Great review! My 15 Yz250f is getting a little long in the tooth. Can't wait to throw a leg over a 19. I'm a 50yr old gear high guy.so if the aggressive map still give you that bottom grunt, I'm in!
Had 3! 04 250f had 10 years never did anything to it! 01 yz125 had it 2 years never did anything to it, got stolen! Now got a 17 Yz450f haven't touched anything and its still stock after a year and a half. You talk to any expert and Yamaha is known for durability! Might not always be the best race bike but nobody comes close to durability. Ktm is complete trash. Them or Suzuki are worst bikes. Honda I've just never had luck or my friends. Something was always breaking but other people swear by them
jeff stuart I definitely agree with you, the old Yamaha design was super durable. That 5 valve setup was far of it's time in reliability. These new ones however, are not nearly as tough. We've seen lots of premature cranks failing especially in the 10-13 models.
jeff stuart my father has a 01 yz250 2 stroke. He raced for 7 years didn’t rebuild it once to this day. Thing somehow still rips. It's got to have at least 400 hours on it
