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A bit tatty and still wearing Olly's seat and side panels.

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Looks tidy enough to me.  I thought you Devon boys all wore trials rears?  Is that a brand spanking new Enduro pattern tyre that you have put on?



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It's exactly as it came to me on Monday Steve - apart from the little front indicators I fitted - plus seat and side panels.

Oh yes, I also took off a rusty rear Givi rack which is going for blasting and powder coating tomorrow

Brian

PS A Mitas CO2 is my choice of rear tyre for East Devon winter laning wink



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My new seat and side panels are currently stuck in Customs at Heathrow but am hopeful that I will get them by the end of the week. Not short of other things to do meanwhile though!

The log book only had the first owner in so I wrote to him. He rang me on Sunday and we had quite a chat. The WRR was stolen from him and found left in the car park opposite his house after the thieves realised it had no battery and they had no hope of starting it. He still has some of the original parts including its seat! Sadly he threw the side panels away a couple of weeks ago no

I am waiting for him to sort out exactly what he has left and give me a price for it.

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Wahoo - seat and panels are here! Haven't heard from previous owner about the original seat and other bits so have gone ahead and fitted the new one.

I noticed that the chain guard is missing and I firmly believe they really help in prolonging the life of the chain and sprockets so, if PO hasn't got it, I need to buy one in.

The garage is a bit full at the moment so the TTR seen behind the WRR in the pic below will have to go!

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I can start preparing for the MOT now.

I have a Michelin Comp IV front tyre warming on a radiator in the hall (it does smell nice out there!) ready to fit later. No rim lock fitted so I will be remedying that. 

The standard steel bars are noticeably bent so I have the excuse to fit some new Renthals.

Although the mini indicators I fitted are working fine, my eBay purchase of resistors has arrived from China and I am hoping they will allow me to use the indicators that are part of the Zeta handguards.

I just hope that I can get an MOT done before Christmas!

Brian



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I have had a WR250R lurking in the garage for a while now. A message from my son Matt that he was visiting at the weekend and wanted to go trail riding prompted me to dig it out and set it up for the lanes.

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This involved fitting new chain and sprockets with 13/48 gearing, a speedo healer to correct the resultant wildly inaccurate digital speedo,  replacing a non-trail friendly FMF Q4 with a standard exhaust and header pipe, sump guard and case saver.

I also sorted out a feed for the GPS, fitted a RAM mount for it, and some longer side straps for my Wolfman Enduro tank bag.

I had already fitted Dakar High bars, a Comp IV front tyre, and a small rear rack (to make up for lack of grab handles) a few months ago but that was as far as I had got.

The Devon TRF Group held a new event at the weekend, the Axe to Exe (A2E), which was 2-day of guided trail riding in the East Devon area offered to TRF members nationwide.

My brother Trev and I did some bike fettling on the previous Friday and then did a short trail ride which allowed me to test out the WRR.

I volunteered as a run leader for both days of the A2E and had Trev as my Tail End Charlie (TEC).

Matt rode the WRR on the Saturday and really enjoyed it. I had problems with the power feed to the GPS on my TR325 so had to use the WRR on the Sunday.

The WRR performed faultlessly and I also really enjoyed riding it!

The seat is more comfortable than it looks and despite over 20 hours in the saddle over the 3 days I didn't suffer from monkey butt!

The engine is smooth and pulls beautifully - I guess that's down to the FI.

The 13/48 gearing seems right thank goodness!

We were lucky with the weather and I had a great time.

We did stop for occasional refreshment biggrin

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I hope our paying guests enjoyed it as much wink

Brian



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Hi Brian

First impressions

How does your wr compare to your ttr ?



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It's a very civilised trail bike and I am very impressed with it. A very good replacement for the TTR in Yamaha's line up - except that they have seen fit to withdraw it from the UK market no

Not as much fun as my TTR325 big bore though and a darn sight harder for the DIY owner to work on wink

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I was a bit surprised when the fuel low warning light came on at just over 80 miles from topping to the brim. Didn't realise that there were still 2 litres left in the tank!

I reckon the green laning range is therefore a tad over 110 miles. What does everyone else get?

Brian



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Yes, I get about 80 miles greenlane riding before the light.  Thats from 5 litres of fuel.  The remaining 2 should therefore give another 32 miles.  Not quite as much as I would like.

Certainly not a patch on the DR with its Acerbis long range tank!



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Hi

Late to the party, but where did you get the side panels and seat from?

My side panels look a bit tatty, but haven't managed to find a supplier.

 



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Hi Matthew and welcome to the forum!

The new seat and side panels are genuine Yamaha parts. Like you, I was unable to find any after-market parts.

Brian



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