A little love for the YZ

RCB33 wrote:

My YZ is a workhorse, hoping to relegate it to "practice bike status" next season when I get a fresh one. Admittedly, was not a fan...

My YZ is a workhorse, hoping to relegate it to "practice bike status" next season when I get a fresh one. Admittedly, was not a fan of it my first couple of seasons on it but have acquired a taste for the raw feel of it compared to my friends 250Fs and "higher tech" two strokes. Unless you are at the sharpest end of racing or into hard enduro super heavy, I feel like it's still the most affordable way to race and be competitive.

 

The piston let go on me late last season after I pushed the limit on time between top ends just a bit too long. Cylinder and rod were good so 5 hours of rinsing metal out of the lower end and new piston later, I was back on the bike. Not saying it was advisable but it was 20-25 motor hours ago and still running like a champ!

 

This is one of the only pics I have since doing the current gen restyle kit and big tank this spring. Definitely feels more modern than the previous gen plastics/seat.

plink01 wrote:

Just about all of you have an aftermarket pipe. Can you's add what it is, do you like it and what aspect of the rev range...

Just about all of you have an aftermarket pipe. Can you's add what it is, do you like it and what aspect of the rev range it changes??

 

Im still running stock coz im a basic fuck and always thinks if it ain't broke dont fix it. But I also dont wanna be missing out!

SoCalMX70 wrote:

Stock pipe is really good. Great all around power.The FMF fatty is practically pointless. Adds a small bit bottom and takes away a bit of top...

Stock pipe is really good. Great all around power.

The FMF fatty is practically pointless. Adds a small bit bottom and takes away a bit of top. The least change over stock out of all the pipes.

Regular PC has massive top and zero bottom end. I'd like to see it dyno'd against the champ pipe because I believe its peak is still higher. Really hard to ride for someone like me who doesn't wind it out everywhere.

Bill's is significantly better everywhere over stock. Maybe only slightly off bottom, but picks up very noticeably through mid and top.

PC Champ pipe is similar to Bill's, with slightly less bottom and a tad more top. Though, in a weird way the Bill's feels like it has just as good over rev. Stretching the gears out between those 2 pipes is very similar.

RCB33 wrote:

My YZ is a workhorse, hoping to relegate it to "practice bike status" next season when I get a fresh one. Admittedly, was not a fan...

My YZ is a workhorse, hoping to relegate it to "practice bike status" next season when I get a fresh one. Admittedly, was not a fan of it my first couple of seasons on it but have acquired a taste for the raw feel of it compared to my friends 250Fs and "higher tech" two strokes. Unless you are at the sharpest end of racing or into hard enduro super heavy, I feel like it's still the most affordable way to race and be competitive.

 

The piston let go on me late last season after I pushed the limit on time between top ends just a bit too long. Cylinder and rod were good so 5 hours of rinsing metal out of the lower end and new piston later, I was back on the bike. Not saying it was advisable but it was 20-25 motor hours ago and still running like a champ!

 

This is one of the only pics I have since doing the current gen restyle kit and big tank this spring. Definitely feels more modern than the previous gen plastics/seat.

RCB33 wrote:

A follow up to this:Ended up grenading the Motor on the '21 in July, as mentioned in my prior post, the cylinder was reused from the...

A follow up to this:

Ended up grenading the Motor on the '21 in July, as mentioned in my prior post, the cylinder was reused from the 1st time it let go. Between that and the lower end bearing allowing oil to get sucked in from the lower end, it was not a pretty sight when we opened it up. It's last race was a mud race and it got pretty hot which didn't help either. Once again, total workhouse and not at all on the bike, it was well past its life expectancy. It has since been replaced with a '27 250X and the good parts salvaged. This one will have a much better life due to more time and budget for maintenance, only a couple races on it so far but stock out of the box it is so sick! 

 

freeh wrote:

My 2003 that I loved back then. Nothing special, except it has Showa A-kit.  

My 2003 that I loved back then. Nothing special, except it has Showa A-kit.  

RJP wrote:

250 for supermoto, 125 for mx. 

250 for supermoto, 125 for mx.