Yes, it can. The XT225 also has a longer stroke.
In a TW this makes a night and day difference.
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TW200 vs TX225
OK I am a newbie, this is my first post. I am 48 yrs old and have many bikes in the past, (from 90 cc to 1100cc)then took a 18 year break (when I had kids)
I bought a 2003 TW for my 17yr old son, who gets his M license in 1 month. Long story short, either he gets another TW or I get another bike in 30 days! I mean I LOVE this bike
(I have a DR350S that I dont drive since getting the TW). I now drive the TW daily, seldom off road, but about 150 miles a week. It really struggles with 55 or 60 mph. Today my friend stops buy with a TX225. These look like almost the same bike and engine! But I drive his, it seems twice as strong! It will hit 70 mpg with ease, lots more torque!
Now, I dont go over 60mph, but boy, the TW is struggling to keep 60 (I weigh 275). TX225 seems to be relaxed at 60mpg. Can 25 CC make that big of a difference?
Kind of wish the TW200 was a TW225....
I bought a 2003 TW for my 17yr old son, who gets his M license in 1 month. Long story short, either he gets another TW or I get another bike in 30 days! I mean I LOVE this bike
(I have a DR350S that I dont drive since getting the TW). I now drive the TW daily, seldom off road, but about 150 miles a week. It really struggles with 55 or 60 mph. Today my friend stops buy with a TX225. These look like almost the same bike and engine! But I drive his, it seems twice as strong! It will hit 70 mpg with ease, lots more torque!
Now, I dont go over 60mph, but boy, the TW is struggling to keep 60 (I weigh 275). TX225 seems to be relaxed at 60mpg. Can 25 CC make that big of a difference?
Kind of wish the TW200 was a TW225....
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Yes, it can. The XT225 also has a longer stroke.
In a TW this makes a night and day difference.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Ronny outweighs me by some 80 lbs. His TW225 will walk off from my TW200. No contest. Same monster tire, same gearing. 8,000 ft. or at sea level. The torque increase is in fact linear.
And I like to think I keep my TW running well above average.
That said, I'd rather ride a stock TW than a stock XT around here.
And I like to think I keep my TW running well above average.
That said, I'd rather ride a stock TW than a stock XT around here.
You don't give your location or elevation, but proper jetting can help. Keyword "proper". "Proper"=compromise if you still want it to run acceptably once you hit the mountains.
Sort the postings here carefully. You have the new-style CV carb as opposed to the early carb. Often posters here don't differentiate, leading to buckets of bad info and worse running bikes.
I don't give a rip what anyone claims, shimming needles and fattening jets will kill your bike in the mountains, unless your mountains are under 3,000 ft.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Sort the postings here carefully. You have the new-style CV carb as opposed to the early carb. Often posters here don't differentiate, leading to buckets of bad info and worse running bikes.
I don't give a rip what anyone claims, shimming needles and fattening jets will kill your bike in the mountains, unless your mountains are under 3,000 ft.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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