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oosting into the 2017 Cycle
News 250F shootout are six
very cool motocross bikes
ready for battle. Three years
of playing second (or third, or
fourth…) string to the YZ250F
has no doubt given the other
manufactures more incentive to
regroup and figure out how to
best combat the Yamaha. Kawa-
saki built an all-new KX for 2017,
and Husqvarna and KTM gave
their 250Fs the finest produc-
tion air forks out there. Honda
and Suzuki, on the other hand,
took the year off, opting to return
with the exact same model as
before (we're guessing because
they're thinking 2018). Yamaha
didn't slack off and rest on their
laurels, either; no way, they still
looked for any way they could
to improve the 2016 YZ, mak-
ing small refinements to what is
already a superb motorcycle.
But would those refinements be
big enough to keep it ahead of
