my dad, sister and I have had a little plan in the works for the last few weeks…we got this brilliant idea from service honda, to put a CRF250F dirtbike motor, into her CRF150R…well, thats exactly what we did…
She picked up a brand new 08 CRF250F from honda direct with the carb and header pipe…my dad and uncle had to cut the frame, and extend it a little, make motor mounts, etc…well, heres the end result and its fucking BADASS. They did such a good job, it looks like its factory and the best past about it is that it still looks like the 150R motor (the 250F is only 3/4" taller and 1/2" wider then the 150R) so its not a noticable change to the naked eye until its in action…boy are the girls in her class gonna be sorry this year!
she had a 04 KFX250F that she was using for practice and we had lowering springs on it, a rear lowering shock strut and the subframe was cut to lower it with a shaved seat and it was still too tall for her…she is under 5 feet tall and shes 20 lol
plus, the 150R setup is 50lbs lighter then the 250’s…on a bike, thats a BIG difference.
I’ll race her with the 250 after I put a CR500 motor in it
I’d get my ass kicked though, haha. I’ve never actually raced on a track in my life, just mess around with my CRF230 in trails. I’d like to get into racing though
My 05crf250r weighted 190lbs. I cant imagine the power it has with 50 less pounds, AND lower CG and being shorter WB it will be a rocket! PS, dont you have a YFZ still? I am torn between another dirtbike in the spring or a YFZ again. A bike is so much cheaper, but I miss throwing a quad around.
You mentioned you dont like to ride the bikes? Get some more seat time, they are wayyyy more fun in the woods trails and XC/GNCC stuff over a quad. Hill climbs you can just bail off the bike and it flops over and doesnt roll down the hill and wad up like a quad. BUT… I kinda felt safer on the quad racing SX/MX… I dunno.
