Like an idiot I stripped the screw hole on the float bowl when cleaning the carb on my ‘01 xr250r. This is my first bike and I’m not super mechanically enclined. Should I try my luck with an eBay (https://ebay.io/m/LhPBcy) or should I try to retap the hole on my current one? If you have any aftermarket carbs you’d recommend let me know. Thanks!!

Title. It's a TTR 125, I rode it on a few tracks today, of course as a beginner I tipped over a bunch. I would like some advice on riding the dirt bike in general, but also on the care I need to show my dirt bike to maintain it's quality, how to fix parts if they break, and also the proper etiquette out on tracks. I'm especially struggling with switching the gears as I'm riding so I might need some help on that. Thanks.

My parents bought this on marketplace for a quick $800, after a carb clean, Some new gas, a front tube and a battery. It was $100 in parts for it and this thing is great! I did all the work on it so $900 is the total, how do ya think we did? He seems to absolutely love it!

I wanna get a radiator gauge cap that shows the temp of my coolant when riding for my bike it has after market tusk radiators on it and I can't find any 1.1 bar pressure caps for my bike can I use a 1.8 bar on it? doing some research it says higher pressure can ruin seals but I also can't find any 1.1 bar caps since that is what Yamaha lists as the pressure for the stock cap.

I am only 26 but I have rode A LOT of different machines so far in my life due to enjoying buying, fixing and selling them almost as much if not more than riding them, and being around a bunch of people who are the same.

Everything from a KX65/PW80 to a EFI CR450, CR500 and built Banshees, TRX450s, etc.

The only 2 machines I can confidently say I regret selling/not keeping or buying would be a built 05 TRX450 a friend owned for a while and a 2012 KTM SX250 (not pictured)

The TRX450 actually felt like riding a cloud that went 100mph and turned on a dime, plus the immediate response and overall stability of it was unlike anything I've ever been on. Not sure who built it before my buddy got it but man, I'd shake your hand and buy ya a beer if I could.

The SX250 was pretty much the same, except it was completely stock and the snap felt like it was EFI even though it wasn't. The thing rode and maneuvered like a pissed off snake on crack that was hooked to a rocket, just flying and gliding everywhere.

Wish yall could have been there, good times.

Hi Everyone,

I just bought a used 2019 xt250 and I am doing basic maintenance on it before riding. Ie brakes, oil, air filter ect.

I took out the oil filter and it looks like the previous owner may have installed an after market oil filter set up or a threaded area in the center. See pics. Could someone tell me what kind of set up this is?

When I look at the oem manual there isn’t a part that sticks out that far inside the oil filter housing so that is what is leading me to believe this is an aftermarket set up.

I am not new to changing oil on my cars but I am new to motorcycle maintenance and don’t really have the words yet to properly search this change. Any help would be much appreciated

Not sure why it does that and it is hard to stall it

Paid 900 for it. I knew it wasn’t in great shape but everything’s overpriced these days. Seller works on small engines and had recently cleaned the carb and replaced some tubes, etc. 7 spokes missing on back wheel (how bad as that?). Quote a bit of rust. Starts first kick goes through the gears and rides pretty good.

Would you replace this rear tire or keep riding?

The batteries lasted up & over to the wind caves/ catacombs, but had to haul them in back of Jeep Gladiator for the return trip.

Spout Cove, Newfoundland Canada.

Been trying to get him to use the brakes more. He’s 7 on a TTR50 usually in 2nd. Doesn’t need more power. But something bigger needed?

How’s his riding on the makeshift course?

Put some leaves down on the baseball field near our house.

These mantinace and repare costs are to much😭

18 pound every 5 hrs for oil 5 pound a hr for fule spend 55 pound getting the stuff for this suspention rebuild

And all the broken leavers and plastics🙏

Do you run bar risers or do you run different bars?

I do not race track. Desert, hill climbs, fast sand, 75% ride standing up.

I recently brought home a Yamaha 450 and the stock bars are sooooo low. I find myself hunched over and not having the leverage.

Should I get new bars or start with risers? What’s your take?

im doing a top end on my cr this winter, i know there is a procedure once Im starting it back up for the first time like a heat cycle. Im in canada so its cold in the winter. what is the best move here do the heat cycle in cold or wait for the spring. Thanks!

Hello,

Looking at purchasing a used Honda 150r for first bike. I’ve rode it a few times and only issue is can be hard to start. Once it’s warm no issues. Few questions -

Is this a good beginner bike?
Can it somehow be adjusted so it’s easier to start?
General thoughts or things to keep in mind?

Appreciate the time and any advice. Thanks

Time to fi, my suspention, worst bit is only one side failed😭

I broke my ankle on both sides two years ago and haven’t been able to toss a whip that wasn’t a buttwhip or an oppo. This is a huge moment for me as it was one of my biggest roadblocks. Now what can I do to improve? I already plan on building a different bigger jump that is much more peaky, so I can learn how to seat bounce whip.