New bike for spring/riding season

currently have a 2007 rmz 250, want a bigger bike because im 6 ft and 200 pounds.
I am 16 and have been riding dirt bikes for about a year, quads and UTVs forever.

I have a good dealer within a few miles of my house that sells all Suzuki and KTM bikes. There is also a dealer for Yamaha-Kawasaki and a Honda dealer not to far away but i dont like them nearly as much. One of the mechanics is helping me train at the Suzuki dealer and their bikes are nice.

I am thinking about buying either a rmz 450 or ktm 250sx (2 stroke) i like both bikes and have ridden a few 2 strokes before.
just looking for opinions and comments :)

I say say go with the smoker but im strongly biased towards 2 strokes. Are you gonna be mx'ing it or just riding?

Use it for mx, and to ride trails a little

My brother in law has a yamah 2 stoke 125. My wife has a 85cc ktm two stroke that is the same speed. Father in law has a ktm 380 two stroke thats fast as hell he bought for 2100 if u can handle it i would say ktm two stroke for sure top of the line there. But i am biassd to

i like 2 strokes too tho :) prefer them.. maybe thats what i'll do then
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Hey warboy i sent you a pm! lol ya i talked to him for awhile on thumper...lol And thanks

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I'd go with the 2 stroke also but I too am biased to them. My CR has been a great all around bike, track and trails.

yeah ur gunna get alot more bang and feel more power with the two stroke. plus sounds way better haha.

Haha I love the 2 stroke sound rode a '85 IT 200 and '94 kx 250 :) liked both

yeah and better throttle response too.

yeah :) im still kinda torn.. ahhh what to do, 450 or 250 :p

that ones up to you. all i can say is two stroke haha!

I don't think I'd like EFI but I gotta see .

Two-strokes are a whole lot easier to maintain yourself. If you race just for fun go for the two-stroke, but if you are a serious racer you kinda have to go for the four-stroke.

Yeah I'm planning on tryin hard for mx, and gonna do some freeride and trail

Then u might wanna consider four strome but that also requires alot of upkeep.

My 250f has 15 hrs total

i know im biased, i love the 2 strokes!! only 4 stroke i would own is a yfz 450

i dunno i just like the feel of a 2 stroke. i used to be all about 4 stroke then i rode a banshee and booya loved it!

2 strokes are the shizzle. When your 4 poke breaks you'll be wishin you had a 2-stroke, so much more money to fix those 4-pokes-Experience speakin, plus when you beat all those 4 pokers in racing, theyu'll be asking what do you have done to that..

yeah parts are also more expensive for the most part. still up in the air about what i want to do with my 86 yz250 motor....

4 stokes do cost a little more to fix for sure but maintenence is a peice of cake, just common sense. all these horror stories are a lot of b.s and just a lack of upkeep. i've had my crf since 02 and not a problem, don't take this the wrong way because the last thing i want is a 2 and 4 stroke argument but maintenence is key.

I agree that a 4 stroke will outlast a 2 stroke if the maintenence is kept up adequately on both. But the 4 stroke will cost more to rebuild.