WR250X (SuMo bike)

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelhome/596/0/home.aspx




WR250R (Enduro/Dual purpose)

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelhome/595/0/home.aspx

I would love to have one of those to cruise around town...

I thought about one. But, given that I've gone over to the dirt side of things, I'd rather have the WR250R enduro.

Just getting around to reading the December '07 Dirt Bike (http://dirtbikemagazine.com) magazine. In there, they have a brief writeup on the WR-250R and WR-250X.

Every 20 years or so the Japanese motorcycle industry rediscovers the dual-sport market. Now it's Yamaha's turn. The WR250R is the most high-tech machine Yamaha has ever made for on/off-road use. It has an aluminum frame, electronic fuel injection, liquid-cooling and double overhead cams. That's quite a leap forward from the TW200.

Still, the new WR isn't in the same league as the all-dirt WR250F, performance wise. The motor is based on an existing Japanese domestic model and gets a pentroof four-valve head rather than Yamaha's five-valve design. The frame has some bolt-together members. Still, the electronic fuel injection is nothing to sneeze at, as Yamaha is probably planning to incorporate EFI on its motocross bikes by 2009. Another high-tech feature not seen on the production motocross bike is EXUP, a variable exhaust system used on some street bikes and occasionally seen on the works MX bikes. The price for the new WR250R will be $5899. Yamaha will also release a Supermoto version (see page 120) for $5999.

Nice!! First i have seen of the R version....That would make a nice putt around bike.

I was hoping it would be based more off of the WR250F. It's still a nice option, but was hoping for more power.

Found a link on the three street legal dual purpose bikes Yamaha sells at Dirt Bike's website:

Clicky (http://www.dirtbikemagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=4F75812755C14C3A9AFC77C4DF3CDB4D)