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Originally Posted by PowerSlidz
Thanks for all of the thoughtful replies all - gave me a lot to think about!
Yea - 70MPH on a <300lb bike is not much fun on so many levels. Nice to be able to do 70MPH though.
re: OT - so what I gather so far is there isn't anything between the <2K air-cooled 'Hawks' and those >$4K w/NC250 based-engines?
It's amazing to see what you can get (EFI?) for $2K - however but the frame / swingarms / suspension don't seem to be built for hard riding. The engine looks kind of anemic / old school as well. Are these 4-valve, counter-balanced? Someone said these are Suzuki motors?
Does any know what the NC250 is based off of. It seems most all CCP engines are copies of something...
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If you look into the Pitster Pro site, they have three versions of the XTR 250--one has 21/18 wheels, another has 19/16 wheels, and a third has 17/17 wheels. All have full street lighting and all are in the high-$2k to low $3k range. Worth a look. Another bike is from a high-quality company called Kayo (Kayo might be the OEM for Pitster Pro or at least some of their bikes). I cannot link to Pitster's site because it doesn't get through my work's firewall, but Kayo's site does come through. I do feel they are pushing the MSRP price on this bike at $3500, but it is a high-quality machine. One feature not found on other bikes is a 6-speed transmission.
https://www.ridekayo.com/t4-250
As far as a $2k machine, check out the Orion RXB 250L. Probably the best value and even uses an actual 249cc engine (vs. the Pitster and Kayo 230cc engines). Personally, this is the bike I would get out of the higher-end ones you mentioned in your first post above, and others mentioned.
https://www.orionpowersports.com/ori...embled-tested/
The NC250 is Honda-ish based. Most every engine is a Honda-ish or cloned engine. There happens to be one Suzuki-clone, the SSR XF250 dual-sport, which uses a clone of the Suzuki TU250 engine but except has a carb vs. the TU's fuel-injection. Member dh owns one and is our resident expert on the beast. He commutes on his a few times a week from the so-called 'inland empire' outside Los Angeles to downtown Los Angeles (one of two Chinese dual-sports CARB certified for California) a distance of 70 or so miles each way. Their MSRP is around $3200, and might be worth look as well.