That new bike smell!

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That new bike smell!

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A friend and I collected a lovely brace of CRF250 Rallys this morning.

These are the bikes that Mike and I will be using for our trip to Mongolia and beyond in 2020... surprising really as I was convinced that we were going to buy a pair of Royal Enfield Himalayans. We had test ridden a few bikes and the RE was the front runner for me, then we popped in to the Honda dealer to look at the CRF250L but were offered a good deal on the Rallys instead.

After 70 miles of fun today, my first impressions are that it doesn’t feel or look like a 250... unless you look at the rear wheel! Power is plenty for what we want to do and it’s quite peppy. Suspension isn’t as bad as I was expecting after reading scare stories on ADVRider (fat Americans, obviously).

Looking forward to a year of fun before the off. :D

Oh... mine is the "black" one. ;)

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Look nice - enjoy the bikes and the trip planning!


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A lovely pair indeed 8-)

Believe me if your going to ride off road change the rear shock , that's coming from a fat British guy :lol:
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Really looking forward to seeing these two bikes covered in muck in Chinggis Square. And all the pics/stories along the way. Best of luck with the project guys!
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they start to show up much more with luggage and choppy going ..but easy to put a shock on .
....faroqu called at ours last year for a week ..24000 miles round trip ..past his test bought a rally and just went and not even a spare tube or a clue how to mend a puncture ...totally clueless and i mean that in a nice way ......did the whole thing on three oil changes and three rear tyres ..even did the nurbo ring on it ....thete certainly tough
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Cracking pair of bikes 👍...
Good luck with the trip 🍻
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Black one looks looks the part a few short test runs sort suspension and have a great trip enjoy
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Very jealous, love my Rally :D
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Really love these, having seen Bren’s one, but couldn’t even get on one in Fowler’s this morning! I need longer legs 😂
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Nahhhhh .... just put on about 5 stone and you will be fine !!
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