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Is it ok to ride a racing bike off-road?


I have a crf150r and I wanted to know if theres anything wrong with taking it off-road a lot?

Of course its ok, it is made to be ridden off road. The only thing that could be wrong would be that it would get more wear on everything. Dirt sticks to the intake and some gets in. That wears down the motor, loses power, and makes it more susceptible to break. Riding on the road will definitely improve the life span of the motor.

If the bike can be equipped to use dirt tires, yes, you might also want to make the forks so that the fender is further away from the tires as much as possible, the rear as well.

I always thought the CRF was an " off road " bike anyway.

Just basically the wear and tear. My son's crf150r has to have piston and rings done every 15 hours as it is a race machine, and has been set up by a professional to race. So he has to watch how much he uses it to train with. He tends to ride his 2 stroke 125cc a lot more for just basic training or knocking around as it doesn't cost quite as much to maintain.
There is no other reason that I can think of that would stop you from just riding off road with it.

I ride a YZ 450 and I ride that thing everywhere...Tracks, dunes, desert, up in the mountains.....
there is nothing wrong with doing that.....

there NO PROBLEM!
i have a crf150r also and i only ride it
off road,threw trails,woods that type of thing!
i never actualy did motocross with it!!! it may need
a little lower jetting although.make adjustments to
te jetting and throttle rate.personalize your bike!

yes there is nothing wrong with riding any bike off road acept for road bikes but other then that there made for the dirt let it hav it!! now go tear up them trails

most race bike never see a MX track....the only concern is that the CRF150R does not come with a stock spark arrestor... in most states your bike will need one to ride on public land....

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