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MXA RACE TEST: 2025 YAMAHA’S LEGACY TWO-STROKES: 2025 YZ125 & YZ250

May 14, 2025

Today, only Yamaha and the KTM Group still make competitive motocross two-strokes. Honda gave in 2007. Suzuki quit in 2008 & Kawasaki’s final run of 250 two-strokes petered out in 2007,
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TWO-STROKE TUESDAY: INSIDE SECRETS OF THE FIRST ALUMINUM-FRAMED YZ125

May 13, 2025

How advanced was the 2005 Yamaha YZ125? Who thought the 2005 YZ125 would be basically the same 20 years later?
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MXA VIDEO: 2025 YAMAHA YZ250 TWO-STROKE TEST

May 5, 2025

It's not strange that the 2025 Yamaha YZ250 two-stroke is considered to be too old, but, surprise of surprises, its 2006 bones are good enough to make it as good as any two-stroke on the track today
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2015 MXA 250 FOUR-STROKE SHOOTOUT: IF YOU THINK KTM WON, YOU ARE AN IDIOT

Apr 11, 2025

The whys and wherefores of 2015 quarter-liter thumpers. What brand were you racing in 2015?
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MXA’S FIVE BIKE 2025 85cc MINICYCLE SHOOTOUT

Apr 3, 2025

It was hard to do an 85cc shootout over the last 10 years because most of the 85cc minicycles were pushing 20 years old. Now, the R&D departments have updated them
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FLASHBACK! THE 125 TWO-STROKE SHOOTOUT THAT SHOCKED THE MOTOCROSS INDUSTRY

Apr 1, 2025

Take your pick! Two are fuel injected, two are carbureted and one is by far the best 125 two-stroke in the 2023 class. Plus, a word of warning about the future.
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MXA’S CRAZY TRICK TO GET OUR 2021 YAMAHA YZ450F OVER-60 HORSEPOWER

Mar 18, 2025

Our goal back in 2021 was to crack 60 horses with no cam, valve, ecu, porting or pipe mods—just a hand-made airbox cover that was ugly, but spawn a movement
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FIRST RIDE: MXA’S MINI TESTER ON THE 2025 YAMAHA YZ65

Feb 26, 2025

MXA test rider James Ellis (son of Twisted Development's Jamie Ellis) shakes down our new 65cc YZinger
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MINI TESTERS REVIEW: 2025 YAMAHA YZ85 VS. HONDA CRF150

Feb 12, 2025

We have some fun with our new mini bike test riders, putting two 2025 models head-to-head
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MXA RETRO TEST: WE RIDE CHAD REED’S 2004 YAMAHA YZ250

Feb 7, 2025

In 2004 Team Yamaha asked MXA to ride Chad Reed’s Supercross-winning Yamaha YZ250 two-stroke — That was a day to remember
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MXA BUYER’S GUIDE: 2025 WIDE WORLD OF FOUR-STROKES

Feb 5, 2025

Let's get together and go comparison shopping for a 250cc, 350cc or 450cc four-stroke motocross bike
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY: MXA’S 2015 YAMAHA YZ450F TEST

Jan 28, 2025

What MXA thought about the YZ450F a decade ago. Looking back, we are surprised how much we likedit.
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY! 2015 MXA 250 TWO-STROKE SHOOTOUT

Jan 10, 2025

If the powers-that-be allowed two- and four-strokes to compete at equal displacements in the Pro ranks—it would be a two-stroke world again.
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2025 MOTOCROSS ACTION 250 SHOOTOUT: SUZUKI, TRIUMPH, KAWASAKI, HONDA, YAMAHA, GASGAS, HUSQVARNA, KTM

Jan 5, 2025

You seen all the videos, now is the time to read what they should have told you
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MXA RACE TEST: THE REAL TEST OF THE 2025 YAMAHA YZ250F

Jan 5, 2025

New model updates can be small but mighty; while big changes are often to the swing-and-miss variety. On the 2025 YZ250F the improvements on the track correlated with the updates.
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1992 YAMAHA WR500: HOW THE “AIR HAMMER” BECAME THE “MAYTAG”

Jan 3, 2025

Some times a stop gap measure is the only measure that can work when you start too late
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY! MXA’S 2015 125 TWO-STROKE SHOOTOUT

Dec 20, 2024

Is the obvious winner the fast one, the one with the most high-tech features or the fun one
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MXA VIDEO: 2025 MXA 250 SHOOTOUT

Nov 30, 2024

Our biggest Shootout ever! We dive into the pros and cons, and then rank all eight of the major 250cc four-strokes
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY! WE RIDE WORLD CHAMP ROMAIN FEBVRE’S 2015 YZ450FM

Nov 22, 2024

MXA'S Daryl Ecklund didn't just ride Febvre's Grand Prix YZ450FM, he got to ride it all by himself on the Maggiora track in Italy
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY! 2004 HONDA CR250 VERSUS YAMAHA YZ250

Nov 15, 2024

Time has a way of blurring the rear-view vision of motocross fans. What's better a 2004 Honda or 2004 Yamaha? We not surprised that you don't know the correct answer
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TWO-STROKE TUESDAY: AN IN DEPTH LOOK INTO THE 2006 YZ125

Nov 12, 2024

In 2005 the YZ125 sold 28 percent more bikes than the previous year, which allowed Yamaha to spend R&D money to make the 2006 YZ125 even better
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2025 MXA 450 FOUR-STROKE SHOOTOUT: SUZUKI, HONDA, GASGAS, KAWASAKI, HUSQVARNA, KTM & YAMAHA

Nov 9, 2024

We race-test bikes because that’s when the pros and cons of a motorcycle stand out the most. No matter how hard you try in practice, it’ll never replicate the intensity that comes out on race day
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MXA RACE TEST: THE REAL TEST OF THE 2025 YAMAHA YZ450F

Nov 5, 2024

The new 2025 YZ450F retails for $9999, which is exactly what the YZ costs in 2024. Honda also kept the same MSRP for its all-new CRF450, albeit at $9699
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MXA VIDEO: 2025 YAMAHA YZ250FX CROSS-COUNTRY FIRST RIDE

Nov 2, 2024

The little brother to the Yamaha YZ450F makes some major tweaks to their mid-size cross-country racer
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY! 2015 MXA 450 SHOOTOUT—THE NEEDY & THE DISGRUNTLED

Oct 18, 2024

CRF450 vs. YZ450F vs. KX450F vs. 450SXF vs. FC450 vs. RM-Z450
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2025 MXA 450 SHOOTOUT VIDEO: HORSEPOWER, WEIGHT, PRICE & RANK

Oct 9, 2024

After months of riding, racing and testing, the results are in...
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20 YEARS AGO TODAY! UNEARTHING THE EPIC 2004 250 TWO-STROKE SHOOTOUT

Oct 8, 2024

You may have owned one of these in your youth because the 2004 CR250, KX250, YZ250, 250SX & RM250 were in their glory 20 years ago
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MXA VIDEO: WE TEST THE 2025 YAMAHA YZ250F

Oct 8, 2024

MXA wrecking crew spent multiple days testing 2025 Yamaha YZ250F, click here to watch the full tested video
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MXA RIDES COTY SCHOCK’S YAMAHA YZ125 AT CLUBMX

Oct 2, 2024

Coty bought and built this Yamaha YZ125 himself. Not only that, he did it all in between riding and training during the week and racing Supercross on the weekends!
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TWO-STROKE TUESDAY: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY ABOUT THE 2000 YAMAHA YZ250

Oct 2, 2024

The 2000 Yamaha YZ250 was a seamless blend of usability, thoughful choices and maybe, just maybe, a few key components borrowed from their competition
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