Best Trail Bikes

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Honda CRF230F

Honda CRF230F

4.7 Summary
J Barlow
 

I think as a short rider that Honda needs to make a new crf230f to handle light motocross and trails.it an excellent dirtbike everyone loves even my… Read more

taller friends.lighter frame, fuel injection, inverted suspension and rear suspension upgrades and people would definitely be interested.I would keep my 2019 model and buy the new one for sure

Yamaha TT-R230

Yamaha TT-R230

4.7 Summary
Oztog3 posts
 

Great dirtbike for fun times – Chose this for my first dirt bike. I was a moderate level street rider and never had ridden on dirt, this bike made it easy and fun I loved my… Read more

CRF230. The handling as you would hope from this bike is great as is the suspension which I did aggressively and it performs very well.

Kawasaki KLR650

Kawasaki KLR650

4.1 Summary
Buzz5 posts
 

Budget bush basher – Well, its time to update my review of the gen 2 klr650. Mine is still going strong. After nine years it now has 107,000km on the clock! Yep. That's… Read more

right, 107,000km. No oil burning. No "Doo hickey" modification. No power pipe. No carby mods. No air box mods. Totally stock and original. I use Castro 4t oil. Do the air cleaner often since 80% of my riding is on dirt. Yep, it's still a heavy pig. It's still awkwardly tall. The brakes are still very average. It always has at least one thing that needs fixing, and it's still put to shame by the average 250 for power. But.........after the zombie apocalypse, the cockroaches will emerge from the smouldering ashes riding a klr650! They won't be breaking any records, but it will keep on running. Cheap to buy. Easy to work on. Parts are readily availble along with a huge range of aftermarket farkles in every price range. I'll be keeping mine for a while yet I reckon

Matt9 posts
 

Fun bike, but other 250's are better. 2007 Modal – Good on fuel. Easy to maintain and like any bike lots of fun to own. :) But it was always a pain to start on cold starts, my mates owned a 2006… Read more

and 2009 KLX250's, both of theirs didn't like to start too when cold, which was a pain when you work late shifts and trying to start your bike at 1am in the morning and all you want to do is go home and sleep. :s

I sold it and bought a DRZ 400, it is just as reliably as the klx, a little bit heavier, but the power of the DRZ and the fact it always starts in Really cold or hot weather is a deal breaker.

Would i buy another? Nah, I'd look at other makes before going KLX 250 again. But in saying that, if you don't have the money for other makes, the KLX250 is a cheap bike for the money, i paid $1,700 with rego.

Adam Muldoon3 posts
 

great alrounder – this bike for the price is an awesome machine highly recommend it to anyone wanting something other than an expensive European bike great power great… Read more

handling fast bought it From Mick Muldoon Motor Cycles In Bathurst with great service and fast bikes go hard on the green machine. came with hand guards

dirtymikbris
 

good and cheap – Bit slow when i first got it but a cheap muffler from a thumpster and a $50 mikuni carb fixed that. Tighten every nut and bolt before riding it tho… Read more

or your leaving half the bike behind after a decent ride and put decent tyres on it i run a pirelli and a batlax cheap to run reliable looks ok fun in the back streets build quality is as expected for the price slow standard, has a flatspot a mile wide

Eli
 

It's an amazing starter bike!!! – I've had my 80cc TDR Pro since about 2010 and it runs awesome still! It might not be a popular brand or anything but it is one awesome starter bike.… Read more

Everyone says I need to upgrade because I'm too big for it but I think it's perfect for me as it's still easy to ride like it was when I was younger too. Obviously it's not the best bike for super steep uphill situations but it's still a beast.

Renee
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Good quality – Smooth riding, easy to tow with bike and fits 2 kids well. Was easy to put together and instructions were detailed. Feels to be good quality fabric and frame. Eady to attach and detach from bike.

duffy3 posts
 

OK – fairly good and ok for the price, a fun machine. i have had it for 2 years but i am still looking for a better quality bike with a seat height as low… Read more

and a little better ground clearance good on road (can go ok on expressway) and off road, low seat height. rear wrack too small and low strength, burns from exhaust if you fall over the wrong way, i installed a roll bar

oil cooled stator DONT LET YOUR OIL LEVEL GET LOW