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oh shiz I saw your pics and vids on the book of the Face! Baja looks badass!
I'm prob heading out to Wildomar for the Flying Monkey ADV riders hump day rides tonight if you're bored...let's riiiiddeee!
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1994 Yamaha YZ250 CA Street Legal 2-smoke :smoke:
I've ridden the WR and the Rally. The WR wheelies fine. I also wheelie my Honda Monkey and had a Grom prior that I could balance point it for days. Crank and Yank = YES
The Honda Rally crank and yank= no. I actually thought I would break the thing trying. I mean I can wheelie a Harley bagger.... That Rally... NOPE...
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Thanks, I'm still piecing together all the video from the trip, I just posted a teaser from the lakebed. I'm chained to a desk M-F, so no go on the ride tonight but would love to get out there. Speaking of chains, Baja finally finished mine off so I'll need to get that replaced before I ride the WR again.
I've never ridden a Rally, that sucks you can't hoon it.
It is definitely underpowered, although for the type of riding I do with it it's not a huge deal. It's primarily a mini adventure bike for me.
I did take it offroad when I first bought it, while it still had the OEM suspension. All I have to compare it to is my KTM which is a tank, so my experience on the Honda is that it's so easy to maneuver around the trail, it's a dream in the technical stuff compared to my KTM. That said, the one chance I got to jump over a water bar, I bottom the rear shock out pretty good. It is NOT up to hard and fast riding at all off the showroom floor; it's basically an entry level dual sport for beginner riders and people who might float away in a strong breeze.
My buddy has a WR250R that I took for a full day's ride last year. The power differential is not massively noticeable to me, the WR still struggled to do 65mph on a flat road, and it was no KTM on acceleration. The weight is really the biggest differentiator, especially with the Rally. (~340lb).
You can hoon it a little. Over abrupt crests the front end comes up pretty easily with a quick bounce. It won't maintain a wheelie, though. It has a huge and heavy cockpit support, so all that weight makes it pretty tame.
That's not really why I bought it though. I use it as more of a tractor for technical class 4/6 roads. That it does pretty well.
2023 KTM 890 Adventure R
New shoes going on tomorrow!
Excel rims with Haan hubs from dubya. Great service!
Motoz rallz rear and mt-21 front.
Also completed first service today so ready to go for the season!
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Sup with the RallZ tons of people are using them
What came stock on the 890? Not aggressive enough?
A for WR250R vs the Honda 250, look at their respective Dyno curves. I have ridden both and I own a stage 1 modified (pipe/header/ejk) CRF250M. The Honda makes as much if not more power under 6k rpm and then the Yamaha takes off in terms of power. The honda is geared with a street bias. The suspension on the WR is much better for dirt riding. The weight difference is not noticeable on my 2014 Honda (maybe exhaust and header makes it about the same weight? Come to think of it, the WR I rode also had an FMF exhaust). Maybe because the Yamaha is significantly taller the weight difference cannot be felts. Honda has come out with the CRF300L/Rally which sheds weight and improves power, so both remedied. For what it is, the CRF300Rally has no competition in the US. The KTM390ADV is different in a number of ways but mostly a step up in weight, power, suspension but not cost
Can I ask what the wheel-set set you back $$?
I am quite envious of that setup right now.
Motoz makes the best rear ADV tires. Love em.
I got about 5500 miles on a MotoZ Tractionator Adventure. I probably could have gotten another 2k miles if I wanted to ride on very shallow knobs. It had great offroad manners, ok on road manners (I could easily get it sideways on the KTM in a corner). The biggest downside is that it howls loudly at speeds above ~50mph, so bad I had to wear earplugs just to hear myself think.
2023 KTM 890 Adventure R
Was out for the first time this year on 1290. Noticed some surging, like it was starving of fuel. Ordered fuel filters, as they are pretty suspect on some of these bikes. Hopefully that's it.
Boom
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2011 Pit Bike Race CHAMPION!
This is the only pic I have before I started spending insane amounts of money on this thing
I can't even remember all the stuff I have done, but I think thus far for hardparts:
Dubya wheels and tires
axp skidplate
doubletake mirrors
EU turn signals (I broke 1 of the originals walking by it in the garage...very weak)
Rally pack
GPS
perun moto rear rack
rally seat
Scotts damper
rottweiler brake line protection
evotech front caliper guards
acerbis handguards
kickstand sensor relocation
rottweiler fuel pump guard
rear abs sensor guard
rottweiler head brace
powercell fuel filler
rottweiler power plate air prefilter
wings slip on
I am sure I am forgetting stuff...but now it is time to get some dirt miles on this beast!
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