First ride with the HITLIS | YZ250X hillclimbs wide open! 

Thanks mate!

I love a good hillclimb! I'm looking forward to the sprint enduro next month.

@@SingletrackStafford ya I also love a good hill climb! Might have to come out and watch ya. I should just race in it but we will see.

Ditto 💯 Cheers from Florida 🌴🤙🏼

Thanks! Who needs electric start?

@@SingletrackStafford I do. Im old lol

@@octanejimmy you don't join the old club until you have a Rekluse.

@trackStafford Im 53 and going to get back into riding. I havcnt had a dirtbike since the 90s. Since Im basically starting over what are your thoughs on something like a YZ250FX? Or would you think something like the Kawasaki 300R would be better? Ill be riding in your area looks like. I live in Washington, UT.

@@octanejimmy YZ250FX is a great bike. It's not going to be as easy and mellow as the 300R however. If you want the easier bike to ride it's going to be the 300R. If you want a bike you can go into as your skills get better the 250FX is the better choice. The 250FX is still a pretty easy bike to ride.

You should! It makes a big difference. Do you have a WR transmission in that?

@@SingletrackStafford yeah full wr transmission and a few other typical yz mods

@@easyhardenduro9847 that's awesome

That's a great idea. Maybe I'll work on that for the next one. Thanks for watching!

My Beta had a 36mm and it suffered on the high end but had tons of torque.

​@@SingletrackStafford which dome are you running in your apex head?

@@owengeorge3509 XC high altitude dome

Thanks brother. It's a lot of fun, that's for sure.

The only thing they did was take a shim out on the 23 just like people would do on the previous X models. This only removes the hesitation before the power kicks on. This system has all new springs and arms in the power valve box. My bike had the same setup as the 23 and this is noticably different. Check out their youtube linked in my description.

I think it's beneficial everywhere. It doesn't change how the bike lugs right off idle, but if you are anywhere past 1/8 to 1/4 throttle I feel a difference. Anytime you need to give it a blip of throttle or if you are cruising some singletrack, it makes it much more controlled. Also anytime you give it a handful the bike just pulls instead of yanking your arms off once the power hits.

I've done his jetting, JD Jetting, Apex Jetting, Suzuki needles. I'm running a Lectron Billetron Pro now and it's better than all those settings I've tried , but it's expensive.

@@SingletrackStafford - Great to know. I installed the same carb a week ago and just finished dialing it in. I love it so far! Glad to hear your experience has been the same.

@@DSHoss Yeah mine took a little dialing as well. It was rich when I got it. I went 3/4 turn leaner on the rod. Matt told me to dial the rod for idle and then tune the power with the torque and power jets. I got the idle where I liked it and then went a little richer on the torque jet and keep the power jet at the factory set spec. It's definitely a step up from the Keihin IMO.

@@SingletrackStafford Do you have an Apex head on your machine too? The xc version? Wondering how those two work together and if it's worth the investment of installing the head. How does the Apex head work with the Hitlis system? Sorry for so many questions!

@@surfpr727 I have Apex high altitude XC dome. It helps with the bottom end because the stock one doesn't have a lot of compression. The Hitlis helps everywhere else. I think they compliment each other well. If you were only to do one mod, I would do the Hitlis.

No I don't any interest in getting it. I bought my bike for $5k and have about $1000 into it. I'll keep it simple until I sell it in a few years

I'm on 13-50 gearing and I was in 3rd gear

@@SingletrackStafford I was 13/50 before then switched back to stock 14/50. Did you also notice that shifting to 3rd gear still feels and sounds like you are still on 2nd gear?

Yes. 2nd and 3rd are very close together

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What kind of enduro are you doing? I do more western US mountain singletrack so the X is great for that. I would install it on any YZ. It's a great system. For what I do I prefer the X transmission. The higher 4th and 5th gear makes it nice to cruise road sections or rip through long washes. The spacing of the motocross transmission is more even, which is why people say that, but it has less top speed. The X also has a different CDI that's better for technical riding. The stock head on X is tamed down from the motocross model by increasing the volume via the squish band, so those that want a lot of power say the X is too weak, but you could have someone cut it down for cheap and you'd have the same as the motocross model. For the CDI, transmission, 18 inch wheel, kickstand, I like the X better for what I do. I can't speak for you specifically, but I think it's easier to tune up the X than to tame down the YZ.

Thank you very much for your feedback! Great advice.

I have it setup in the words configuration because I mainly ride singletrack in the mountains. Works pretty well in desert too.

I thought they were sold different kits, either woods or desert version

@@chrisbeliveau9845 I guess so, but you can change the shims around to be the same as desert so I'm not sure what the difference between the kits is.

@@chrisbeliveau9845 I just spoke to Tim over there and the pulleys for the secondaries are different in the PV box for Desert vs the Woods version. The Desert kit power will come on a little quicker.

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