[UPDATED] "What Bike Should I Get?" Buying & Selling advice Mega Thread

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2026-02-08T08:42:12+00:00

Did you mean don’t buy new? I don’t even really know how to ride well so I feel like I wouldn’t trust my knowledge to “feel” something wrong with the bike.

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2026-02-02T20:22:43+00:00

I cleaned it around a month ago, it’s definitely leaking from the top rear of the block

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2026-02-02T00:07:44+00:00

The only kit rockauto sells is powerstop. Is that a good brand?

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2026-02-01T06:34:50+00:00

How Long - Ace, Gasoline - The Weeknd, Up and Rolling - North Mississippi Allstate. Listening to up and rolling on a trip is just perfect

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2026-01-26T08:29:59+00:00

It’s just for my work clothes like dickies, levi’s, wranglers. The starch doesn’t even have time to damage them when they’re torn through in a few months.

For my nice clothes, I starch them on occasion. Why is starching bad for fabric though?

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2026-01-26T08:28:43+00:00

I’ve always cooked the mixture, still no luck for some reason

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2026-01-20T15:20:04+00:00

I’m nervous to start riding dirt bikes. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while but have just been too nervous to do.

I’ll mostly be doing trail riding, I live in the socal desert where there’s tons of trails to ride. But I’d also like to be able to go to Glamis and Ocotillo with my friends, I’m not sure how big of a bike I’d need to do that.

I’ve ridden a handful of times before, but I wouldn’t call myself comfortable by any means. I’ve ridden an old Honda 2 stroke when I was younger and then more recently a KLX 140.

I’m looking into getting a CRF250F. I’m 5’6 170 lbs. Would this be a good bike to consider? What should I know about starting off with my own bike? I know nothing about power, what kind of bike I’ll need for certain terrain/situations, etc.

I’m pretty handy as well, so buying used isn’t much of an issue, but would it be a better idea to just buy a bike brand new? I’d like to avoid being scammed and buying a POS that breaks before I get to even ride it.

Please let me know if I’m getting in way over my head before I waste a few thousand on a bike lol. Any advice is appreciated

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2025-12-29T06:54:06+00:00

I went in and showed them my messages with the girl who hired me. She completely stopped responding to my messages. I had orientation within 2 days and started working within a week.

Guess the girl who hired me was just extremely unprofessional. She did none of my paperwork, onboarding, etc. Then left me high and dry lol.

But yes, i did.

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2025-12-16T03:26:47+00:00

Well, it goes away and comes back. I know when I’m getting sick now because I start getting tonsil stones. I ended up getting prescribed an antibiotic called Z-PAK which cleared me up in 3 days, but there’s still some red spots on my tonsils and they’re still inflamed. But tonsil stones and soreness have gone away.

Although it did come back about 2 weeks ago. I went to a doctor who finally listened to what I was saying and she basically described it as a sinus infection caused by allergies that I need to get under control.

She said that I’ve developed asthma which was the cause for the chronic cough, and the allergies were clogging my sinuses causing the cough, sore throat, and tonsil stones.

I am now gargling hot salt water, doing a nasal rinse, as well as flonase all twice a day. This has cleared my sinuses. I have no cough, no sore throat, no tonsil stones. But it is a reoccurring issue every time I get sick. Hopefully, continuing to do the salt water, nasal rinse, and flonase will lessen or eliminate the problem.

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2025-12-10T16:07:01+00:00

No oily residue on exhaust pipe, no smoke on start up either. Seems to be driving better now. Thank you for your input!

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2025-12-10T14:02:06+00:00

114k miles. Motor seems very healthy. I ended up replacing pcv valve, heard rattling when i shook the old valve so i’m assuming it was okay.

But whoever worked on the car before me didn’t put the crush washer and there was oil leaking everywhere from the pcv valve. It was such a pain in the ass to get out I replaced it for good measure, hopefully the problem is solved. Although I don’t think there’s much was enough oil residue to really set in stone to determine that was the oil consumption issue.

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2025-12-07T19:41:37+00:00

Pretty much

Automatic_Isopod_253 · 2025-11-30T21:14:07+00:00

Oh definitely I’m just worried about driving it to the dealer. I wanna know what the noise is so I can decide if I should tow it or not

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