Honda xr 200 or xr 500?

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ddrum

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Actually a 250 or 400 would be the best choice. I'm not really familiar with the 500, but the XR400 is an awesome bike for your size. The XR250 would probably be plenty of power also but not the 200.
 
I'm looking to buy a bike for just some trail riding, i'm never going to race nor do i care to go fast as can be. I just wanna have a nice trail riding bike. I'm just wondering if the 200 will be enough. I'm 6'1 ~250lbs Thanks for the insight!
 
Where are you going to ride? In the woods, you will appreciate the 200, a bike that can haul you but you can haul too, if necessary. For desert, you will appreciate the power of the 500. If both, Rick Siemen says the 200 is all the trail bike anybody needs.

I weigh as much as you do, and I have had some fine days on an XR200. I mostly ride a DRZ400, which has more than enough power for me.
 
I have a 650 trail bike and many times I think I would have been better off with a smaller bike like a 250. The extra weight of the bigger bikes gets in the way of having fun all to often, but the extra acceleration is nice but not so needed most times offroad, but I'm no racer at my age.
 
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