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Horses for courses !
Has flipflop ridden a wr 250r ?
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Horses for courses !
Has flipflop ridden a wr 250r ?
I actually gave my WR250R a minor service today and took it out for a short spin to make sure all was well - I may need to ride it to work next week
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good for you ! drive safely with all the power then !
How many miles have you done on it ?
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Not sure, to be honest, but I could check.
I bought it 5 years ago when I lived on the edge of the Peak District and went out most Sunday mornings riding the trails. I would hit the trails early (7am) to avoid the walkers, do a loop of the high and low peak and be home before lunch.
As I was 5 minutes from the first trail I don’t suppose I clocked up that much mileage over the 3 years that this was my routine.

I have moved since then and the trail riding is pretty sparse round here and it’s a long ride back to the Peaks for a days ride, although I do it occasionally.
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I doubt a welded rear subframe would increase the load capacity. I guess it's simply cheaper to produce. Instead of some assembly worker driving in four screws, now a welding robot does it all in one go.
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An Aussie guy who lives close to me in NE Thailand got the L. He has done a few mods on it, drilled a hole in the air box, increased the teeth on the front sprocket, and put a full Yosimura system on it to increase the pipe size and its great, I had a go on it when I was home in March and it was great.
I am at work at the moment but the next time I am home I will try and grab a photo
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crf 300 rally 4,500 mile report
Here are my findings after 5 months and 4,500 miles
1 The bike is very very tight and at least 1.000 miles to loosen the engine
2 After 3.000 miles i would say its run in !
3 great bike , getting well over 100 mpg
4 I gave my bike another oil+ filter change at 3.000
5 its not an offroad bike ( like wr250r) but its a smashing adventure bike
6 just one draw back ............ its a bit "vibey" after 3 days in the saddle
7 well done mr,,,, HONDA
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crf 300 rally 4,500 mile report
Might have to eat my words about the Honda 300 rally . as i have now bought one and done 4500 on it in 5 months !!
1 great little adventure bike !
2 110 miles to a gallon
3 a lot more bottom end than a wr 250r
4 average suspension for a light rider
5 very very tight until 1000 miles ,ok after 3000 !
6 its not an trail bike ,
7 shame its not a 350
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What sort of terrain and riding are you doing to get 110mpg from it? That's about what my other half gets on the Tango, and that's a restricted 125!
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its all do do with the right hand !...................... its an adventure bike, so its ridden at " adventure " speeds
Oh and i get 75 mpg out of my T7 !!
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Would that be the four quart (3.785 liters) gallon, or the five quart (4.54609 liters) gallon? It always makes a difference when volleying figures back and forth.

I've had mileage in the mid seventies (US gallons) on my KLR when driving at moderate speeds on reasonably flat dirt roads. That would equate to ~90 miles per UK gallon, and that's a carburated 650.
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110 miles to a gallon
I'm getting over 110 miles per gallon on my CRF300L, mileage about 2500, not much luggage (tail pack), rider about 100kg.

This was the displayed consumption following filling up with 97 octane/E5.

Not sure if this is imperial or US gallons - one would expect imperial given that it's a UK market machine.
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All this desert riding has made me a bit obsessed with mpg.
I closely monitored my 300L on a long, slow UK ride the other day.
Display: up to 103mpg
True (+2.5% odo error corrected) 85.5

Following fill up after 220 miles:
Display: 91
True: 90

All this assumes most UK pumps give a genuine litre.
I have heard that bikes will return better mpg on E5.
Whether it adds up on costs don't know, but will try some E5 on the next fill.
Hoping to get a true 100mpg one of these days.

Bike has a screen and around 1500 miles. Stock gearing and tyres.
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