MX26
04-01-2003, 12:33 PM
Hey guys. I just sold my 89 R and am having a hard time deciding where I want to go from here. I start college in 4 months and should probably keep the money and invest it in that, but I am having other thoughts. Option A: New Truck. Option B: 4 stroke quad
My 93 Nissan is still in good shape with almost 110K miles, but I would really like to get a new truck. I'm not positive on what would I would get.. But I saw an 01 Dodge 1500 5.9L in the paper today with 33K miles for $14K I think. Power everything.. Exactly what I wanted. I figure that if I put the $5K from my R towards it, sold my truck ($3,000) and scrape together everything from all of my dwindling savings accounts, I'd have almost $10,000. I really don't want to finance $3K going into college, but I am still undecided. I work at an auto parts remanufacturing plant for $6.50 an hour and usually rack up about 20 hours a week. During the summer I'll be working full time, so that's a $500 paycheck. That seems like it would be easy to repay a short-term loan from the bank, but I have to start saving for college.... Dang, Growing up SUCKS!!!!!
The other option... And the main point of my post.... The other thing I would like is to get back into MX racing. I haven't raced in almost 1 full year due to injuries and money problems so the desire to race has dulled a little, but its still a rush. What I'd like to know is..... Just like the title says: Which quad for $5,000 is the best for MX?
$5K would get a fairly modded EX, and would also get me the keys for a brand new KFX400. I know this is a 400EX board but I want some unbiased opinions on the other high-performance sport quads out there. I would trailride maybe 10 weekends out of a year, and MX probably about 30. I want something with a good record of reliability, but I'd also like something that was 1/2 way competitive when I brought it home. My friend has a 440EX that feels totally foreign to me. I guess coming straight off my 250R and getting on it was a drastic change, but I was soo much faster on my 250.
I'd like a few opinions from the people that have seat time on the new 4 strokes out there. I don't mean to start a flame war, but I have heard that the Z and KFX 400 are better on the track than the EX. Thanks in advance for the replies.
David
My 93 Nissan is still in good shape with almost 110K miles, but I would really like to get a new truck. I'm not positive on what would I would get.. But I saw an 01 Dodge 1500 5.9L in the paper today with 33K miles for $14K I think. Power everything.. Exactly what I wanted. I figure that if I put the $5K from my R towards it, sold my truck ($3,000) and scrape together everything from all of my dwindling savings accounts, I'd have almost $10,000. I really don't want to finance $3K going into college, but I am still undecided. I work at an auto parts remanufacturing plant for $6.50 an hour and usually rack up about 20 hours a week. During the summer I'll be working full time, so that's a $500 paycheck. That seems like it would be easy to repay a short-term loan from the bank, but I have to start saving for college.... Dang, Growing up SUCKS!!!!!
The other option... And the main point of my post.... The other thing I would like is to get back into MX racing. I haven't raced in almost 1 full year due to injuries and money problems so the desire to race has dulled a little, but its still a rush. What I'd like to know is..... Just like the title says: Which quad for $5,000 is the best for MX?
$5K would get a fairly modded EX, and would also get me the keys for a brand new KFX400. I know this is a 400EX board but I want some unbiased opinions on the other high-performance sport quads out there. I would trailride maybe 10 weekends out of a year, and MX probably about 30. I want something with a good record of reliability, but I'd also like something that was 1/2 way competitive when I brought it home. My friend has a 440EX that feels totally foreign to me. I guess coming straight off my 250R and getting on it was a drastic change, but I was soo much faster on my 250.
I'd like a few opinions from the people that have seat time on the new 4 strokes out there. I don't mean to start a flame war, but I have heard that the Z and KFX 400 are better on the track than the EX. Thanks in advance for the replies.
David