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Xr250 economy.
When i was recently in north Thailand i hired out a couple of xr250's on two separate occasions (different bikes). These were both used for wek-long tours of the mountain roads around Chiang Mai/Mae Hong Son/Golden Triangle etc. Also indulged in a few spots of off-roading up jeep tracks (and some pure singletrack through the jungle). I'm a bit anal about fuel economy and found the bikes would give about 60mpg (a geared-down '97 xr with knobblies, a lot of off-road), and 84mpg (standard '06 xr with more road-biased tyres, a bit of off-road and a fair amount of road cruising). I'm 5'11" and 85kg and the bikes would happily cruise at 55-60mph (fine for quiet Thai backroads - not sure about Euro main-roads, mind!), with light luggage on-board. Nice bikes, but they need regular oil-changes (enduro bikes, of course...), at least every 3000km's, according to the guys there.
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Hybrid Mode
