Rieju Tango 250

[wilbur]

Has anybody got any experience of these machines ? I'm looking for a light trailie with a low seat and all the others appear to be far too tall for a shortarse like me. The alternatives are oldies like KE175 and the like but the old bikes are becoming increasingly rare and £3200 for a new 250 seems like a good buy.

Its not for serious off roading more to cope with the god awful roads around here

I've looked on past posts but the Rieju only gets passing mention a few times has anyone actually ridden one ?

Ta in advance......

[Wozza]

What about the Honda CRF250L? Only £3500 new from Padgetts.

[wilbur]

[clancy]

Can you not adjust it to lower the rude height a bit ? You can on most
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[G]

Gas gas Pampera?
2 stroke version comes in at a 'real' 100kg with plenty enough easy to use power from it's trials derived engine.
Plenty low for a dirt bike.

It's got proper sized wheels if I remember - while the Tango has smaller wheels.

Also, the spec sheet says it's a 125 - so I wouldn't entirely trust it .

[wilbur]

[G]

They are a bit rare - but what exactly do you want this bike for?

[wilbur]

[G]

Do you need the whole 16hp?
Something like a YBR125 would likely be as fast and probably similarly capable off road with appropriate tyres.
Presuming you're spending a fair bit less, you could easily get a spare set of wheels for dirt riding and have some better dirt tyres on them.

Or, frankly, with the change you could get a pampera for dirt specific riding.

I've ridden a pampera around town generally and it's ok. But is a bit more dirt focused.

Incidentally, in some areas they did do a off-road specific YBR, though I think they just added a couple of bash guards and different tyres .

[P.addy]

https://www.boholmotorcycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ybr125g_color_red01.jpg

[wilbur]

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It may have 50% more power, but I'd still consider it pretty gutless. Also, it's quite possible it'll be worse at speed, or at least lose the power advantage; as the mph goes up, it becomes power to aerodynamics rather than power to weight that matters.

They did do a 4 stroke pampera too, but for the money I can't help feeling you could get more suitables bikes for you purposes and still have a good chunk left over to go and play with, spend on coke and hookers or whatever .

[wilbur]

[P.addy]

Varadero then, fit some more off road styled wheels and hope

[wilbur]

Anybody speak Spanish ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO46K1U9IFY

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[P.addy]

But miles per tank?

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[P.addy]

200... how big is the tank

[wilbur]

[G]

Yea, sounds like a duff-un. Probably a little too abused by other people who have a 'hire bike' etc.

[G]

When looking at something else, I was reminded other bikes you should consider:
The Honda CRF230, Scorpa T-Ride and KTM freeride.

All offer soft engines with less weight than normal trail bikes.
The TTR250 is also low and is listed at 113kg, however people have got them closer to 100 by dropping a few bits etc.

[Sable]

Quite the Rieju when I rode it. Well built, was an RS not a Tango, but still. Decent brand IMHO.

[doggone]

You should try the CRF250L - it is low as trailie types go and sinks down a bit more when you are on it.
It's getting great reviews, Honda will sell squillions as the price is good too.

[c_dug]

I've never heard much bad about Reiju, they do some of the sportier learner bikes. I would class them as on par with the likes of Aprilia/Gilera/Derbi for small capacity bikes.
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