The Bike
Time and money make a TET adventure, or indeed any adventure, possible with style, ease and grace, alas I’m limited on all fronts. Also from a personality perspective I’m a bit of a clumsey northern monkey, so I’m going approach the planning in my own style. I like to think of it as a practical financially balanced thoughtfulness, others might suggest a blundering scrooge-like crudeness ;)
First things first; you can’t go off road adventure motorbiking without an off road bike.
After careful consideration my criteria boiled down to the following;
1. Mustn’t be an expensive ornament- I’m going to throw it around.
2. Must have a reliable reputation.
3. Long service intervals preferred. (No highly strung Motocross machines)
4. Must be light weight
After some enjoyable internet based research I ended up with this shortlist: WRR 250, XR400, DRZ400e.
Later I noted that none of them are sold in the UK as new, not that i would have bought new in any event - just makes them harder to find second hand.
The WRR is rarer than rocking horse manure in the UK, the XR is very old, the DRZ is easy to come by as the 'S' variant and little harder to find as the 'E' ( enduro model which is lighter and more powerful)
A few months later, £1800 lighter and here she is. A 2005 DRZ400e with 3600miles on the clock.
My friend Jason took a slightly different approach, and being blessed by fortune, ended up with an adventure prepared WR250R.
This bike is already 'internet famous' and can be read about below. (Lucky bugger Jason!)
https://adventure-motorcycling.com/2017/09/20/tested-yamaha-wr250r-4000km-review/
After some enjoyable internet based research I ended up with this shortlist: WRR 250, XR400, DRZ400e.
Later I noted that none of them are sold in the UK as new, not that i would have bought new in any event - just makes them harder to find second hand.
The WRR is rarer than rocking horse manure in the UK, the XR is very old, the DRZ is easy to come by as the 'S' variant and little harder to find as the 'E' ( enduro model which is lighter and more powerful)
A few months later, £1800 lighter and here she is. A 2005 DRZ400e with 3600miles on the clock.
My friend Jason took a slightly different approach, and being blessed by fortune, ended up with an adventure prepared WR250R.
This bike is already 'internet famous' and can be read about below. (Lucky bugger Jason!)
https://adventure-motorcycling.com/2017/09/20/tested-yamaha-wr250r-4000km-review/
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