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Hands down, during all my years of off-road riding, I always had more fun riding a 250F than any other capacity. The combination of using every ounce of horsepower they have on offer, while throwing it around and feeling in total control as I hit lines that bigger capacity bikes can only dream of is a pretty amazing feeling. As a young racer I spent quite a few years racing 250Fs between trees and loved every second on them. All the good lessons I learned about maximising corner speed and carrying momentum came during my time riding two-strokes and 250Fs.

They may be slightly down on torque and overall horsepower compared to a lot of the enduro bikes setting the sales records but don’t let that fool you, a 250F is more than capable of big things. Put the right rider on one and they are more than capable. It was not that long ago that Daniel Milner won the Australian Four Day Enduro outright riding a Yamaha WR250F. I think a lot of riders and racers I see on 450s and bigger would benefit from stepping down to a 250F. Not only