I sold the Yamaha XT on May 5th, 2012. I'm glad it went to who it did, she is very excited to be getting into D/S riding. It was a great bike, but with the KLR, I've realized that I had seriously outgrown the 250. I may, or may not, get a 400cc class bike to supplement the KLR at some point in the future.
I bought my 2009 Yamaha XT250 from MidSouth Motoplex in Clarksville on August 14th of 2010. Kurt was my salesman, a very likeable guy who made the entire process very easy. Ed is the Owner of the shop, a nice large shop with many brands of both used and new bikes, and I worked with him on several things as well. Very cool guys, took good care of me.
I picked up the bike and started compiling a list of things that I wanted to do to it. Here is the modifications list, followed by a brief planned modifications list.
Completed Modifications:
theICEdevice - It's more important in the event of an accident than clean underwear!
Shinko SR244 Tires
Tubliss rear
Reusable Spoke Weights
Tusk 30mm handlebar risers
Acerbis Pro Rally Handguards
Acerbis Handguard Spoilers
Larger foot pegs from DMO Specialties
Ricochet Skidplate
Seatconcepts seat cover and foam
Inline fuel filter
Custom made washable foam air filter
Yamaha Part 288-14343-70 #140 carb main jet (#135 is stock, now back to stock)
Teikei VM28/486 #37.5 carb pilot jet (#34 is stock, moved down to #35 jet)
Removed intake resonator
"Z1" exhaust mod (1" hole cut in muffler internal cap)
Removed AIS (not my post)
Works Connection WR250X Engine Plug kit
GiantLoop Coyote saddlebag (in white!) from Atomic Moto
Giant Loop Diablo tank bag
Tool tube on custom mount
Moose Racing Dual Sport Fender Pack
Storm Industries Tool Roll and Tool Tube insert bag
Dellran Battery Tender Jr.
BurnsMoto SAE to USB waterproof adapter for GPS
Wired tank bag with Burnsmoto.com products
Garmin 60CSx GPS in RAM mount
HTC Inspire running CyanogenMod 7 (rooted and modded). I use this for music playback and on road navigation. Running Car Dock Home v3 w/ Car Mode and Car Music media player, I dig it
IASUS XSound Junior in helmet speakers
Fiio E5 headphone amplifier
Miscellaneous tools and spares in tool tube, tool roll and fender pack
LED taillight, Plug-n-Play LED Flasher (for future LED install)
Planned Modifications:
Tubliss front
Doubletake Mirrors
Acerbis Front Fender
Bigger tank when one is available, or modify an XT225 Clarke 4.1 gallon tank to fit
LED turn signals