Steve Crombie has switched horses.....

[Crawdaddy 96]

This is interesting.........Steve Crombie rode around the world on his Honda Dominator.......now he rides a WR250R......just sayn

Celebrated adventure rider Steve Crombie has completed an unsupported 6000km off-road adventure

from Darwin to Sydney on his Lost On… Yamaha WR250R. His journey meant that Steve was the first

motorcycle rider this year to navigate through closed roads across hundreds of crocodile infested rivers to

the Gulf of Carpentaria, back out to Cape Crawford, through the Davenport Range and into Alice Springs.

From Alice Springs he was also the first rider to cross the Simpson Desert this year despite the area still being officially closed due to

flooding. The incredibly durable Lost On… Yamaha WR250R was developed to handle every type of terrain from deep mud, sand to long distance

tarmac. Reaching up to 145kms an hour fully loaded the efficient fuel injected 250cc engine enabled Steve to ride 640kms across the

Simpson with only 35 litres of fuel – that’s 18.5kms per litre on one of the toughest trips out there.

From Birdsville he continued across yet another closed area (Sturt Stony Desert) and the Strzelecki Desert before hammering to the

Darling River and safely back to Sydney. Once back on the tarmac the WR250R was good for 26kms per litre.

The purpose built machine was punished consistently averaging 400-800kms per day on varying terrain without a single

performance issue. The constant high speeds and unknown Press release WR250R adventure ride 23-06-2010

landscape put a few dents in the wheel rims and bent a brake disc, but thanks to the outright strength and sophistication of the Lost

On… Yamaha WR250R, the ride wasn’t even compromised by a puncture.

“I had never ridden a fuel injected, liquid cooled engine on any

adventure as serious as this one because I never previously had

faith in the ability of this new technology to cope with the harshest

conditions. But technology has certainly caught up. The little 250cc

engine never missed a beat,” explains Steve.

“I launched myself over the handlebars a few times; rode for weeks

with the throttle wide open and covered some seriously treacherous

terrain - but the bike soaked it all up. I would never have taken the

calculated risks I took on this journey on a larger or heavier

motorcycle due to the difficulty of lifting or manoeuvring the bike in

adverse conditions, for example, out of deep sand,” ...continues

Crombie...

“I changed the oil once, the air filter twice, adjusted the chain once

and the WR250R still functions like new. That’s unbelievable,” adds

the global adventure rider.

“The Lost On… Yamaha WR250R is an awesome adventure bike. The

combination of light weight and capable off road ability means

riders are able to access more challenging, inspiring and untainted

terrain. It’s a machine that can get into and out of extraordinary

places that few other adventure bikes are capable of doing,” he adds.

• This leg was part of an unsupported 20,000km adventure

from Singapore to Sydney. For more information please check

http://www.loston.com

• Steve’s book Lost On Earth will be released by Pan Macmillan

September 2010

[Bagstr 288]

So what do I do with my Honda dominator??

[kellymac530 0]

So what do I do with my Honda dominator??

burn it in a bonfire, use it as a boat anchor, use it as a base jump launch bike, or sell it and buy anything else....dang hondas..

[bikeslut 1]

That is what we call "stirring the pot"

Chris- really- where can you ride the WR250R?

[Crawdaddy 96]

Chris- really- where can you ride the WR250R?

That's easy.............. ........used it to sweep Hard ways in Big Bear this past weekend......easy/technical........doesn't matter........you can ride it.....

[boat440 0]

Stirring the pot(i'm sure this has been discussed many times)

SWOT

(+) Strengths:

Less expensive

More reliable

Netural

Fuel injection(can argue both ways)

(-) Weaknesses:

Heavier

Less power

Decreased suspension/handling

??

Chris how much are the stipends from Yamaha?

??

[Crawdaddy 96]

Chris how much are the stipends from Yamaha?

Sure would be nice if there were stipends .....I just found it to be an interesting article......there's no denying that the little bike IS heavy and gutless.........but it works adequately for me despite its shortcomings......it's all about the mission statement.......what's most appealing "to me" about the WR250R is the mission statement can be greatly expanded to handle almost.........anything

[kellymac530 0]

i havent found anywhere i cant go on my 530

and go pretty quickly....as quick as i can go anyway...which aint that quick

[bikeslut 1]

Sandiegoland put it very well one time

(Paraphrasing)

Don't ask people what bike they WOULD ride "anywhere"

Ask the people that DID ride "anywhere"

I think you'll find some GSs, KLRs, DR650s, WRRs fit in there somewhere...

If I were to schedule a ride from here to the Grand Canyon, I would pick my XRL...but it the bike I ride least

Always depends on what you want to do...if I want to go quick, WRR wouldn't be my first pick, but I would sure consider it for a multi-day trail/freeway/ride

[kellymac530 0]

i only have my 530, so i can, do, and would ride it anywhere....if i had a custom seat made for it, i would like the street stuff more im sure...it is NEVER good for long rides on the freeway...but ANY dirt, singletrac, dez,track, its great..and its fine on the street except the seat is rock hard and skinny.

i dont think ANYTHING with knobbies and a high front fender is GOOD on the freeway though...

[bikeslut 1]

True dat about knobbies...400 miles on my last one, and it was mostly dirt (rex thought it looked like old rubber...maybe I got one that had been sitting on a shelf for a year?)

Kelly- start healing up so you can earn some money and do some riding...

My surgery got postponed until 7-29 so I have a few more weekends left to ride.

[Jim 0]

I would give the stock answer, but I can only testify that it could do the easy ways at the BBR this weekend. In not doing the hard ways, it wasn't so much the bike as the rider!

I can also testify that it "rides" light, but "picks up" heavy!

Chris- really- where can you ride the WR250R?

[hobiee 28]

I pushed crawdaddys up the ramp into my truck and lets just say my 450 is way lighter. I think chris likes it though and thats all that matters.

[lemieuxmc@yahoo.com 0]

And anywhere you go someone has probably already been there on a CT110. Cannonball Baker didn't have FI, electric start or GPS. Just do what you like and like what you do, it isn't a competition.