You might have heard I've been doing some trail riding over the last twelve months. I started with Level 1 of BMW Off road Skills in Wales last May, followed by a week with them in Portugal in February. It was a lot of good clean... I mean wet and dirty fun.
Upon my return a few weeks ago I decided to get something to keep learning with. Riding an R1300GS offroad still seems a bit silly, especially if I'll be alone a lot. So I went small. Itchy Boots did OK with a CRF and so I looked at the 300. After much reading I found that after purchase there's a load of stuff required to make it not rubbish. Namely replacing the universally panned suspension.
Long story short, I saw sense and bought Brian's 250 where he's done all the hard work for me.
I've mapped a little route near me using the TRF green lane map and hopefully will go for an exploration next week.
There's nothing that needs doing on it, though I'll get it serviced and MOT'd around May time. Oh and I'm going to do that playing tunes thing on the spokes when I remember, and tighten as appropriate if they don't play waltzing matilda. Or something.
Anyway, I think it looks brilliant, and I never thought I'd be comfortable on something with such a high seat height. But the light weight combined with my Portugal-confidence makes it feel achievable.
More updates when I started ruining all Brian's tasteful mods
