I think they changed TOO much with the crf250l. It should have still felt a little like the popular xrs (or rather crf230l). Look at the kawis. The klx300 an the early klx250s looked similar, and had similar ergonomics. The newer klx's just have different looks, but bascially the same ergos.

Some things just work, and I think the controls of the crf250l do not work well comfort wose