In the past ten years the Yamaha YZ250F has become the most dominant bike in the MX2 class. In the US the YZ250F has won five AMA Motocross titles and seven AMA Supercross titles, it has also won the MX2 manufacturers titles from 2020 to 2023. The Star Racing Yamaha team has quickly become the top team to ride for in the US while in Australia we have riders begging for spots on the GYTR and Serco Yamaha teams.
The YZ250F was the last 250F machine to receive fuel injection but since then has widely become known as one of the fastest machines in the class. When riders are looking for a 250F one attribute ranks highest on the list: power! If a 250F has sharp handling but without power you're at a serious disadvantage. Since becoming fuel injected in 2014, Yamaha have had the power situation firmly under control but the bike was widely criticized for being bulky and harder to turn.
For MY24 Yamaha set about getting those criticisms under control. We have already crowned the MY24 YZ450F as the greatest production motocross bike we've ever