• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Yamaha YZ250FX and WR250F 2015 all "new"

It would depend on what your riding preference and local requirements are I guess.

The FX has some parts from both YZ & WR.
It has the firmer YZ suspension, exhaust, air filter and tune.
It has the WR wide ratio gearbox and electric start but no lights.
If you require full registration, then you only have the one choice, the WR.
If not, the FX would be the smart choice in my book based on the reviews I've been following.
 
CrankN said:
Blah! Needs to be a 300........
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from the reviews i ve seen/heard and myself testing the YZ250F its been the most powerfull 250 engine so far (ok- the Katoom might have more top end but the overall perfomance is outstanding)- when i tested the bike i wasnt shure if i accidently jumped on a bigger bike- but thats just how it feels to me...
 
So I rode the new WR250F.
Engine rips for a 250!

Unfortunately, I think the setup was way off as it had no front end grip what so ever. It still had original tyres, forks were brand new so not bedded yet and the terrain was pretty dry.


We weren't allowed to bring our own bikes as it was a private venue, so couldn't compare directly, but until I can get a ride on one where I can compare directly and make some adjustments of my own, I'll be sticking with the TE449. It would have loved the conditions.
 
That vid really backs up your thoughts. Looks like raising the forks in the triples and a tire that actually works would be in order. Reminds me of how my 449 turned when I first got it with the Karoos.
 
Huskynoobee said:
That vid really backs up your thoughts. Looks like raising the forks in the triples and a tire that actually works would be in order. Reminds me of how my 449 turned when I first got it with the Karoos.
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My TE was delivered with the forks up about 15mm through the clamps.
The original Michelin road legal tyres were evil at best.
I think the WR has potential for sure, but I'd like some time alone with it before I stumped up my cash.
Loved the power, it's a feisty little engine. :)
Make the forks run smooth over the small stuff and find some grip & it would be a sweet ride.
 
I saw one for the first time last Saturday at the Dealer (YZFX)... When I sat on it I thought it felt awesome!! The only thing i didn't like was the electrical hanging out unprotected on the left side of the bike.

Looking forward to riding one...
 
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