…Yamaha WR450F is the same machine as last year, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing considering it almost won our 2008 450 Enduro Shootout.The 450 and 250F markets are the fastest changing off-road motorcycle demographics in the industry. That's why it's pretty surprising to see that the 2009 Yamaha…

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…sandbagger. Seemingly harmless, the Yamaha off-roader can tear up the trails with its strong motor and handling.Honey Lake Motocross Park was playing host to the World Off-road Championship Series the weekend after Yamaha invited MCUSA out for a test on its new off-road WR450F thumper. We tested the WR on virtually…

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…the Yamaha WR450F, and the Austrian company's 250cc 4-stroke off-roader won't be here for a few more months. Honda's CRF250X and CRF450X carry more expensive retail prices of $6,199 and $6,999, respectively, and the 450 won't arrive until February. At the beginning of the press introduction, Yamaha mentioned…

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…you??Not too long ago, a heated debate nearly laid waste to the professional relationship between two MCUSA staffers on the way home from the Yamaha WR450F press introduction. While the deep-seated, dirt-head mullet mentality of yours truly contended the more powerful?YZ450F would be a more desirable…

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The Yamaha is a great motorcycle once the restrictors come off. Hiding behind the emission controls is a great bike for riders who get their kicks tackling more technical terrain.2008 Yamaha WR450F How can a bike be tested using only half throttle? It can't, which is why our Yamaha was slightly modified…

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…Yamaha WR450F can take riders through plenty of tough terrain and successfully make it through the other side, even when it seems unlikely.There were a few big changes for Dubyas in 2009, including George W?s last days in the White House, but we're glad Yamaha?s big-cheese off-roader, the WR450F, is…

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The 2005 Yamaha WR450F is a sweet woods ride. Here's Ken trying to keep as perfectly perpendicular as possible for this shot."Both the WR and the CRF are really smooth down low," says knockout artist Ken Hutchison. "Unlike the motocross versions of these bikes, you can actually twist the throttle more…

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…and excellent gearing allow the WR450F to forgive wobbly hillclimb attempts like this one. Normal riders will crest more hills on this bike than any of the others.2006 Yamaha WR450King of the HillThe battle for hillclimbing supremacy was a close one between the Yamaha and Honda. It all boiled down to…

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…for good reason. Yamaha shipped us off to Playa Hermosa on the Pacific coast of sun-drenched Costa Rica to test the latest and greatest version of its awesome WR lineup. We jumped at the chance to swap our wintertime blues for some of the hottest Blue on the off-road market.The WR450F has won the MotoUSA…

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…different continents and five separate countries. From Japan, the established powerhouse of the motorcycling world, came Honda's CRF450X and the Yamaha WR450F. Our local Husaberg dealer, the Bike Barn, ponied up the newest offering from Sweden in the form of a FE450e and threw in a 2005 Sherco 4.5i. Considering…

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