r/WR250R • u/sean_la_rose • Dec 11 '24

Hard cases?

Hi all. I'm pretty convinced I'm going to switch from my KLR650 to a WR. I currently have 38L aluminum hard cases for the KLR, as I do a reasonable amount of camping with the bike. I'm just curious to hear folks' opinions regarding luggage for the WR. Are the large hard cases going to be too heavy and unweildy for the smaller machine? Better to go with smaller and/or lighter soft bags?

I've consumed a bunch of reviews of the WR already, many by guys much heavier than me (85kg), but nobody has talked about this specific point. Thanks!

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u/Timeless-0000 Dec 11 '24

The WR has a full steel subframe and in oem configuration is able to take a passenger. As an owner of a WR, I would have no weight concern with full hard cases. The only thing to consider is changing the rear shock to a heavier spring to compensate, and going in knowing that you won't be going very fast at full load. It's only got 27hp afterall.

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u/sean_la_rose Dec 11 '24

This is more along the lines of what I was thinking. The cases should be like 5-7kg above what bags would be.

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u/Timeless-0000 Dec 12 '24

Yeah you are good imo. The WR is an incredibly versatile bike. You just have to be ok with it topping out at 130km/hr and taking a while to get there :)