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ENDURO<br />
WEAPON<br />
O N E T r i c k Y Z 2 5 0 X<br />
With the glut of 2017 models on their<br />
way, there is very little in the 2016<br />
ranges that have not been tested or<br />
featured in this here quality publication.<br />
One of our mates, Wayne Philips<br />
bought a 2016 YZ250X (Two Stroke) and<br />
threw some money at it…<br />
Three or four months ago we did an<br />
extensive test on this new model from the<br />
Yamaha stable – and we’ll quote from the<br />
story that we ran there – “One of the most<br />
unassuming bikes on the market”. After<br />
riding Waynes one, we’ll stand by what<br />
we said, this relative newcomer is a peach<br />
of a bike.<br />
Wayne is related to the BCR Arrow<br />
racing team, headed up by some<br />
experienced names like Mark Garland and<br />
Brian Capper. Garland was one of the first<br />
in the country to race the new YZ and he<br />
has spent quite a bit of time making the<br />
bike better suited to enduro.<br />
Wayne is forty-something and trying to<br />
keep up with his racing teenage son, so<br />
he was looking for a bike that is easy to<br />
ride – and in our opinion, he got it right!<br />
This YZ has gone under the knife. One<br />
of the things we mentioned in the first<br />
story we ran was the fact that it was prone<br />
to stalling, often at precisely the wrong<br />
DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE JULY 2016 75
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