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Private sale. Guy bought the bikes from a dealership (and 5 other dealers in a week period) with fake checks, then sold the bikes private sale. And since MN doesn't title bikes, there's no tracking them unless you register for trail use. Dealer doesn't give a shit, they just want their bike back and I'm left holding the bag. I even changed the oil, swapped out springs, and changed the chain and sprockets. All which I loose to the dealership.

About the worst day ever. Turns out the 300R I bought was stolen. So yeah, it was too good to be true. Got a nice friendly call from the sheriff's office today. Guy apparently ran a scam on 4 dealerships in the area, 12+ bikes in total, fake personal checks for all of them, then sold the dirt bikes cash, private sale. And since dirt bikes don't receive titles in Minnesota, the only way they find them is if they are registered for state trails, which I dutifully did since we would be hitting the trails. Bike hit hot on registration. Have to return the bike to the dealership and I'm out 3700 bucks. The response for restitution from the sheriff was "get in line, guy has 800k plus in judgement against him as it stands already from a false front construction company". That was our whole next summer vacation money/plans. At least the wife and kid will get some trail time but I doubt they will go without me. So hurray for justice, dealer got theirs and I'm broke and pissed.

And we're done! Got tired of ridiculous prices on Facebook and went and picked up a klx140rf for the wifey. I don't think she smiled that much on our wedding day...😵‍💫

What are unnecessary things KTM owners buy for $800 Alex.

Looks like an 80's jet ski, also this.

Holy moly, that flew under my radar, ordering a set.

Also the mounts are NLA and if you can find them on flea bay, they command a premium.

I learned quickly I am no longer 16 years old, I'm about 1/4 speed through my old woods trails and I still have every inch/corner/rock memorized. 40's going to hurt next year. On the plus side, I've never experienced new full knob tires, only bald knob tires, because poor teenager. Wow does that make a difference. I could tractor in first just about anywhere I pleased.

Real popular in Minnesota, they use stolen service vans. You can't leave a motorcycle out overnight in St Paul/Minneapolis, it will be gone before the sun goes down.

You are correct, it's almost perfect.

Yeah, then you have to insure it, get tabs, not a big deal but not worth it. I'll probably plate it before I sell it just for the extra $$ if it comes to that. We might even trade it in for two smaller bikes + cash. We'll see, taking it out this weekend to see if it's too much bike for me. It was just too good of a deal to let pass. I'm sure I could turn around and sell it next spring for 4.5k pretty quick.

Well that just happened. Just got home with a 23' klx300r. I had no intentions of the 300 but it was sorta on my radar. I saw this particular bike price kept dropping on the Facebook really fast, guy started at 5.5k and dropped down to 3.7k all in a matter of days. Naturally I had to step in to stop the poor guys misery. I haven't stolen a bike before but this felt like it. Still has knubs on the tires for cripes sake.

I guess the plus side is I can put collector plates on it in two years. 😄 I just don't see the value when I can get a 2023 klx230 out the door for 4k ish. On a side note, I sent the wife motorcycle shopping today, oh boy we're the quotes all over the place for out the door pricing. Between almost 2k price difference on a 23 klx300r depending where she went. 1.5k price difference on the 23 klx140rl. No idea how some of these dealers stay in business, maybe people don't cross shop? Low turnover but high margins I suppose. Pretty sure we are sticking with the 140 and 230 air cooled thumpers from the ditch booger company now. I'd really like some Honda's 125/250 but I don't have the clout to pull that off, they for sure charge a premium, but do offer at least a kick start option and efi on both models. I don't have the patience to deal with used shrewd Facebook/craiglist bottom feeders anymore.

that would explain why i spent so much time in tree's and bushes as youngster

Either way the suspension will have to be addressed. Are two strokes of today better than of 30 years ago? I mean I remember getting a season out of a jug/piston but that's about it. I really like want low maintenance which I was hoping out of a underpowered 4 stroke air cooled. Maybe I'm thinking wrong?

The problem i Have with enduro's at least in mn is they hold their value like crazy, seems like everyone wants one. I just saw an 80's XT350 list for 3k... Pretty much anything that "could be" street legal without jumping through some hoops is priced almost what I'd pay new for a little smaller cc bike.

Wayyyy out of budget and frankly no need, I'll maybe see 30-40 mph max on the trails I have and not a lot of elevation.

That's the Enduro right? These will be strictly off road, the land of Minnesota really hates off road dirt bikes (ohm), so there isn't a lot of traversing between ridable areas. But yes the 230r version and the 300 of the klx are in question. We'll test the waters with the wifey and kid then go from there if I want to invest anymore.

1/3 acquired. Needs some TLC but that's how I like em. Ordered up a new 24' KLX140RL for the wife, should be here before the snow. Still thinking on my end.

Also keep in the back of your head, modern motorcycles BARELY charge the battery at idle if not only maintain voltage. With these bikes being so sensitive to minimum voltage levels, I'd be hesitant to start/stop that much.

Brraaaaapppppp He's still got his legs out but getting the hang of it. Seems like it's hard to find springs for certain dirt bikes. @miweber929 Id take you up on that but I'm about a year out since we're not going the pw50 route anymore.

There's a lot of bikes the offer the "trail" version then the "dual sport version" best I can tell one is street legal and the other isn't. Bout the same prices. Kinda odd. I think we are going to skip the pw stage and go right to tt-r50or whatever the equivalent is on big red or green.

The time has come, the little one is going to be getting an upgrade from electric to some form of gas bike this winter with some sort of transmission. So.. what does papa bear get? We'll be exclusively be riding ATV trails through the woods. I haven't had a dirt bike since several yz250's back in the 90's. What am I looking for just to putz around? Two stoke, four stroke, enduro, trail, mx, cripes there's a lot of options out there. Keep in mind I'm 6'4" 280, so seat height is kinda moot, I can flat foot on a T7. Someone mentioned klx300? Trr250? Honda something Enduro? Don't bother mentioning KTM, they can rot in hell.

What seat you got on the hog, looks interesting.

I've never seen people spend so much time, effort, and money into chains as people on this forum. It boggles the mind.