Help me tune my 150f
  • xanderdos
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    Help me tune my 150f

    by xanderdos » Fri May 30, 2008 3:03 pm

    Well im 15 and I bought a 06 crf 150f and its just not enough power for me lol.. And the problem is i dont have 4 grand to buy the R or trade it in and get a 250 R.. So i was wondering if any can suggest anything to make it more of a motocross bike? Also i was thinking about getting in to actually racing it and was wondering if it was even worth my time trying with it ? I am a very good rider and my main goal is to get more acceleration and get the suspension taken care of because even with a down side i still bottom out >.<.. Please help me!
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    by crazybrother » Fri May 30, 2008 3:38 pm

    First thing to do, is to get the Power-up kit from your dealer, then open up the airbox, Remove the Baffle in your exhaust. That should help a little.
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    by hondafan » Fri May 30, 2008 4:36 pm

    i had the 2004 crf-150 and had a bit of the same problem. there isnt really alot you can do but here are some suggestions:

    aftermarket air filter
    uncorked airbox
    big gun exhaust (really made mine sound mean)
    carb re-jet
    bbr motorsports 175cc big bore kit
    high performance cam shaft bbr
    bbr rev box

    all of that alone combined with a couple of things to make the bike lighter will total up to around $1500.00
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    by dirtbikerliker » Fri May 30, 2008 8:24 pm

    dont forget about the cr85 suspension conversion kit. you can find some cr80/cr85 forks on ebay and the cr80/cr85 rear suspension there too. its a lot cheaper then ordering the kit from reger engineering. they charging like $1600
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    by RedneckRider181 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:23 pm

    I don't want to be a killjoy here, but don't waste your time and money on a 150F. If you want to spend enought to buy a 150R, then go at it, but there's just not alot of cheap things you can do to make this a motocrosser. Unless, this is your first bike and you are just getting used to riding or something, then go with MILD mods like intake, jetting, exhaust, gearing, suspension, those kinds of things. But i wouldn't spend over $500 trying to pep it up.

    I did the same thing, bought a 230 when I was skilled enough to have a 250X/R. I then tried to make it a real good machine, just wasting lots of money i could've put into a new bike. But the 150F/230F are just nice beginner or trail bikes.
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    Re: Help me tune my 150f

    by hondapunk53 » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:34 pm

    xanderdos wrote:Well im 15 and I bought a 06 crf 150f and its just not enough power for me lol.. And the problem is i dont have 4 grand to buy the R or trade it in and get a 250 R.. So i was wondering if any can suggest anything to make it more of a motocross bike? Also i was thinking about getting in to actually racing it and was wondering if it was even worth my time trying with it ? I am a very good rider and my main goal is to get more acceleration and get the suspension taken care of because even with a down side i still bottom out >.<.. Please help me!
    DO NOT TRY TO MAKE IT A RACE MACHINE!!!!!!! dont waist your time trying to make a trail based bike into a race based bike you will run into nothing but problems just go out and buy the 150r or 250r DONT MAKE THE MISTAKE I DID!!!!
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    by zak13 » Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:31 pm

    if youre worried about money then sell the 150 and buy a 125 2 stroke for about 1800
    sellin my xr100
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    by dirtbikerliker » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:33 pm

    i think zak has had the best idea yet
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    by RedneckRider181 » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:40 pm

    zak13 wrote:if youre worried about money then sell the 150 and buy a 125 2 stroke for about 1800


    That is a good idea, it would teach patience...

    to deal with the gas/oil mixing, and fuel guzzling. Not to mention the total loss of low-end power, and replacing piston and rings every few hours...

    I considered it, but after riding a smoker, I decided to stick to my thumpers.
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    by zak13 » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:50 pm

    RedneckRider181 wrote:
    zak13 wrote:if youre worried about money then sell the 150 and buy a 125 2 stroke for about 1800


    That is a good idea, it would teach patience...

    to deal with the gas/oil mixing, and fuel guzzling. Not to mention the total loss of low-end power, and replacing piston and rings every few hours...

    I considered it, but after riding a smoker, I decided to stick to my thumpers.

    yea it will teach regular maintenence skills too
    i rode a pinger and i thought it was amazing but i rode a thumper and it pulled better so i would reccomend a pinger for the beginners because it teaches good riding skills such as shifting and clutch control but after you learn all those skills thumper it is lol
    xanderdos have you ridden a pinger before?
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    by bocephus450x » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:56 am

    RedneckRider181 wrote:
    zak13 wrote:if youre worried about money then sell the 150 and buy a 125 2 stroke for about 1800


    That is a good idea, it would teach patience...

    to deal with the gas/oil mixing, and fuel guzzling. Not to mention the total loss of low-end power, and replacing piston and rings every few hours...

    I considered it, but after riding a smoker, I decided to stick to my thumpers.


    it aint hat bad...mixing gas oooooh. its easy as heck. low-end? downshift you fool rev it out longer before you upshift and psitins and rings every few hours....no! but when you do its also easy as cake
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    by zak13 » Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:24 am

    bocephus450x wrote:
    RedneckRider181 wrote:
    zak13 wrote:if youre worried about money then sell the 150 and buy a 125 2 stroke for about 1800


    That is a good idea, it would teach patience...

    to deal with the gas/oil mixing, and fuel guzzling. Not to mention the total loss of low-end power, and replacing piston and rings every few hours...

    I considered it, but after riding a smoker, I decided to stick to my thumpers.


    it aint hat bad...mixing gas oooooh. its easy as heck. low-end? downshift you fool rev it out longer before you upshift and psitins and rings every few hours....no! but when you do its also easy as cake
    its not that hard but it will teach proper maintenence
    sellin my xr100
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    by itsgrady » Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:04 pm

    bocephus450x wrote:
    RedneckRider181 wrote:
    zak13 wrote:if youre worried about money then sell the 150 and buy a 125 2 stroke for about 1800


    That is a good idea, it would teach patience...

    to deal with the gas/oil mixing, and fuel guzzling. Not to mention the total loss of low-end power, and replacing piston and rings every few hours...

    I considered it, but after riding a smoker, I decided to stick to my thumpers.


    it aint hat bad...mixing gas oooooh. its easy as heck. low-end? downshift you fool rev it out longer before you upshift and psitins and rings every few hours....no! but when you do its also easy as cake


    Amen brother! If only we had more like you...
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    by RedneckRider181 » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:50 pm

    bocephus450x wrote:
    RedneckRider181 wrote:
    zak13 wrote:if youre worried about money then sell the 150 and buy a 125 2 stroke for about 1800


    That is a good idea, it would teach patience...

    to deal with the gas/oil mixing, and fuel guzzling. Not to mention the total loss of low-end power, and replacing piston and rings every few hours...

    I considered it, but after riding a smoker, I decided to stick to my thumpers.


    it aint hat bad...mixing gas oooooh. its easy as heck. low-end? downshift you fool rev it out longer before you upshift and psitins and rings every few hours....no! but when you do its also easy as cake


    Yeah, I know the mixing ain't complicated, but it's just more to deal with, and expensive. From what I hear they aslo guzzle the fuel, even more costly. I guess you can afford it without the cost of valve maintenance though, :roll: . But I do know how to shift gears, and when I upshifted, it bogged bad, so I shifted back down and revved it out. I'm surprised the damn thing didn't hit the rev limiter, and even then it still had poor power when gearing up again.

    I'll say it again, i'll stick to my thumpers...
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    by hondapunk53 » Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:33 pm

    bocephus450x wrote:
    RedneckRider181 wrote:
    zak13 wrote:if youre worried about money then sell the 150 and buy a 125 2 stroke for about 1800


    That is a good idea, it would teach patience...

    to deal with the gas/oil mixing, and fuel guzzling. Not to mention the total loss of low-end power, and replacing piston and rings every few hours...

    I considered it, but after riding a smoker, I decided to stick to my thumpers.


    it aint hat bad...mixing gas oooooh. its easy as heck. low-end? downshift you fool rev it out longer before you upshift and psitins and rings every few hours....no! but when you do its also easy as cake
    ya but think about it for a kid that just rides his trail bike and barly has to do any maintnace it may be easy for you but not him

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