parents need to quit exaggerating about how dangerous they r i mean u can rooll them and stuff like that but its not like u cant prevent it

 

It's not parents. I'm a parent and my sons ride, so does my wife. As has been said earlier, most of the negative is from environmental lobbyists.
They'll latch onto the injury rate to try to stop production.
Nothing else for them to grab ahold of. We don't ruin the environment since most of our riding occurs in designated riding areas.

 

Hey Rod,

I noticed your wife wants a 300EX now instead of her 250 . . . she may want to think about that a bit . . . I just recently sold my 250EX, and the heck with the 300, I got the 400EX. I don't know - the 300 just seemed like too close to the same thing as the 250 - why bother? Besides the extra power for hill climing, I wanted WAY better suspension too, and the 300 just doesn't have it.

Just food for thought . . .

 

Hey ridinfolks,
I just gave my 400ex to my son as a graduation gift. Real glad he made it. lol. Told my wife she should ride that and she said it was his now. Also my 400ex has a real hard clutch pull, don't know why but I just bought a new cable for it. Maybe that will help.
I will definately get her to try the 400 tho. Thanks for the input!

 

I'm pretty fussy about the clutch too - my hand will get too tired after awhile, but mine is just fine. As a matter of fact, when I bought mine a month ago, I made sure I pulled in the clutch of all the 400's at the dealer - some were stiffer than others. Yeah, I'm wierd! I'm happy with mine being stock too since I'm small and don't need to get crazy or anything. Maybe a slip-on soon, but that's it. All I know is that my back doesn't hurt anymore when we go on long rides - I couldn't deal with the suspension on the 250.

Lucky son! I know exactly what you mean about being "glad he made it" . . . I went throught the same thing a couple of years ago with my son. Now I get to worry about him being 21 and in the Navy! It's always something. I'd love to have a brand new Banshee waiting for him in the garage when he comes home on leave - man, if money only grew on trees!

 

speaking of selling............ is the 350r a good choice?? why or why not? if not then wut shall i get?

 

Ridinfolks, I know what you mean about worrying about you son in the Navy, my son is joining the Army after graduation. He'll be a Cavalry Scout. They drop those guys BEHIND enemy lines. I'll worry every day till he's home for good (4 years).

 

Kudos to your son! That's scary - lets hope this whole mess is well over by then. My son is on an aircraft carrier and is stationed overseas in Japan. He's not a corpsman, so at least I didn't have to worry about him actually being "on land" when they were in the Persian Gulf. He was over there when the whole thing first started last year. I was very distressed to say the least. In the service they sure seem to do A LOT better in academics, which I definitely noticed and have heard many others say so as well. I think it works well for them when they have that "competition" thing going on with the other guys. I think every young man should spend a few years in the service - it teaches them a little about real life, real quick!

God bless you and your son!