evo x exhaust. Deals like that are hard to find. I've wanted one forever and for that price well...now I have one :)

To clarify no I'm not really the motomaster aftermarket parts brand. I was only joking

I don't think I can hook you all up lol. I'm sorry. I work for Automatic Distributors the 7th biggest power rec vendor in the world. You can visit us here www.autodist.com or jrgraham.com

The bike is under powered stock. However If you retard the cam timing 10* (for free) you go from 18hp to 25 immediately. With a TM 36 carb, full exhaust, cam mod, properly tuned I plan to be as or more powerful than most 250's.

[randomsv650]

^i dig it. Lucky for me my bike stock has killer brakes

Yeah i was running the stock dirt rotors which were ok, but at the track they started fading pretty quickly. Ill be doing front flips now

[slaterd]

Still finding only between high 2k's to 4k's in my area. I've found a couple for under 2k out here in phoenix, once my money comes in I'm bouncing on them.

[Pinepig]

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http://www.bikefinds.com/

[TwoJ's]

DRZ400sm, it's not the best at anything except for taking a beating and being able to sell it for what ya paid for it two years from now when you think you might want something a little more cutting edge ( and in reality, you won't be that much faster than a guy on a well ridden DRZ).

DRZ400. You really cannot go wrong with that bike.

Thanks for the input guys. After reading this thread, I had a feeling that I'd get the DRZ recommended. I've seen people talking about how they are a $2000-$2500 bike... but I don't see any for sale anywhere at that price. Most of them are $4k + with a few around $3500.

Like I said, I've bought a boat so the bike needs to be really budget minded. I don't mind at all buying one that isn't perfect that I can slowly work on and fix myself. I'd almost prefer that actually as then I can get mechanically familiar with the bike right away (I'd prefer not to have/get to learn to rebuild the engine or anything major right off the bat).

I'd really prefer to be down around the price of this bike:

Just bought one. so stoked. 09 klx250s $1690 rebuilt title.



Should have some action pics for you this summer ;-)

I see that it is a rebuilt title and 250CC. So at or around $2000 and not needing a ton of work/parts, am I going to end up with a 250CC bike?

And where are you guys looking for bikes for sale? I've basically been looking on Craigslist in different cities. Is there a better resource that you guys use?

[2l2ltq]

^i dig it. Lucky for me my bike stock has killer brakes