benefit of matching bike

[Cansyd1]

HI all

I have to say first I am not giving up my Tenere although I do like the yellow. I have a DRZ400 for when the S10 is just too much. Anyway I am looking for some independent advice.

We mostly ride 50/50 and regularly do weekends and longer trips.

My wife has just moved from a DR650 to a WR250R. She just loves the WR and doesn't see herself moving off it. Primary reason for the change for her was the weight of the bike. The DR650 is probably going to go. I have ridden the WR and don't mind it at all, in fact I nearly bought one when I bought the DRZ. We don't do single trail and I am not that keen on the DR650 due to the weight (might as well ride the Tenere)

We are thinking that if I get a WR250R then we will save by carrying less spares, tools also I will only have to maintain one model. The other thought is something like a 690 Enduro which my wife could use on longer trips where she would want the power.

I am interested in peoples opinion if it there is value in getting the same bike (I estimate it will cost me about $2k) to swap over. I can see us keeping these bikes for at least 5 years.


thanks
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George

 

[bnschroder]

I would say the question is, is there any synergy by having 2 of the same? And I could see some:
- If you need special tools, you only need them once
- If you wrench on your own bikes, you only need one manual, and you get practice on one bike
- You may get volume discounts if you can buy in bulk (like bigger oil jugs, or multi-packs of other consumables or service items) though your different bikes probably all use the same oil anyway.
Would that be enough reason to sell a perfectly fine and well liked bike? Probably not. And I personally would prefer to have different bikes in the garage to mix it up

 

[WJBertrand]

Matching bikes are also handy for troubleshooting...

 

[Checkswrecks]

A number of us have or had WRRs, myself included, and there are a lot of benefits to matching bikes. Not all are mechanical, there'd be an emotional connection.

That said, make sure YOU want to live with the WRR. Are you also her small(?) size? Dirt Dad and I got rid of ours to get more torque and less need to constantly rev the little 250 every time we wanted it to move.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

That said, make sure YOU want to live with the WRR. Are you also her small(?) size? Dirt Dad and I got rid of ours to get more torque and less need to constantly rev the little 250 every time we wanted it to move.

Yep, I got tired of wringing its neck to get any performance out of the bike. For my personal riding style it was too under-powered.