WR250R
#11
RE: WR250R
I just got this month's Motorcycle Consumer News and it has a full test of the WR250X(the motard version ofWR250R)in it as well as a review of the '09 KLX250S. I just got home and haven't read it yet but there's a dyno chart for the WR250X and it shows it puts out 26.8 HP at the rear wheel. That's quite impressive.The top speed is 88.5 mph & a 1/4 mile of 15.75 sec. Even they said "remarkable output for a 250cc machine".
#12
RE: WR250R
Yup- Me and a buddy just bought our first bikes this year. He got the WR and I got the KLX. His WR was $2000 more then my KLX at $8000 (CAD - We're in Canada) his bike is definitely faster then mine. On big air he doesn't even come close to a bottom out, and i definitely do. We switched up for a bit one day and man, the WR is a thrill to ride.
I went with the KLX for 2 reasons, shorter seat height (30" inseam), and since the price diff is $2G's in Canada, I didn't think that the HP and Suspension were worth 2G's more to me. imagine what you can do to a KLX with 2 grand?
IMHO.
I went with the KLX for 2 reasons, shorter seat height (30" inseam), and since the price diff is $2G's in Canada, I didn't think that the HP and Suspension were worth 2G's more to me. imagine what you can do to a KLX with 2 grand?
IMHO.
#13
RE: WR250R
Blackfoot motorsports in Calgary has the WR250R for $5999.00 and the X version is $6300.00 these are canadian prices My local shop wants $7000.00 for the R version I paid $5700.00 for my KLX All kawi needs to do is to makt the KLX450S version!!Yes that would be goood!!!
Ken
Ken
#14
RE: WR250R
In their review, MCN hinted that for $200 more than the WR250X, you can get the DR-Z400SM. Now for the size, the DRZ'sHP outputis nowhere as impressive as the WR250's, but 150 CCs is 150CCs. They dyno'd the DRZ at 33.4 HP vs the WR's 26.8 HP.
#16
RE: WR250R
The thing with dynos is that the comparasion is only valid if you use the same one. So the DRZ/WR numbers herecan be directlycomapared. They also said the KLX300R dynoed just around 23 HP...does that sound right Brian? I know you did the 300 kit originally. The Yamaha XT250 was only 15.4. I used to have a XT225 which was noticeablyweaker than the KLX.The funny thing is, it wheelied very easily. Much better than the KLX.
#17
RE: WR250R
I think 23 sounds in the ball park. I only dyno'd mine after going to 331, but other's have dyno'd the 250 + pipe and airbox mods and were seeing 21'ish. So it stands to reason that the 300 would be a few more than that.
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