Imma let you finish... But the WR is one of the greatest motorcycles of all time. Support and join up at www.yammienoob.co

I bought one new in 2015 and kept it until the end of 2020. I ended up upgrading to a 2020 CRF450L. Truth be told I loved the WR much more than the CRF and I ended up trading the 450L in after just 7 months. The WR250R is a legend of a bike.

I bought my WR250R brand new back in 2008. Back then, absolutely nothing had been done in the way of modifications to them. I swapped out the stock, rubber dampened rear sprocket for a WR250 Renthal sprocket, new DID X Ring chain. Swapped the stock Death Wings for Dunlop 606's. Got rid of the CA exhaust system, saved it, put it in a nice box. Replaced it with an FMF Header and silencer.. Swapped out the stock handlebars for a set of Pro Taper bars. Doug Henry bend. New grips and levers. I did it all on my own... There were no KZfaq videos. I still have the bike. 28,000 miles on it now. No valve adjustments necessary. I started off making it a street legal dirt bike. Raced a couple of Hare Scrambles with it. Did not finish last.. Then went more ADV. As it sits, it has a 3.5 gal Safari tank on it. Rack on the rear fender, side racks for Panniers. A tool bag on the front number plate. To and from California to Colorado and back to California.

Love my 2018 crf250l rally. Its heavy as hell around 340 pounds and only makes around 25 hp but literally will go anywhere. I don't think you can go wrong with any of the 250cc dual sports.

Love the 250r. Had an 08 for over a decade. Got a 450f to replace it thought that was what I wanted, ended up getting another 250r. One of my fav bikes of all time. Ride hard put away wet, and hardly ever work on it.

I'm 5'7" with long legs and I've got a 2014 WRR. The guy who had it before me was also 5'7" so it already had the Yamalink lowering link AND Seat Concepts low seat. Seat height with those two mods makes the bike very doable for us shorter riders. Such an excellent bike.

yam... you nailed exactly why I got this bike! I love my WR. It's easy, no fussing with oil or valves, reliable as hell for colorado summer and winter and reasonably priced w/ good parts. great content \m/

Legendary, A guy who runs an adv tour company in Australia purchased a brand new one still in the crate when they announced it was discontinued, said he’s going to leave it in the box and make it into a bar.

Bought one as a cheap temporary return to street riding again bike. Fell in love with it. Good enough on the trail that I am selling my KTM200EXC. And surprisingly will do 400km+ day rides with no sore butt (I am however 6’3” and installed a tall version of the Seat Concepts seat). Compliments the DL1000A I got last fall perfectly and I don’t ever plan on getting rid of it. To get the most fun out of it... don’t be afraid to rev it like you hate it. And enjoy...

After wanting a WR250R for years I finally picked one up last month. Easily the most fun bike I've owned to date.

Am still insanely in love with mine. Definitely at least worth giving a ride if a buddy has one and would be willing to let u ride.

My second bike is an XT250,(couldn't afford the WR) not fast, but agile reliable and lots of fun, great for logging roads, bush trails and will still do some hwy.

I’m going to be a new rider soon. I was going to buy a royal enfield meteor. But my brother said he was buying a dual sport. So he convinced me I need to buy one. I live in the desert so we have long streets, very little turns, but also open ranges I can jump into the desert and ride. I know I’m gonna be a smart rider because I did search and rescue so I know how to read a map and how to avoid mines in the open desert. I have never been so excited to buy something. Absolutely loving this channel!

Been riding a WR250R for a few months now. I thought my gixxus750 was a squid bike. I thought my T7 was felonious. The WR250R is a motorcycle for VILLAINS. It's so small that you can treat the road like your own race track in your own lane. It's so flickable and slow that 55-60 on really tight back roads feels blistering. Not to mention it can go anywhere offroad. SO much fun.

As someone who dailys a CRF300L Rally and love it, I fully endorse the WR250R. Purchased two of them brand new and never regretted it. I'm 6'3" and 260lbs for reference. . I am a fast woods rider and have smoked vet riders on KTMs and Betas with the WRR. It will be more capable than 90% of riders are.

A couple things missed in the comparison to DRZ 400 - the DRZ has more low end torque which can make it easier to ride off road in some situations. And one thing counting against the DRZ is that it has a much higher center of gravity than the WRR (engine sits higher), so that extra weight feels more drastic at very slow walking speeds and in loose sand.

I must thank you. Your video was one of the ones that was instrumental in my decision to get a WR. I probably got one of the last ones available anywhere in my area (Pennsylvania). Just did the paperwork on it today! Brand new 2020. Should be delivered next week or so. Your video was great, thank you!

I am in love with my WR! You’re talking about one of the best bikes ever made for tall riders. It was my life long dream bike and I will never let it go! I literally kiss it when I walk by it in the garage, and every time I pull it out for a ride :)

Awesome review and couldn’t agree more. I’ve been dual sporting for years and just recently picked up a WR and I absolutely love the thing. Never disappoints.

He def looped it on purpose so he could keep it lol

Bought one. Learned to ride on it. Put a MT21 front/D606 back, ASV levers and 14/51 gearing on it. Ride it through desert, mountains, rivers, singletrack, sand/mud/snow/ice - no problem. Couldn't be happier. Started my own KZfaq channel (Temple of Dirt) dedicated to WR250R adventures.

Ended up with a 450L because the lack of torque on the WR. If Yamaha makes a newer version it needs to be a 350/400R, would be damn near perfect

I'm not going to lie, I have a lot of Yamahas. From multiple quads, dirt bikes, a before my time classic 1978 DT 400 original dual sport bike to outboard engines on my boats. I love them all. I've been researching like crazy between the WR 250R and the DRZ 400S. It was a tough toss up but I went with the DRZ. I just recently found and bought a super low mileage 2017 highly modded S for under 5k. I absolutely love it. Both bikes are great but I wanted the extra power, little extra weight, availability, years of reliability and parts etc etc. To each their own though. Again, both bikes are awesome, looking forward to the WR300R. Peace.

Gotta admit, 6th gear is truly a competitive advantage

I have the X and yeah, it's super tall. I'm 5' 8" with kinda short legs and I have to tip-toe one side or the other. The bonus is, if you commute on it like I do (or did, 60 miles round trip), you sit so high up that you can see through traffic so much better. 70-75mph, 60 miles round trip, no issues whatsoever. Unlesssss, there was a strong head wind. It will still cruise at that speed, just don't expect to pull out and overtake a car. lol I never noticed any vibration at highway speeds. Maybe I was just having too much fun to notice. Edit: There's a good chance the vibration mentioned in the video comes from the knobbies and not the engine.

Yammie buys a WR250R and he can't stop talking about it. Yeah, that tracks.

Just bought a couple of these in the 250F model.., an '07 and a '16 Definitely the most fun on two wheels I have had in a while...

Rear shock on the WR250 is like a P O G O STICK!

WR250R was my second bike back in ‘08. So damn much fun from commuting to hooning. Love to see it get some respect. Didn’t realize they’d been discontinued. Bummer.

"So you want a Moto Guzzi" would be a nice video, especially because you didn't mention the brand very often

Mine has 25k miles. Still runs better than the day I got it off the showroom floor. Best less-obvious mods are a rear lowering link and proper rear spring rate. Mine has race-tech suspension with gold valves. Rides like a race bike. 450s have a hard time getting away from me until 70 mph.

Yammie you totally nailed it! just for fun the factor and being a Hooligan on the WR250R is PRICELESS...being in my 50's and living in SOCal I can literally hop on the machine and take off in any direction and truly enjoy the ride. Knuckle Up, ride safe and always stay somewhere between LOST and FOUND!

A wr 300 would slay everything in its path. Please yamaha do it.

First bike I’m planning on getting thank you for the info!

It's only the best till next year's WR300R! (crosses fingers)

Hey guys, here’s a bike that was available for years that I ignored but now that Yamaha doesn’t make it anymore you should go out and hunt for one in the classified ads.

Very old Brit geezer here, these bikes are really rare here in the UK. But I got one ! She’s about 11 years old now but v low miles. Great little bike, I don’t really off-road , but there’s no faster way of getting through the London gridlock ! Like I said , I’m OLD and happy to trade some power for the nice light weight.

I have 2 WRR and I can't imagine any other bike that is this much fun and hassle-free. Was thinking of getting crf450l but let's wait a bit to see if wr300r or wr350r makes an appearance.

I have an 09 WR250X. I was able to get the height down to 33 inches with a combination of a Yamalink lowering link, Seat Concepts aftermarket low rise seat, and by virtue of the fact that the supermoto wheels are smaller, lowering the overall height as well. The thing is so damn nimble and feels light as a feather with the lowered center of gravity and the other mods I've done to decrease the weight and increase the performance. While already a great bike in stock form, the fun factor is off the charts when fully modded out.

I'm picking one up on Saturday, glad to see I chose wisely.

Where I live we call them Enduro bikes and they are road legal. I have had a few and the Honda XR's are the bomb, especially the old XR 500's. Amazing on a beach, big drifts, wheelies for miles, literally, and can do just over 100 mph on the road, not bad on a trail as well. I had a lot of fun with an old Yamaha YZ 490 as well, big 490cc two stroke, hard to beat in a straight line and very light, a lot of people put road tyres on them and road raced them with quite a lot of success on bumpy, tight street circuits (check out the Cemetery Circuit NZ vids), sounds great as well.

Just bought my first bike. KLX300 and love it. I've always wanted my own bike and really only had ridden a dirt bike when I was younger and my friends 600cbr. I like the look of the bike and like that I can do both street and trail on it if I want. Yeah, it ain't a dirtbike, and it ain't a street bike, but I'm having alot of fun learning and ridding it around. Definitely won't end up being my only bike, as i can see myself going for another with more power, but that will probably be down the road. Thanks a ton for the videos and the channel. Alot of great banter for a new rider like myself.

This makes me miss my old CR250. It was so much fun.

Yammie hear me out. I'll agree to not skip your ads in exchange for some Cardo jbl speakers. Whatta ya say

My only qualm about fuel injection is the fact that if it does happen to fry-you're screwed until you can get another unit whereas with an old carb you can improvise with duct tape/wire tomfoolery.

I loved my WRR for past 3 years, but sold it last month to a happy buyer. I wanted more power after 3 years so just got a KTM 690, another great Dual Sport.

I sold my '15 TTR 230 and put a deposit down on a '21 Kawasaki KLX 300 but because there was no time frame in which my dealer would actually get one in I decided to change over to a brand new, in stock '20 WR250R partly, no, mostly because of watching your first video on it a couple of weeks ago. Thanks for the push in the right direction, I will be picking mine up on the 15th of May, they are backed up in the shop so bs PDI can't get done right away. Now we have two bikes in common, the WR and Gen 1 Hayabusa. Keep up the good work and the rubber side down.

Been waiting for this video and some love for the WR250R for years!

It would be nice to see Yamaha bring back the 350 I have a 1986 Yamaha xt350 and xt600 and both are still a beast on the trails and ripping around town

I love my dual sport! I ain't never going back!

Yamaha has been building Dual sports since the 80s with the DT and TT The WR series of dual sports started with the WR400 in the early 2000s. But hey the rest of this video is true.

Bought new 2015 and it is still my favorite bike, and I have many bikes but the 250 is amazing to ride off road....love it.

The WR250R was my first bike and now I am riding a DR650... They are both fun in their own ways! Getting an MT09 this month too :)

I’ve migrated to riding only dirt bikes but I pulled my bike out of the bed of my truck and did some parking lot wheelies the other day and now I want a supermoto too...

Definitely worth it light and most usable power most freeing bike go anyway and dont be afraid to drop it

I picked up that KTM 350 EXC-F last year and I can confirm, that thing is basically apex predator. Also I was super curious about its weight so I picked up a shipping scale and weighed it full of gas oil and coolant. Total weight ready to ride is 260.85lbs. This also includes the weight of an Acerbis skid plate so likely without it you would see something like 258lbs. But in my case a skid plate is 100% necessary. I have already gouged the shit out of it crossing downed trees out on the trails. My brother has a wr250 and I trade rides with him quite a bit, the WR is still super fun. I highly recommend either bike for either hard trail riding or dual sporting. Both are exceptionally capable.

No bike collection is complete without something that can get off road.

Top video and I like the way you give all the specs and very honest review . I like all four Japanese motorcycles but I am a yamaha man at heart it's always been my first choice.

I had a Yamaha WR125R it was awesome. I want a 250 now for off roading 😆

So the drz400s makes 40 horsepower and the KTM 350excf makes 35? Wrong answer! The drz400s makes 39 brake horsepower. That's at the crank quoted by Suzuki for those who care. The drz400s makes about 32 at the rear wheel stock. The KTM 350excf makes well over 40 brake horsepower and close to 35 at the rear wheel. There's no contest. The KTM 350excf feels and is much faster than the drz400s.

I scored a WR250R about a month ago: 2017 w/ only 23 miles on it.. 28ish years owning/riding countless bikes - The WRR is definitely one of my favorites! 🤘 Sam -

I decided I'm gonna pick up a WR125X while I wait to get my big bike license and I can already tell I'm gonna love it

Best true Dualsport ever made

WR450R needs to be a thing

In before the WR300r gets a surprise release in a year or so..

Bought my 2019 brand new last spring. I love it every much as I do my FZ10. Only thing I wish it had was a fuel guage. I'm always a little nervous when the low fuel light comes on on the trails, even with the extra gallon tank on the back.

I rode a r3, vstar 650 and now a wr450f as my first dirtbike. Very intimidating but getting used to it. Love it.

Just got a 125 suzuki drz to teach my wife and kids to ride.. never too old for a dirt bike... still a joy to ride after all these years not on a dirtbike..

I have a wr as well bro. 2019 I love it. I do not regret it at all I tell all my friends to get dual sports lol it's a shame they don't make them anymore

Meanwhile I'm heading over to the dealer right now to go look at a used 2016 1290 Super Adventure for the 95% road duty I have planned for it......but also for the 5% full on dirt use that I do plan to thrash it on. Nothing hardcore, but some nice flat dirt trails, hell yeah.

I've had a Ninja 1000, Vic Octane, Goldwing and now I'm on my 3 Dual Sport! Best bikes ever, Yamaha XT 350, KLR 650 now I'm on a Scrambler XE, the only kind of bike you need is a dual sport/ enduro/ ADV.

This bike was my dream bike for a loong time! Now I'm eyeing the Zero FX, pretty much the Electric version of the WR.

Thanks, now I want a Yamaha WR250R

I picked up a 2020 wr250r in May of 2021 bran new and love it best bike I've ever owned in my opinion.. I may have got the very last one ever built...build date is 12/2020

Too bad they discontinued the WR250R 🤦‍♂️… I’m 6’3 about 203/lbs and there is no other bike that would ride as comfortable as this Yamaha… plus they have the best stock suspension for a Japanese bike

I made Xmas gift 🎁 for myself last December , finally I bought wr250r )) I bought it before discontinue. But I still love watching videos about wr250r , as I did when I been dreaming about it ! I also have more bikes with more power ,but wr250r is my most favorite bike

I've owned both and flame me or not I actually take the XT250 out more for its lower gearing and more casual exploring nature.

i'm 5 ft 7 and i dropped my 2016 twice when i first bought it and had the front fork factory lower as much as possible. i even order an aftermarket link to lower more but never installed it as the factory lowest setting was just enough for me to comfortably put one foot down on a tippy toe. advice just use the side of the road that is higher when you come to a stop if it is uneven other than that i have had mines for 5 years now and its a great beginner bike.

I like the Idea of a wr250 because of its size and weight. I like small nimble bike that will take you wherever you want to go. One of these days I might be able to get one.

Here in Australia there is a 6k difference between the 300l and the wr, deal breaker for me.

I sold my 1000cc CBR and bought a 2018 WR250R straight out the crate.. I never looked back.. I even have a KTM EXC 250 two stroke and it just sits in the garage cause my wr is so much more reliable..

Awww thanks for including me and my shortness in your review!

Then there’s it’s supermoto version, the WR250X. I still think that they should do this on the 450cc platform.

The intake valve stems on the 5 valve yz250f are 3.98mm, on the 4 valve they are 4.47mm... that 0.49mm adds the valve service life from 4'500 miles "5 valve" to the 20'000 on the 4 valve unit. why didn't they just make the intake valve stems 4.47mm on the 5 valve, hardly adds 3 grams of titanium. 3 grams times "no we want all the titanium for jet engines". can throw them in the middle of the lake, down they go... not getting a core return on them anyways.

Had one and loved it. Great motor and a wonderful trail bike.

LOVE MINE. It just wont quit!

It's a shame they stopped making them

I have a little experience behind me as a track rider and absolutely loved riding on the track and the thrill of scraping my knee though the corner, the small wiggle when my heart is in my throat and my last thought before turning is SHIT! I really want to continue doing that and get better, but I moved adn tehre aren't any tracks nearby so I thought about switching to motorcross but have some questions: *How costly is motorcross if I don't intend to race, but just ride for fun and practice? *How much of a mecanic do I need to be? I don't have a garage or tools. * I need one that will be fun on the road and on the dirt: Will I need two sets of tires for that? I do own a CBR600rr atm which I absolutely love. I dont think a dirtbike will give me the thrill of sheer speed, but I do love exercising bike-controll, balance and skill. I've alwasy wanted a motorcross and wondered what you think? Have you made a similar transition? I also only have gear suited for track riding so if I go this route I will need new gear too ):.

Dual sports finally getting some rep - ktm 500exc-f

I cruise at 53 and pull to 73 all the time I hit 100 and the suspension is crazy adjustable my 2017 title got 0 miles on it!

I think you’re so correct to get a dual sport as you second bike (and as in not selling your first.) But IMO I love the old 70s enduros. Teaches you how to work on bikes and still an absolute blast to ride and even not motorcycle people think they look cool. I got my XL250 for $700 with a title so cheap and yes only 20hp but more than enough to rip up trails go to the 80s if you want more powa

Just picked up a 2008 nice bike and with valve adjustment at 26,000 miles !

Made me more of a rider than any other bike I know

Love your videos, Yammie!

Just bought a low mile 2020 WR. Had an 08 WR for 8 years so it's good comin back. Some of your HP and torque number are totally off. The KLX only has 23 hp, not 33. The CRF has 27 hp and 19 ft lbs. The WR has 29 hp and 17 ft lbs. The WR weighs 295# wet. but anyway, the WR is the best for experienced riders... I hope they come out with a 300 or 350 .... well heck, just bolt a RZ350 engine in the WR frame for the next version.

I’ve had mine for a few years now still my fav bike to take out

I was pretty bummed when you said you weren't giving it away in a previous video lol. I would have probably been most excited about this one.

Just pick mine up last week was dying for this rain to be over.

You forgot ADV riding too - slap on a safari tank and change the gearing a bit and you've got a go-anywhere bike!

I have only been riding for over 700 miles since I bought a brand new WR 2020 model in October 2019.