Trail Bike Test SSR 189 from Dirt Bike Magazine: Part 2

As promised we are continuing with the Trail Bike Test on the SSR 189 from Dirt Bike Magazine.    At LSK Lebanon, we truly do want you to enjoy everything about your dirt bike.  Reading the tests about bikes is a great way to get great information on the bike before purchasing.  We will finish the article in the blog next week.  

"WORKING ON IT

You remove the saddle with a single fastener under the rear fender. This gives you access to the battery and foam air filter. A single wing nut allows you to move the small and light battery and reach the wing nut, securing the filter element. Both the front and rear wheels are easy to remove. The rear wheel has an added washer between the rear-brake caliper mount and the swingarm that requires a little care, but nothing out of the ordinary.

You will find a variety of fasteners, including a lot of Allen bolts. That can make working on the bike slightly time-consuming but not bad. It is unusual for a bike of this class to have a removable subframe, and that is fortunate. The subframe must be tilted up or removed to remove the carburetor. Even tilting the subframe up, removing the carburetor is somewhat time-consuming. An in-line fuel filter is standard. There is no reserve setting on the petcock.

GETTING IT DIRTY

Even though the current price of the SSR is quite good at $2689 and it has an enormous amount of technology invested for a play bike, it is still a little-known quantity. Therefore, we attempted to put as much time on the little machine as possible. We raced it at a quarter-mile flat-track race in completely stock form, including the stock Chinese knobby tires. Pro dirt tracker Ajay Hateley won his heat, then finished third in the main event of the modified 150cc air-cooled class. Some of the competing 150s were rumored to be as large as 215cc, so we were very pleased with the performance. We spent two full days on trails for a  total of 100 miles. All of those miles were with adult riders in punishing conditions. Finally, we managed to hit a total of five track days.

The standard tires have a soft-terrain pattern and look to them. They worked fine in sand and on a prepped track, but not so well on hard-surface tracks. After one day on the trail and three track days, the rear tire chunked and started to spit off knobs. To be fair, we were running the soft-terrain tires on blue-groove clay. We installed a set of MotoZ tires patterned for intermediate to soft terrain. The MotoZ has held up well. We handled the other trail day and the last three track days with them. When the track gets dry and hard, it is best to look for softer dirt at the outside of the track, but otherwise, the traction was very good and the tires wore extremely well.

Despite riding the SR189 hard, and some of the riders being taller and heavier than should really be on a machine this size, the bike handled the punishment well. We lost one small bolt holding the faux radiator shrouds to the fuel tank, and after smashing the chain guide into a rock at speed, we snapped that off.

We doubt that any plastic chain guard would have survived the impact. The grips, plastic, graphics, frame, and rims all look great. The spokes are still tight, and the bike is working well. As we mentioned, the SSR comes with a magnetic drain plug, and we performed two oil changes and didn’t see any unusual metal on the magnet."

Article provided by Dirt Bike Magazine

As you can see from the article that the SSR 189 is a very impressive mid-size bike for the performance and the value.   At the best dirt bike dealer in Lebanon we have several SSR bikes in stock, check out our website.   If you have any questions about the bikes that we carry stop by the dealership and one of our knowledgeable staff members will help you understand the bike from front to back.  

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