The official XT225 thread!

Yeah, got my girlfriends 05 with exactly 589 miles on it for 2800. Turned into kind of a mess as the 2 years it was on the road it was treated horribly by the original owner. I've nursed it back to life though and the thing runs like a peach now. All those simple mods do wonders for this little guy.

I bought a new '06 end of September for $4000 OTD.

From CraigsList I thought I had a used 2006 that was bought new in 2/06. He had an extended warrant to 2011 & some riding gear (that I don't need). Bike only had 150 miles on it. He wanted too much for it, $4000. The Kelly Blue Book & NADA Book show the retail is only between $3308 & $3380 for used 2006. I was going to offer him $3400 & maybe split what he paid for extended warranty (what do they cost) since it was transferable, he could keep he riding gear. Well I called him this morning & he said he was going to keep the bike. Maybe he will actually start to ride it now!
There is also a used 2006 with 2000 street mile at a dealership near by & they want $3350 for it, supposed to be in immaculate shape. Not a lot of used XT225s for sale in my area. I'll see what I can get a new one for & if that doesn't work out I'll try to work a deal on the used one. Some how I'm going to get an XT225 Serow.
PeteC

When I was looking for XT225's, I had good luck with:
a) Cycletrader.com - there was a WI and NE dealer blowing out '06 XT's for around $3,500.
b) Also, check out the classifieds section of xt225.com's bulletin board.

I lucked out and found one locally for sale, at a good price.

tm

I sure wish I could figure out how to post pics here. I've made some simple but cool mods I'd like to show you guys. Oh well

I wondered what my bike would look like in the snow. :)
Still green..er brown grass up here in Maine.
Have fun.

Thanks wickerman. good thread. dont forget to upgrade your horn to a finn. the stock one is worthless.

i get 75

Thanks a ton. Though I'm not using your method I did just figure how to post one simple pic. Here's the only one small enough I have to upload...

WTF is a finn horn?

+1

I googled it and got "JACK SQUAT!" <- Chris Farley voice

I had the name wrong: it was Hella. I have no idea where I came up w/ Finn. Must have been hypoxia

You should be ashamed of yourself.

man, this is so slow i might have to check out the xt site.

This Wednesday I picked up an '07 XT225 from World Motorcycles in Henderson, Nevada (SE area of Las Vegas). The price out their door was $4050, but I still had to pay $154.81 sales tax & $85.04 registration back in Kingman, AZ. So total cost was $4289.85, not the best deal, but OK. The local dealer wasn't going to get an XT225 till March, the dealer in Lake Havasu City had just sold his last XT225 & the dealer in Bullhead City wouldn't come down from an OTD price of just over $4600! World Motorcycles had a used '06 XT225, but sold it just before I called them on Tuesday. I have only put about 32 miles on the bike on residential streets & slow country roads. I'm breaking it in right so not using much power yet. After getting over the initial awkward feel of a new bike I like the way the XT225 handles & know it will be better after I get it set up & can use full power. My other bike is a '06 DR650 Suzuki I have set up for longer adventure touring. The XT225 is so much lighter & much more nimble, I know I will enjoy it off road. I can actually lay it down flat & pick it up relatively easily! I also plan on doing some longer tours on the XT225. I will be checking out this & other sites for mods to improve the XT225.
PeteC

Welcome.You will love your XT. I got mine used with 3k on it for 2500 so I think you got a great deal. I added a Yamaha tail rack and a new horn, and other than that I am happy with the stock bike. You will see everyone tricks there out with mods, but mine is a blast. I am going with a different front sprocket to give it better highway manners, but that can wait till spring.
Check out
http://www.xt225.com/

Just picked up a 2002 xt225 with 350 miles on it. Supposed to be for my son to use off road while I ride the Husky but it's a pretty fun ride all in itself!

Took the wife and her x-mas present ('01 XT-225) out to a family fun ride this afternoon and we all had a blast! The XT, even with about 15% of it's tread left (previous owner rode only on the street, 3,600 miles of original knobbies gone) it took to the single track and forest trails just fine. In fact, I doubled her along one of the steeper trails covered in loose wet leaves and rock with a bit of loam to it. Zero problems! I *love* these things! Welcome to the 70 mile per gallon while grinning from ear to ear club!

(notice her perma-grin?)