Learning Curve

[Pappy]

The rain finally let up today and CJ wasted no time getting his chores done so he could ride:p

This is a huge step up from his 85 and it's going to take him some time to figure it out. I took a ride on it...damn that thing has BALLS!!!!

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[Pappy]

Its a curve ball for me as well, i'm not used to shooting bikes:p

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[JRP]

Assuming its a 250f ken? Looks awsome! The pics aren't half bad either ;) hahaha

[matt14c]

Whats up with the young man and all the Kawi? Looks like its fits him well though. Photos arent half bad either!

[Scro]

Looks like it fits him good. I'm still :eek: at the fact that your feet were actually able to touch the ground when you sat on it, and not just dangle.:eek2:

[Pappy]

Oh they dangled quite a bit:p

[631kfx400]

does he ever ride the kfx anymore?

[Pappy]

Yep, has a race sunday

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[631kfx400]

SICK. i love how you guys are using kawis. smart thinking:devil:

[Pappy]

Originally posted by 631kfx400
SICK. i love how you guys are using kawis. smart thinking:devil:

The quad was bought for the weight. Cody is short, and cant use leverage to yank it out of a hole.

The bike...he just liked the idea of having both brands the same (and our dealer wanted us to run kawi-probably because he was overstocked haha)

So far both have been decent except they are both vibration monsters. We will see if the quad holds up

[stocktires]

nice choice, almost got a KXF myself.

[k4f5x0r]

he'll get it down fast. 6 rides into my 250f and im loving it and got alot better.

i hope to start racing after the summer when i get to practice alot :cool:

[Pappy]

Originally posted by k4f5x0r
he'll get it down fast. 6 rides into my 250f and im loving it and got alot better.

i hope to start racing after the summer when i get to practice alot :cool:

When he gets this good on the bike, I will feel alot better:p I know its hard to show on video, but he is so ready for this 450

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[631kfx400]

looks like hes doing really good on the kfx. wish him good luck on his race sunday:muscle:

[k4f5x0r]

never got that about quads and bikes.
on bikes a 450 is ONLY for heavier riders and for very experienced riders.
450 bikes have ridiculous amounts of power even stock

a 250f is for kids moving up from 85's and for some taller starters.
my 250f has as much HP as my kfx450 does stock...


HOW?! im not the greatest rider ever on quads but i am pretty quick and i could deffinatley use some power considering on on limiter all the time in 3rd(and 4th is too tall to ride). but on the 250f 2nd gear is plenty for the entire track besides one straight away.

it blows my mind :chinese:

[Pappy]

Power to weight ratio...thats where you will find your answer

[stocktires]

Is your KTM a 6-speed? Wow on the 2nd gear

[k4f5x0r]

and yea its a 6 speed. on hard pack tracks i use 2nd except for the bgiger jumps. and on the sandtrack im in 2nd turns 3rd straightaway's.


i love sand on dirtbikes. i used to HATE it but once you get half decent its pretty fun becaues it is so difficult. great endurance practice ;)


and yea @ pappy i didnt think of the power to weight ratio. also the fact that quads need ot be eco friendly stock when 250f's are RACE bikes so they have less strict emissions. :mad:

[Pappy]

All I know is that i wll stick to 4 wheels. On a quad, I will wreck every now and then....on a bike, I will wreck then and NOW!

[ZBlaster]

Originally posted by Pappy
All I know is that i wll stick to 4 wheels. On a quad, I will wreck every now and then....on a bike, I will wreck then and NOW!



Sounds exactly like me. I'm fast on a quad, tried the bike thing for a year... eh I've never had a more painful experience in my life.

[k4f5x0r]

i cannot even count the times ive went down on my 250 already. I grew up on bikes until i was about 10-11 years old when i first started riding my dads 300ex. then my friends got me into quads and here i am. But since i was 6-7 i rode a 1974 MR 50 two stroke(oldschool no swingarm :devil:) with a clutch and three gears.

i rode that thing until it litterally blew up and lost compression then we sold it just about a year ago. then i rode an xr 100 until one of my cousins drug addict friends stole it for money(so me and my dad assume) and a KX125.

im kinda confused on my opinion between quads and bikes. I love quad and i feel at home on them, but i dont have the money to dump into them to be competitive. so right now its really just a fun faze.

the dirtbike on the other hand i can actually be competitive with. after this summer like i posted earlier i want to get into racing locally. i would go into 250 c stock class. id have a decent chance of atleast keeping up with the guys.

[Pappy]

Let rewind 2 years

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[k4f5x0r]

Gotta love those pappy picture skillz :eek2:

so has he been on bikes then switched to quads somewhere inbetween orr whats the deal with that?

[631kfx400]

i had a xr100 once and the engine moved back and forth if you touched the chain. lol

[Pappy]

Originally posted by k4f5x0r
Gotta love those pappy picture skillz :eek2:

so has he been on bikes then switched to quads somewhere inbetween orr whats the deal with that?

He has had both since he was 7

[k4f5x0r]

ahh similar to me then. except he has a dad that encourages it :scary:

my dad never really cared about it too much. he just liked to take a bike up and down the road as fast as he could get it then put it away for 6 more months

[Pappy]

My dad would get chased by the police and have to hide the bikes for 6 months:p

I was always to young to have a bike...but I got to ride my cousins bikes and trikes. I geuss growing up in a way that always found me being told I was to young, or that I couldn't come because I was a kid etc has made me who I am towards my kids. They go everywhere with me and I will bend over backwards to let them do whatever they wish to do, atvs, bikes, hunting etc. The only stipulation is that they always show respect, act responsibly and we do it as a family....so far its worked out pretty good:p

[631kfx400]

Originally posted by Pappy
My dad would get chased by the police and have to hide the bikes for 6 months:p


hahahahahahhahah:devil: