YAMAHA XT250 TOP SPEED UPHILL TEST IN TRAFFIC
Channel: RIDER GUIDER
Date: 2021-04-18

How capable is the #YamahaXT250 at top speed on a steep uphill freeway climb?  Can it hold its own or will you get swallowed up by the traffic whilst trying to dodge monster sized trucks and M5 BMW lane hoggers?  Here I test how tractable the little engine is as I subject it to the South Eastern Freeway climb up through The Heysen Tunnels towards Stirling in the #Adelaide Hills.  Does it have the power to keep you safe or should you pick an alternate route and stay off the highway where you're unlikely to encounter so much danger?    
It was a bit of a risk buying an 'old school' enduro type #motorbike for #MrsRiderGuider as it was important she wasn't left wanting when she needed some power when we hit the trails and highways together once she passes her test.  Should we have gone with a liquid cooled more modern alternative such as the KTM390 Adventure?  Or even waited for Yamaha to make us an MT03 engined Tenere?  Watch and see for yourselves whether this reliable, cheap, air cooled 'plodder' can cut it when it needs to ...  

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