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its paces. For scientific, comparative<br />
purposes, we dragged along the<br />
YZ250FX four-stroke to join the fun.<br />
Riding the two stroke, you are<br />
immediately aware of the bikes inherent<br />
lightness and the fact that it is shorter<br />
than its four-stroke cousin. And you<br />
can immediately feel the motocross<br />
genes, the bike feels light, compact and<br />
taught. It’s also deceptively quick, a<br />
few impromptu drag races against the<br />
newer technology four stroke FX proved<br />
it quicker through the gears and up at<br />
the top. Not by miles, but the 2-smokes<br />
quickness is significant. Top of the pile<br />
has to be the fun factor when you ride a<br />
bike like this.<br />
You don’t have to look too hard to<br />
find the rocks and pretty soon, we<br />
were heading up some great little rock<br />
gardens…<br />
Two things work in the two strokes<br />
favour over the four – it feels lighter, and<br />
it is easier to get your feet down. Once<br />
again it explains why two-strokes are still<br />
a firm favourite for technical trails.<br />
The Rekluse took a bit of getting used<br />
to – we literally crept up the rocks, rather<br />
than blasting them, to appreciate the<br />
improvements over the standard bike.<br />
Did it stall? Not at all and it felt really<br />
nimble and the Rekluse did the job. The<br />
moment that you should stall, you touch<br />
the throttle and it kicks in and pulls you<br />
along. Quite a weird feeling if you are not<br />
accustomed to the system.<br />
The shorter gearing makes a huge<br />
difference in technical terrain – we barely<br />
got out of third gear where we were riding.<br />
All in – money well spent on a great<br />
bike. It all just makes life that much<br />
easier. All that’s missing now is that<br />
happy button.<br />
This bike was built by the race team,<br />
but most of the Yammie dealers out there<br />
know all the secrets. In our opinion, the<br />
bike is great in standard trim, but if you<br />
have the loot and are looking for a more<br />
technical rock hopper then consider<br />
these modifications…<br />
DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE JULY 2016 77
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