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

The seat height is 895mm. The later blue models are slightly faster because they have lighter plastic tank and lighter alloy swingarm, they also have air forks.

No need to be nervous as they are bulletproof bikes and this forum is an excellent catalogue of priceless information, also the forum is run by Brian the owner of the totally ttr part shop.

A ttr will be significantly quicker and more robust than your wr125, uncorking them gives them even more, perhaps several HP.

If you want to do some long road work too, you can run a slightly higher gearing, most run 13/48 for laning, but you could run 13/46, 14/44 is standard for the ttr's but it doesn't really have wheelie ability.

Visit the ttr250.com FAQ page too

And this is the shop :http://tinyurl.com/ocx9tzt

There are other 'trail' bikes out their I.e xt, klx, xr, dr, etc but none of them really compare to the ttr. There's a VERY nice ttr currently for sale in Hertfordshire in the for sale section of this forum.

 

I'm pretty sure the engines are exsaxtly the same across apart from the blue comes with a kickstart standard and was a optional extra on white they are both 6 speed and the engines are built proof I've had issues with mine but mine is a supermoto and spends a lot of its time on the back wheel for miles on end and dropping gears but has held up very well. Better than my crf 450 witch is constantly broken.

The ttr raid has a different compression ratio yeah. The raid was designed sort of like how the Baja and djebel were (cross country style) bigger seat and better headlight etc.

The ttr raid and ttr open enduro both have a 6 plate clutch and metal tanks, but the blue ttr's have a 7 plate clutch and plastic tank and yes you are correct tighter(quicker) steering geometry and revised suspension, also a basic anologue clock.

All ttr's have 6 gears. The raid has a lighter duty 428 chain. The open enduro is the only ttr with grease nipples on the suspension.

Each ttr has its own virtues it depends what you want from it really.

I have to say if I was going to go any long distance and with possibility of riding at night I would want a raid. It is possible to upgrade the chain, swingarm and shock on the raid though if you fancy by retrofitting in from the open enduro.

I like my blue ttr because I find it can cope well on the more knarly trails. Although I have to say I have not ridden an open enduro.

If you don't like the idea of an older bike like you say, I would plump with the blue model, better specs from the off and you can adapt it to be more road oriented if you so wish.

After also reading the ttr FAQ page I immediately bought a blue model ttr because its everything I wanted from a trail bike, I.e dual start and air cooled and long service intervals and reliable and roomy and competant and easy to work on with great parts back up etc.

-- Edited by peteBLUEttr on Sunday 15th of November 2015 01:25:46 AM

gsport wrote:

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I did find these specifications:-

1993-94 www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_tt250r%2093.htm
1995 www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_tt250r%2095.htm
1996 www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_tt250r%2096.htm
2000-01 www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_tt250r%2000.htm (the Blue model appear to have 275Nm of torque which seems amazing!!!)

But crucially the Blue is listed as having a 6 speed gearbox and the White a 5 speed, yet there is no mention of this in the FAQ which makes me doubt it? And the bore is larger and with a lower compression ratio? Which seems like a fairly major change to the engine?

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Thanks for posting the links. Nice photos of the TTRs!

I emailed the website owner asking him to correct the older TTRs to 6-speed box and he has already done it - thank you Tony! 

Some peoples specs are always going to be a random, but you are looking at 130kg wet, 115kg dry, 895mm seat height and easy to get insurance.

By saying 'wobbly' he means what exactly? Not reading correctly?

The digital speedo's have a magnet/sensor that send the signal from the front sprocket. If the magnets on the way out, this could be the reason for it being intermittent. Budget around £60 for a replacement used part, I think Brian on here does them....

Shameless plug for my Raid......

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221928847411

Paul has put his TTR on eBay with a £1,400 Buy It Now - see here

Nicest OE I have seen for a while 

Passed my test last week but then spent/wasted a few days looking at all kinds of bikes on the internet. But finally got out and had a brief (road) test ride of the 1994 TTR250 OE mentioned above today. It has a needle bearing "all balls" rear linkage and new tyres but otherwise seems stock.

The Good:-
Seemed in mostly very good nick.
Really liked the seating position
Seemed pretty torque-y after my 125
Suspension felt nice
Started straight-up with no horrible bangs etc though maybe a very small noise on stopping

The Bad:-
Speedo was not "wobbly" in the least. Instead consistently displayed a wildly low speed (showing 12kmph at about 30mph), hard to check it much since it was obscured by the front brake hose...
Bit loud and poppy sounding, this may well just be that the current owner had taken out the exhaust baffle? Not sure. Pulled well so maybe just normal?
Quite a lot of vibration coming through the foot-pegs at speed. Only got up to about 50 so not sure if this is a resonance thing that would pass if I pushed on a bit or something more?
Mirror absolutely hopeless, only a right and only took 30 seconds to droop down and show me my elbow-pit instead of the road behind.


The bike is in a (small) dealers who is selling in on behalf of a customer, listed at £1400 originally but he dropped that to £1200 immediately but said that that was the floor. That's with no warranty and essentially no different to a private sale...

I am wondering about making a cheeky offer of £800 which seems like about all it is worth, but if I did get it I would want to sort the Speedo (will do a fair few road miles getting to lanes and dont want any points on my nice clean licence) and mirrors etc.

If it was a 5-10 year younger blue then I probably would have gone for it.

Any idea on the speedo problem? Fixable for modest money?

Any advice much appreciated.

G.

peteBLUEttr wrote:

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The fact the dealer wont even offer you a 1 month warranty does not inspire confidence.

Trouble is if you buy a white one will you wish you had bought a younger one down the line?

If speedo sender/magnet is dodgy on it - relatively cheap. If the unit is dodgy - not that cheap.

Footpeg vibe might be engine mounting bolts loose or poor chain adjustment.

Everyone replaces their suspension linkage bearings with all balls ones as genuine yam are expensive.

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Thanks for the reply, yes, that was my thinking. I'm still on the lookout for a blue at a good price fairly local, as well as considering other makes/models but TTR is most appealing at the moment.

 

G.