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Originally Posted by Jayman77
I have the tt250 and it is just what he described. But I knew that when I bought it. It is not a pure dirt machine. It is not made to be jumped or slammed up hills or run through a deep bog of mud. But I love it and it is very capable of getting you there and back but not in a race.
O and it is half the price of its Honda and Yamaha counterpart
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You still shouldn't be "jumping" those Jap bikes either, if it's a Dual Sport out of the box, little jumps/slams might be fine, but everything is going to break if dropped/jumped just the right/wrong way
Take it from someone who has ridden Japanese Dirt Bikes for ages (started riding 3 months before I turned 4 years old... and I'm almost 31 now)... every bike "out of the box/factory" is lacking... it takes some $$ and mods to make them work for :
A) Riders weight and riding ability/style
B) Where it is being ridden (on/off road, rocks, mud, sand, wet, dry, etc.)
I have personally seen a
modded RX3 go just as fast up a decent mountain 4x4 trail with no issues as anyone else on the trail that day... was even being held up by traffic a few times too...
Again... if and when he puts some $$ into the bike will I take his "reviews on the RX3" with a grain of salt... at least get some better tires, the rear suspension upgraded or tuned for his weight, and sprockets for off road riding... basically do what he does with
every other bike he rides and takes seriously...
Then he will probably fall in love with the bike for what it is
