is the klx 250s ok for a 6'0 240lbs biginner rider on or off road

thanks

 

It would work great for you, just take the time to set the suspension up the way you want it.

 

I'm 5'7" and weigh 185 and I stretch to climb on so it should be perfect for you

 

By the way[sm=welcomesign.gif]to the forums,these guys will help you right out.

 

Welcome to the forums. On road performance will not be spectacular. It will be a great bike to learn on though, and with a few mods it will have some better on road manners.

 

Beginner on and off-road (take the MSF course first ...... period) they'll give you a little 250 street honda or sumthin.I wouldn't say that if ya used to ride a yz80 in the sand as a kid. But I should.

If you need a plated bike and have a good offroad area to learn on, there's a dr350 on sale at the adv site for like 1,000.... beat that sucker up and after 3 months sell it for 1,000 andyou'll have a better idea what to get.

I'll proabably get $hit for this but I'm 5'10 170lbs, bored to 340 with all the mods except pumper carb, cams and a better cdi (if there is one...hint guys ) and if I had to do it over I would have bought a cheap dirt bike with a tag ..... re-learned my skillsand then bought a 450 enduro a year later, like a ktm, husky or gas-gas.

It's a good bike to learn on sand/street (if youplan on keeping it for riding buddies... then its worth it....even yourself ) but odds are at your size, even resprung which will be Mandatory, you'll want a bigger bike by year one.

 

I'm gonna have to go against the grain here. I'm 5'7" & 155 Lbs and I would say that I would definitely go for a bigger bike if I was 90 Lbs heavier. It's a fantastic little bike but It is just a 250 after all.

 

I'm shorter and heavier and the 250 is the bees knees FOR A TRAIL BIKE. It is not and enduro or a mx bike but it is very good doing what it was designed for, trail and road riding.

 

No way Mav!, I thought ya were smaller......especially with the SM setup, just goes to show ya.

 

LOL you under 200 lb riders are hilarious. I may sound like a broken record here but listen carefully. I weigh 260 and am 6-1 and I bet I can keep up with anyone on here, in any riding conditions, (except you slab guys on the ninjas) not only that but I have plenty of power to spare at any given moment. I can do 70 down the road, and fly up any hill or trail even from a low slow starting point. Now I realize that "power" is relative to what ever you have been accustomed to in the past. If you grew up on a two smoke then the KLX will be "underpowered" in comparison, and if the KLX is the first bike you have owned in 20 years like a lot of us on here then you will not be disappointed in the least. Do the mods, jetting, pipe and gear changes and I guarantee you'll never look back with disappointment.