ChinaV's Galaxy XTR250 & TGR250!

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Thanks for the update China V, i really appreciate it
Hmm fuel injection eh ? Hope that won’t over complicate things ?
I notice on Franki’s bike it has what looks like an up rated red rear brake pedal...do you know if that’s standard on the new bikes now, or an upgrade specified by Franki ?
I really love the look of that TGR 250 as well , it wasn’t on their website when I placed the order for my XTR, if I’d have Known about it, then I would have ordered one instead of the XTR...oh well, never mind
Cheers
Andy

Andy, they do have special CNC brake and shift levers, the price was around 30 USD each, I tried to get some, but the red ones are out of stock at this time. You could buy the TGR for motocross, but it can not be registered in Europe yet because of emissions. I think the air cooled is a much better choice for reliability at this point. No idea about the FI, but a small single cylinder engine should be pretty easy to dial in the FI. On the good side, you won't have to worry about re-jetting for those massive 5000 meter mountain passes in the UK

Nice to the see the racks on there with the extended tank. Couple of comments though...

1) Are they going to level out the rear rack?
It levels out a bit when the suspension compresses under load. As far as I know, the boys will be using soft luggage instead of hard cases.
2) How about widening the last 3/4 of the seat?
The seat is a little different than stock, but still pretty narrow for touring. I bought an extra and intend to make it wider, I have seen some nice DRZ400 seats that look good for touring.
3) The saddle bag standoffs may perform better if they are several inches forward.... 2 main reasons being better weight distribution/mass centralization and less danger of the exhaust pipe hitting any saddlebag material coming over the rack.
I don't think they will have any problems with the exhaust, but you're right about the position. Unfortunately the bike is so short in the seating area there is not much room to move things forward.
4) Does the alternator have enough output for auxiliary lighting?
Franki said they boosted the alternator, I'm going to try and get one today.
5) Much of the extended range fuel tank looks like it's below the carb/fi unit. Is there a fuel pump on the bike?
Yes, the bike uses a pump.

Here is my stock XTR with no racks or exhaust to give you an idea of the sub-frame. Not a lot to work with for making rack mounts.





And this is the fuel pump.



I think franki is on a trial run to Hainan this week. Be interested to hear his thoughts when he returns. I will be over at Galaxy today, feel free to let me know any questions etc.

Cheers!
ChinaV