Yamaha tests

Did you know that Yamaha is the only major OEM that hasn’t jumped on the Factory Edition bandwagon?
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Yamaha spent millions of dollars on the development of the most advanced two-stroke motocross bike in motocross history at the exact moment when two-stroke sales hit the dumpster
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The best shootout you'll ever see including dyno charts, plus the good, bad and ugly facts
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"I test motorcycles for a living, which means I ride a lot, and due to MXA’s testing protocols, I get to race a lot too. It’s a lot of fun, but the real test is 30-minute motos against the best riders in the country on the toughest tracks…
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The most advanced two-stroke motocross bike of its time was just one step in Yamaha's drawn out two-stroke plan. It worked. The YZ250 is still in showrooms today
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The battle of the New Old Japanese Stock Versus the newest and Jazziest European concepts
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In 2004 Team Yamaha invited MXA to ride Chad Reed’s Supercross-winning Yamaha YZ250 two-stroke — That was a day to remember
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Today, only Yamaha, the KTM Group and Beta still make competitive motocross two-strokes. Honda gave up in 2007. Suzuki quit in 2008 & Kawasaki’s final run of 250 two-strokes petered out in 2007.
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When money is no object, John Basher is the best at spending it on YZ125s
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The boys in blue have released the details on their new 2026 Yamaha YZ450F and you can see them here
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How advanced was the 2005 Yamaha YZ125? Who thought the 2005 YZ125 would be basically the same 20 years later?
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The whys and wherefores of 2015 quarter-liter thumpers. What brand were you racing in 2015?
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It was hard to do an 85cc shootout over the last 10 years because most of the 85cc minicycles were pushing 20 years old. Now, the R&D departments have updated them
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Take your pick! Two are fuel injected, two are carbureted and one is by far the best 125 two-stroke in the 2023 class. Plus, a word of warning about the future.
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Our goal back in 2021 was to crack 60 horses with no cam, valve, ecu, porting or pipe mods—just a hand-made airbox cover that was ugly, but spawn a movement
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Let's get together and go comparison shopping for a 250cc, 350cc or 450cc four-stroke motocross bike
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What MXA thought about the YZ450F a decade ago. Looking back, we are surprised how much we likedit.
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If the powers-that-be allowed two- and four-strokes to compete at equal displacements in the Pro ranks—it would be a two-stroke world again.
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You seen all the videos, now is the time to read what they should have told you
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New model updates can be small but mighty; while big changes are often to the swing-and-miss variety. On the 2025 YZ250F the improvements on the track correlated with the updates.
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Some times a stop gap measure is the only measure that can work when you start too late
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Is the obvious winner the fast one, the one with the most high-tech features or the fun one
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MXA'S Daryl Ecklund didn't just ride Febvre's Grand Prix YZ450FM, he got to ride it all by himself on the Maggiora track in Italy
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