which 250 is the better trail bike?

[JerseyTBR7]

Culcune is giving good advice for New Jersey. All spot on.

I bought and registered a TBR7 in New Jersey with no issues for the same reasons. This is because it is listed on the approved manufacturers list.

https://www.state.nj.us/mvc/pdf/vehi...ufacturers.pdf

Its my knock around plated bike for the state forest permitted roads. I don't feel as bad about dropping it as I would with a much more expensive machine. It does the job. You will want to replace the carb and jet (minkuni 110main and 30 pilot on mine), replace the sprockets (100 link 520 with front 13 and rear 32, but would prefer 33 if available), better hand guards, better shock (I am shorter so 290mm 1200lb load), etc.

I would have preferred the 21" and 18" rims for better tire selection, but the TBR7 appears just about the same thing otherwise.

[Sport Rider]

to be safe as far as street legal is concerned, consider the CSC TT250.

[idle_purr]

here is a legit Standard Hawk Vin if you want to call your DMV and see if they can be registered

[culcune]

Originally Posted by stewbrash

One more thing to think about when you consider your choices-the Orion RXB is not on the EPA/DOT approved list and I also emailed the company (Orion) who played the "who...what...where" game. I ended up providing them them the link to the EPA spreadsheets (thanks Culcune!) and they emailed me back saying I probably would not be able to register the bike in my state (Colorado). Trust me, do your due diligence!

Yes, quite a few states freely register the bikes under the guise of 'converted dirt bikes', but as far as other states that don't, or make it extremely difficult, to plate converted dirt bikes are concerned, the fun ends.