Motorcycle Hunting

[Taudisio]

This has been my solution for long days in the woods.

 

[mtnbound]

QUESTION: for the guys who've bought KLX 300's with EFI.

I'm now around the vicinity of about 215Lbs most of the time, now that I'm post-surgery to fix my Hiatal Hernia issue.

So... the question I'm asking is... if you're also a rider around these same weight specs... for this bike.. did you have to get it re-sprung in order to be "happy" with it? And by "happy" I mean when you're then electing to just have fun on it, out in the dirt... do you find yourself quickly pushing past the limits of the suspension in terms of wallowing, or bottoming-out, and not being able to turn a fine line off a berm?

Pretty set on this model with the lower maintenance levels, and lower insurance costs.

I figure my lumbar disc bulges I now have will likely preclude me from riding a CRF450RL the way _I_ would just naturally want to haul azz on it anyway.

And I also figured that.. if I find that my back ends up just not being able to take it.. I won't be worried about someday handing my son a KLX 300 as a first larger sized bike, rather than a CRF450RL, which I know he'd just end up getting himself hurt on. I couldn't live with myself if that happened. Plus it's like DOUBLE the cost to buy a CRF450RL.

Yes, you will need to respring it for your weight, especially if you start using it as a play bike.

 

[TheGDog]

Yes, you will need to respring it for your weight, especially if you start using it as a play bike.

That's what I figured based on the other two dualsports I'd had. A DR350... and a DRZ400.