A forum for owners of Yamaha TTR250 trail and enduro bikes!

Welcome Steve!

Good price for the TTR - guess it was this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320738809640&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_914wt_1139 ?

Just make sure the sprag isn't banging on switch off. Otherwise its the usual dirt bike items to check such as swing arm and linkage bearings.

If the engine smokes a bit then usually a new set of rings and valve stem oil seals will put it right and give you many thousand more trail miles of fun.

Good choice of bike 

TTRfan wrote:

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Welcome Steve!

Good price for the TTR - guess it was this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320738809640&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_914wt_1139 ?

Just make sure the sprag isn't banging on switch off. Otherwise its the usual dirt bike items to check such as swing arm and linkage bearings.

If the engine smokes a bit then usually a new set of rings and valve stem oil seals will put it right and give you many thousand more trail miles of fun.

Good choice of bike 

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 Thanks for the welcome; Yes, that's the one. He was a nice chap, lived in the middle of nowhere, it took about three hours to get there.

What exactly does 'sprag' bang sound like, I think I may have it, is there a cure? But then again I'm sure it will have been covered somewhere on the forum. There doesn't appear to be any smoke, but I haven't run it for more than a couple of minutes so far.

Congratulations - you definitely made a wise decision in getting a TTR - very comfortable and forgiving, but a tad heavy when you fall off as much as I do.

I see you went from Dore to Hexham to collect it, well - here's another coincidence, I moved to Devon a year last April and used to live just about 20 miles southeast of Hexham in a village in Derwentside.
I've run many a trail in Northumberland using the trails around Hexham - smashing place it is.

As they say - "It's a small world"

Martyn

Nah then. It's been a few months since I joined the TTR clan and I've got to say it's been grand so far...

I've realised I'm not as young as I used to be; I feel the cold quicker and I don't have as much bottle as I once had. Some of the trails I used to ride aren't thoroughfares any more, some of the ones that still legal are now impassable to mortals. I've done more than a thousand kms to date, nearly all off-road, with a few bits of road connecting the trails. The bike's yet to let me down (famous last words), although there's still what I believe to be the dreaded sprag noise.

So hey-ho, I'll get off for the mo and return soon with some photographs of my off-roading experiences so far, all I have to do is figure out how to get them off my phone and onto this infernal machine....

So people, this was my introduction, so I thought it only fitting that I say goodbye. I've had three and a half years with the TTR, done about 10,000 Kms nearly all around the Peaks, in that time it's had a new clutch, exhaust (Motad), bearing kit, front disk, shock rebuild (Gibbs) and a few other sundries.
I'd like to thank you all for the wealth of knowledge and I'd like to thank Totally TTRs for existing.
I've passed my TTR on to a mate for £700, he's well chuffed and I've pointed him in the direction of this site. Ive only sold it 'cos I'm off to the Pyrenees again later on this year, I went last year, on my F800GS, had an unbelievable time and decided when I returned I'd take a smaller, lighter bike, in a van, then decided that the TTR was a bit long in the tooth so I've bought a nearly new but stolen/recovered Beta Alp 4.0, we'll see how it goes...

Toodle pip.

Eyup Steve, terrar, bi seein thi - mebbe.

Good luck in your venture and when you return we will still be here where you can find us.

Martyn