Why is the EX250 "slow"?

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#11 Unread post by CORSCO »

Who cares if its slow, you can rev it to the moon!!!!!
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dieziege wrote:it has enough power to lift the front wheel if you screw up at a stop light (don't ask)...
Or on the highway at 65MPH (don't ask)....
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#13 Unread post by ZooTech »

Okay, does everyone feel better about their 250's yet??? :roll:

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#14 Unread post by bok »

if you guys can get the front wheel off the ground on a 250, maybe you should tell IFly how to do it on his 500 :twisted:
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bok wrote:if you guys can get the front wheel off the ground on a 250, maybe you should tell IFly how to do it on his 500 :twisted:
He can do that! He just needs to find a little gravel...

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Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#16 Unread post by CORSCO »

Dragonhawk wrote:
dieziege wrote:it has enough power to lift the front wheel if you screw up at a stop light (don't ask)...
Or on the highway at 65MPH (don't ask)....
The stoplight one I can see but on the highway at 65....Seriously. Did someone leave a ramp in the middle of the road that you didn't see? :wink:
I test ride many, many bikes and the EX250 just never screamed powerhouse to me. No disrespect, they are good bikes in their category.
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bok wrote:if you guys can get the front wheel off the ground on a 250, maybe you should tell IFly how to do it on his 500 :twisted:
Weeeeeeeeeeeell the CX's front wheel gets air time if you drop the clutch too rapidly with it running 5-6k revs at lights...
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#18 Unread post by KarateChick »

ZooTech wrote:Okay, does everyone feel better about their 250's yet??? :roll:

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#19 Unread post by snwbrdr »

of course we feel better about them now. i can get it up at in second gear mid range, but i dont know how you managed to get it up at 65mph. i would like you to explain it though. as for picking up the 500, just give her a bit of a clutch slap. while cruising in first around 6,000 pull in the clutch, rev to 8,000 or so then drop the clutch should pick right up.
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#20 Unread post by Dragonhawk »

snwbrdr wrote:of course we feel better about them now. i can get it up at in second gear mid range, but i dont know how you managed to get it up at 65mph. i would like you to explain it though.
Same as anyone else. I just dumped the clutch. This was years ago, when I first started riding and had only a few months of experience.

The bike doesn't care what your road-speed is.

So, as a newbie-mistake, I was already going at highway speed. I wasn't thinking and I downshifted a few gears instead of upshifting. Then, while still revving too high, I let out the clutch way too fast. The front wheel only came up about 3 inches, but at 65MPH and not being ready for it, that really scared the bejeezus out of me.
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