Go back to the first post in the thread. Talking details about the WR250 is just as "Off Topic" as talking about old Brit bikes and metalurgy really. No big deal.

I've never heard of the Scorpa T- Ride. What is it? Who makes it? History of it?

As for the WR250R....the model we get here in the US would not, to me, be the ideal long distance machine. Both the YZ450F/YZ250 and WR450F/WR250F as sold in the US are all off road, non street legal bikes.

They are SUPER light weight....like 106 kgs. for the WR250, 112 for the WR450. (claimed dry weight) The YZ kick start motocrosser are about 4 kgs. lighter still. (no battery or starter motor)

The weights of the Yamaha's compares very favorably with what Honda are doing with their CRF250X/CRF45X, which are also sold as Off Road only bikes
in the US and also have electric starting. The Yams and Hondas are probably within a kg. of one another.

Suzuki's bikes too are featherweights and now have Fuel injection for 2008.
But Suzuki, at this point, does not have an Off road version, only a moto crosser. But that will change.

Kawi has only a KLX450 off road version...still not street legal in the US, but
a detuned version of the motocross race bike with electric start and lights.

KTM make two street legal dirt bikes....the 450 and 530. Because they are a small manufacturer, are not required to make the bikes totally green, like, say,
Suzuki's DRZ400S, which has many many changes from the Off road E model.

I've heard of a street version of the WR250, made for Japan. Maybe this is the bike that is reffered to in this thread? I've heard it's TOTALLY different to the YZ/WR bikes. Is this bike being imported to the UK?

This might be a good distance bike if you can find a good seat and add luggage?

Patrick

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