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Hi All

Thought I'd start things off with a quick Hello.

I'm in the UK, border of Kent and London, and I picked up my first WRR yesterday, 2010 model.
Been riding about 30 years. You name it . . if it's got gears and wheels it's likely I've thrashed it at some point. I haven't ridden any dirt/off-road for over 10 years, apart from a 3 day stint out in Thailand this Feb. (Which was waaay more intense than I was ready for if I'm honest)

Bout a year ago the local scumbag scrotes broke into my garage and relieved me of 3 shiny new bikes, all my tools, lids etc etc.  Since then I can barely get Insurance for the 2 road bikes I have left so I've not had a new toy for a while.
Anyhoo, I've been tempted with a bit of Green laning recently and a mate offered me his 250R for a great price . . so I went for it.
Did my first 30ish miles of lanes today . . and had a blast.

It's got all the Mods done that seem to be the norm, but still stock cogs:
FMF Q4 and power bomb header
AIS delete
Air box mod done
FMF programmer unit installed.

I have some questions - shocker I know - but wanted to Introduce myself first before bending ears.
Looking forward to learning about, and enjoying, a completely different type of bike to my norm.

Cheers
Rob.

welcome rob, not many WRR's in the UK, you lucked out with your mate

sorry to hear about the break in, how the f=ck did they manage to get away with all those bikes AND your tools, what a nightmare!

Thanks. I must admit, when looking at the UK market, I've only seen one other for sale recently.
It was a year older, nearly twice the miles and went for almost £1k more than I paid.
*Mental Note - Buy my mate a good bottle of something. *

You wouldn't believe the circumstances around the theft, flats all above and surrounding the garage . . no-one saw or heard anything . . apparently.
Ah well . . Lesson learned there about my neighbours!

Got my first day out on the WR on some lanes/offroad yesterday. Despite it being a 1/4 of the CC of my other bikes . . . . I had an absolute blast.
Amazing how quick some old habits/skills come back.

Giggling in my lid like I was a kid again.

Banger wrote:

*Mental Note - Buy my mate a good bottle of something. *

agree

Yeah I bought my '14 WRR new and quickly decided it's a keeper. Admittedly it's not the greatest on power, but is more than enough for a hoot on trails and tarmac, the reliability is second to none and I have other bikes I can lose my license with  

It's a bit quiet here so don't be surprised if you don't get an answer immediately, however chances are any questions you do have would have been covered over the years