highlights of the 2008 WR250R

[1moreroad]

$5k sounds high.   A friend bought a 1 year old 2008 with lots of upgrades (pipe, header, fuel programmer, rad guard, skid plate, handguards, etc.) for $5k in 2009.

Maybe $4k or $4.5k at most.

[Jeff]

  What does it matter that it is now three years old It is still a zero mileage bike.

I suppose if you wanted to turn around & sell i right away the "age" might matter - but why would you do that?

It doesn't matter to me one bit. What matters is that if he were to need a loan for it, or in a year wanted to sell it, it is now a used bike just like all the other '08s. The only advantage it has is that it would still have a warranty on it. That's it.

[1moreroad]

Found the electrical output limits of the WR at idle -- about 150W.

Just got the Tourmaster heated jacket liner that consumes 75W.
Heated hand grips on high can be around 50 - 55W.
HID driving lights pull about 30W.

With all that, I'm sitting at 11.9V on the battery.

Low heat on the hand grips and medium on the jacket and I get about 12.8V at idle.

My old ZX6R with heated grips on high and a vest on -- probably 100W combined -- affected the battery the same.