ENDURO FUSION
May 13, 2020
4 minutes
STORY & PHOTOS DAMIEN ASHENHURST
One thing about the WR450F that’s beyond a doubt is that no matter what year model you look at, it’s an incredibly versatile bike. It would win races, finish trail rides and cross a desert all in the same weekend across Australia.
It’s also ours — an Australian bike in the sense that Yamaha Australia fought for it to exist and did the bulk of the work in redesigning it and keeping it relevant. Nice work, YMA!
So can the WR-F be stretched to manage the demands of adventure riding? It’s not even vaguely in its design brief but not much seems to hold the Yammie back, so why not? The conversion is actually pretty simple and the results were impressive with
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