Magdump
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So my 2013 WR250R was stolen from the commuter train station exactly a week ago today. I wondered what to do as far as replacing it as I need a daily no-hassle commuter and my S10 is honestly just too ponderous a beast for the 5 minute ride to and from the train station each day.
I have been wanting to get a vintagy/café racer type bike for a while but the wife would not let me have another bike. And she is right, it would be absurd for me to have so many motorcycles. But with a space suddenly freed up in the stable, within 48 hours I had decided what I wanted and I had purchased a replacement over the phone.
I LOVED my WR250R and will miss it greatly, man, I rode the snot out of it and rode it hard and it never failed me. I considered getting another one but honestly, Yamaha needs to come out with a more powerful version. If there was a such a thing as a WR400R or WR450R or similar I would have gotten that. But no. So I decided to really go off in a new direction and roll the dice.
I am a Yamaha guy as I value reliability above all else when it comes to bikes and my Yamahas have never left me stranded or failed me. So I considered getting the Yamaha Bolt C-Spec but honestly, while it is Café-ish, Yamaha kinda half assed the project and did not go far enough. It is merely a cruiser with a café rounded butt cap and café clip on handle bars and that is it. Not Café enough.
So I poked around at other manufacturer offerings and was smitten when I saw the Triumph Scrambler in red and white! Those long chrome pipes and the odd and vintage look did me in. So I bought one from my local dealer without ever having even seen one in person let alone ridden one. Picked it up this past Saturday and put about a 100 miles on it that day and rode about 100 more on Sunday with a local British/European/Café group from Meetup. So far so good! No issues at all.
I am being very gentle with it as it is still early in the engine break in period but so far, the more I ride it the more I love it! It has plenty of power and while it is no state of the art performance monster, it is a fun bike that I am proud to ride and own. It is simply fun and great looking and not too big. Perfect!
It was strange riding it off the lot from the dealer as it is so very different from the super modern and refined and latest engineered computerized masterpiece that my S10 is. The Scrambler is a simple, primitive bike, designed to emulate simple/primitive bikes from about 60 years ago. Luckily I came to discover that I love its simple and somewhat non-modern charm! The only thing I changed from stock was to swap out the stock plank-type seat for a café racer style rounded butt type seat. Perfect!
I never thought I would own a motorcycle other than a Yamaha and never thought I would own a cruiser type bike either but I have to say that I am very happy that I took the risk to expand my horizons with this Scrambler!
Only 250 miles on it so far and so far no problems. Though she is a little cold blooded in the morning, even on an 80 degree day. Will have to figure out that choke knob thing properly, especially in the coming Fall and Winter months. I will advise as time goes by-hoping for Yamaha-like reliability!
I have been wanting to get a vintagy/café racer type bike for a while but the wife would not let me have another bike. And she is right, it would be absurd for me to have so many motorcycles. But with a space suddenly freed up in the stable, within 48 hours I had decided what I wanted and I had purchased a replacement over the phone.
I LOVED my WR250R and will miss it greatly, man, I rode the snot out of it and rode it hard and it never failed me. I considered getting another one but honestly, Yamaha needs to come out with a more powerful version. If there was a such a thing as a WR400R or WR450R or similar I would have gotten that. But no. So I decided to really go off in a new direction and roll the dice.
I am a Yamaha guy as I value reliability above all else when it comes to bikes and my Yamahas have never left me stranded or failed me. So I considered getting the Yamaha Bolt C-Spec but honestly, while it is Café-ish, Yamaha kinda half assed the project and did not go far enough. It is merely a cruiser with a café rounded butt cap and café clip on handle bars and that is it. Not Café enough.
So I poked around at other manufacturer offerings and was smitten when I saw the Triumph Scrambler in red and white! Those long chrome pipes and the odd and vintage look did me in. So I bought one from my local dealer without ever having even seen one in person let alone ridden one. Picked it up this past Saturday and put about a 100 miles on it that day and rode about 100 more on Sunday with a local British/European/Café group from Meetup. So far so good! No issues at all.
I am being very gentle with it as it is still early in the engine break in period but so far, the more I ride it the more I love it! It has plenty of power and while it is no state of the art performance monster, it is a fun bike that I am proud to ride and own. It is simply fun and great looking and not too big. Perfect!
It was strange riding it off the lot from the dealer as it is so very different from the super modern and refined and latest engineered computerized masterpiece that my S10 is. The Scrambler is a simple, primitive bike, designed to emulate simple/primitive bikes from about 60 years ago. Luckily I came to discover that I love its simple and somewhat non-modern charm! The only thing I changed from stock was to swap out the stock plank-type seat for a café racer style rounded butt type seat. Perfect!
I never thought I would own a motorcycle other than a Yamaha and never thought I would own a cruiser type bike either but I have to say that I am very happy that I took the risk to expand my horizons with this Scrambler!
Only 250 miles on it so far and so far no problems. Though she is a little cold blooded in the morning, even on an 80 degree day. Will have to figure out that choke knob thing properly, especially in the coming Fall and Winter months. I will advise as time goes by-hoping for Yamaha-like reliability!
