newb from san diego area

[Motorrad]

You will find the kx will need Very little parts in it's life..  Tires chains sprockets....

Your 250f on the otherhand... Is a ticking timebomb grenade of a motor waiting to cost you $3500

[BronkoRob]

dont remind me!  this is my first and last 4 stroke.  maybe an xr one day, but never again with the high strung indy car 4 strokes.  yeah it was just TOO good to pass up, so i rolled home with a KX in the truck and a not so happy wife in the garage...lol   i got the kx is priced kinda high so the YZ should sell sooner   glad the wife doesnt check this place out...lol  but until than i got to register the bike and im ready to ride!  like i said i need to get some seat time on this bad boy. 

[BronkoRob]

im am here to stay.  managed to get out of the doghouse and keep the green machine.  so anyone in the market for an 01 YZ250F..  would make a great bike for someones grandmother..lol  im sure once you get in good with the 500 everything else is a disappointment as far as dirt bikes go.

[Motorrad]

im am here to stay.  managed to get out of the doghouse and keep the green machine.  so anyone in the market for an 01 YZ250F..  would make a great bike for someones grandmother..lol  im sure once you get in good with the 500 everything else is a disappointment as far as dirt bikes go.

Awesome!!!    Local guys on 500s....


Did you ride it yet?

check jetting?

[BronkoRob]

i have taken it up and down the street so far...lol  i now know what you guys are talking about with the surging of power after full throttle.  so from what i have read that means the jetting is close to where it needs to be...?  something new to me that i will have to get used too.  from what i have ridden on the bike the jetting seems good, love the 2 stroke throttle response, runs smooth and starts right up.  i dont have my notebook with me, but i believe the main was a 168, i want to say the pilot was 58??  or at least near there, and clip is center of needle.  the bike is bone stock, so its probably whatever it came with from the factory.  i will have to search around here to see what i should be running for this elevation.  any hot tips or setup advice?  ive ordered fork seals, chain, and fork guards for it, so once i swap those out i will take it out to ride for real and see what it can really do.  only bummer is the red sticker, D*#* you california!!  so once im in "season" i will be riding as often as i can, and always looking for people to ride with.

[ELRUKO]

HI Guys:  I've been lurking on the site for a year or so.  Local here in SD  I have been riding kx500's since 93...  Not a racer anymore, but I can ride.  Mostly in Baja.  Will have to ride with you guys soon.  I have one with a plate too!   Don  760 519-8696

[BronkoRob]

any of the socal guys going to be at the D38 race on the 25th?  im going to try and make it out there.  between work and school, if i have time to get all the parts and the bike ready id like to run it, otherwise i will be out to check out the other 500s i hear run out there.  id would be kinda cool to meet a few of the guys from this site, and check out the their hot desert setups.

[Motorrad]

any of the socal guys going to be at the D38 race on the 25th?  im going to try and make it out there.  between work and school, if i have time to get all the parts and the bike ready id like to run it, otherwise i will be out to check out the other 500s i hear run out there.  id would be kinda cool to meet a few of the guys from this site, and check out the their hot desert setups.

Perhapse...  I normally don't race till the holoween race....   As it's HOT out there..

As it gets closer, I'll see how dialed I can get my jetting...

If anything I would be up for meeting up on K5's and watching the race / riding around...

Trust me you don't want your first race to be in 105 deg weather... You'll never want to race desert again...  Also good way to get hurt if your not in good shape..

[Motorrad]

any of the socal guys going to be at the D38 race on the 25th?  im going to try and make it out there.  between work and school, if i have time to get all the parts and the bike ready id like to run it, otherwise i will be out to check out the other 500s i hear run out there.  id would be kinda cool to meet a few of the guys from this site, and check out the their hot desert setups.

Perhapse...  I normally don't race till the holoween race....   As it's HOT out there..

As it gets closer, I'll see how dialed I can get my jetting...

If anything I would be up for meeting up on K5's and watching the race / riding around...

Trust me you don't want your first race to be in 105 deg weather... You'll never want to race desert again...  Also good way to get hurt if your not in good shape..

No responce?

[reklessj]

What ever happened with this topic? Nobody locally in the S.D. serious about riding 
I know me n motorrad can't be the only ones

[sandblaster]

All my moss would dry up if I tried to ride down in your neck of the dirt 

[reklessj]

All my moss would dry up if I tried to ride down in your neck of the dirt 

Yeah it would, its crazy dry down here!! I manage a vineyard and normally stop watering in November but have not stopped watering since April 2013. But what can ya do, get real good n fast with filter washes and changes

[SHLEPY]

   You guys all suck!!!! Its so hard to find people to ride with up here man I miss the south bay.

[reklessj]

   You guys all suck!!!! Its so hard to find people to ride with up here man I miss the south bay.

Don't get too down Shlepy, from the looks of them whiskey falls trails you got some good riding up there!!

[SHLEPY]

  Yes I do but I had to go to a orange 300 cause the 500 was getting abit to hard to handle ill save gig green LILY for the desert were I prefer to ride. I really need a desert ride.