What the difference between trail dirt bikes and motocross?

I am not sure what you mean when you say 'there are only the motocross bikes". Any bike you will buy is a dirt bike, good for trail riding. Not street legal , no head light no tail lights.

The things you will do to ride motocross will be the following, more than just the suspension.

1. remove the spark arrestor as it robs power. Or get a totally new silencer.

2. change the handle bars as the stock bars bend to easy. You will fall once in a while.

3. adjust the suspension. Or maybe spend the bucks for a tuned suspension.

4. probably change the sprocket to get more torque for faster pick up. You are not going to be doing any long high speed runs.

5. other things that can be done is to go for a tuned exhaust pipe. Power boost.

A nice sticky seat cover so you don't slide on it.

Then the numbers that are required. And the decals to make it look nice, not necessary.

In short, to get a stock bike ready for motocross is going to cost a bunch more money.

\My grandson races motocross so I know what it costs. A lot more then the value of all the trophies we have in the house.

This Site Might Help You.

RE:

What the difference between trail dirt bikes and motocross?

alright the other day i was on Honda.com looking at some dirt bikes and there are only the motocross bikes but there are many trail bikes that you can buy. Now can someone tell me the difference between motocross and trail bikes, im thinking its something to do with the suspension? thx

The answers by Aeron Tierney, Tin Can Sailor, and 6t8oldso... are completely wrong. You should totally disregard their answers. The answer by averagej... is just plain stupid. The answer by C-Rock is a fair answer. The answer by Branden C is right except that most trail bikes do not have electric start. The answers by flaming_... and dirtdigg... are completely right.

The bigger trail bikes have headlights & tail lights, but most of the smaller trail bikes do not have lights. Trail bikes have wide ratio transmissions, which are so much better for trail riding. The sprocket ratio on a trail bike is better for trail riding. Trail bikes usually have a heavier flywheel to help give more low end power. Trail bikes have much more power response at low speeds. A trail bike has a spark arrestor to prevent sparks from flying out and burning the woods down. The law makes it manditory to have a spark arrestor on when riding on public land. In Michigan it is a hundred dollar fine if you are caught riding without a spark arrestor. If you ride a motocross bike on the trails, you have to install a spark arrestor. A spark arrestor does not rob any power at all. The handlebars on trail bikes are usually the same as the handle bars on motocross bikes. The handlebars don't bend any easier on a trail bike than they do on a motocross bike. The stock seat cover is perfectly fine on both motocross bikes and trail bikes. The suspension on the two may be similiar, but a the trail bike usually is a little softer, which makes it much better for trail riding.

Buying a motocross bike for trail riding is a bad choice. Buying a trail bike for motocross racing is a bad choice. Each is made for their own thing and are superior in what they were made for. Both motocross bikes and trail bikes do quite well in Hare Scramble racing.

I have been trail riding in Northern Michigan for 34 years. I began trail riding when I was 6 years old. I raced Enduros and Hare Scrambles for 12 years. I competed in the International Six Days Enduro twice. I am quite familiar with trail bikes and motocross bikes.

Trail Dirt Bikes

There are more than just motocross bikes on there site. Now there are many differences to the bikes from suspension, gear ratio, tire size, lights, motor torque and some bikes that are trail types are what the called enduros so some can be ridden on the street depending on the state. I beleive Honda calls the x bikes so you would have the crf250r crf250x. Then the cr250 is a 2-stroke

For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/axMtw

You wont find anyone who races with a trail bike. Occasionally you may get some places that allow a trail type bike to be raced but they usually have dollars spent on them to have them set up so they can stand up to the pressure of mx racing. Some trail bikes may be suitable to do hare scramble or enduro type racing but even those are usually used by people who are not seriously into racing. A trail bike does not have the suspension needed to take the impact of jumping and many of the other features are just not up to standard including some frames.

These definitions can certainly be a bit confusing. Honda breaks its off road bikes in to "trail" and "motocross" on their web site. The problem I have with this is that the CRF250X and 450X are grouped in with bikes like the CRF230F. The X models are much closer to the CRF-R motocross models than they are to the CRF-F lineup. In reality if you break the off road Honda's into 3 categories, trail bikes, motocross bikes and woods race bikes it makes more sense. There is no real definition of a trail bike, but what most people in the know consider a trail bike is as follows...air-cooled, steel frame, and no race suspension (i.e. less travel and usually no compression or rebound settings). A race bike is going to have a liquid-cooled engine, an aluminum or chromoly frame, and fully adjustable race suspension. If you look at the specs you will see that the CRF-X models meet all of the race bike requirements and are certainly not "trail bikes" like a CRF230F. But to answer your question about the difference, since there is no real definition of a trail bike it is hard to qualify the answer, but like I said trail bikes are defined by the qualities I mentioned above by most anyone that really knows off road motorcycles, and that does not include the marketing folks at Honda.

A trail bike is made for trail riding. They come with a spark aresstor silencer. They have a wider transmission gear ratio. The suspension is a little bit softer, but not much. A motocross bike is built for closed course racing. They do not have a spark arrestor silencer. They have a close ratio transmission. They are not well suited for trail riding.

the crf 50 too the crf 230 are play bikes and the crf 250 and 450 x are the racing trails bikes and they also have a wide ratio transmission while the crf 250 and 450r have a close ratio transmission and the trail bike have a some what larger tank and they also offer electric and kick start while the motocross only have a kick start and the 450r is fuel injection and the 450x still has a carb

Apart from the presence of a headlight, and tail light, on an endurance bike, the suspension is tuned differently. It's much softer. The engine also has a different power curve, to use more torque, and less top end power. If you're looking at one discipline, or the other, you need to get the correct bike for the job. If you try to use the wrong one, you'll be sadly disappionted, I can assure you.