Rosie
16th May 2011, 10:35
As of yesterday I have had the WR for a whole year, and done around 16,500km.
I rode it to the Burt Munro and back, have done numerous weekend adventure rides, and used it for a bit of commuting. Before and after photos are below.
The bike has had a bit of Adventurisation (links here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/125478-WR250R-Adventurisation-project) and here (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606931)) to make it more suitable for adventure touring.
Overall I am very pleased with the WR. It's really nice to ride on and off the road. It's got enough power to cruise at 110 and overtake slower vehicles, and it is pretty comfortable on long stretches of highway.
It feels really stable on gravel, although the stock suspension settings don't like corrugations, and I haven't got around to fiddling with the suspension to change this.
Off-road the decent suspension is a real improvement over the super sherpa I was riding before. The throttle is a bit twitchy in first gear, but I'm getting the hang of it.
The WR was pretty tall when I bought it (a bit over 900mm from memory), but by hacking some foam out of the seat, putting the rear shock on its lower setting, and sliding the forks up in their clamps it is now manageable for my short legs.
In Summary: bring on the next 16,000km :woohoo:
I rode it to the Burt Munro and back, have done numerous weekend adventure rides, and used it for a bit of commuting. Before and after photos are below.
The bike has had a bit of Adventurisation (links here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/125478-WR250R-Adventurisation-project) and here (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606931)) to make it more suitable for adventure touring.
Overall I am very pleased with the WR. It's really nice to ride on and off the road. It's got enough power to cruise at 110 and overtake slower vehicles, and it is pretty comfortable on long stretches of highway.
It feels really stable on gravel, although the stock suspension settings don't like corrugations, and I haven't got around to fiddling with the suspension to change this.
Off-road the decent suspension is a real improvement over the super sherpa I was riding before. The throttle is a bit twitchy in first gear, but I'm getting the hang of it.
The WR was pretty tall when I bought it (a bit over 900mm from memory), but by hacking some foam out of the seat, putting the rear shock on its lower setting, and sliding the forks up in their clamps it is now manageable for my short legs.
In Summary: bring on the next 16,000km :woohoo: