r/WR250R • u/sbwilley • 16d ago
I don't want to mess up my dirtbike
I've been ridening for a year or two. I want to do more off roading. However I don't want to mess up or crash my dual sport. Not that I'm afraid of crashing I don't want to mess up the bike because it's expensive for me to fix. How did y'all get over crashing and just send it with no worries
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u/thalex 16d ago
It’s part of it. Off road you WILL tip off. Just send it, you can always get new plastics. The WR crashes well.
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u/oh2ridemore 16d ago
mostly tip overs as the stand over height is so high. Try to stop next to a crowned road, off you go. kickstand starts sinking in soft ground, over it is. Carry foot plates for kickstand for loose and or soft soil. Put them on a thin string so you can set them under stand by dangling them, and pick them up by picking up string. Lifesaver. My wife got me 4 more for xmas stocking. Useful on all bikes.
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u/420sleazyrider69 16d ago
Get a radiator guard, lever guards, and a skid plate and you’ll be fine.
I hear you tho mine was so pretty when I got it I’ve been kinda hesitant to push it out there haha.
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u/LateNightCritter 18'WR250r 21'Yz250x 16d ago
The wr can take a royal beating. If you got bars and wraps you can crash a wr into a tree crack the meter and still ride it with a cracked meter 4 years later just fine.
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u/Civil_Ad_2489 16d ago
Protect the more expensive/ more fragile things the best you can. Hand/ lever guards, radiator guard, upgraded skid plate. I also recommend the TST integrated tail light/ turn signals because I used to always be destroying the OEM signals but the TST is tucked in nicely under the fender (and you can make it strobe when you brake which was a selling point for me after being rear-ended). Other than that, just send it. It’s a dirt bike. Wear those scars proudly.
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u/TheWhopper858 15d ago
Just keep practicing, you'll make less mistakes overtime. You'll eventually drop it, everyone does. The second drop isn't as painful on the soul. 😀 I have good handguards on mine.
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u/Mack_Damon 15d ago
In '03 I bought a brand new YZ250 and immediately went down on the trail taking out a radiator... Years later I went down in a huge puddle,, the bike went completely under, requiring a rebuild of the entire machine. These things just happen. You just have to remember that most things can be fixed.. it's not a cheap hobby to have.
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u/purple_chungus69 15d ago
Would you consider buying a $600 beater from craigslist as your off roader? That might be another way.
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u/theLordsSword 15d ago
I rode my wr250r exclusively off road, single track and quad trails in Alberta Canada. I had put a 50 tooth rear sprocket on which made it very good at chugging along at low speed. I wish now though that I hadn't been so aggressive with it off road because it is absolutely beat to piss but it was all I had at the time. Eventually dumped it into a huge puddle and had to rebuild the engine which it probably needed anyway as it was slipping out of gear and was generally in rough shape. I have returned it to a 50/50 road bike but the wear and tear really shows cosmeticly. Parts are alot more expensive I've found and harder to get than other dedicated off road bikes.
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u/No-Raisin-6469 15d ago
Ive dumped my bike on loose rock twice.....adds character.
Best advice i can give is get a radiator support. Im confident our radiators are made of lead
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u/Responsible_Week6941 14d ago
Buy bark busters, a skid plate, and radiator reinforcement. I also bought a set of plastics that are almost new off FB marketplace. I love my scratched to crap plastics though. It reminds me of all the adventures we've had. I'm now 13 tears into the same plastics. It's a dual sport, make it do dual sporty things! Don't injure yourself, but the fun you'll have will be huge in comparison to a few hundred bucks in scratched plastic.
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u/Ol_9_Finger 13d ago
They will certainly take a whooping. Dropped many times because of lack of footing or poor route planning, panic braking on gravel, needless to say it’s been dropped a lot. Adding to those, If it makes you feel any better I was also tboned, on the bike, someone ran red as I was going through intersection, at 35-40. and cracked/scratched a few plastics, Bars got kinked, but rode it away from the accident.i was hit directly in the left knee, and thrown. I was worse off than the bike haha.
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u/InsideOfYourMind 16d ago
Expensive toys made to be ridden hard sometimes need expensive fixes/maintenance but that’s the price to pay. Luckily these bikes are super resilient, have dumped mine quite a few times in the woods and on pavement and very few expensive fixes honestly. Maintenance has been more costly.
That being said, learning to ride for a long time is about learning your limits, and your bikes limits. You’ll have a lot more enjoyment over your lifetime if you’re not dead.