The Highly Anticipated Yamaha YFZ450R First Ride!

Doogie

November 19 2008
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We just got back from riding Yamaha’s brand-new YFZ450R sport quad out in SoCal. During the two-day event we rode the machine in the trails and desert in Gorman, and then the next day we rode it out at the LACR motocross track in Palmdale, California

We won’t keep you waiting—the machine is pretty amazing. The new engine is nice and strong (even in stock trim it’s pretty impressive), the chassis feels awesome and the suspension is pretty slick and is highly-adjustable. We even had the opportunity to ride a fully modded-out GYTR edition machine that was set up with a new high-performance head (ready to go from GYTR with cams, valves and CNC porting), a high-performance exhaust, a racing clutch setup, special ITP tire and wheel combo package and of course, full nerf bars.

We’ll follow up with a detailed report pretty soon (check back tomorrow), but we will tell you this…with the GYTR mods in place, an A-class rider could take this machine out to the track “as is” and they wouldn’t need anything else to be competitive! Simply put, we were really blown away at how well the GYTR mods transformed it into a “true racer”.

Check back in soon for more info…in the meantime, check out some pics from the intro!