I'm thinking of getting into dirt. What bike?

[oneblackflag]

Have you thought about a WR 250R a great bike with long life engine ( 40,000 kms valve check ) fuel injected, will do trail, even play on MX tracks, go adventure riding, ride to work. Most versatile 250 out there. You won't be doing top end @ 100 hours either.
I have WR 450 2012 i think a 250 would be more fun. I'm sure I'd be faster on a 250.
An enduro bike will last longer than a MX bike (engine not so stressed) that means less money spent on rebuilds.


My 2 cents

I have the WRR... Great bike but you do have to make some trade offs for the longevity, 20 od kg over the WRF and down on power by quite a bit until you do all the mods to them, airbox, full exhaust, fuel progarmer etc. But yea as a do anything bike can't be beat I reckon.

For better or worse, I just won an auction on trademe for a 2011 Kwaka KFX450. Guess I'm going to find out whether a 450 is too much bike now aren't I. Honest progress reports to follow.

Nice bike.

[flashg]

I have the WRR... Great bike but you do have to make some trade offs for the longevity, 20 od kg over the WRF and down on power by quite a bit until you do all the mods to them, airbox, full exhaust, fuel progarmer etc. But yea as a do anything bike can't be beat I reckon.







Nice bike.

My son had a WRR but was stolen twice never got it back second time. Yamaha says 131 wet WR250R and 129 wet WR 450F 2012 only 2 kg's YZ a lot lighter but not sure of weights

[oneblackflag]

My son had a WRR but was stolen twice never got it back second time. Yamaha says 131 wet WR250R and 129 wet WR 450F 2012 only 2 kg's YZ a lot lighter but not sure of weights

Yea, was comparing 250s. Bummer it was stolen.

[pipe]

My son had a WRR but was stolen twice never got it back second time. Yamaha says 131 wet WR250R and 129 wet WR 450F 2012 only 2 kg's YZ a lot lighter but not sure of weights

Fair bit weight can be stripped off the WRR. you should be able to get down to around 5kg more then the WRF 250

[flashg]

Fair bit weight can be stripped off the WRR. you should be able to get down to around 5kg more then the WRF 250

yes i think your right. I'm not sure if 450 is weight with road kit on or not. But for racing i could remove battery and starter. But I'm way to old for racing etc. I find it light enough compared to my 660 tenere at 209 kg wet

[oneblackflag]

Fair bit weight can be stripped off the WRR. you should be able to get down to around 5kg more then the WRF 250

Must look into that.... A!ot came off with the pipe, but then I've added a bigger tank and tail rack so back to square one

[Jay GTI]

For better or worse, I just won an auction on trademe for a 2011 Kwaka KFX450. Guess I'm going to find out whether a 450 is too much bike now aren't I. Honest progress reports to follow.

Ah good choice, if you'd gone a year either side of that bike you would have had an animal, but the 2011 bike was the year Kwaka tried to calm the engine down. Not to say it's short of power, but at least they attempted to make it smooth.

[scott411]

Ah good choice, if you'd gone a year either side of that bike you would have had an animal, but the 2011 bike was the year Kwaka tried to calm the engine down. Not to say it's short of power, but at least they attempted to make it smooth.

you can also get those progammed to be tamer, (not plug and play like the 2012 onwards, but any dealer with the KX FI tool will be able to reprogramme it, you want to use the Hardpack map for a smoother power,

[Brett]

Well...picked it up last night. Seems like a decent bike for the price - although I couldn't get the thing to start. Owner said it had been sitting for 6 months and fuel was pretty old. Hoping he's legit - the bike certainly seems well looked after and he seemed like a straight up bloke. Will have another crack at it in the morning.

[george formby]

Well...picked it up last night. Seems like a decent bike for the price - although I couldn't get the thing to start. Owner said it had been sitting for 6 months and fuel was pretty old. Hoping he's legit - the bike certainly seems well looked after and he seemed like a straight up bloke. Will have another crack at it in the morning.

Looking forward to your first ride report. Keep us posted.

[BoristheBiter]

Well...picked it up last night. Seems like a decent bike for the price - although I couldn't get the thing to start. Owner said it had been sitting for 6 months and fuel was pretty old. Hoping he's legit - the bike certainly seems well looked after and he seemed like a straight up bloke. Will have another crack at it in the morning.

Well then, Berm buster is this weekend. nice and easy, wide flowing trails.
even if wet, which it doesn't look like, there is good traction.
Just the right place to unleash the 450,

[Jay GTI]

Well...picked it up last night. Seems like a decent bike for the price - although I couldn't get the thing to start. Owner said it had been sitting for 6 months and fuel was pretty old. Hoping he's legit - the bike certainly seems well looked after and he seemed like a straight up bloke. Will have another crack at it in the morning.

Hmmm.... the old fuel thing is a bit of a myth, certainly 6 months won't cause any serious issues, especially on a FI bike. Hope you have better luck this morning.

[thorns]

Hope it does work out, but gotta say, your a brave man driving away with the bike without knowing it definitely runs.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Well...picked it up last night. Seems like a decent bike for the price - although I couldn't get the thing to start. Owner said it had been sitting for 6 months and fuel was pretty old. Hoping he's legit - the bike certainly seems well looked after and he seemed like a straight up bloke. Will have another crack at it in the morning.

If you collected it from him and paid him there and then...I wouldn't have paid him until it went mate.

[scott411]

Hmmm.... the old fuel thing is a bit of a myth, certainly 6 months won't cause any serious issues, especially on a FI bike. Hope you have better luck this morning.

disagree totally, old fuel is harder to start, def much worse on a carb'd bike tho, as the stuff in the carb goes off with all the vents , i would drain the fuel thats in their, or at least full it up with new stuff to get a good mix,