Motorcycle News - Church of MO: Y2K 250 Motocross Shootout!
https://ift.tt/2SaWvsr Since whenneth does MO do dirtbike shootouts? Heck, we barely review dirtbikes at all. Not sure who the “Staff” is that wrote this, but whoever it was must have been involved in some kind of ploy to borrow a bunch of new 250s for as long as possible, in the name of science; that the great photographer and Dirt Rider alumnus Mark Kariya shot the photos offers a clue. Those were the days my friend, when you mixed the oil in your gas, had no valves to adjust, and rode like the wind. Y2K 250 Motocross ShootoutThe Main Event!
By Staff Feb. 04, 2000
Photography by Mark Kariya
LOS ANGELES, February 4, 2000 — We’re not your girlfriend, so we’ll stop teasing you. By now you’ve read our 250 Motocross Teazer, got yourself a Wu-Name and decided that the dirtier side of life is a side you’d like to explore further. And why not?The MX 250s are among the best-selling bikes that each manufacturer offers and, while bred for moto-domination, they also make good play bikes and race-bikes in dirt events other than motocross. Ever heard of Enduros, GNCCs or Hare-Scrambles? At these events 250s are right at home with nothing more than a few aftermarket bolt-ons from your favorite supplier. Very few bikes offer this range of fun.
Here it is, then: Motorcycle Online’s 250 Motocross Shootout. We gathered the Honda CR250, Yamaha YZ250, Kawasaki KX250 and Suzuki RM250 together with five test riders ranging in skill from local pros right down to a 125-class intermediate rider who had never spent any significant time on a 250 before this test. We visited a number of tracks in Southern California and even managed to race a few times; results notwithstanding, everything came up roses.
Only one bike will lead the pack into the first turn — and the new millennium.
As one tester put it, “picking a winner is easy, the rest is @*!# hard!” It’s rare that a multi-bike comparison comes out with a unanimous winner. The rest of the bikes are all so close they could tie for second-place honors, but that wouldn’t be any fun, so we assigned points for each category of handling and motor qualities and, in the end, came up with a place for every bike.
This looks like fun, doesn’t it? It is fun…and then some.
We averaged each evaluator’s score for each bike in each category. All categories were weighted evenly with the winner receiving a bonus point.Thus, the winner in each category received five points, with three points to second place, two for third and one for fourth place. The overall winner is the bike with the most points. Simple? You bet, so let’s get on with it.
Fit and Finish
Every part of the Honda said ‘quality’.
Honda came out on top due to what was generally regarded as the best designed bike. The CR looked great and the fit and finish of every piece worked without flaw. There were very few complaints about a protrusion or nuisance anywhere. The engineers spent a lot of time on this bike and it shows. Yamaha and Suzuki delivered packages that aren’t far behind the Honda, though not quite as polished overall. On the Kawasaki, some riders complained about the side-panels and shrouds that grabbed boots, and that hurt its overall ratings in this category. Finishing Order:Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki
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