[GregMember]

Ollie wrote:

Hey Greg I think you should whisper into MR Yamaha’s ear that the WR R needs to grow in size by about 200 cc :laugh:, Imagine how many they would sell!

Ollie

I like everybody has Ollie, Australia isnt a big enough market for a whole model development.

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[GregMember]

Ollie wrote:

My only concern with the 2fifty is doing black top and wide open trails where you want to wind it on for the majority of a an adventure ride it would be good
Ollie

Well that’s one of the places the WR excels against the DR and the biggest down fall of the DR is its 5 speed gearbox against the WRs 6 speed. Everyone with a DR400 always talks about a 6th gear. We did 800kms of bitumen in June in one day at 115kph (GPS) speed with a 660, 640 and a 1200. Biggest down fall was the lack of wind protection with only a screen, it would be the same for the DR. All that said the DR is a great bike, a good all rounder, I just think from experience as I have done fair distances on both the WR is a better, much more fun bike. I am looking forward to having Chop’s DR at the shed for some work soon and can do some real comparative testing. I could be wrong

[GregMember]

Ollie wrote:

I am sure the WR250R is a great little ADVbike,but nothing beats cubes :woohoo: Id go the DR650 or DRZ400.
If only the WR came out in a 450?650

Ollie

It should Ollie but doesn’t I have ridden both and the WR is better then the 400 and would happily compare them. Actually I will have Chops project DR400 up the shed soon so we can. The 650 is a while different story

If only for the 450R yeah how good would it be

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[GregMember]

WR250R, go anywhere do anything the big bigs do. Sorry Boll but better than a DR, lighter, fuel injected, handle better, better suspension and a better trail bike if that’s what you want. We have over 50k on them now at RideADV without a single problem and they have been hire bikes as well. Only parts other than services fitted have been chain slider and a few front sprockets

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[GregMember]

They do wear if they are the softer OEM alloy type Murph. I reckon a 2nd one wouldnt hurt for what you do with that 500 mate. You would get a lot of slip and sudden grip with your riding. Careful you dont over tighten as well because they split :blush:

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[GregMember]

Good work guys

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[GregMember]

Sweet ride welcome to the ranger club

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[GregMember]

james wrote:

Speaking of test rides :whistle:

Name your time mate, you wont be disappointed

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[GregMember]

Keep the videos coming roota :laugh:

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[GregMember]

Good onya guys, ride safe and enjoy

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[GregMember]

Sorry guys we dropped the ball, I was away in the desert as such and wasn’t aware there was a problem I thought it was my IPhone connection :huh: :blush: . Chris was busy and if it wasn’t for STM and Jacko we wouldn’t have known.
There was a plug-in with the forum that caused the shut down. Chris is going to do a major update starting next week, so watch for that over the next 3 weeks. We are going to move some of the moderators jobs around and STM will be running the big birthday ride in November so exciting times coming up.

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[GregMember]

So Benny is the videos something you make money out of? You didn’t answer Axel’s question?

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[GregMember]

Build a new WR, last week build a new Tenere
My newest one,1km old finished today ready for the Simpson

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[GregMember]

My newest WR, 1km old finished today ready for the Simpson

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[GregMember]

Wicked weekend how much fun does that look

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