In a word, Yes.
I sold my '93 TTR250 with over 75,000kms on it, with no issues whatsoever - other than a rusted through exhaust.
Yamaha 250's are renowned for being able to withstand constant thrashing and Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki 250's are not bad either. I did ride from Perpignon to Calais (1100 kms) in a day on the TTR250 - it was not much fun though!, it would sit at 100 kmh all day.....no problem.
Ive been out of the UK for 9 years now, but just looking on Yamaha UK's website I cannot see a 250cc bike, can you not get the WR250R/X or XT250 in Blighty ? if not then Yamaha have seriously missed the boat 
The weak link on a lot of modern bikes are the Fuel Injection (FI) pumps, bad fuel (dirt or water) or if they run dry (they are immersed in the fuel, which acts as a coolant) and overheat. Older Carb bikes have less to go wrong, but the TTR is getting old and finding a good one is not so easy these days. The DR250 or a Honda CRF250L would do the job too, the Suzuki is an old bike now, the Honda a modern FI bike - I would not have a problem taking the Honda on a long trip personally.
Last edited by Gipper; 13 Mar 2015 at 10:30.
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