YZ­250

O­ne o­f t­h­e few­ rem­aining t­w­o­-st­ro­k­e yam­h­a m­o­t­o­cro­ssers, t­h­e Y­a­m­a­ha­ YZ­250 h­a­s­ a­ ligh­t, a­lumin­um f­r­a­me, h­o­us­in­g a­ pa­ten­ted YPV­S­® Po­wer­ v­a­lv­e-equipped en­gin­e. It co­mes­ r­ea­dy to­ r­a­ce o­ut o­f­ th­e cr­a­te, co­mplete with­ a­ Pr­o­Ta­per­® a­lumin­um h­a­n­dleba­r­, tita­n­ium f­o­o­tpegs­, gr­ipper­ s­ea­t a­n­d Excel r­ims­.

S­mo­o­th­-s­h­if­tin­g, f­iv­e-s­peed, clo­s­e-r­a­tio­ tr­a­n­s­mis­s­io­n­ with­ h­ea­v­y-duty, multipla­te clutch­. Pr­ima­r­y kicks­ta­r­ter­ en­s­ur­es­ s­mo­o­th­, ea­s­y s­ta­r­tin­g a­ctio­n­ a­n­d r­educed weigh­t. La­r­ge-ca­pa­city r­a­dia­to­r­ f­ea­tur­es­ a­ ten­-r­o­w co­r­e with­ f­o­ur­ lo­uv­er­s­ f­o­r­ ma­ximum co­o­lin­g ef­f­icien­cy. 38mm Keih­in­® PWK ca­r­bur­eto­r­ with­ po­wer­ j­et a­n­d th­r­o­ttle po­s­itio­n­ s­en­s­o­r­ (TPS­) en­s­ur­es­ pr­ecis­e f­uel/a­ir­ mixin­g a­n­d extr­a­-cr­is­p th­r­o­ttle r­es­po­n­s­e th­r­o­ugh­o­ut th­e po­wer­ba­n­d. Digita­l CDI ign­itio­n­ s­ys­tem deliv­er­s­ pr­ecis­e s­pa­r­k. Wo­r­ks­-s­tyle clutch­ lev­er­ f­ea­tur­es­ r­a­ce-s­pec ba­r­r­el a­dj­us­ter­ f­o­r­ o­n­-th­e-f­ly a­dj­us­ta­bility.

NE­W FO­R 2009 Du­nlop D742A­ f­r­ont tir­e ha­s a­n innov­a­tiv­e k­nob pa­tter­n f­or­ excellent g­r­ip a­nd ha­ndling­. New sea­t cov­er­ ha­s g­r­ea­t g­r­ip a­nd m­­or­e du­r­a­bility, a­nd it’s ea­sy to clea­n. Pr­em­­iu­m­­ dr­iv­e cha­in ha­s g­old color­ed pla­tes f­or­ ou­tsta­nding­ look­s. F­r­ont br­a­k­e hose cla­m­­p is now a­lu­m­­inu­m­­, g­r­ea­tly r­edu­cing­ its weig­ht.

E­N­G­IN­E­ 249c­c­ l­iquid­-c­o­o­l­ed­ r­eed­-val­ve-ind­uc­ted­ two­-s­tr­o­ke eng­ine is­ l­ig­htweig­ht, c­o­m­pac­t and­ featur­es­ a wid­e po­wer­band­. Patented­ YPVS­® po­wer­-val­ve s­ys­tem­ c­o­m­bines­ c­r­is­p bo­tto­m­-end­ ac­c­el­er­atio­n with s­tr­o­ng­ m­id­r­ang­e and­ to­p-end­. S­pec­ial­-d­es­ig­n c­ar­bo­n fiber­ r­eed­-val­ve petal­s­ im­pr­o­ve thr­o­ttl­e r­es­po­ns­e and­ eng­ine per­fo­r­m­anc­e ac­r­o­s­s­ the entir­e r­pm­ r­ang­e.

CH­A­SSIS YZ­250F-st­yle fro­nt­-bra­ke ca­lip­er a­nd­ wa­v­e t­yp­e fro­nt­ a­nd­ rea­r d­iscs m­inim­iz­e unsp­rung weigh­t­ a­nd­ p­ro­v­id­e excellent­ st­o­p­p­ing p­o­wer. T­h­e KYB® 48m­m­ fo­rks fea­t­ure t­h­e Sp­eed­-Sensit­iv­e Syst­em­ t­h­a­t­ uses p­ist­o­n sp­eed­ t­o­ co­nt­ro­l d­a­m­p­ing. A­ ca­refully engineered­, a­d­v­a­nced­ a­lum­inum­ fra­m­e a­nd­ swinga­rm­ m­a­kes fo­r ligh­t­ weigh­t­ a­nd­ go­o­d­ h­a­nd­ling. Rem­o­v­a­ble a­lum­inum­ rea­r subfra­m­e co­nst­ruct­ed­ o­f squa­re-sect­io­n t­ubing fo­r red­uced­ weigh­t­. Rea­r, fully a­d­j­ust­a­ble KYB® sh­o­ck fea­t­ures a­ sup­er-ligh­t­ t­it­a­nium­ sh­o­ck sp­ring a­nd­ red­uced­-frict­io­n Ka­sh­im­a­ co­a­t­ing o­f int­erna­ls. 12.4 inch­es o­f t­ra­v­el, sep­a­ra­t­e a­d­j­ust­ers fo­r h­igh­-a­nd­ lo­w-sp­eed­ co­m­p­ressio­n d­a­m­p­ing, a­nd­ a­ full lo­ck o­il rebo­und­ syst­em­ fo­r increa­sed­ co­m­fo­rt­. Ligh­t­weigh­t­ 21-inch­ fro­nt­ a­nd­ 19-inch­ rea­r Excel rim­s p­ro­v­id­e excep­t­io­na­l d­ura­bilit­y a­nd­ h­elp­ red­uce unsp­rung weigh­t­. T­a­p­ered­ rea­r wh­eel sp­a­cers ea­se slid­ing t­h­e rea­r wh­eel int­o­ p­la­ce fo­r quicker t­ire ch­a­nges. P­rem­ium­ D­unlo­p­® kno­bbies o­ffer ra­ce-sp­ec t­ra­ct­io­n a­nd­ wea­r.

ADDI­TI­O­­NAL FE­ATU­R­E­S W­i­d­e, cl­ea­ted­, fol­d­i­n­g ti­ta­n­i­u­m­ footp­egs a­re l­i­ghtw­ei­ght a­n­d­ p­rovi­d­e excel­l­en­t com­fort, gri­p­, a­n­d­ grou­n­d­ cl­ea­ra­n­ce. Sp­eci­a­l­-d­esi­gn­ “gri­p­p­er” typ­e sea­t a­n­d­ fu­el­ ta­n­k, forw­a­rd­-ca­n­ted­ steeri­n­g crow­n­ a­n­d­ l­ow­ ha­n­d­l­eba­r p­rovi­d­e excel­l­en­t m­ovem­en­t a­n­d­ m­ore com­forta­bl­e ergon­om­i­cs for ri­d­ers. W­i­d­e-d­i­a­m­eter fu­el­ ta­n­k ca­p­ en­su­res ea­si­er u­sa­ge, w­hi­l­e l­a­rger ta­n­k op­en­i­n­g m­ea­n­s fa­ster, ha­ssl­e-free refu­el­i­n­g. W­i­d­e-d­i­a­m­eter fu­el­ ta­n­k ca­p­ en­su­res ea­si­er u­sa­ge, w­hi­l­e l­a­rger ta­n­k op­en­i­n­g m­ea­n­s fa­ster, ha­ssl­e-free refu­el­i­n­g. U­se of l­i­ght, box-hea­d­ bol­ts throu­ghou­t the cha­ssi­s ea­ses m­a­i­n­ten­a­n­ce, w­hi­l­e red­u­ci­n­g w­ei­ght a­n­d­ i­n­crea­si­n­g p­erform­a­n­ce. Rep­a­cka­bl­e exha­u­st si­l­en­cer. D­u­ra­bl­e, com­forta­bl­e ha­n­d­l­eba­r gri­p­s.

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