CycleWorld article about 250cc street bikes

Read an interesting article about the competition in the 250cc street bike market , interesting because it mentions Yamaha possibily using the WR250R engine to power a YZF-R 250. Anyway, just sharing for anyone who might be curious.

http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/10/26/no-quarter-250-battle-heats-up/

Judging by the license plate holder it could well be haha it's one to one taken from the wrr.

mines coming off this weekend


also if I were Yamaha, I would bump it up to a 300 cc (or 350cc) like kawasaki did to take full advantage of the new license regulations for the eu

(bumped up from 25kw to 35 kw for new riders for 2 years/ under 21)

yamaha often use the same engine in different models of their bikes, but i don't see them being able to use the wr250r/x engines and being able to keep the price cheap too.
The bikes they use the same engines in all seem to be priced around the same too... (xt660 - mt-03)

I can't believe the WRR/X engine is really that expensive, after 4 year of sales to amortize the tooling costs. Plus, generating more volume by selling another model with the same basic engine would lower their costs going forward.

The YZF-R250 looks like it would be a sweet ride, and might sell despite being priced at a premium, assuming it is higher-spec than the competition. After-all, the WRR sells despite being way more $ than its competition.

I love the yellow/black/white! Wish My WRR was that scheme.