Here in Hawaii, gas prices are at $4.50 a gallon. I use my 250cc to go shopping and stuff and I also catch the bus to work.
I cant understand while living next to you here in argentina we dont get that great xtz 250, Im really really interested in getting one, Havent read about any ride reports of it yet, how does it handle?
Remember, it's more than just height that matters, the width of the bike comes into play too. A WR is a MUCH narrower bike than a Wee Strom. Which means it's much easier to get your foot down. I'm 5'11", 30 inch pant inseam. My woods bike has a 37 inch seat height, and I have no problem getting a foot down when I need to.
Please, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhKnqdc1upE and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_fCPZ4wpN8 you will fall in love if XTZ 250 hehehe
if you are talking about the dr200se, last year i called around finally got a dealer to look on computer and found 3 in VA one in alex., one in cumberland, one in norfolk which i bought 2009dr200se with 1mile on odmeter
Thats what i mean, you can have a 250cc bike capable of traveling on bad roads and still have a comfortable seat and a big tank Thanks for the vids im totally sold now waiting that they would come some day, i asked yamaha but they "cant confirm"
Any recommendations for luggage using the stock DR250 subframe (avoiding the extra weight of a rear rack/pannier frame installation)?
Ramon, i think the Yamaha Argentina will sell Tenere 250cc, Lander was sold first here in Brazil, after in other countries. Let's wait.
I went with these for my dr350 basically the same bike. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ctl2mj265vo" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe>
+1, very true. My wife bought hers last year, it was an '07 with only 1800 miles but there are quite a few on CL that are around the same age with only 500-800 miles on them. Not even broken in yet!
As with most things, it seems compromise is what we often have to settle for. I've done extended tours on my Helix, the TW200 and in addition to keeping those rides going, now want to do the same with my GT250R Hyosung. Last summer I had it loaded with soft bags, the MotoFizz and tank bag and was in fat city. Heading to the local BMW Rally (hey, the Hyo is black and I wasn't sure they'd notice it wasn't German) I stopped for gas and smelled a very bad smell. Not only had the soft bag settled onto the very high pipe, but the tent that was on the bottom fared even worse. Turned around, headed for home, expanded the Fizz on both ends, stuffed the other tent in, unloaded some stuff and headed out again. This winter I came up with a design to build a luggage rack, replacing the passenger seat (will never be used). 16" wide, it not only supports the Fizz bag much better, but from early indications, looks like it will keep the patched soft bags high enough to stay unmolten. The solid section closely resembles the OEM seat. After making racks for both my Pacific Coast and ST2 out of anodized aluminum, decided to go with Delrin (acetal) this time as an experiment. Very happy with the fit and function and now I can not only Sport Tour, I can Camp Tour as well. I love riding the little bugger and didn't want to save it only for day rides. I spend lots of time on gravel with the other ones and will most likely avoid most of that with the Hyo, but the large gas tank, excellent mileage and for-its-size torque, make backroading tons of fun.
Hey, feel free to write more about your Hyosung GT250. I've followed those since I first saw one some years back in Seattle. Cool motorcycle. I know the 650 and 250 v-twins had some problems with valves hitting pistons in the early models. jon
I've ridden a Comet GT250. The engine is a jewel...extremely smooth and quiet. The GT250 is a completely competent road bike.
One of my friends had an older GT250 at Saturday morning coffee's up in Mpls and I always admired it, liked the concept of the little V-Twin and have been watching for used ones. Every once in awhile the Comet models would come up but I never saw the sportbike version. A local scooter dealer took the Hyo line on and at their spring open house, as an introduction, had sale prices I couldn't ignore. I went in to look at the new scooters and walked out with the keys to the GT250R, my first new machine in 30 years. I'd have settled for a carbureted version, but this EFI runs like a clock. There's a very good chance we'll be at May's Slimey Crud.
Very nice and simple setup. Tell me, do you ever bump into your rear topcase while maneuvering offroad? Or anyone for that matter I guess