Honda XL250 Degree

I've been offered one of these at a reasonable (? £1k 1991 new mot) as my
first venture into off roading. I'm limited somewhat due to my restricted
height (5 foot 5) of suitable bikes to begin with.
The only negative thing about this bike I have heard is that it is rather
heavy.

Would this be a suitable purchase, or should I be looking out for a Serrow
or XR200 instead maybe?

Funnily enough, I've got one. With decent tyres, its perfectly competent
offroad.

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Limitations? Ground clearance in rocky stuff, and the suspension isn't
really up to genuine high-speeds over really rough terrain, but on the plus
side, you can get your feet on the floor and foot through the really gooey
stuff and over really lumpy rocks, which makes life much easier if you are a
novice.

Be prepared to change the stock steel bars if it hasn't already been done,
since they bend as soon as you look at them funny, and since the limited
suspension travel means that you'll want to be spending a great chunk of
your time standing up, fitting a set profiled to make standing up
comfortable also seems sensible (I've got Renthal Dakkar High bars on mine,
they fit me well, and they weren't expensive). Fit barkbusters while you are
at it - saves on broken levers.

A thousand quid is less than you'd pay for a Serow, and the Degree is
arguably equally good, so I'd say go for it!


In article <c0o8mv$19e0jm$1@ID-75957.news.uni-berlin.de>,
spam.DeleteThis@btinternet.com (Dave Walker) wrote:

 > I've been offered one of these at a reasonable (? £1k 1991 new mot) as my
 > first venture into off roading. I'm limited somewhat due to my restricted
 > height (5 foot 5) of suitable bikes to begin with.
 > The only negative thing about this bike I have heard is that it is rather
 > heavy.
 >
 > Would this be a suitable purchase, or should I be looking out for a Serrow
 > or XR200 instead maybe?
 >
 >
 >


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