I picked up a the bike a few months ago, with just over 2000k on the clock, and 5 years old. It's not hard to do the maths, this bike has averaged 33km a month. I cycle more that twice that a week on my mountain bike.
There's a number of reasons why I choose the XT250 over other options:
- I like the colour
- I like the light weight
- I like the mechanical simplicity
- It's not over tuned and will keep going without much maintanance
- Itis effiecient, has a good range from a small tank
- It's low seat height
- It's relaxing to drive
Downsides:
- It starts to feel too lightly and wobbly over 100kph
It's not the best off road bike, it's not the best on road bike, but to me it makes the ideal light weight adventure tourer. I came to motorcycle touring from cycle touring, I'm happy going on trips with less than 10kg of gear, so I don't need a huge bike to carry it.
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