2024 Yamaha YZ250 Two-Stroke TESTED 

Great analogy

Well I'll be 80 by then so should be good to go

I bought a YZ85 from my brother, his boys have grown out of it and got bigger bikes, I got it for a mate of mines young bloke, he had one of those Chinese junkheaps, so you can imagine his delight his 1st time riding the YZ! And to your point, luckily his father is a dab hand with motors, 'cause he's had to rebuild it half-a-dozen times!😅 Not sure what year it is, but 3 of my nephews have been THROUGH IT, she's had a thrashing! It's a Hitchcock family eirloom! But you're right, 2-bangers, as long as you can get the parts, fairly simple to rebuild.. I don't touch nothing on the engine of my KX450F, leave that to the experts! I handle everything else, but there's a fine line between saving some bucks by doing it yourself, and paying to have a pro shop and mechanic take care of it. Then if it Lunches itself, it's their fault!😅

Thats perfect lol

Great analysis..cheap parts too..compared to any other bikes

@Peace-nb5lm i had a 2019 yz125 and now i have a yz250. Since 2022 yamaha 2 strokes got a more new age valving l, similar to 4 strokes. Personally i prefer the new suspension. I find it more safe and predictable to high speeds jumps etc. But hey, KYB sss and Kyb shocks are pretty much the same since 2005. Its by far the best OEM suspension in the market, everybody loves them and every tuner can make them exactly like you want it in case you have special things you like. In general if you buy Yamaha the least thing you have to worry is suspension...

@@Peace-nb5lm your welcome Have fun with your new play bike💪🙏

Are you for real???

I got a 2004 YZ250 and love it, I got to rebuild it though 😂😂😂.. just started tearing it down a few weeks ago.. should be back running by spring.🤪🤙

@@kdcustoms1272 Picked up a 2001 Yamaha YZ125 a few weeks ago. Gonna be a complete restore. Going with yellow plastics.

@@azff nice..

​@kdcustoms1272 hey brother question I'm 5'9 205 lbs was gonna buy 125 2stroke or do you recommend 250? I ride gsxr750 but this is my first dirt bike . So should I just go with 250 from the jump or will the 125 be enough

@@jd7711 250

How you liking it?

Can’t find the flywheel for my 23 125- such a shame.

@@jimmiebuckler997 I look up the part number and actually found mine on Amazon. Good luck man!

i think flywheel is shit it make a four stroke feeling, but i ride twostroke for this fast throttle response.

Or buy a bigger bike? And save yourself the constant headaches of it Lunching itself.. They go like the clappers as is, if you want more power, get a 450. The price of the parts you've mentioned alone would cover a decent chunk of the cost, not to mention the "not spending a fortune maintaining the f*cker".. Unless you're a Top-line rider, and plan on racing it, it's pointless imo.. Pipe and muffler, ok, but that's approx. $1000 there, for a relatively minor gain, New head/head mods, porting an polishing, ahh, forget it, not worth the money and effort. These modern ones, you stand to get more performance by tweaking the ECU and that, and setting the suspension and chassis up correctly.. Once upon a time guys used to play around with those kind of upgrades. And even more often, they used to end up in a thousand bits in the shed! Fix one thing, and something else would crap out.. Like any engine, better to run them within their design parameters, motocross bikes are designed for racing anyway, it's a fools errand to try and squeeze more horsepower out of them generally.. The Japanese have been building them fir a long time now, they know what they're doing!😊 Might as well buy a bike shop and employ a mechanic, if you're going to go to those lengths.. Spend more time fixing it than riding it!😮😢😅

FMF Expansion pipe and silencer, $600 U.S. Lectron carby, $550 U.S. Apex cylinder head kit, $365 U.S. Vforce reed cage and reeds, $160 U.S. Port, Polish, labour, approx. $500 U.S, that's nearly $2200 U.S., unless you've won the lotto, or you can seriously ride, it's a nonsense. Just get a 450 and be done with it mate! You'd only need to scratch up another $1k or so, and you could buy a good late-model 2nd hand!😮😊

​@@caseyhitchcock1002where are you buying your exhaust system from for $600.. ebay has them for $450 right now.

Ya just can't 🔥👊✌️

Damn straight bro

I find it hard to believe it is... A stock carb jetted works great for me.🤷

Wasn’t worth it for me. Different bike, but I thought I’d get better performance with the Smart Carb2. Could never get it to run right. Certainly not like it ran stock. Put the stock 38mm PKW back on and it was night and day. Just my 2cents

Jared Lesher races a YZ250 at the pro level, Supercross and outdoors, and he runs the new pro series from Lectron with the Xcelerator rod, and it runs like a champ.

This

Just got mine, it rips totally stock. Running straight 110 race gas/Yamalube 2r@32:1. No need to cut head.

Sorry don't mean to be a buzzkill but you don't need straight race gas on a stock motor, the compression isn't that high. Some of the older models could use a splash, the heads with 5UP stamped on them had the highest compression. If you want a boost in power without messing with anything buy some vp T2, it's oxygenated and premixed but you might need to go bigger on the main.

1. Suspension 2. Pipe/silencer 3. Cut the head The yz is a ripper and the rest comes down to rider ability.

​​@@kruse1105can definitely get a boost by cutting the head. It's only like $60. I prefer 2 heads. Leave 1 head stock for 93 cut the other one for 110.. you don't need 110 for a stock head though, 50/50 of 93 and 110 is good though if you jet it right.

The divorce part is so true haha

If she divorces me over my hobby, I don't want her anyway.😂😂🤷

Pc pipe 😂😂😂

My 04 YZ 250 last of the metal frames still rips to this day. Threw on some 07 forks and shock and it’s just as good as the newer YZs. Keep it fresh with clutches and top ends and she’s good as new. Braaaap💪💪👍👍

drz400, klr650

@@MichaelBelperi0 klr cosmetically changed a lot along with the drz and many updates. I guess the true king is the xr650L anyhow whatever lol

@@eriksforestryvision8751 well yeah i guess because the yz cosmetically changed a lot too. looks really sleek now but still has the same 20 year old engine lol

That's awesome I have old yz125 2003 I love it so much I been redoing every thing

@@michaelgarland579same got a 2006 144 love it so reliable and quick could leave it for a year untouched and it starts within 1/2dozen kicks in any weather 🇦🇺

Well it certainly will be interesting to seeing how Ducati, Triumph, Beta and Stark are going to develop their bikes

I see 2strokes making a huge come back

Yep, never forget the first time I hit a big jump on a 450.. came down like a ton of bricks, so heavy! Had two of these, 2001 and 2005. I was wondering if there was more mid range now? As the ones I had you always had to keep in band.

They kinda did. The 250x has wider ratios with a tall 5th gear and softer valving, kickstand, 18" wheel. Flywheel weight is cheap and easy and there are several vendors of large tanks. The differences don't sound like a lot but they add up to a very different feeling bike that is really versatile.

My last new bike was an 88 YZ 250 loved that bike,i had 3 YZ’s in the 80’s unfortunately can’t race/ride anymore due to knee injuries and that was the last year i raced. Now Looking at these YZ two strokes now I really miss them. 😢😊

@carltonholmes8061 Shame about your injuries stopping you racing MX. The 1988 YZ250 was the first bike I raced. I then had the 1990 YZ250, then the 1991 YZ250, and then changed to a 1992 Honda cr250. Went back to Yamaha YZ250 in 1994 which was my last bike until I took up Motocross again at the ripe old age of 50. 😀👍

I second this request!!

D MAX.