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and rearward-tilted cylinder
design, 44mm fuel-injection
system, aluminum bilateral-beam
frame and removable subframe,
plastic (including front number
plate), KYB suspension and Nis-
sin disc brakes. The few differ-
ences between the two bikes,
however, are significant and
important ones to the off-road
rider, including two mods that
would be difficult, if not impos-
sible, for you to do to your own
YZ250F. For one, the FX has
a wide-ratio six-speed trans-
mission, which makes it more
versatile on the trail than the YZ,
with its close-ratio five-speed
tranny, and the other is the FX is
fitted with an electric starter, and
that's a big deal. Luckily, Ya-
maha made the correct decision
to retain the YZ's manual kick-
starter assembly as a backup.
ECUs aren't exactly the same,
either. The YZ's ECU, Yamaha
felt, was too aggressive for the
It's not as light
as a 250cc
two-stroke, but
the FX is so
well balanced
that it feels as
though it is.
