Anyone have any experience with these little fat tire bikes?
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I've been looking to get a bike under 300 lbs to carry on a Motolift behind my Wrangler and found a low mile 2005 TW for under 2 grand.
Street legal is a plus. Alot of the trails around here are non-ORV but open to dual sports. I don't know much about the TW series at all. It sounds like they've been around for a long time.

The KLX250S is definitly a sweet looking bike but even used they're over 4K which is just way too much for a 250cc.

I've been riding a DR350 for years and like it on the road but the thing is just too heavy for the tight trails I ride up here. I've dumped it on slick hills and it really sucks to pick up a 380 lb bike in the mud by yourself.
Maybe I'm just gettin old but lower and lighter sounds really nice.

The XR200 is decent off road but really takes alot of time to keep running. It HATES to sit. If I don't run it at least once a week it jsut spits and stumples like crazy.
The carb has been rebuilt twice in ten years but it's always finicky about weather and elevations over 3,000ft.

I'm selling the DR. Not sure about the XR yet.
Any advice on smaller dual sports or experience with the TW is appreciated. I'm looking at picking it up tommorow if the test ride goes well.

Thanks!

My Dad's XR200 sits in my garage for months at a time, always starts right up. I never do anything to it, other than ride the kids around the yard a little, and then park it. His is an '01.

I don't know anything about those fat tire bikes, but they are pretty cool looking. I've got a 140cc 2-stroke rear wheel drive Rokon that's very light...you need one.

They are good under powered bikes. Big fat tires can be decieving on the road- few people have had them slide out from under them... Prob fun on the trails. Look for XT 225 Yamaha also -If you like the DR and XR you may be happier with XT which is a smaller light Dual sport.

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I'm hard on equipment though. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />



I've always wanted to take a 2wd one on some trails. they look like they would be a goat. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Very neat "bikes". Goats envy them...

Boy you guys nailed that one.

I have to say it's sort of fun, like driving a 87 Wrangler 2.4L automatic on 35" mudders. Good in small tight trails going 5 mph. Get on pavement and it's struggles like a 49cc scooter carrying a fat chick up a steep hill on a hot day.

I'd say 45 mph is pushing the max speed. Suspension bottoms out really easy and the welds on the frame are terrible.

Same at the XT225, all steel, small drum brakes, cheap gauges and switches. Pretty darn low tech for an 2006 model. Dissappointing for a new bike to say the least.

Looks like I'm going with the DRZ400SM with two sets of tires and rims(street/offroad). Costs twice as much but the suspension is awsome, brakes stop on a dime, pulls wheelies in 3rd and weighs about the same as the TW.

As for the XR, it's going out to my dads place as a weekend toy. He's great with motors, I'm sure he can get the carb squared away so it's not such a b*tch to start.

Thanks for the advice. Hope to pick up the SM tommorow.