New guy, New Bike!
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:02 am
Hello, new guy here. I just picked up a new 2014 250L a few days ago! So far I'm loving it.
I had a couple old bikes that just sat around in my garage for years, and I just sold them off a few months back. My "newer" bike was an 82' CR250 that I owned for about 25 years. There really isn't a place to ride it around here, so I finally let it go. My other bike was an 80' Yamaha 650 Special. I never did like this bike. It never quite ran right, which always bugged me, and the thing vibrated so bad that it was torture to ride on the highway. Then every spring I had to go through the ritual of pulling the carbs and cleaning them up.
So I've been eyeing the 250L for about a year. I grew up on dirt bikes, so I wanted to go that route. When I got a street bike I realized that riding around town really isn't all that exciting. This bike is perfect for what I want in a motorcycle. Basically just putting around town and doing some mild trail riding. They seem a little hard to come by, but I finally found one at a dealer in the Twin Cities.
I brought it home Friday evening, got some insurance on it Saturday morning, then checked the outside temperature. 28°, good enough!! Started right up(LOVE fuel injection!!!!) Went out and buzzed around town. There is quite a bit of road sand from the winter, little bit of ice in places, and I found some snow in a parking lot that I tested out. This bike didn't care about any of that, just went right over it. I was the only biker out this past weekend, but I got a few envious waves from guys who I'm guessing were bikers, wishing they were out.
So far I'm loving this thing. I haven't got on it hard yet since I'm still breaking it in, but I got 50 miles on it, all town miles so far. Waiting for warmer weather. I love the clutch, smooth transmission(I'm used to bikes lurching when you go from neutral to 1st gear), and the power is perfectly adequate for what I want. Did I mention that I really like the fuel injection?
The only downside so far is the seat height. I'm only 5'5, so it's a wee bit too tall for me. If it was an inch or two shorter, it would be perfect. I saw that there is a lowering link for it, so I may have to investigate that.
The other thing I noticed(and I saw another thread on it) was that there is a random clicking noise coming from the engine(right side I think) while riding. It sounds like something electronic, and I believe it does it every time the throttle position changes direction. Although I haven't fully proved that out yet. So I'm thinking it may have something to do with the EFI system.???
Well thanks for listening!
I had a couple old bikes that just sat around in my garage for years, and I just sold them off a few months back. My "newer" bike was an 82' CR250 that I owned for about 25 years. There really isn't a place to ride it around here, so I finally let it go. My other bike was an 80' Yamaha 650 Special. I never did like this bike. It never quite ran right, which always bugged me, and the thing vibrated so bad that it was torture to ride on the highway. Then every spring I had to go through the ritual of pulling the carbs and cleaning them up.
So I've been eyeing the 250L for about a year. I grew up on dirt bikes, so I wanted to go that route. When I got a street bike I realized that riding around town really isn't all that exciting. This bike is perfect for what I want in a motorcycle. Basically just putting around town and doing some mild trail riding. They seem a little hard to come by, but I finally found one at a dealer in the Twin Cities.
I brought it home Friday evening, got some insurance on it Saturday morning, then checked the outside temperature. 28°, good enough!! Started right up(LOVE fuel injection!!!!) Went out and buzzed around town. There is quite a bit of road sand from the winter, little bit of ice in places, and I found some snow in a parking lot that I tested out. This bike didn't care about any of that, just went right over it. I was the only biker out this past weekend, but I got a few envious waves from guys who I'm guessing were bikers, wishing they were out.
So far I'm loving this thing. I haven't got on it hard yet since I'm still breaking it in, but I got 50 miles on it, all town miles so far. Waiting for warmer weather. I love the clutch, smooth transmission(I'm used to bikes lurching when you go from neutral to 1st gear), and the power is perfectly adequate for what I want. Did I mention that I really like the fuel injection?
The only downside so far is the seat height. I'm only 5'5, so it's a wee bit too tall for me. If it was an inch or two shorter, it would be perfect. I saw that there is a lowering link for it, so I may have to investigate that.
The other thing I noticed(and I saw another thread on it) was that there is a random clicking noise coming from the engine(right side I think) while riding. It sounds like something electronic, and I believe it does it every time the throttle position changes direction. Although I haven't fully proved that out yet. So I'm thinking it may have something to do with the EFI system.???
Well thanks for listening!
