I agree, that's almost as bad as the new '09 KLX's rear fender but at least Kawi got it right and put the turn signals below the taillight. I still don't like the tank/shroud design on the new WR"R", the muffler is a little radical for me, and the gauges are terrible. Looks like you were lucky to get a friggin odometer by how tiny that thing is. I think I'd trade the fi for my awesome gauge design on the '09 (it is boobies as someone just stated). I would love to ride that bike though just to compare it to the carb on the KLX. Can't imagine it would have nearly as much power as your 331 though. You do know you can lower that bike w/o any mods, right? They made it so you can adjust the rear shock to lower it by an inch or so. You probably already know though. Nice bike, but I'm personally glad I went with the new KLX. Now don't take this wrong, I loveyour new bikeand would be happy with one in my garage. I'm just saying it's not for me. Yamaha quality is top notch imo.

 

I rode the WR-X last month and it was an impressive street-legal 250, a tach would be a nice touch but it would not effect my decision to buy the WR-R or not, DRz's don't have tach's and neither do most other dirt oriented machines.

My dealer just got the R model in and is putting one together, if all goes well I'll be an owner in the next couple of days.

 

I believe 13/43 with rubber on both sprockets. very quiet.

 

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