Am I too big to ride a dirt bike?
I've been riding for 11 years now. I'm riding an older bike now, 1982 Honda xr500. I'm 15 and 6'5 and about 280lbs. Up until I was about 13 it wasn't really a problem finding a bike but now it is. When I sit on the bike it sinks a lot. The height is good when I'm standing but not when I sit down. Is there a cheap way to adjust my bike? Also, I ride with my cousin a lot and he rides a Honda xr150 (can't remember the year, 06 I think) so I was wondering are the older bikes slower cause he can keep up pretty good, I understand my size compared to his makes a huge difference I was just wondering. Is there a limit to ones physical size for dirt bikes? And is it okay to take the bike I have now on jumps? Nothing too big.
You might want to either have your bike's suspension and engine rebuilt or find a newer model bike with both of those already installed.
Used to race again some bigger guys and they did okay but weight-mass to all the components did wear both the bike and the rider into the dust quicker.
New, better shocks.
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