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Who cares if its slow, you can rev it to the moon!!!!!

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)....

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

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

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

He can do that! He just needs to find a little gravel...

HAH

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?
I test ride many, many bikes and the EX250 just never screamed powerhouse to me. No disrespect, they are good bikes in their category.

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

Weeeeeeeeeeeell the CX's front wheel gets air time if you drop the clutch too rapidly with it running 5-6k revs at lights...

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

Yup! Thanks Zoo! Luv my bike!

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.

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.