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hey guys , i'm not a very good english speaker so please excuse the number of mistakes you'll find ! the facts are these : I started dirt riding 3months ago with a 2001 kx250 and it is pretty good , and lately i found a crf450 2006 at 2500$ (it is in morocco) apparently in a very good condition and i was wondering would it be good if I sold my bike and bought the honda knowing that there is a huge difference between 2-strokes and 4-strokes bikes and the places where I can fix my bike are rare  , and i'm a bit into trail riding more than i am in track one( since there is two tracks in all the country   ) so please help me find the bike that suits me the best ! thank you ! ( i'm 182cm with 60kg )  

the kx fits you better. the crf is strickyl a race bike if its the race version. it will over heat in the trails. also if you'r worried about the maintanence and who can fix it. stay with a two stroke as you can work on it yourself. ~pat  
PEACE GUYS ITS BEEN A BLAST!!!!! ~patrick

yea i agree with pat. four strokes are harder to start, harder to maintain and they will overheat. stay with the kx especially if you mostly ride trails. if you were going to ride more track then i would consider the 450  
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but about maintenance is the crf450r so hard to maintain in a good condition ?  

eventually it will need the valves checked and adjusted. thats a pretty big job. and a 4 stroke eventually needs a top end rebuild too. especially the mx versions. and with teh cams. timeing chains. cam sfafts and all that good stuff it is expensive and harder. ~pat  
PEACE GUYS ITS BEEN A BLAST!!!!! ~patrick

talking about racing and trailing i would say what i do is something between the two , i live in a kind of a farm with very big empty surfaces but not smooth surface (hope you're getting what i wanna mean) what do i do then ? racing or trailing ?  

empty surfaces.. fields. surfaces with nothing on it. flat like water? the kx is still good for raceing. and tracks. and also good in the woods. ~pat  
PEACE GUYS ITS BEEN A BLAST!!!!! ~patrick

i think that would be trailing. maybe you could see if you could ride the 450 or a similar one and see if you like it  
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i think i'll ride it tomorrow to see what it is like ! thanks guys for the advices ! that was very helpful and changed completely my mind  

ahh. peace and post back tomorrow ~pat  
PEACE GUYS ITS BEEN A BLAST!!!!! ~patrick