first dualsport

hello everryone. just picked up a 08 wr250x yesterday. it is my first dirt bike. i have had street bikes and use to be a 4 wheeler rider. well since gas prices have went up and i miss my last sport bike, i decided to go this route in hopes to be able to defeat high gas prices and get back out in the woods. right now it has street tires. i plan on swapping them out for some dual sport style tires. i will be trolling around to see what others have done to theirs in hopes to get mine to where i want mine.

Welcome. I live in Loudonville Ohio and have 2008 R there are a few other R owners around Ohio. Let me know if you want to ride some time. We were at Perry State park yesterday playing in the mud. Post up some pictures of your new ride. Alan

this is after i bought it yesterday.



perry is a blast. i rode it all the time when i had my big bear. i use to hit the resviour area and pond everytime i was down there. i might actually spend the money this year and hit wayne. for atleast one day been many years since i have been there. you guys will have to let me know or where to look when you guys head down. i would need to know about a week in advance since i work every weekend.

WOW thats clean. Is it new or used? If used how many miles? Did you find it in Ohio?

thanks, yep bought here in lancaster. was the sales mans bike. dealer maintained and 5000 miles. kind of the reason i had bought it.

took a 50 mile trip on it yesterday and it did well, had a bad head wind to.

Very nice!

very nice... do yourself a favor though and ditch the factory rear sprocket.

I have a set of Shinko 244's with a thousand miles on them that I would sell for next to nothing. Especially if you bought one of my cargo racks. Expect to lose a few mpg's with the 17" knobbies though.

Arkmage wrote:

very nice... do yourself a favor though and ditch the factory rear sprocket.

i have been thinking of it.

Jnscaggs wrote:

I have a set of Shinko 244's with a thousand miles on them that I would sell for next to nothing. Especially if you bought one of my cargo racks. Expect to lose a few mpg's with the 17" knobbies though.

send me a pm with info, pics and price. i wouldn't mind some offroading tires,

so i hit a puddle or two.

took it over to perry to try it out on the street tires. lets put it this way they suck!!!! lol but it was worth playing around on. i did pick up a set of tires off another member along with some led hand gaurds and eliminated the front turn signals. the rear is my next goal. here are some pics of my aftermath.







the only thing bothering me about the bike is it has a dead spot at full throttle until it is up to operating tempature. any one have any ideas. the bike is completely stock also.

https://wr250rforum.forumotion.com/t1141-wr-taco-in-diagnostic-mode

this sounds like the answer to my issue. man i really am impressed with this site. thanks