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Hello,

I just wanted to introduce my self and get some feedback on my bike selection. My name is Vlady, i'm turning 30 this year and I never really ridden motorcycles. After trying out my friends motorcycles I got addicted and now after convincing my wife, I will finally purchase my new bike. I am taking my MSF course later this month and after that I plan to purchase WR250R. After were long consideration of different bikes and styles, I kept coming back to WR250R. I'm 6'4" and most bikes that I would sit on just would feel so crammed to me. At first I was going to buy a cruiser because sport-bikes are just not for me. This way I could go on rides with my friends who own cruisers or sport-bikes. But after seeing how much fun I can have on the dirt I wanted to buy motorcycle that can do both. After further reading I understood that even dual-sport WR250R can be great at both. For a while I though about two motorcycles, but I finally decided to settle on just one motorcycle and to do the only logical solution. Buy WR250R and get two sets of rims and tires. This way i can have street tires set that don't sacrifice traction and don't have loud humming coming from off-road tires. Than have another set of DOT approved tires that are designed for more off-road use. I worked with cars for some time now but don't have any experience with motorcycle so I am not sure how easy it would be to do and if it is a practical solution? Also I heard that stock WR250R can be upgraded for more power and torque, so if someone have any recommendations please let me know.

Thanks a lot,

P.S. Planning to buy PW50 for my son. He about to turn 2 this year so wanted to get them dirt bike that he can grow into.

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welcome to the yoc forum fogbox, I don't know much about dirt bikes but you'll get plenty of advice on here.

if its good advice, well thats another thing. enjoy your new bike, happy riding.

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Also wanted to ask if anyone knows of conversion of WR450F into street legal bike? I heard about them before but don't know what to look for or what I might get into trying to do it myself.

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Welcome fogbox" You get a WR450 with lights, thers a post on here, search for it,,, the only thing about riding a enduro of Small CC, is your friends have big bikes and you"l be flat out to keep up, say 70/80mph, 250, or 450 , will be howling along,,

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Welcome fogbox" You get a WR450 with lights, thers a post on here, search for it,,, the only thing about riding a enduro of Small CC, is your friends have big bikes and you"l be flat out to keep up, say 70/80mph, 250, or 450 , will be howling along,,

If I have extra set of rims with street tires can I change sprocket on rear wheel to change gearing to allow for more comfortable freeway riding?

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