best crosser?

helpimcrap · 4 Jan 2011 at 20:37

thinking a yz or cr 125 for this but it needs to be roadlegal for me to get to the off road bits.

with this in mind which is vbest?

can you still get daytime mots which means i could get an offroader and stick a number plate on it just to get there and back in daylight?

DAnDan · 4 Jan 2011 at 20:39

Making either of those road legal with be a LOT of work, and also will make them pretty useless for proper motocross. If you're looking for a bike you can take offroad (not motocross tracks) and still use on the road then you're probably better off looking for a normal road legal enduro bike.

Lopéz · 4 Jan 2011 at 20:45

Last crosser I rode was an RM250 in about 1997 and it was old and knackered then so god knows what year it was.

I guess things may have moved on a little since then!?

MatteH Oxford · 4 Jan 2011 at 21:11

DAnDan said:
Making either of those road legal with be a LOT of work, and also will make them pretty useless for proper motocross. If you're looking for a bike you can take offroad (not motocross tracks) and still use on the road then you're probably better off looking for a normal road legal enduro bike.

You need a stop light, horn, registration plate for daylight MOT. One or two other things I've now forgotten but not much, I had a CRF450 on the road as a supermoto & converting it was a piece of **** really.

[Duff]Chef · 4 Jan 2011 at 21:13

http://www.youtube.com/user/svengalie

This guy does A LOT of green laning. Might some usefull info for you (depends where your based)

Scythe · 5 Jan 2011 at 18:44

[Duff]Chef;18143581 said:
http://www.youtube.com/user/svengalie

This guy does A LOT of green laning. Might some usefull info for you (depends where your based)

Yeah Sven is your man, it's quite helpful if you ask him something. As someone said before, you don't need lights or indicators for it to be road legal

PardonTheWait · 7 Jan 2011 at 20:15

Pick a colour.

Why not just buy a WRF or EXC or similar? You can get enduro bikes that are already road legal, they're not a lot different to MX bikes. Heavier flywheel, slightly higher gearing, smaller back wheel for more stability at speed, road gubbins, and... that's pretty much it.