ON THE RECORD: 2004 HONDA CR250 VERSUS YAMAHA YZ250
Time has a way of blurring the rear-view vision of motocross fans. What’s better a 2004 Honda or 2004 Yamaha? We not surprised that you don’t know the correct answer
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Time has a way of blurring the rear-view vision of motocross fans. What’s better a 2004 Honda or 2004 Yamaha? We not surprised that you don’t know the correct answer
On MXA’s 2020 Yamaha YZ125, we wanted a no-frills race bike. We only wanted to change the stuff that needed changing, work on the items that needed help and replace the parts that we knew could be better
Mitch Payton gave us Ryan Villopoto’s engine specs and his special YZ125RV works pipe which is now available to buy
Yamaha YZ250F owners should rejoice, because while Webb’s bike is graced with a handful of unobtainable parts, the vast majority of parts that make Cooper’s steed run are readily available
The 2021 Yamaha YZ250F looks the same, but it has over 30 new part numbers for 2021
One caveat: if you buy a YZ250X and port the cylinder, mill the head and add an aftermarket pipe, you might as well have bought a YZ250 and saved the money
Yamaha Enduro models for the 2021 year… the ones with the headlights
Which bike is better for you? We break apart the details in our latest MXA video
Yamaha is back with their YZ250 two-stroke. No, it hasn’t changed. Yes, we’re still testing it
Shaking down our brand new 2021 Yamaha YZ450F, which sadly only gained new graphics and plastic colors
This is the engine package that Yamaha’s sponsored riders use in European EMX 125 and the Yamaha Cup 125 races. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Sadly, it’s not sold in America
Jason Lawrence isn’t your typical motocross rider (in any sense of the word). He has a very neutral riding position and tends to weight the back end of the bike more than the front.
The JGR Motocross team is the brainchild of Coy Gibbs, younger son of famous football coach and NASCAR race team owner Joe Gibbs
Our prescription? Pop one Yamaha YZ250 under your fanny and kiss the four-stroke doldrums goodbye
The Yamaha YZ250X two-stroke is a half cross-country, half motocross model
It was an Edison light-bulb moment back in 2006 when Kayaba switched the YZ250 forks from 70-percent position-sensitive damping to 90-percent speed-sensitive damping. It became the Holy Grail of motocross suspension
Yamaha dabbles in the off-road market with the YZ125X. It can be used for motocross or cross-country, but compromises had to be made for both
One of the best production smokers made
Learn more about the 2021 KTM 450SXF, Kawasaki KX450, Yamaha YZ450F, KTM 350SXF and Husqvarna FC450 BY watching some awesome motocross action
How to fix the 2020-2021 Yamaha YZ450F with a few common sense moves and crack 60 horsepower with something out-of-the-box
When MXA wanted to iron out the wrinkles on our 2020 Yamaha YZ450F, we asked for help from the man who made the YZ450F what it is today
The three-speed tranny was not just for Supercross, Yamaha said they also ran the three-speed outdoors, but with a smaller rear sprocket.
Grant Langston’s 2007 Yamaha YZ450F was the easiest to ride AMA National bike we have ever tried
What one man did to his six-year-old-old smoker. Why would an MXA editor want a 2014 Yamaha YZ250 when he could just race MXA’s 2020 YZ250?
It was a brilliant concept based on a fairy tale idea. We lined up tests on the three works bikes that would win the 1998 Motocross des Nations. It was a stroke of genius—even though the fairy tale didn’t have a happy ending
Some times a stop gap measure is the only measure that can work when you start too late
The big focus for the Yamaha engineers was updating the 2021 Yamaha YZ250F— here are the changes they made to all their motocross bikes
We snuck in a bunch of other 2021 Yamaha models while we were at it. Check them out!
In 2004 Team Yamaha asked MXA to ride Chad Reed’s Supercross-winning Yamaha YZ250 two-stroke — That was a day to remember
“I was excited because I really enjoy the bike, but confused about why MXA was testing a bike that hadn’t changed in 14 years” —Josh Mosiman