NEW-AGE ENDURO

Ranking as the highest-selling enduro model in the country from January through to June 2018, the Yamaha WR450F was already a highly successful model for the Japanese manufacturer. You may be asking, why would you go ahead and completely overhaul your most successful off-road machine when it’s already doing so well? Your answer will be found within Yamaha’s history and their constant efforts to continue to push forward and evolve their extensive range of motorcycles. Was it necessary to update the previous model? No, it was already a very strong motorcycle as shown by the sales numbers. Was it inevitable that Yamaha would go ahead and reveal a completely new model, and are we super excited about it? Yes! So let’s go ahead and get things started as we go in-depth, following our first ride of the all-new 2019 Yamaha WR450F at the official global launch right here on home soil.

WITH ONE PRESS OF A BUTTON, YOU CAN FEEL A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WAY THE POWER IS DELIVERED AND IT’S A HUGE BONUS WHEN IT COMES TO RIDING IN A RANGE OF CONDITIONS

SETTING THE SCENE

If being the first media group in the world to ride the all-new WR450F wasn’t already cool enough, the location in which we did so really did top it off. It was the incredible property of Yamaha-backed off-road specialist Josh Green and his family, located just outside of Stroud in New South Wales, where we would first have the