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[QUOTE="justalonewolf007, post: 1347183, member: 77294"] As the others have said, the bikes you listed are going to be too small. (This excluding the 125). What will your primary riding area be? If you are going to be mostly on trails, you'll want to get a solid 4-stroke bike, such as a Honda CRF 250X, or Honda XR 250. These will have good enough suspension for doing smaller jumps, but will NOT handle a motocross track very well. If you shop around, you will be able to pick up an XR250 for about 12-1500$ This bike is very low maintenance. All you'd really have to do is change the oil regularly, and check the chain and sprockets from time to time. If you are looking to get into racing, a Honda CR 125 (or Yamaha YZ125, or Suzuki RM125, or KTM 125SX) would be about perfect for you. This (and all the others mentioned here) is a racing bike, and not so easy to learn on if you haven't had any experience riding before. These bikes also take a fair amount of maintenance too. You need to use premium gas, and premix the oil and gas every time you fill up (or mix it 5 gallons at a time). They are ridiculously fun, and about perfect for your height and weight once you get used to them, on trails, they aren't as great because of the power style (you are either full throttle, or bogging too slow). I had one, and it liked trees pretty well. However, there are tons of them around for some pretty decent prices. If you shop carefully, and find a well maintained one in the range of 1998-2001, you should be right around 1200 dollars. Lastly, you have to save some cash for gear. GOOD GEAR!! Don't even sit on the bike without a good helmet and goggles. Expect to spend 100 dollars minimum on the helmet (check for closeouts online), goggles you can find for about 25. Boots come next, and I won't ride without MX boots. Those also run at about 100 bucks (check closeouts online in places like dennis kirk, or mxsouth). If you absolutely can't afford them, wear a pair of leather over the ankle height workboots. Even in a low speed tip-over on ANY kind of bike, the footpeg will stuff itself through your leg. Last up, but not least important is a chest protector. For trail riding, it keeps your internal organs nice and happy instead of them being pierced by wayward sticks. If you crash (you will, no matter how careful you are), it really saves you some nasty scrapes and from having rocks embedded in your torso. These you can buy used for 20 bucks on craigslist. [/QUOTE]
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