First Look: 2010 Yamaha YZ250F

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SIMX 7/21/2009 9:58am
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I like the white, but the blue and black looks like a giant bruise!
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twizzler 7/21/2009 10:06am
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I think it looks bad ass! And I bet it looks better in person.
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Nerd wrote:
Seriously, I think you guys are going to regret hating this after a while. When I first saw the Nissan Titan, I hated it. A year...
Seriously, I think you guys are going to regret hating this after a while.

When I first saw the Nissan Titan, I hated it. A year later, I bought one.

Truly innovative designs get this reaction a lot, but I think it's cool, and it's going to be popular.
I don't like the looks of this bike but you're right, you hear the same thing from car designers all the time. I had a similar experience when Ford came out with their new heavy duty front-end face lift... looked really ugly at the detroit auto show, but then I warmed up to it and thought it looked downright awesome after a while. Then my dad bought an F450 and I instantly became a fan.

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Personally, I think a lot of the bikes were turning into slight variations of the same thing. I do tend to like seeing things change up and progress.

One thing that's hard to see in the photos is that there's some texture on the airbox to provide extra traction. I'll also upload a photo in a few minutes to show it off with some One ID preprints.
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JP 7/21/2009 10:31am
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If I was looking for a 250f, that's the one I would buy.
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ebers 7/21/2009 10:32am
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first thing i thought of was it looks like my husky shrouds
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GuyB 7/21/2009 10:35am
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Here's a more race-ready view.

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Alex 7/21/2009 10:35am
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looks like a chinese bike trying to be a husky. What a stinker.
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mxrose3 7/21/2009 10:37am
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I like the new frame.
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OW38B 7/21/2009 10:38am
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I've never seen any bike win a race sittin' on a stand.

With that being said, it's all on how it works on the track, if it's better than all the rest it will sell like "hotcakes", if it's a turd..........it's big rebate time.

And do you remember all those purple bikes and purple gear in the early 90's?
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Toste 7/21/2009 10:40am
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I'm surprised at the responses. I think it's the best looking bike to come out in a long time. Cosmetically, I thought all the YZs that came after the '96-'01 generation were very boring and a step backward. You know the performance and reliability will be top notch. It's too bad I'm not in the market for a new bike. I'd love to bring that white one home.
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BobbyM 7/21/2009 10:48am
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THAT SCOOTER IS FUUUGLY. hope it goes better than it looks.
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Nerd 7/21/2009 10:53am
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Toste wrote:
I'm surprised at the responses. I think it's the best looking bike to come out in a long time. Cosmetically, I thought all the YZs that...
I'm surprised at the responses. I think it's the best looking bike to come out in a long time. Cosmetically, I thought all the YZs that came after the '96-'01 generation were very boring and a step backward. You know the performance and reliability will be top notch. It's too bad I'm not in the market for a new bike. I'd love to bring that white one home.
Yeah, I don't get it either. I think it looks great, and I don't say that about bikes very often.
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mxrose3 7/21/2009 10:54am
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BobbyM wrote:
THAT SCOOTER IS FUUUGLY. hope it goes better than it looks.
Like OW said. If it gets good reviews and it goes fast, it would still sell if it had hot pink plastic with pictures of turds on it.
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crowe176 7/21/2009 10:55am
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Needs some Dolce.
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Nerd wrote:
Seriously, I think you guys are going to regret hating this after a while. When I first saw the Nissan Titan, I hated it. A year...
Seriously, I think you guys are going to regret hating this after a while.

When I first saw the Nissan Titan, I hated it. A year later, I bought one.

Truly innovative designs get this reaction a lot, but I think it's cool, and it's going to be popular.
You have a point, but that Titan is still ugly though...

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JW381 7/21/2009 11:07am
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GuyB wrote:
Here's a more race-ready view. [img]http://www.vitalmx.com/images/stories/2009/07/072109side.jpg[/img]
Here's a more race-ready view.

that actually looks pretty alright to me. Love the scenery Wink
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RandyS 7/21/2009 11:11am
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Nerd wrote:
Seriously, I think you guys are going to regret hating this after a while. When I first saw the Nissan Titan, I hated it. A year...
Seriously, I think you guys are going to regret hating this after a while.

When I first saw the Nissan Titan, I hated it. A year later, I bought one.

Truly innovative designs get this reaction a lot, but I think it's cool, and it's going to be popular.
Agreed, 95% of the new designs I've hated the last few years I've ended up loving. The 5% includes the Mazda RX8, I had several RX7s, the RX8 is just fugly. However, I like the new bodywork, don't know if I will in 6 months. But WTF is up with that pipe? Last generation YZFs shared the same tank, 2010 has a 250 only tank. Looking like those drawings of the 450 were pretty accurate.
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Nerd 7/21/2009 11:13am
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Nerd wrote:
Seriously, I think you guys are going to regret hating this after a while. When I first saw the Nissan Titan, I hated it. A year...
Seriously, I think you guys are going to regret hating this after a while.

When I first saw the Nissan Titan, I hated it. A year later, I bought one.

Truly innovative designs get this reaction a lot, but I think it's cool, and it's going to be popular.
DrSweden wrote:
You have a point, but that Titan is still ugly though...
I have a Tundra now...

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TooOldToPlay 7/21/2009 11:14am
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I usually liked the White versions of the lastest generation YZF's better than the blue.
I actually think the Blue version looks better this time around though. It's usually hard to get a feel for the body work until you get to see it in person though.
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Drfletcher 7/21/2009 11:24am
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I think it looks good, but I would like to see how it performs on the track.
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jtiger12 7/21/2009 11:25am
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twizzler wrote:
I think it looks bad ass! And I bet it looks better in person.
I second that. And I actually think that's the best looking "white" themed bike I've seen in a while.

I still cannot grasp however, why guys are buying so much white plastic these days. Isn't that a PITA to get red clay out of without staining?
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NWMoto76 7/21/2009 11:31am
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That thing is bad ass....especially the white and red one!
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Lightning78 7/21/2009 11:34am
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GuyB wrote:
Personally, I think a lot of the bikes were turning into slight variations of the same thing. I do tend to like seeing things change up...
Personally, I think a lot of the bikes were turning into slight variations of the same thing. I do tend to like seeing things change up and progress.

One thing that's hard to see in the photos is that there's some texture on the airbox to provide extra traction. I'll also upload a photo in a few minutes to show it off with some One ID preprints.
I saw that in the photo's not sure what to make of it yet.....maybe no more grip tape there? I bet it wears off pretty fast and wouldn't the added traction minimize the surface area for contact of airbox decals?

First imoression was it is butt ugly but it's already starting to grow on me, Spoke to a buddy that rode the 450 and he said it's bad ass! I'd expecy the 450 to look very similar
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englishman 7/21/2009 11:35am
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NWMoto76 wrote:
That thing is bad ass....especially the white and red one!
Yeah the white and red one looks tight. The blue one looks pants.



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BDOG 7/21/2009 11:47am
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starting to grow on me too!!!

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