more like the 200 only with the option
of more speed should you want it
RR250
Beta like its bikes to be easy to use and
this really is illustrated with the RR250. Like
the RR125 and RR200 it’s found some extra
low-rev torque which is making it so much
nicer when you’re not charging. Sometimes
the 250s have a little too much snap for
a clubman but not this one. It rode more
like the 200 only with that option of more
speed should you want it. Like all the Betas
there is the neatest of no-nonsense engine
map switches on the frame just behind the
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headstock and if the standard map is too
exciting, you can dial it down by switching
to the rain (traction) map. That’s one good
switch by the way – out of harms’ way with
sun and rain cloud icons and a light to
indicate which you’re in – properly fool proof.
And if you can’t tame the RR250 with that
switch, then the exhaust valve is tuneable
too, via an Allen-head screw which you wind
in and out for fiercer or softer delivery – and
there’s a fair range of adjustment there.