Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

1995 E YZ250 ve ry season, th e rea lly se rious racers get their new 250's, take th e m home-tear the m cpcrt-ond trick them out. It's just the . sta nd a rd routine that ra c ers go thro ug h. Bad news guys-you c an't do th at a nymore . • You see, we took th e YZ250, a nd rathe r tha n take It home , .we took It to th e fa ctory. Tore It apart. And really tricked It o ut. • We sta rted with th e e ngine, adding a reso nator '. box to th e Power Valve system and used a Kel hin carburetor which gave the motor a ha rder hit In the mid -range portion Of the powe rband to g ive you more pulling powe r o ut o f the corners. We .c hanged the Intake manifold ra dius and re e d valve system for Improved ai r flow. Eve n the a lrbox passageway got boosted, so th e YZ250 can take b igger oxygen g Ulps . And we changed the Int erna ls Of the Pow~.r Valve for more control and a longer, wider powe r hit. Then we topped It Off wit h a stronger Ignition system that generates higher voltage at the spark plug. We even dove Into the transmission and figured out a way to make It Shift c risper. • The next stop was handling a nd suspension. We went Into the Ra c ing Department and borrowed their fork design that featu res the new mid -range travel valve. It boosts the suspension's midstroke pe ormance (where y our forks wo rk t he hard e st). Then we slipped In a larger shock p iston e nd ring set·u p . Finally, we change d the steering he a d a ngle, tucked It In a tad fo r quicker steerIng, the n changed the triple clamp Offset to pr ov ide Just th e rig ht bala nc e between prec ise steerin g a nd straight-line stability. • Fro m th ere we mov e d onto Improving the b rakes. The front now has new pads for a more p o sitive feel. while the rear got a new stainless steel rotor and a new caliper guard. And since the wheels were Off anyway. we designed a new spoke set-up to g ive you more ti me between ma in tenance Inte rva ls. • The la st thing we did was brighten the color a little b it. Didn't make It fa ste r-b ut It looks cooler.• Sorry about taking all that hop-up, trick-out stUff away from you-we Just couldn't res ist d oing It ourselves. • t's living la rg e In the hig h rev range-the 125 c tcss-c world of wide open throttle, lots o f c lu tching and a billion Shifts per lap. The smallest mistake can in stantly drop you back six p o sltl o ns-ond the slightest edge can be the d ifference b etwe e n grabbing a troph y and going home with a handful Of excuses. In 125 racing , the only way to stay ahead Is to keep getting better. Intro d uci ng the 1995 Y,Z125. It's th is se a so n's ho ttest sc rea me r. • The square bore e ng ine, which debuted la st y ear, ha s re c e ived numerous p erfo rmance Improvem ents for the 1995 roosting season . There's a re p o sitio ne d Power Valve tha t works with the re -sh a p e d exhaust ports. Plus It has a bi g g e r carburetor, a la rg er a ir cleaner, an enlarg e d Intake b o ot and a smoo the r f uel Inta ke tract. It delive rs b ett e r, stro nger power.• The YZ1 25 still hi ts hard-ve ry hard-but now the additional power bo ost g ives you mo re usable power to point and shoot with . • 125 P ro rid e rs know that when you're totally o n the gas, y o u ca n't back off j ust because Of g na rly ra c e tra ck bumps. This year's YZ125 su spension Is fine-tuned to k ee p you a he a d of the wo lves and out o f th e banners. The f ro nt fo rks have rece ived a new mid-stroke d amping va lve (teste d and p rove n on the works bike s) for b etter performance whe n the forks are b attling the b umps In th e mid -stroke range-where y our suspension works the hardest. • The re ar sho ck ha s a la rg e r p iston, p isto n ring and a top bearing Teflo n sheath for Inc reased suspens io n durability. It's a suspension package th a t isn't going to let you down o r fade away o n the c losing laps. • Since th e YZ125 now goes faster, It ma d e se nse to make sure It stops better too . There's new fro nt b rake pads that d elivers . st ronger, more cont ro llab le bra ki ng and Incredible "fi nger fe ed b a c k. " The rea r whe el sports a new stain less steel d isc b rake for higher heat re sista nce and lo ng e r life . • The 1995 YZ1 25. It goes fa ster. It rid es smo othe r. It stops b etter. • I 16 • YZ125

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