Both Stroms suffer from very low ground clearance. If you're intending to ride nothing more challenging than 2ndry dirt roads, all is good. The first sign of ruts, rocks, or single track will have you in misery. Trust me, I know. Within those confines, the Wee is WeealyWonerfull.
That's rougher terrain than my Wee ever saw, and you still had factory blinks. I found out about flush mount replacements week 1 of ownership!
Carver.. How did you feel about the ABS considering you actually pushed the Wee in an off road environment?
There was another HOT thread on this forum, IIRC, the Super Tenere thread, that talked about ABS and dirt. Make no doubt about, ABS on dirt sucks less than hind tit, it sucks dick. Completely useless and it will put you on your rear after you hit the object you should have easily braked for.
He doesn't have ABS on his and there is a switch you can get from Eastern Beaver to turn off the ABS.
WABS (Weestrom + ABS), named by TwoWheelNut, (his former bike) is definitely ABS. And I now have the anit-ABS circuit onboard. Intersting side note - once the ABS is disabled, the bike must be shut down and restarted, with ABS switch in 'On' mode for the CPU to recognize and re-engage ABS - meaning if you turn ABS off for the dirt, then come across pavement, you got to shut down and restart.
The Wee taking the dirt nap above is an ABS (or someone slapped the ABS sticker on the fender).
Correct.
And that dirtnap is why I went with a KTM 690R. Gotta figure out if you want a dirtbike that can go on the road or a road bike that can go off pavement. Had a GS 1200R, what a pig off the pavement. Wouldn't even think about taking it where the wee is taking a dirtnap. Now, the KTM, BRING IT! Nothing like a 100 mph dirtbike!
Very, very true. Then again, I can do SS1k's all day long on the Wee and be comfie. And, I can do *most* dirt roads within confines previously described. This whole dirt/road thing is constant continuum. My yz426 is a better dual sport than the KTM, the KTM is better than a Wee, the Wee is better than a..... well, you get the idea.
Back to OP question - the Wee is a great little bike with rock reliability and won't let you down. It's basically a street bike with dirt bike garb. I run TKC80 knobbies and have been wondering if a set of XR600 forks and swing arm would fit?
The KTM 690R is a must have bike on my agenda - within the confines of it's dirt orientation, of course.
MohaveFJR - you need to ride that bad doode out to Creston when I get my ATK fully back and running. I'd seriously consider selling the ATK and another bike or two for what you're riding - cause I have the dirt itch, bad.
More Wee fotos from the spring DV trip -
I quit cause I was really sick from food poisoning, no one knew where I was, the canyon was getting narrower and narrower, and I had that 'oh **** what am I doing' moment.
