theroyz71 said:
I just got a new 04 klx110 on Saturday. It will be a play bike for me to chase my son around on his fifty until he grows into it.
I'm thinking about the same thing. How does that KLX110 feel under you? Does it feel too short, or do the tires seem too small?
I have a Kawasaki Ninja 250 street bike. A few weeks ago I was at the dealer picking up a new sprocket when my son noticed the Honda CRF50F's. They were $999 (MSRP $1,199) and very tempting. So it got us interested in the dirt bike scene. It looks like a lot of fun. I noticed that the Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Suzuki 50cc bikes are almost identical feature-wise, but the Honda is different in these ways:
1. The Honda is a four stroke engine, whereas the other three have two stroke engines.
2. The Honda has a 3-speed transmission, but the other three have single speed transmissions. All four have no clutch.
3. The Honda is two inches taller in the seat and 20 pounds heavier.
4. The Honda is $100 higher MSRP, but I think they're all about the same in selling price.
Other than this they all look the same to me. The Honda looks a lot better than the others to me. Am I overlooking anything?
I'm thinking about buying the CRF50F for my son, and getting something like a CRF100F for me. I tried to find maximum weight ratings or recommended rider ages or sizes for the bikes, but I've come up empty. The KLX110 is the smallest bike that Kawasaki seems to recommend for adults, and the CRF100F is the smallest that Honda seems to recommend for adults. I might be able to get away with something smaller, like the Honda CRF80F. What do you guys think? I do like that the KLX110 is $600 cheaper than the CRF100F, but it's a 3-speed semi-auto instead of a 5-speed manual, and it has 14" and 12" tires instead of 19" and 16". Plus, it's 26" in the seat instead of 31. So I think I'll more likely go with the Honda CRF100F, or possibly the CRF80F.
Curt