so I finally got to ride a 250R in the woods
mtb trails, tight switchbacks, some rocks and roots, a thick layer of wet leafs and pine straw covering the whole place
Bob warned me more than once about the hit of his R, told me if I did not watch out she'd stretch my arms real bad, jump out from underneath me ...
in return I kept telling him my 'housewife's bike' was mellow and easy going
now I am in love
no, not with Bob, with his bike!
it is loud, it is rough and rumbling
but just as flickable and controllable as my X but a bit more stable, the power plus is convenient but not overwhelming, stalled her once, one kick and she was back to life
of course the suspension was much too harsh and the lever positions did not suit me, but in comparison to another friends riding with us I gained riding the R
our friend, a very fast woods rider on a CR250, tried both bikes, said they felt like two totally different bikes,
he was a bit puzzled when we told him they only share most of the plastic, he liked both, said the peak power of the R must be just as much as his CR's;
he was not sure about the X, said the delivery was too mellow, the bike too forgiving to notice how fast you really are
the owner of the place seized his KTM and joined us on his friends run down, worn out DR350, back brake does not work at all, front works barely, the tranny keeps jumping into neutral, aehm, suspension? yes, it does sag when you sit on his eyes were on the blue Honda, longing, so we swapped bikes too, now the amazing part, in a heartbeat I felt at home on that piece of crap DR, I did not even feel the weight, with brakes I'd probably outrun myself on my X
WHY
had the same experience on road, give me any cheap, junky 27 horse piece of trash
and I'll have more fun and in tight twisties, not on a straight, of course mostlikely be faster than on a brandnew CBR-RR
WHY
any explanations
