250-500cc Piston visual ck on WR250 aka the anvil

I've been riding my 09 WR250 on the original top end since I bought it new in Oct 2010 for $4,900. I do a compression ck every once in a while and it's held at 205 psi... however this isn't the only thing that matters on piston wear. These Huskys have a tendency to wear the intake side of the piston skirt to the point of breakage without a loss of compression. Every 6-12 months I have a look in the exhaust port but more importantly I pull the reed block and look at the piston skirt through the intake port. I'm happy to report that there is little to no wear, in fact only the tin coat on the piston has been shined up in the areas where the most wear usually occurs. I ride mostly technical trails and very little wide open fire road type riding, however I do have an endurocross track in my back yard with some single track trails and a bit of grass track that I ride with frequency. I don't know for sure how many hours is on the bike but weather permitting I've been riding 1-3 times a week for the past 3 years and usually for about 2 hours each time. This bike has been tough as an anvil. I've worn out several sprockets and sets of tires but other than service/maintenance the only money I've had to spend has been on mods to make the bike more to my liking. I doubt what ever bike I decide to buy next will be able to match this one in the bang for the buck category.

I really love my '09 WR250. My poor 511 is so sad and lonely now

Next time you visually check, post up some pics. I'm still learning the two stroke thing.

I got 07 wr 250. It has been a warrior also, but I got the itch for 6 speed and electric start. Don't know what to do. I've been looking but no idea.

Put a 6 speed in it and go for another couple of years and save for a new bike !

Thank yuou for starting this thread. Everytime I get the itch for a new bike I seem to see a reminder ike this. My wr300 is all dialed in and runs awesome. Its like a timex...it takes a licken and keeps on ticken. I posted this once before but will again. Really the most underappreciated bikes out there

Excellent! it leaves you with more money to buy Blue Moon Beer.

I recently changed a Vertex piston on a 2007 WR 250, i knew the bike has been abused- burnouts, clogged air filters, wide open runs on tarmac, overheating when doing enduro training in romania...
the piston started to crack on the intake- everything else it was okay- bike run strong and started first kick.
I ve never came along a 2stroke dirtbike engine which could handle so much abuse without any problems- but a sstated above- check the intake side of your piston.