Put a good amount of time on a 23, own a 24, and just rode the 25… this platform cannot be touched by any of the competitors for the engine character, transmission gearing, and overall chassis feel!! Amazing engineering
I put 65 hours on my '23 and now have about 35 hours on my '24. I love the bike and don't feel I need to upgrade to the '25 just yet, but what say you? Would it be worth an early bump to the '25???
@@swaldrop242 quite frankly to me personally the bikes feel very similar! Stock for stock at 170lbs I personally like my 24’ stock suspension better and for whatever reason my stock mapping just feels slightly more aggressive. I rode the 25’ on stock map and also on a tame map to resemble more of the “ktm 350” feel. What’s crazy is I’m really only ever like 1-2 clicks off of stock and to me the stock kyb stuff is honestly just about as good as the Ohlin’s stuff on my Husky 250 for someone my skill level. I cannot comment on the 25’ turning any better as the owner is one of those guys that loves to crank the steering stem nut as tight as he can where I personally prefer more of a loose/stock feeling. You can’t go wrong either way and new bikes are so nice! Only failure so far in our group is my friend did melt the waterspout elbow on his 23’ with 36 hours on it when we were just on a trip. (No dealers stock them….) I do think the failure may have had to do with my friend warming the bike up too much on the stand (he’s oldschool) but to me that’s a part that needs a revision on the 23+ bikes. There is an aftermarket fix from xpr but it is quite disappointing it’s not something more addressed or there’s not a clear direction as to not letting these idle too long or anything.
@@dirtbikejohnnyI run pretty much stock clickers as well AND I had a buddy melt that same part the other day! Parallel universe or something lol. I’ll stick with the ‘24 for now. Great bikes
Bring on the 350 Yamaha
Put a good amount of time on a 23, own a 24, and just rode the 25… this platform cannot be touched by any of the competitors for the engine character, transmission gearing, and overall chassis feel!! Amazing engineering
I put 65 hours on my '23 and now have about 35 hours on my '24. I love the bike and don't feel I need to upgrade to the '25 just yet, but what say you? Would it be worth an early bump to the '25???
@@swaldrop242 quite frankly to me personally the bikes feel very similar! Stock for stock at 170lbs I personally like my 24’ stock suspension better and for whatever reason my stock mapping just feels slightly more aggressive. I rode the 25’ on stock map and also on a tame map to resemble more of the “ktm 350” feel. What’s crazy is I’m really only ever like 1-2 clicks off of stock and to me the stock kyb stuff is honestly just about as good as the Ohlin’s stuff on my Husky 250 for someone my skill level. I cannot comment on the 25’ turning any better as the owner is one of those guys that loves to crank the steering stem nut as tight as he can where I personally prefer more of a loose/stock feeling. You can’t go wrong either way and new bikes are so nice!
Only failure so far in our group is my friend did melt the waterspout elbow on his 23’ with 36 hours on it when we were just on a trip. (No dealers stock them….) I do think the failure may have had to do with my friend warming the bike up too much on the stand (he’s oldschool) but to me that’s a part that needs a revision on the 23+ bikes. There is an aftermarket fix from xpr but it is quite disappointing it’s not something more addressed or there’s not a clear direction as to not letting these idle too long or anything.
@@dirtbikejohnnyI run pretty much stock clickers as well AND I had a buddy melt that same part the other day! Parallel universe or something lol. I’ll stick with the ‘24 for now. Great bikes
@@swaldrop242 yea I need to get a spare for the toolbox or get the metal one! Too rad! Enjoy
Can't wait to watch ET3 on this new bike
It will be a great season, though his factory bike aleady changes everything that is new on the 25 yz
Favourite bike
Where is Suzuki?!!!!!
In the past.
in the back of the pack
The majority of us would do the sane lap times on the Suzuki as any of the others, and save $5000
They are in 2018
they stopped reviewing the Geo Metro years ago as well. Same, same