crf230f

im looking into getting a 230, if i will get a 230 it would be for woods racing and hill climbing. i need help because i love power and heard the way they are set up they can out run a 250f? And also will be playing around with it like little jumps, woods, creeks, mud, and lots of hills?  
03 cr125r

On the trail its all rider 230 vs 250f. I can keep up with the 250f's on the trails and were all fast!  She climbs like a champ. I've climbed 70ft hills that are 60 degree angles and all big rolling rocks, no problem.


Whats your height and weight, expierience?  
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Gittin ur dun on me Ski-Bear in
Paris, Ontario
Ford F150
Yamaha Phazer
Honda crf230

I feel more important than a dwarf among midgets.

14 currently ride a cr125r 160 pounds, i like to ride my 125 and love the power but the way im ridn i have to fight it and work the clutch constantly.  
03 cr125r

I think you'll find the 230 gutless compared to the 125....don't get my wrong, I LOVE my 230, but I know the 125 is already much more powerful...and it's a full sized bike....going to the 230 would be stepping down...you would be looking for a 250f of some sorts, sounds like.  
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"Only the desert has a fascination to ride alone in the sun in the forever unpossessed country away from man. That is a great temptation."
--D.H. Lawrence

i was planning on keping my 125 though, i heard that a 230 would out perform in a drag race and hill climb  
03 cr125r

You will have more fun on the 230 in the hills and trail riding IMO.  Go for it.  And you can always pull out the 125 for riding tracks and having that different kind of fun only a 2-stroke can give you...  
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NW Montana
Where the pavement ends and the fun begins  
2005 KTM300exc

I bought my KTM 300 because I wanted two bikes in one, a 4-stroke AND a 2-stroke.  If you ever go to just one bike, the KTM 200XCW might just be the bike for you.  It would give you the fun factor of 2-stroke madness, but they have good torque for hills and tight stuff too, similar to a 4-stroke in performance.  
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NW Montana
Where the pavement ends and the fun begins  
2005 KTM300exc

I have a 230, and I ahve ridden a 125 through the woods before.

I love my 230. I have never had it bog down and stall on a trail. Gear one is useless. It's to get you rolling that's it. Gear 2 is the ideal gear for most of anything..in my experience. I have taken this bike to hell and back..maybe twice. And it's never failed. Literally..trails I can't explain. Huge boulders, rocks, all mud, wet, constantly off and on the bike getting it to move..it was fun.

I rode the 125 on medium trails..since I didn't really know what I was doing with a 2 stroke..and I found it fun, but I found it hard to make it through slick rocks and such..but it was also some of me on that part. Lol.

I would say either a 230 or 250 would be good. Or like Paul mentioned, a KTM 200, 2 stroke, but trail bike like a 4 stroke..seems just as good as bet.

I am able to keep up with guys on 250 2 strokes going through trails..often because I can rip right through some stuff on the 230..and they have to slow down and rev the heck out of it..like a hill climb.

Hope this helped.  
>Brad
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Ontario.
2 2008 Honda CRF 230's!
1 2005 Honda CRF230!

Don't even consider them. It'll be a huge down step from what you have now. Get a 250f. They have a really strong pull from as soon as you crack the throttle till the rev limiter hits.  
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Lancaster, PA
2007 CRF250R
4 Stroke 4 Life!

What you need is a WR250, CRF250X or 250XC-F. No way will the 230 outrun a 250F, 0r 125 for that matter.  

the thing about the 250x its taller than a normal size motocross bike, i do good enough to ride my cr  
03 cr125r

if you can ride your CR, you can easily ride the 250x. The bikes brandon listed will be great too.  
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Lancaster, PA
2007 CRF250R
4 Stroke 4 Life!

also when im hill climbing on a 2 stroke you have to ring its neck wich leads to burned topends, im really looking in to having it as a back up bike and play bike  
03 cr125r

I really really think a 250 trail style bike is what you want...like the bikes that pin_it suggested...they aren't any taller than your 125.  
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"Only the desert has a fascination to ride alone in the sun in the forever unpossessed country away from man. That is a great temptation."
--D.H. Lawrence

I'd take a mx style 250f any day over the trail ones but that's JMO.  
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Lancaster, PA
2007 CRF250R
4 Stroke 4 Life!