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2025 Yamaha
YZ450F
Revealed
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longside the substantially up-
dated 2025 Yamaha YZ250FX
and WR250F off-roaders (see page
58), Yamaha also announced the
2025 YZ450F motocrosser, which
has a few updates.
It features a revised suspension
that includes an updated rear link
-
age, new settings front and rear, a
lighter spring rate on the rear shock,
and new delta-shaped piston shims
in the fork for "enhanced stability,
traction, and a more planted front-
end feel," says Yamaha.
Engine mounts have been updat
-
ed to "complement the suspension
updates." The '25 YZ450F also gets
a new clutch design for improved
lubrication and cooling, a
new handlebar switchbox,
updated throttle tube and updated
footpeg brackets.
The 2025 YZ250F features simi
-
lar changes.
The YZ-Fs will be offered in Team
Yamaha Blue and will be available
from dealers in August for $9999
for the 450 and $8899 for the 250.
In addition, returning are the Mon
-
ster Energy Yamaha Racing Edition
models (Monster Energy graph-
ics), offered with the 2025 YZ125
($7299) and YZ250 ($8199) two-
stroke, and YZ250F ($9099) and
YZZ450F ($10,199) four-stroke
models. The Monster
Energy Edition models
will start showing up in
dealerships in September.
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(Above) The 2025 Yamaha
YZ125 will be available in
Monster Energy Edition
guise. (Below) The 2025
Yamaha YZ450F features
suspension updates.
