Yamaha

Dirt Bike Magazine tests the 2024 Yamaha YZ250 Two-Stroke on a rough and rugged track in the desert. The last major changes to the YZ250 came in 2022 with all new body work, new sub-frame, new brakes, new suspension settings, new air-box,…
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For this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday , we take a look at Rick Johnson's iconic 1984 YZ250. This is the bike that he won the championship on that year, and it set the tone for things to come because it was a production-based bike. By 1984,…
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Yamaha pulled out all the stops last year with the introduction of an all-new YZ450F that was lighter, faster and technologically more advanced than its predecessors. They flew us out to Florida to give us a tour of the amazing Star Racing…
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It was only a matter of time. The Yamaha YZ250F ruled both sides of the motocross world for years. It was wildly successful in the pro racing ranks and a hit at local tracks. It couldn’t last, though. Other 250Fs were faster, others were…
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The 2024 Yamaha YZ450F arrived this week and it was immediately abducted by Pete Murray, who rode the 2023 YZ450 all last year. He did well on it, winning another Vet Championship as well as a couple of wooden bears at Mammoth. We put the…
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All Kids Bike, the nonprofit dedicated to equipping schools with the resources needed to teach children how to ride bikes in kindergarten PE class, kicked off the 2023-24 school year with two new program activations at Los Angeles Unified…
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Yamaha has revealed its 2024 off-road and motocross models, which include a completely redesigned YZ250F. That model has received chassis, engine and technological updates that the YZ450F got in 2023. Additionally, the YZ450FX off road bike…
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In the motorcycle industry, there’s a constant tug of war between passion and practicality. Sometimes passion wins, and that’s why the Yamaha YZ125X exists. No one in the accounting department demanded this bike. There was no tidal wave of…
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Yamaha's European press agency today released the news that the company has plans to exit the Snowmobile market, worldwide. The official press release follows. Yamaha Motor announces today plans for an eventual withdrawal of the…
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On this week's Two-Stroke Tuesday we take another look with some unseen photos of a very unique Yamaha YZ345 built by fabricator Howard Jenkins of MotoFab Industries located in central California. Could you imagine a YZ250 two-stroke engine…
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Jamie Ellis and his crew at Twisted Development have their hands in just about every realm of two-wheeled racing when it comes to building high-performance machines that go fast. Test rider Carson Brown can ride just about anything on two…
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Motocross is a rude sport. Last year we were thrilled and enthralled with the new Yamaha YZ125. It was the first major redesign for the YZ motor in almost two decades, and the bike got new bodywork and suspension thrown in. Now, the bike of…
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When we got our 2023 Yamaha YZ450F test bike, the first thing we did was weigh it on our scale. This isn’t anything unusual; we weigh every test bike we get. We’ve been doing that from the very start. In order to do this accurately, we…
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Yamaha probably could have coasted along with the Yamaha YZ450F for a couple more years. It was a new bike in 2018, and it has been wildly successful since then, especially since Dylan Ferrandis and Eli Tomac got on board. But, the 2023…
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Yamaha has an all-new platform for the YZ450. It seems as if the guys love the setup and are already comfortable heading into the new season. Here is what they have to say.
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The term "off-road bike" sounds vague and generalized, but it refers to a group of very specialized motorcycles. They fall into a vast space between motocross race bikes and dual-sport bikes. That area is so big that it needs to be further…
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The 2023 market for 2-strokes is bigger than it's been in years. Beta, GasGas, KTM, Yamaha, Rieju, TM and others have brand new models for this season. In this edition of Dirt Bike Magazine's video series, we talk you through about 60…
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Finally! We got to ride the 2023 Yamaha YZ450F. A special event took place at the Goat Farm near Tallahassee, Florida, where Yamaha invited the press to ride the new bike. We got to spend two days at the ranch where Ricky Carmichael learned…
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Pete Treadwell and the Western Power Sports crew are at it again! This retro-themed, early-2000s, steel-framed Yamaha YZ125 was part of the Yamaha of Troy race team and still has the initials “JH-1” (for Josh Hansen) engraved into the…
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Dirt Bike Magazine test rider Carson Brown will be on a 2022 Yamaha YZ250 two-stroke at this years Washougal AMA Pro National. After having a great 250 West Coast Supercross season on an AEO Powersports KTM fill in ride Brown found himself…
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