Yamaha released the Tenere 250 model back in 2006 in Brasil I believe, about 130 kgs (dry) as a single cylinder. Not sure if Honda would release a high revving 250 AT? Even if they did my limited understanding of engines is that you would be looking at a wet weight of 170 kgs and up.
Then we have the current view from the manufacturers that 250's are "budget models" and wouldn't get the stock farkles you would want with a RW travel bike. I wonder if someone did make a 250-400cc twin, 300km+ range travel bike with abs, comfortable seat and decent subframe/sheep rack would the western world be prepared to spend more $$ on it? Would we spend $7,000+ for a Versys 400?
We seem to be in the Jeremy Clarkson mindset of 'POWER!!' when comparing costs of bikes, i.e. why buy a fancy 250 when you can get a 500cc bike!
Would love to play on one though, after running my Himalayan in for the past few thousand km's I do miss the smoothness of a twin engine especially if I'm trying to climb hills at load. As someone put it on here or the ADV forums 'the engine sounds like a skeleton pleasuring itself in a biscuit tin!'
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