We couldn't get over the beauty of this photo, and the shiny, blue YZ250F made it all possible. Test rider Bryan Minter shows just how well the Yammie can shred corners and annihilate berms.Blue GrooveEveryone knows that Yamaha has been at the forefront of this whole performance 4-stroke thing. They…

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…new quarter-liter offering. The track is suited to 250Fs and we weren't disappointed in the least.The changes are few and far between for the 2008 YZ250F, but what changes have been done are smooth moves in refining an already stellar package. Every year we test the little YZ-F in our 250F MX Shootout…

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…ultimately its demise.Yamaha YZ250F Every OEM re-evaluates its machine and comes up with a game plan for the following year based on the existing model's strengths and weaknesses. If it were up to us, we would have dumped the 2007 R&D into bringing life to the mild-mannered YZ250F motor. Yamaha did make an…

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…search of redemption after a 2006 victory, Suzuki offered up its unproven but improving RM-Z250 and Yamaha tossed in the bike that started it all, the YZ250F. Even though we desperately wanted to avoid photo backdrops that have all the attractiveness of a stale turd, there's a reason that SoCal is the moto…

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The YZ125 makes slightly more peak horsepower, but the YZ250F makes its power over a greater portion of the rev range.Designed for the same mission by the same company, it's no big surprise to find many similarities between the YZ duo. Both share the same suspension, swingarm, brakes, fuel tank and…

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…it better than the '08 version.It still retains the Yamaha characteristics that we've come to expect, whether good or bad.When we tested the 2009 YZ250F during our First Ride, a noticeable boost in the motor was something that gave us hope for the shootout. The Yamaha has been one of our favorite bikes…

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…It's damn good, but the Tuning Fork engineers need to give us something to get passionate about with the little Yammie.2008 Yamaha YZ250F Yamaha purposely builds the YZ250F to be a Mello Yello, but there's a reason the refreshing, lightly carbonated beverage isn't seen in convenience store coolers anymore…

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…last year, Yamaha has stuck with it and improved the handling characteristics.Yamaha enters the 2007 season in search of better performance from the YZ250F and subsequent victories in shootouts and Lites class competition. Rather than throwing a boatload of major changes at an already solid 2006 package…

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The Yamaha YZ250F has been refined since its debut in 2001. The result is a lighter and more powerful dirt-eating machine.The bikes remained fairly stock throughout the shootout, with the only change a switch to different jetting. Honda's Eric Crippa has been experimenting with the jetting on the smaller…

…other SoCal tracks just for S&G. Speaking of doing things just for fun, in addition to the?Honda CRF250R,?Kawasaki KX250F,?Suzuki RM-Z250 and?Yamaha YZ250F, we had the boys in blue bring out a YZ250 to see where it fits in the mix now that amateur riders can use 2-strokes in the 250F class. It was not…

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