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lilactime
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PostPosted: 10:32 - 31 May 2007    Post subject: yamaha wr , anyone ? Reply with quote

been offered wr 450 done as supermoto . looks trick but wants £3000 . gonna be used everyday . anyone got one ? any thoughts ?
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PostPosted: 10:47 - 31 May 2007    Post subject: Re: yamaha wr , anyone ? Reply with quote

Check the service intervals. They are a fairly highly strung enduro bike I think (not as high as some, but more than an XR etc I believe) - so may not be suitable for daily use.
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PostPosted: 18:19 - 31 May 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

my mate uses a WR250F almost daily on the road. I belive they need a service every 1k miles. Id get a DRZ400SM since its alot more road biased and you could get a minter for £3k..
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PostPosted: 12:45 - 09 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

element wrote:
my mate uses a WR250F almost daily on the road. I belive they need a service every 1k miles. Id get a DRZ400SM since its alot more road biased and you could get a minter for £3k..


there not ment to be measured in miles on enduro bikes, its hours,

on my EXC its oil ever 10 hours and vavles every 20, but i double those as thats for racing, but still changing oil every other weekend and vavles every month is gettin old, not to mention the rate it east rear tyres on the road , 450 exc
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PostPosted: 14:56 - 09 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Competition-style 'bikes like the WR and my KTM 250 need a lot of maintenance. 8 hours is the service interval on my KTM.

They're not ideal for regular use on the roads - in fact the manual for mine states that prolonged on-road use should be avoided. There are also no cooling fans for the rads. so it's prone to overheating if stationary with the engine running for long.

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element
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PostPosted: 15:45 - 09 Jun 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

andy198712 wrote:
element wrote:
my mate uses a WR250F almost daily on the road. I belive they need a service every 1k miles. Id get a DRZ400SM since its alot more road biased and you could get a minter for £3k..


there not ment to be measured in miles on enduro bikes, its hours.......


Yeh I know but he rides a mixture of on/off road. Mainly on road. He gets his bike serviced at GT motorcycles and im guessing because he rides 80% of the time on the road, they just service it every 1k miles.
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