I got a question

[6262]

Ok, one of my friends bought a 2011 or 2012 TTR 230, it looks nice sharp too, i have a 89 yz 250 two stroke, i wont lie shes seen the ground more times than a drunk at happy hour. But i heard it from another friend that hes talking up his TTR. he says is fast and it can do power wheelies, and now hes starting to look down on my yz, he thinks he can keep pace with me. So next chance i get im going to show him what my bike is capable of, there might be a race, nothing big, only like a drag race from one end of the feild to the other.

So i am 99.9% sure i will win but i like to make it fair, maybe give him a head start. or will it be kinda close with his new bike aginst my old bike.

or would is be so one sided that i shouldnt race him and just let him keep talking

[stevekx500]

Ok, one of my friends bought a 2011 or 2012 TTR 230, it looks nice sharp too, i have a 89 yz 250 two stroke, i wont lie shes seen the ground more times than a drunk at happy hour. But i heard it from another friend that hes talking up his TTR. he says is fast and it can do power wheelies, and now hes starting to look down on my yz, he thinks he can keep pace with me. So next chance i get im going to show him what my bike is capable of, there might be a race, nothing big, only like a drag race from one end of the feild to the other.

So i am 99.9% sure i will win but i like to make it fair, maybe give him a head start. or will it be kinda close with his new bike aginst my old bike.

or would is be so one sided that i shouldnt race him and just let him keep talking

Instead of a "drag" race, ? , y not see who has the best bike & or riding skill & race on the track or trails ?

[6262]

Instead of a "drag" race, ? , y not see who has the best bike & or riding skill & race on the track or trails ?

Working on building it but hes new to riding and i dont know if he hits jumps. this is kinda a "put them in there place deal", he likes to think hes got the best shi. . . crap around.

[stevekx500]

Working on building it but hes new to riding and i dont know if he hits jumps. this is kinda a "put them in there place deal", he likes to think hes got the best shi. . . crap around.

TTR's are designed to be more of a trails bike anyways. NOT saying they can't be used on the track but that's not what they are designed / built for... Anyways, to answer your question, your 250 2t will smoke that 230 4t ANYDAY

Edited May 19, 2013 by stevekx500

[Not2old2fly]

Just race him down the road and hold it wide open like a goon til it blows... Shouldn't take long

Edited May 19, 2013 by Not2old2fly

[capt justin]

he probably has more top end speed than you

[6262]

i just cant belive hes talking trash with a trail bike. i never wanted to race him until he said he could take me with his TTR

[Hans Schmid]

In theory your 89 should spank his TTR....

[rmx rider]

You don't have to drag race, just go riding. Your buddy will see quick enough that his bike is no match for the YZ.

[YzShelby394]

That ttr doesn't have a chance...

[NitrousR1]

The Ttr should get smoked if your bike is in decent shape- an ok top end and so on. I'd go to a place with jumps. Those ttr's bottom out so easily- they were never designed to be jumped

[dirtdevil72]

If he dosen't know what 2stroke exhaust smells like, he will soon enough

[CraigRidesRed]

Hell be tastin that lovely scent.

[numroe]

6262, You're kidding us right? This is a gee up, surely. You geed me up ...

A TTR 230 is a bike made for mums. Old mums. Kids should not ride one for fear of being trapped if it falls over. Dad buys one for mum so she can ride around the moto park or trails with the family. It has a flywheel as heavy as one on a Harley, so it wont accelerate too fast. It has so little power because it has so little valve lift, and a pea shooter carbie, but it'll idle forever at 900rpm. The fork springs are super soft, so she can plant her arse way down the back of the seat and front tire still sticks. It also means less jarring of her wrist bracelets. 1st gear is low enough for it to idle up the ramp back into the truck at the end of the day.

Shame on you for comparing a heavy slug of a 4 stroke, to a 2 stroke race bike, in a 2 stroke forum.

I love it at our mini club track with dads who bought a TTR50 or CRF50 look saddened when kids on KTM50s blast past his kid on any part of a mini MX or SX track. If your YZ250 is healhty, it'll be the same deal against your friend's TTR230.

Edited May 19, 2013 by numroe

[Hutch1]

my ttr 225 topped out at 75mph not sure of the yz as i didnt get a chance to open it up on the road. make sure the field isn't to long. You will win if he doesn't have time to catch up.

[adam728]

A TTR225 is about 16 hp.

If your YZ is in good running shape it should be 40-ish hp.

As said, it'll only be a race if your bike is super ratted out, or if you are geared really low and it's a LONG race.

[SAthump]

Just go riding and let him pass you on every straight for a while so his head gets real big then stuff him on every corner make sure he knows what all the roost taste like

[mikeylikesit]

Give him a 3 second head start so he can hear you coming and going. ?

[USED YZ426F]

Give him a 3 second head start so he can hear you coming and going. ?

Heh, heh, heh. Doppler effect.