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This is the main problem, no garage. Missed the opportunity to buy the only local one 20 years ago.
The TDR is a bit of a dream for me because of the engine. From memory at the time they were released there were quite a few off road 250 2 strokes, mental noise and speed requiring loads of maintenance and designed to race around muddy tracks before anyone was doing double one hand superman backflips.
The TDR was part of a fairly wide range of off road style frames on road tyres that had performance very similar to road bikes. There was a 50cc 2 stroke similar to the TDR that had similar performance to the fizzie but you could ride around on some paths with some slightly more aggressive tyres on.
I don't even remember seeing or hearing the term supermoto until the huskys started appearing. It does seem as if the TDR preempted the supermoto though I think there must have been kawasaki/honda/suzuki versions.
Yamaha had nailed the ypvs system by then though, it's still a horror show of unburnt oil and basic electronics by todays standards but the engine just demands and rewards hooligan behaviour which fit the supermoto mindset perfectly.
Probably the circa 700cc (husky) class has all the power and speed without the mental powerband and is quite possibly a better bike for it. I'm inclined to look down this route as per @Jung advice.
The 250 twin 2 stroke engines can be fragile. When I had mine it was like funding a crack habit.
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Wiki seems to say the TDR is a dual purpose bike. Not so sure that this is totally accurate, maybe Yamaha advertising? It was a road bike and, maybe, a super moto - before such things existed.
I always liked them, a quick look on eBay revealed prices from £2000 to £8000. Again, something nice to have in your garage - which will need extended!! 😁