Yamaha WR250R Mega Thread

I also had a Suby WRX , 2002, and used it to tow as well. I did make it a rule to only tow one bike at a time with it though, much to the bitching of my buddies who also wanted to be towed.

best pic I could find quickly...just look past my now sold Sportster.

Couple of mine in action.

I'm pretty happy with my Subaru.

So after much research and debate I think I am going to trade in on all my current bikes and pick up the newest WR250 I can afford, might even go brand new. The only thing I am worried about is durability... I do no less than 15k miles a year. I just don't want to have to rebuild it more than every 3 seasons so ~45k miles.

I don't think you have to worry about yamaha durability...

My first bike was a 92 FZR 600 and I killed that in 20k

Change the oil every once in a while.


How did the become a Subaru WRX thread? That is the wrong type of WRX.

And you had to look past a Sportie to even see that. WTF picture thread is down the hall on the left.

I have a feeling it wasn't Yamaha's fault.

I'll bet the chain was mis-adjusted.

Hey Sieg..........did you get out the snowmobile today?

Some of the elders like Big Dog, Ten cup etc. have racked up high miles without any major problems.

At 17K I changed my fuel pump for preventative. But has been a trouble free machine.

Mine has 45k on it since i bought it new in January 2010. Never seen the inside of the motor except to check the valves at 25k, would be well over 50k if it weren't for winter.

Hello KustomizingKid,
Not to sound to preachy, but no one is guaranteed tomorrow. Just to keep things in perspective. So don't worry about the future of a motorcycle; there are to many variables that go into the longevity of any one individual bike. The WRR is a good all-round light weight trailie/commuter bike. Just be good on all maintenance(WRR has one of the highest service intervals in the industry) and don't try to make it something it wasn't designed for. From the mileage your talking about it sounds like you are looking for a commuter or a long distance ADVer bike. Both are possible(I'm testing mine in the latter).

Yes you can. It's when air in and air out are both improved that fuel needs to be remapped.

Think of any motor like blowing up a balloon. One of those long twisty balloons are hard as heck to blow up, like a stock motor air/pipe combo. those punching bag type super easy but need tons of air, like open air/pipe combo you need more gas to fill one of those but more pressure to fill the little tight one.

I have only my AIS and flapper done.

Not really noticing any difference, although there is a (little) less weight and less shit to potentially break now, I guess.

Congrats.