2024 Yamaha YZ250X First Ride - Cycle News
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2024
- We ride the updated #YZ250X at the Am-Pro Yamaha headquarters in Union, South Carolina.
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I really appreciate Yamaha still making affordable easy to work on bikes for the working man
#D
I'm getting old, but still love them two strokes. Hmmm, miss that 360 I had.
I got the 2023 and still can't get the smile off my face!
Love to hear it!
Lol the yz 250 is a classic its the king of dirt bikes real riders will never be done with this beast of a bike
Dreams made of...
Trying to get one of these right now
I like the honesty of the review without the ", but you don't this or you don't have that" and reassures you with the bike !
Thanks for that !
Thanks Richard
I bought a 23 YZ 250 and was apprehensive about the lack of electric start. I don't miss it at all anymore. The bike starts first kick every time, takes a very light kick, and if you're too lazy to even do that, you can bump start it with even a tiny slope.
In return, you get a motorcycle that is much lighter, more responsive, and more fun than a 250F. Totally worth it!
Thank yamaha /ktm. for these.
Wish you would list his suspension settings. Just for reference.
They really need a wr road legal version like they used to have. It would be a game changer
That would be cool for sure.
Still is missing 3 things
e-start, more displacement or offer a 300 kit
Adj pv
Electric start. Headlight. Make a 300 version. Maybe a flywheel weight. Yamaha will steal a huge chunk of ktms market share for hard enduro.
Fantic
100%, but I personally would rather they keep it the same. I don’t want the added weight or complexity of an estart. They are easy to kick over and yes, I’ve done it from some strange positions. You learn to deal with it.
@davidsollenberger2998 id certainly never want to get rid of kick start. Thats just foolish. But it makes life so much simpler on gnarly stuff.
Doesn't electric start make it "Easy Enduro"? :)
I can see a future, where bikes are as easy to ride as sitting in a Lazy Boy recliner chair,--------and we will "ALL" be bragging about ow much talent we have. lol
@EarthSurferUSA everything is hard enduronif you're bad enough. But whats more likely is the easier they are to ride, The less energy you'll have to exert and riders will keep pushing the limits of rideable terrain. There will always be the people who try to buy skill. But plenty will use the tech to progress.
Setup
-Apex Head
-Apex jetting chart
-GYTR flywheel
14/51 gearing
-Set sag/ try small adjustments to suspension
Here is the engine work I did to my 2019 YZ250 (not an x), for much more low end power than stock, and I expect it to be a strong "short shifter", (just got the motor together, jetting it in the spring).
1) FMF Gnarly pipe. It has a lower peak power rpm target than stock, for more low end power.
2) V-force reed valve with out the stock aluminum spacer. Better low end power and "unblocks" the rear transfer tunnel that the stock reed stop plates block a bit.
3) Lower the cylinder .024" by not using the cylinder base gasket. It has to be sealed with a very good gasket sealer. If I like it, I will machine that much off the base and
use the stock gasket again. This will lower the exhaust port timing to better match the FMF pipe. Engines work best when the pipe matches the porting.
Compression will be higher and needs 100 octane fuel. Squish is still a good .048-.049"
I built it for faster whooped out single track,---but I did a heck of a lot more work to that tall bike than that. Plastic work, custom bark busters, lowered the seat and suspension a bit (1.75" total), and I will finally like the damn thing. :) Doug in Michigan
@@EarthSurferUSA you may consider just buying a YZ250X cylinder and use the OEM YZ250 head...
2:14 "A bigger 1.8 gallon fuel tank"? Smallest tank I have ever heard of on any 250cc woods/MX bike.
No e start and a carb make this a no go. I had one and sold it for my KTM 350. Hit the button and go. Yes you will pay a lot more but it's worth it.
This guys is wrong. Its not the same tune as a 250 yz. Its detuned and has a wide ratio transmission.
I need to check the updated 2022, my 250x was the 2017, but those has Lower compression than the normal YZ250s.. maybe it changed in 2022, that would be nice I know a lot of guys were changing the heads for more compression.
I checked the Mapping is different and Compression is lower on the yz250x over the Yz250.
Wow a lot missed in this video!! There was more done than just rear rim size and tank size.
Key engine differences Vs YZ250.
revised cylinder head volume Vs. YZ250 (slight increase in volume Vs. YZ250)
7.9:1 compression ratio (slightly less than YZ250)
revised YPVS power valve (actuation rpm & shape)
revised exhaust port (main) size & timing
wider 3rd, 4th & 5th gears ratios
expansion chamber front diameter (reduced)
If Yamaha wants to be taken serious in the enduro world, they need electric start.
Thanks for the notes Bill!
Not to easy to kick a bike when your on a lets 45-degree hill., LOL
With a few parts, this bike is can be excellent. I have a 2016 yz250x. added head, FMF Gnarly pipe/silencer, jetted it, GYTR heavy flywheel, and re-vale/spring suspension for your weight/style. Pretty awesome.
Great build!
Kool
dont know why theres no electric start if its enduro, imagine doing an enduro race and ur just totally smoked having to kick start on a hill...
When yamaha every one has a electric start I'm getting older want the button .damn trying to be loyal but you are making it hard
Gotta start looking right now at bike shops.. I bought My 2023 KTM 300xc last year in the first week of MAY for 8k, they have great deals when the next year bike comes out.
I also originally bought my 2017 YZ250x around the same time of year, and it was 6800. So you cant beat the deals sometimes. The extras on the KTM are realy Sweet. Fuel injection, Hyro clutch 6 speed trans electric start, the extras are worth more the the 2k in price difference.
It has the whide ratio gearbox , the 125X hasnt.
You are correct, we were backwards in this. Too many bikes!
I like how my YZ125X has a close ratio gearbox for off road riding.
Very precise gear selection when your sending it.
Wish it was fuel injected, it’s better. Especially for $8k
You just begged for 9 grand.
Needs electric start in 2024.
Agreed
It would be nice but it's not a big deal at all. It's a light kick that starts first kick every time. I bump start mine 90% of the time anyway.
No, it's good without it. No battery to maintain or fail, and you can't get stuck at the bottom of a canyon with a dead battery and no kick starter or option to bump start. I have one and it's really easy to start cold or hot. Keep it simple. If you want something expensive, complicated, and that breaks, there are plenty of other bikes to buy.
god damn that looks sexy
Too tall for the woods. I could never give that all bike a favorable rating. It took a lot of work, but I made my YZ250 2-stroke a better woods bike than that. I had to start with a bike that is not really good at anything, and i won't buy 4-stroke because i hate EPA force on our industries.
Next time try explaining why Yamaha uuids this bike and why it different?
He is all features with no benefits.. not very helpful but he sure talks fast
I like the older more rational days of dirt bike riding mags, when they hammered a Euro some bikes for being too tall.
Now, with this bike being probably the tallest bike made, I guess there is no such thing as a bike that is too tall anymore.
I disagree of course. The stock YZ 2-strokes are set up in a futile effort to try to keep up with 60hp 450's on today's fast MX tracks, and that is not going to happen. So the bike needs a lot of work if you really want to make it a good works bike. But I am old school, do most of the work myself, and that is very enjoyable also, to make it the way I want it.
No electric start, no bueno
No electric starter in 2024 enduro bike is fale(((( Very nice bike, but this moment make it useless....
This comment must be from a youngin ,makes no sense this is the most tried an true,bullet proof one kick start bike and has been for decades!
Why do people still promote these bikes , the same comments for the last 15 years!!😂 why are you just not open in saying Yamaha were done with the old bike completely .
Please bring something new .. because you are just selling us the same old bike that we have talked about for the last 15 years 😂😂😂
When something works it just works. You live in the if it's new it's better world and that is so not true.. my 24 does everything that all the new bikes can do with me on it and I paid a lot less for it...
Great question. If Ford put back in production the 1965, 66 or 67 Mustang fastback GT version with manual transmission, all new for today, it would sell.
If you seek something more complex with added ownership costs in mind, go with a four stroke. There you’ll find today’s engineering advancements.
Most of the time, the ones who ask for change are the ones who then complain about said changes.
I owned the 23 KTM 125 XC. It’s as modern as you can get. I sold it and bought a new YZ250X without a single regret. Newer is definitely not better.
@@cyclenews na not me I'll take the good with bad !!! Ride on
That,s not worth 8.999
$8099
It is. Less is more sometimes
Look at those math skills! You kids need to sue your schools.
Really? My mountain bike costs more than that.
"Comes with a bigger 1.8 gallon gas tank?" That is the smallest gas tank for a 250 dirt bike i have ever seen. It won't make it around my favorite 40 mile loop.
Your generation is insane,--can't think, can't figure anything out. sabotaged.
It has a lower rpm pipe too. Not in the brochure that you read? Sabotaged.
Literally all he said was that the tank is bigger than it was before. No one is saying that’s big. Stop reading into things so much and getting triggered over the “new generation.” But I know that’s hard when you’re already an angry old man who’s gonna find any reason to talk down to the newer generations. If anything you guys are responsible for the state of the world and the problems plaguing the younger generations. Delusional