'92 Yamaha WR200

[Calum]

At the end of the day, if you spend 90% of your time on the road, then SuperMoto Setup is just better for your uses.

From the videos and photos, @Challenger Does go offroading.

It can be done on SM setup, but you don't want to be in the mud, just dry dirt.

It's horses for courses, I personally always wanted an SM and the fact of the matter was I couldn't afford one so got the RE.

[Challenger]

@Stevie-Wonder actually I have a second rear wheel for sale with gold rim, but the rim is not so good looking anymore. Trying to sell it locally at the moment. And to be honest I loved the looks of the WR on 17's, but its just not the same.

@Calum I never used my bikes for transportation, just for fun. And sure, after installig 17's I was driving in light terrain, meaning casual forest roads and it was a lot of fun too, as its so easy to get some sideways action on them. But as soon as I had to go thru some sand it was a pain and often I had to get off the bike and push it.

On the DT Im building I'll put on some 50/50 tires on the 21 & 18 wheels.

[Challenger]

Its been some time since last update, but the WR is running as always. Lately I've been riding with two old-yamaha gearheads and it was fun! You can check 3 movies we made on my yt channel -> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVcP2LzhKi6GqQKIhwrAhg

And of course I noticed a lot of differences while riding on the YZ, either 125 or 250 when compared to the WR200. Both of them vibrate a lot, but thats normal as they dont have the balancer shaft. The 250 is hard to start, it really has high compression(never tried starting the 500cc 2t, that'd be a challenge!) and they both stall easier when riding with low engine speed. The 250 has a lot of bottom end power, the 125 is all about the top end power.
While the WR200 is all about the mid-range(on fmf exhaust). Its very easy to ride compared to the YZ's, easy to start and just roll on the idle between the trees. Its a very user-friendly bike. Of course it doesnt have the power of 250 or even YZ125 as the peak power Im sure is better in the YZ. Of course Ive been riding almost only on my WR for the past 4 years so its a different thing when you jump on a bike you dont know at all and ride for 10 minutes. All of them are awesome, just very different.

And last week we all went to the same old cross-country championship race where I was making my first steps on the WR. It was cold, it was wet and it was muddy. But it was AWESOME!

And I went home with the 3rd place trophy. Its a funny thing - 3 times I started in this race and every time I was 3rd, no matter the class or how many people were starting at that time

Here are all my trophies so far:

And you can check out this vid from the race, you probably wont understand much, but the WR is in 1:49 and 10:56
https://youtu.be/QERZncGW_dg

[Calum]

Very cool!

That looks like a lot of good fun. Congratulations on 3rd!

[alexmoto84]

Hello!
I am looking for an aluminum swingarm for a custom project. I have a Yamaha XT660 and my swingarm has the same progression system as WR200. In addition, many parts have the same serial number. Can anyone take measurements for me? I am attaching a few sketched screenshots. Thanks!

[Challenger]

@alexmoto84

the '11' is +/- 1mm

[alexmoto84]

@Challenger Thank you very much for your quick reply! You helped me a lot! Thanks!

[Challenger]

Today the black rear wheel from WR125X arrived.

Its a funny thing that I keep buying the SM stuff that I will barely use as I prefer the off-road wheels, but its a nice addition to have for the bike. And it was just so cheap I couldnt pass it.

So thats how the SM wheels setup of a guy that preferes offroad looks like:

(wheels are dirty on the pic, the first pic shows the black rear wheel after cleaning)

And currently Im waiting for my second WR frame to be back from powder coating. I will be switching the frame in the bike.

And I also got some work done on my 3rd project

Does anyone recognize this engine?

[Calum]

@Challenger DT250 engine?

Yeah nice setup of sumo rollers

[Challenger]

@Calum naa, you need to think more off-road, not dual sport types of old yama bikes

And also I forget to mention that I keep bending the original rims, of course they are known from rotting from the inside which i cleaned as good as I could, but there is no point for me to change them for new ones if they will be bent in a couple of rides.
But I have an extra set of enduro wheels too, so thats not a big problem

[Calum]

Dayum

You need to be less harsh to your wheels.

Are these aluminium wheels? You might be better off with the DTR Rims which could be stronger being steel.

[Challenger]

@Calum yes, they are aluminium, but the front DT wheel wont fit because of the different brake disc. I will probably just ride the both sets of enduro wheels and when they will be all bent I'll buy some new rims. Other than that I want to keep this bike as close to original as I can. Now it has the cylinder sleeve instead of nicasil plating already(which I think is a good choice for this bike) but I dont want to use the heavy steel wheels. I dont even think they would be that much tougher. Almost all of the DT's I saw had a bent on a front rim.
But yeah, I just like to go full throttle on the rubble covered roads sometimes

[SpookDog]

@Challenger
I’ve had steel wheels rust out inside, never had an ally one ‘rot’. It just looks like you stoked it on a rock. You might be able to get it straightened with heat. You’d have to retemper the metal after though...

[Challenger]

@SpookDog

It looks like this, this was the worst rim I had. It was a common problem in the WR200, the rims from YZ's and DT200R didnt rot as bad.

[donaldmendez]

Pandemic hits hard. During the times where i got nothing to do, i rebuilt my old man's bike and it ended up looking like yours! After he discovered what I did, he ended up gifting it to me for my hard work on his bike itself.

[Nottsbiker]

@donaldmendez

My dt200wr is stuck in my garage right now going no where as my coolant tank is dead - let me know if you have any spares for sale as I also could do with a decent 2 stroke tank as well

[Challenger]

@nottsbiker was it you asking about the coolant tank on facebook group? I sent you the link to ebay item, what was wrong with it?

@donaldmendez nice story, would be nice to see the result here

[Nottsbiker]

@challenger

Yes it is me on FB

From memory one tank (the good one) sold before I could get to it and the other one (painted) was too shabby to use unfortunately.

I'm keeping an eye out for a NOS one but this might be a never gonna happen type scenario

Just picked up a NOS headlight surround and complete throttle cable to go with some other bits I've got stashed away so there are good bits still out there

Ben

[Challenger]

@nottsbiker I still have it, just pulled it off the .co.uk because of brexit and plane travel ban

Been riding a bit on the WR this weekend - its hard. No matter how well I dress its still cold, its even hard to start and warm the bike - it doesnt have a thermostate so it takes a lot of time when its -15*C outside. But it was still fun, tried to do some sideways action

And, as always there is a short video:
https://youtu.be/YRDS9X1Jg7s

[Nottsbiker]

@challenger

Lol I nearly messaged you via ebay but then I assumed it had sold

If you have anything for sale feel free to PM me a list via FB or here