RUST magazine: Rust#8

Enduro
YAMAHA SURE ARE hitting a purple patch
right now. Wrapping up the 2015 MXGP title
was something special, that’s a nice bit of
silverware to slot alongside Jorge Lorenzo’s
MotoGP crown – and to win the two most
prestigious motorcycle racing titles in the
same year, that kind of says something.
And to back that up, Jeremy Martin’s
second (consecutive) AMA 250cc motocross
title proves their 250 and 450cc four-stroke
motocrossers are the cream of the crop at
this time.
But that’s motocross, not enduro. Only to
be fair, Yamaha are coming good here, as
well. Their new WR250F, launched in 2015,
shares so much with the YZ250F and is
without doubt a very competitive machine
and has certainly set the E1 class alight.
Then there’s a new WR450F for this year
and that’s quite something, too, it just needs
a rider of equal stature – being the big
powerful beast that it is.
Whether any of that has any relevance
to this test we’re not so sure but certainly
Yamaha are really looking increasingly
‘on message’ so any time they do anything
we need to take notice. So when we hear
that – of all things – they have a new 250cc
two-stroke enduro coming into the European
market, then we need to check it out, ASAP.