Hubs that fit WR250X?

Are there any other Yamaha or other make wheel hubs that will fit the WR250X? There has got to be another Yamaha hub that will fit the X. I want another set of wheels for the X but a complete set of Warp 9's are out of my budget.

Troublesome222 wrote:

Are there any other Yamaha or other make wheel hubs that will fit the WR250X?  There has got to be another Yamaha hub that will fit the X.  I want another set of wheels for the X but a complete set of Warp 9's are out of my budget.

After doing a bunch of research on this I ended up going with an aftermarket KTM front wheel (21") for a 640 ADV. The big KTMs use a 300mm front disk like the X. I had some custom spacers made and got it all to work with the stock X caliper. I still need to check that the caliper won't hit the spokes with new brake pads. Its very close as the X caliper has large webs on the backside. In terms of finding a low cost solution you also need to consider your brake solution, I wanted to keep the X brake for simplicity and cost.

Most dirt bikes switched to a 20mm axle in the 90s and the X has a 17mm axle. There is a thread somewhere about using a 89-95 RM hub from a 17mm axle bike that you can use.

If you are Ok with a silver rim you could consider a new YZ front wheel (around 2006). These are only $232 new from Yamaha (5XC-W2519-L0-00), the entire wheel with rotor, bearings... its great deal. I have an 06 YZ 250 and 125 and can confirm that the caliper from either will fit right on the X fork leg. There are lots of these calipers on ebay. Of course the YZ axle is 20mm so you still need custom spacers/shims (no, there is no 17mm ID bearing that fits the hub) and the rotor is pretty thin for street/loaded ADV bike use. I see there is a Moto Master Dakar 298mm rotor in their catalog but can't find anyone selling them online.

-Wes