Wr250f

[Red Rider 53]

I'm wondering if the WR250F has enough low end to where you can just putt through tight technical sections without stalling and eating up the clutch. So basically if you stalled on a steep rutted hill could you start it up and just role up the hill like an XR or do you have to treat it like a motocrosser and eat up the clutch and try to keep the rpms up, ect..

 

[Barbarian]

It's got plenty of torque for that kind of slow stuff. The only time it lacks a little is when coming out of a turn and up a hill where you are trying to jump a waterbar or double jump, etc.. It will do the job, but you won't catch as much air as easily as on a 450. On the plus side, you'll probably carry more speed through the turn so it evens out.

 

[Red Rider 53]

Thanks. I, for a while was looking at an XR250 but I think this is the right bike.

 

[JasonJ]

Dont forget the 03 WR F has electric start to so stalling on a hill is less of an issue at least on the restart. I rode the WR 250 F for a few minutes just checking one out and an 03 through a hard rock section for a guy and It felt VERY nice in technical rocks, it seemed to want to pick through the rocks better than the WR 400 (my bike) I had just ridden through the same section. Of corse I had a minute or two to rest too :) . A few guys had WR 250s on the last ride I was on and one of the better riders was plenty fast, I was close to him most of the day and he definatley had the bike wound up much higher than my WR 400 and he did at least twice as much shifting as a result of keeping the bike wound up in faster sections, but if your comming off a 2 stroke MX bike it will seem like your lugging and shifting only 1/2 as much :) .

 

[kx200]

Just don’t put the YZ cams in or you will loose some low end other wise it has good low end just remember it will rev to 12,000+ rpm so make sure you go up there once in a while and have some fun

 

[Red Rider 53]

Thats a will do.;)

 

[cujet]

I just rode the TTR dual sport in GA. I got a chance to ride a few different bikes up a gnarly steep and technical hill. ( the riders were unable to do the hill themselves) What I found is that the hill was steep enough to require high torque in first gear. The KTM 400EXC did not have enough low end power to motor up the hill in first gear. I ended up slipping the clutch to get the bike to make it up. The bikes that motored right up were all big bores.

It was really an eye opener, to have a hill steep enough that the bike wont pull it at low RPM and technical enough to prevent riding faster. I know this is uncommon, still I see why people like the KTM 525 and other big 4 strokes. They go slow really well!

I suspect that the WR250 will not have nearly enough torque to motor up that type of hill.

Chris

 

[Strick]

The bike is a kick in the pants to ride. I don't think it has enough power for heavier riders. If you weigh in the 150 lb. range (or below) you will find the bike to be fine. Heavier riders, like Me (195) suffer from lack of power on this bike.

 

[cactusreid]

Strick, I agree with your statements. this bike is a 4 stroke version of a 125 2 stroke. the wr is a pretty good compromise between a 125 and a 250 2 stroke. it pulls/torques decently on the low to mid rpm range. but nothing compared to a decent 2 stroke.ie you can't come up to a log and just blip the gas to wheelie over it like you can on a 2 stroke. but let me tell you when you get it up into those 5 didgit rpm's-the bike hauls ass in a very serious way. almost anyone can ride these bikes in the low rpm range-very few can keep themselves on top of a yzf 250 that is hard on the pipe/powerband. I ride a EC 300 gasgas,and I've owned 3 yz 490 2 strokes in the past, so I feel I know a little bit about brute horsepower.