Hi all,

I am looking to downsize (from my 2001 Transalp) for serious motorcycle travel. The main reasons are handling on the crappy tiny roads and trails that I like and fuel economy.

My wife has just bought a honda NX 250 and it is a fantastic little bike! Light, easy to manouver, reputably indestructable, will go everywhere slowly and easily does 130 km/h - 75 mph on the highway all day. Add to that an amazing fuel economy of 1:33 km/l - 93 mpg (uk) - 77.6 mpg (us) and I'm happy...

but it is FAR to small for me. I am considering a Yamaha WR 250R and a Kawasaki KLX250, the kawasaki being a lot cheeper. It also gives me a better feeling (no justification, just feels more me...)

I would however like to put on a larger tank. For the yamaha a 12ish liter tank is available and I think a larger one is being made (?). For the KLX 250 there is a larger tank, but it doesn't fit so well on the newer model bikes. Aparantly you have to move some electronics and the choke can't be used anymore... Not really a problem since the EU KLXses have fuel-injection.

But will a non-fuelinjection tank fit on a fuel-injected bike? Do I need to add a fuel-return connection to the tank, and is that something that I could do myself on a plastic tank?

Does anyone have any experience with this? Or does anyone know why I should dish out an additional €1000 for the WR 250 R?

Kind regards,

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