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And really? I've heard the opposite about most peoples recent yamahas. My 2015 never had any problems itself though.
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Ran it up to 100 hours of hard moto, off-road racing
We put an RHC cam in it and ran the thinner copper Cometic base gasket , remap
Valves were still in spec at 100 hours when we put a piston it and sold it
The only “ issue” was the fuel filter needing replaced
Which is really a non issue , that’s a maintenance/wear item
The motor comes to life with just a few simple mods
I highly recommend the Honda
Honda
KTM
Suzuki
Yamaha
Anybody want to throw Kawi a bone so we can just say that they are all good?
07, 09, 11 and 12
Very good bikes as well
You know when I think about it all of our 4 strokes in general have been very good to us over the years
Dating back to the 98 yz400
4 strokes get a bad reputation in general but we’ve found in our experience the opposite
If maintained properly and not abused/ neglected they are very reliable machines
I have seen a couple with some issues , ( 04-05 kx250f valves )
( 05-06 rmz450 cases )
The real king of durability were the carb yzfs.
Pit Row
the ones i have seen blow up the most are literally 2014 and up yamahas and 2010 and up hondas
lmao!!!
what ever they make carillo rods for is not your bulletproof bikes lmao...
same with kawi's but not only on kawis do you have to worry about that but you have to worry about the regulator-rectifier unit always going bad!
the most bulletproof 250 if maintained correctly with running a new air filter every 30min like they suggest using good oil like bel-ray foam filter oil not in an aresol can on dt-1 filters and using dt-1 triple stage filters when required is the best 250f money can buy!
I’ve had to gap rings on Suzuki ds90s and shim valves on Honda Rc213v. So that’s a pretty wide brush stroke.
Beginning in about 2012 ish all the modern bikes got their crap together and really became reliable, that’s not meant to mean perfect.
With proper service, every major manufacturer makes a winner.
There are exceptions, the rare Friday evening bike so to say.
I ride mostly Ktm and husky, but they are likely the bikes I see the most issues with even with a smaller sample size, be it for poor maintenance, or plain bad luck.
The yamahas are typically the heartiest with Honda /Suzuki next and Kawasaki somewhere floating around second to fourth depending on what race we had recently.
Yamaha just didn’t have the same issues as the others.
Your mileage may vary, but this is a very large sample size and my mortgage has been paid many times over by plain lack of maintenance.
To those saying they see more Yamaha’s with issues than the other brands, could that be because there are more bikes out there and they are ridden harder/longer because they have a bulletproof reputation?
Just a few things to consider…
but they still suck compared to the ktm lmao
unless your doing
long rod
high comp piston
del west valvetrain
copper race cut seats and guides
dual injection-vortex or get
cams
and ceramic crank bearings and cam bearings
and hinson clutch or gytr
07 yz250f cam chain slider to replace the shitty one that comes in it
tokyo mods cam chain adjuster
factory connection pull rod and shock setup to match and fork
22mm clamps- you never know what your getting. they dont label there clamps 22mm/25mm
pc pre filters
good fuel
tranny shot peened
grommeted electrical connectors installed on the wiring harness for pressure washing (after red bud that time everyone called MOTOXPERTS in indiana to have this done)
ktm has:
del west valves stock
cp piston stock
pankl rod (carillo) stock
shot peened tranny stock
grommeted connectors on harness and ecu connection stock
Billet hubs, the bearings can easily be replaced with ceramic and there is only two of them vs the three thats on jap bike rear hubs. thats a cost savings in my book.
bike has billet triples stock in 22mm offset
tourqe settings stamped on clamps so you dont have to get out your manual
and sag markings on fender.
tool less air box entry. (saves money cause time is money. I can do three air filter changes on ktms in the same amount of time i can a 2014 yamaha lmao)
just good luck bro is all i gotta say i honestly dont think i need to say any more.
You've shimmed an RC213V?
Bloody hell, I'm surprised anyone has ridden one enough to need that. Padgets bike that Antsie has raced a few times at the IOM (and, I think, Michael Rutter at Macau) , they say has remained in perfect spec, and that's a very, Very rare RC213V that has had a real caning.
Anyone that want's to see a disaster, just go to YouTube and check out 'BMW knocks over an RC213V' ( or something like that) . It's not spectacular - well, it's pretty dull, but when you realize a bloke has just knocked over a $245,000 AUD bike with his 8000 Brit pound BM, it's a bit chilling. I think the damage ( so said 1 magazine) , from being knocked off it's stand, made it technically, a write off......
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