New Member From Northern BC

Just picked up my new shinny 2015 WR250R.  

Not new to DS but this is much smaller than my usual rides.  I have traveled by KLR, GS, GSA and Ural.  Even though I have traveled a lot of dirt roads its always been on big pig bikes.  I got bit by the bug after riding a friends dirt bike a Honda XR 250.    

Its time to farkle and modify followed very shortly by scratching it all up  and smiling .

Now the really bad thing is that I have to take a two week holiday to Europe.   This whole thing was so poorly planned  :(  Just kidding but I will be looking forward to getting me and piglet dirty after my return.


If any of you are in my neck of the woods and want to help out an old guy learn to ride and modify the WR  I will welcome the advise, and pointers.

Welcome, Im in Northern BC also, not right now Im in Arizona as Im not much on the winters hahaha you should really like the bike, Im older and traded in my 800 pound Harley bagger on a 2014 WRR and I cant remember when I have had that much fun on a bike, to me its lite, little under powered but for what I use it for, I like it a lot.

Hey, we are almost neighbours I am in Houston but my lady friend is in Hazelton

Unlike you I like winters but dam this year we have hardly had any, Hazelton is snow free, Houston is in deep spring and has been for a couple of weeks at least. I think piglet is going to fill the void. :)

thanks for the warm welcome from hot and snow free Arizona.

I have a friend that has or had a nice BMW living in Hazltown have not heard from him in a while, use to drive school bus there, probable retired now, we are old hahaha did you get your bike from Kens in Terrace or in Smithers, great country for riding, lots of logging roads, I even drag a fishing rod on mine, for some salmon fishing, cheers

Welcome aboard. There is a guy over on advrider who calls himself "Crooked Creek" who lives up your way. He has some neat ride reports, likes canoeing, and has been using a WR250R for a few years now. Your paths may cross. Check him out on advrider.

I will look him up, Im on that site at least once a day, cheer`s

I've traveled through Northern BC a couple times and even more in the Yukon. I'd love to take my WR up the Dempster and the Canol Roads---among many others!

Dave

Yup can be great, you have to make sure you have warm water proof clothing and lots of bug spray hahahaha I always say the best winter I ever spent up North was in Arizona, cheer`s

The bugs can be a problem. I once stopped at a music festival near Eagle River (IIRC), just south of Inuvik. Clouds of skeeters seemed to hardly bother the locals but I found them quite distracting.

On the other hand, there's not much human congestion in the Yukon. :)

Dave

Hi. New guy here to. Live in kamloops. The gf and i will be heading west to rupert in September if anyone wants to meet for a coffee along the way let me know. Cheers

Are you just on a holiday, or heading out to work there.

A holiday. We will be 2 up on my wing. Riding to rupert and taking the ferry down to vancouver island.

Nice trip, hope the weather up here stays nice for you, can get cold and wet from PG out to the coast, if its sunny you will love the ride from Terrace to Rupert along the Skeena river. lots of snow capped mountains and a great river, cheer/s

I have done it before. She has not. It is a great trip. But i have never done the ferry south to the island....so that is a first for me. The beauty of the wing is the protection from rain and the heated stuff. Great fly fishing in the area to.

Sept is a great month for fly fishing coho, the Northerns will be in at the end of Sept, nothing better than catching a 15lb coho on the fly. biggest we have caught is close to 20lbs begiing of Oct. all good.

I live in Quesnel if you guys are ever passing thru. Going to Francois lake in August dunno if you guys are interested maybe we could meet up and go for a day ride