about the handling. Grayson
said it went exactly where he
wanted it to go and it made cor-
nering easy. Gunnar added that
the front end was planted in
the turns and the rear tracked
consistently. Both said on the
higher speed straights at Com-
petitive Edge the YZ65 was
stable and didn't twitch. The
only criticism from the broth-
ers was that the springs were
a bit stiff for their 65 and 80
pounds. They said the damping
was good, but they would have
liked a slightly softer spring
rate. Both said that was easy
enough for their dad to fix if
they were racing this bike. Dad
agreed.
Both said the 198mm front
and 190mm rear brakes have
good power without any grabby
or light-switch tendencies. Feel
2018 YAMAHA YZ65
FIRST TEST
P90
Suspension is
firm enough
to handle
big jumps.
If anything,
springs are a
little on the
stiff side.
