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But he said there would be some available in June..This was very surprising to me, as far as I have ever known , Yamaha makes each of its mx models in one go. That is to say...they set up the assembly line for the yz 125 and make the entire year's production run in one go...then they move on to another model. In fact I remember reading a magazine article once about the 2000 model yz 250, where they were talking about how they are built, with photos from the production line etc. In that article , they said that was how things were done..that they never do a second production run.
My dealer said uts nit that way now...he visited a Yamah assembly plant in Japan ( pre covid ) and watched as they shifted from one model to another....small batches apparently.
It would seem as though they have altered their way of doing things since the big downturn in bike sales going back a few years now...and seemingly make enough bikes to meet distributor requirements throughout the year...
So it seems that they make yz's in batches throughout a given model year now...
The Shop
New design means new tooling..etc. Hard enough time getting current supplier parts let alone getting new molds and tooling built..
The Renesas chip factory fire in Japan would be the main potential supply problem right now, if that's where they're getting ECUs.
You can bet this pandemic slowdown has made everyone re-think their new model release plans. Maybe the plans have remained the same, but they have definitely been re-thought. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that "new" models are pushed a season or two. The release engineers like to see their new models sell well in the first year, not get stuck in "incomplete delivery" land. It's much better to lose on older models than lose on a new one.
Sick.
Suzuki been preparing for Covid for a decade now... hahaha
So if Yamaha is set to release a new generation 450 this year as a 2022 desinated model, then they have probaly already gotadvanced designs on the drawing board for the 2026 model and protyping probably on the schedule for next year.
It would be my guess rhat major tooling for a 22model 450, if its going to be anew generation, would likely have been completed 2 years ago
The 21's did look sick though.
Pit Row
Personally I'll be happy as long as they don't surprise discontinue them. Does anyone know how it went with the red green and yellow ones in the 2000's, was there warning or were they suddenly just not released for a new model year?
Clearly it's still a fine scooter, but gotta keep the dream of a legit update alive because you just know how great it could be now
With the growing popularity in Europe of the EMX 2 stk. classes and the partnership with Fantic, more 2 stk. 125/250's are being built in higher production numbers than probably 20 years.
2 stk. dirtbikes have a solid future with Yamaha, might see some mechanical updates in the near future?
Unlikely but just a thought that scares me. It depends if they see California's red sticker revisions as the beginning of a new wave of global regulation or just another outlier to be ignored. The first red sticker program failed to move the market so hopefully the competition sticker program will be similarly ineffective.
Outside of US and Europe what do we think the remaining significant markets for 2T YZ's are? Australia and NZ I think, but probably nothing else significant.
Yes Australia and NZ is still a big market along with Europe for 2 stks. Many of the race sanctions and governing bodies are seeing the need for the 125 bike as a stepping stone from the 85's to 250F's. At Yamaha it has also been noticed that the number of 125/250 2 stk. used in GNCC and various off road race series has grown each year.
Yamaha has moved the motorsports division to just outside of Atlanta, GA a couple years ago. Now Star Racing is setting up in Florida, California is just to restrictive and afraid they will just get worse for motorsports in general, 2 and 4 wheels.
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