The 2015 YZ250FX
As you can see by the picture I’ve started nesting with my new bike. Doesn’t everyone take their brand new bike apart when they get it? The answer is of course not. I’ve known plenty of guys who don’t do anything to their new bike other than maybe adjust the levers and such. I’m one of those guys who do take a brand new bike apart, to a certain extent that is. Makes me feel much more familiar with it when I finally do swing a leg over it, besides that I have a lot of stuff I’m going to put on it.
First change was to install a Yamaha GYTR (FMF) muffler/ spark arrestor. (I could have installed a Pro Moto billet spark arrestor) The new muffler has a much longer center section about four inches worth (Not sure what that does) but the muffler its self is the same length as the stock unit. Then a Works Connection RPM/Hr meter, (The RPM feature helps set me the appropriate idle when using a Rekluse) I wanted a Speed/Odo unit so I installed a Trail Tech Voyager unit. That required installing a magnet on the brake caliper and on the brake rotor. Next came the Air Cells, I’ve used Air Cells on all my bikes for years. For those who may not be familiar with them they allow metered air to flow back and forth between the forks and the air chambers. They can be adjusted from zero to ten, zero is fully closed or stock. Air Cells affect the first few inches of travel and can take that initial harshness out of most stock forks; they also help with deflection and are a fairly inexpensive fix to a stock fork, or a complement to forks that have been re-valved.
Next up was a set of Cycra hand guards and Pro Taper pillow grips. I’ve used a Boysen grip on the clutch side for a long time, it allows some movement (Supposed to help with arm pump) but what I like most is it’s the same diameter as the throttle grip and I’ve gotten used to that feel. I also installed a Scotts steering stabilizer bracket for a top mount application, I’ve also gotten used to having the feel of a stabilizer, I’m not sure this bike really needs one it’s just an old habit I developed from having KTM’s over the years.
A set of Fast Way Evolution III pegs were installed in the back and down position, remember I’m old, tall and have size thirteen feet. These pegs make it easier for me to stand up and stay up, plus put me more over the center of the bike and give my foot more room to shift.
A new 2015 Yamaha WR250F skid plate was installed and then the one item I can’t/don’t want to live without anymore, a Rekluse Core EXP. Riding any bike in tight terrain just wouldn’t be fun anymore period without one.
Two items not here yet as I write this are Works Connections radiator guards and a Acerbis 2.9 gal fuel tank. But that won’t keep me from the best part I get to go ride it, so let the tinkering begin.
Doug 21J