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I did not mean competitive in terms of performance. I meant in terms of sales. IMHO i think a lot of people will have a hard time paying full price for a bike they know they will immediately buy a new tank and other accessories for when there are other options out there that will not have to do this...

It's awesome Yamaha decided to take a step in this direction, but like you said it's far from competitive with other offroad 2-strokes. Unfortunately, I think they will need to make some real upgrades to their 2-strokes to actually make some sales. The bike is still far from offroad race readiness in addition to being basically the same bike they...

Anyone know any specs on this? Im assuming its the same old yz250 chassis/engine with a big bore and lighting kit?

I've "raced" a 2 hour hare scramble with the flu. After about an hour i was just trying to finish. I wouldnt push too hard just focus on riding smoothly.