Ride Report: Yamaha WR250
The new WR250 has approximately 230 miles on it now. I had no issues at all during my rides in Idaho. Cruising on the forest service roads no longer concerns me as the bike will do 45-50mph with only about 1/3 throttle in 5th gear. The most impressive feature of the new WR tranny is the 1st and 2nd gear combo . . . it worked flawlessly on the gnarly single track. Much better than the old YZ gearbox and the 13/52 gearing. I’m certainly sold on the WR tranny upgrade.
The WR250 on High in the Mountains of Idaho
If there is any issue at all with the WR transmission it is the wider gap between 2nd and 3rd. I did not feel this on Jesse’s WR300 but I suspect that is due to the increased torque of the 300-kit. It never gave me any problems, but it did notice it from time to time on the trail. Not a real issue to me, but it is something to note. Below is a photo of Jesse beside a snowdrift on the north side of one of the Casino Lakes.
Jesse and the WR300
Mark had said that I needed to gear up the bike to make it useful. I can see doing that for around here, but for mountain riding, the 14-52 gearing setup is the ticket. Check out some of the videos on my YouTube Channel. There are 5 or 6 posted right now and more will follow. There are several instances where you can tell that the low 1st gear really pulled me through the rough stuff.
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One of the guys we rode with this year (Gary) had superb taste in motorcycles! He didn’t show up with an orange bike but rather a YZ250 with it’s manly blue color. He’d installed the WR426 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear and had the stock YZ 1st and 2nd intact. I think he was running 14-50 gearing and had no issues at all from what I could see. Gary also had the original Rekluse auto-clutch and crazily enough, a rear-brake lever where the clutch usually resides. I’ve now seen four bikes setup like this but it still seems so foreign to me. There were two instances this year where that rear brake lever on the bars would have been nice, but otherwise, I can’t see me going with that setup . . . at least not for now. Gary says we should figure out how to reverse that animated GIF that morphs the YZ into a KTM. Great Idea!
The only other thing I changed on the bike for this year was the jetting. I essentially went one step leaner on both the pilot and the main but left the needle in the same position. I was pleased with the settings and will stick with that setup from now on. Gas mileage is just plain incredible out there. I could easily get 75-80 miles out of a tank . . . that is a good feeling!
And just one more time . . . get a trials tire if you don’t have one! It is like cheating!
See you on the trail!