Have had my 2006 for about three months and find it very similar to the Honda XR400 to ride. A bit less frightening and so can do more on it! Especially on loose rocky terrain. Good commuter. It came with road tyres fitted and have not yet gone back to the Dunlop trail tyres I got with it, will do though. Surprisingly, the road tyres performed very well on the hard / loose gravel that we have lots of here. Probably done about 300Km on it and no surprises, not even on grass or on the loose rocky stuff. Going to really enjoy this one and I think it can be used for long trips if cruising speed can be restricted to around 110Kph. Some of our police and municipalities use them and if they can survive that ......
-- Edited by OnTwoWheels on Thursday 22nd of December 2011 08:42:54 AM
Thanks for the welcome Martyn, and yes I think so, they're relatively rare here and I'd been looking for a while and very happy to have found one.
Close to as heavy as my XR400 but a lot more manageable, especially in difficult (loose rock) terrain - even with the Bridgestone Spitfire S11 looking for traction!
As you say, good bottom end. Will be fun to get it into the Lesotho Highlands.
Barrie
I believe you have some wonderful riding in your country. Another UK TTR250 owner, Robin Webb, has recently spent a week travelling the dirt roads from Cape Town to Namibia and then across to Lesotho and back to Cape Town.
Looking forward to seeing some pics of you and your TTR out on the trails
Hello and thanks. Yes, I believe that only 10% of our roads are tarred / concrete. most of the gravel roads are very good though. Lesotho is an off-roader's dream, made for TTR250. That was a lot of territory to cover in a week!