Anyone ridden a yam TDR250

[Robson]

quite intersted in these bikes they use the same 2 stroke v twin motor as the TZR250 i read a review on them (im looking for somthing i can use all year round ie snow the whole lot) they were rated the best hooligan bike of all time absolute wheelie monsters 45hp standard around 60hp deristricted has any body ridden one of these if so what like are they in your opinion
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Paul (Robson)

[Dan]

yeah i have riden one of these, they are mental, wheele for fun, very quick, not that nice to look at but ive seen worse. sound alright they are a good run about bike. u could pick up a decent one for £600ish, they are fun bikes

[Kickstart]

Hi

The TDR used the early TZR250 Yamaha engine that was a parallel twin, not a V twin. Full power on them was 45hp as they were not restricted

Sound like a real fun bike

All the best

Keith
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[Robby]

RiDE loves them, undervalued and underrated bikes apparently. the yellow and blue colour scheme can be hideous, but the black and yellow looks ok.

[Robson]

aha so 45hp is fully on power for one of them then, that'll still do for a bit of crack eh they have quite low gearing aswell as far as im aware so should have demon take off they have the tacho mounted in the tank??? yes i know sounds mental looks even crazier when you see them, i have to admit i dont like the looks of them but i think if your on one wheeling for Britian you wouldna give a crap what she looks like eh i reckon one would make a great winter hack

Cheers for the speedy replys

PaulR

[G]

They're on my list for winter hacks as well as a CRM250... Kev reckons they're pretty good.

[TiN]

CRM250s are regarded as one of the best crossers that you can get, apparently...although I'd rather have a 4-stroke XR or Yam TTR.
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[Robson]

Hmmm what are these crm's at the risk of sounding stupid would i be right in guessing theyre roading going honda CR's or am i way off track here
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Paul (Robson)

[G]

They are indeed raod going CRs ... almost as much power and as little weight. But road legal and a lot longer intervals for rebuilds etc.

As for being one of the best 'crossers I'm not sure, one of the best road-legal in stock form 'crossers yea

[Robson]

i was just thinkin i wonder if the newer v-twin TZR engine would be likley to fit in a TDR frame i reckon 60hp though one of these would be mental fun
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[G]

I read somewhere about someone that was getting 105hp * at the rear from a CR500 engine... it was just in a standard mx bike, but sounds like it would be pretty good in supermoto trim as well


[edit]* quite heavily tuned obviously[/edit]

[kev]

get one but mind yourself in first or you will flip it
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[Guest]

I ride one regularly.

Fine bike.

https://www.ns400r.co.uk

[Ninja]

[stevo as b4]

The TDR is another fine mentalists 2 stroke road bike, and its also a kind of very practical version of a supermoto bike. It makes about 46bhp, as it was very slightly detuned from the old TZR250 where the motor came from. Its still pretty peaky and lots of fun though. I was considering getting one myself, as i once had a TZR, but then i found a KMX200 cheap, which is nearly as much fun for a winter bike, cheap supermoto project. The CRM250 would make a cracking second bike or winter machine, but its very pricey for a 250cc and quite rare. The autolube version of the RMX250 and KDX250 are also probably about as good, but its harder to find the parts for them. I would imagine that a 350YPVS motor would slot into the TDR frame easily enough, and would make it even more fun/silly! that would be a nice project to undertake. If i had the money lying around, then id love to ask that guy (cant remember his name) who builds the 5 and 7 cylinder kawasaki's to make me a doubled up KMX200 engine, as a 65bhp+ KMX would likely be very interesting to say the least!

[Ninja]

[kev]

It was Z1 based but most of the engine was Z650 parts.
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