Model(s) covered: 2006 Yamaha WR 426 F
Yamaha rocked the off-road community in 1998 when it unleashed the YZ400F on an unsuspecting public, and the repercussions continue to affect the market as an ever growing onslaught of thumpers have begun to wrest control from the 2-strokes on a global scale. The Yamaha 4-strokes have proved to be plenty capable at the track, the woods and everywhere in between.
For those preferring to ride off the track, Yamaha offered up the WR version, a liquid-cooled, titanium-valve dirt bike developed to handle damn near anything a rider can throw at it other than supercross duty.
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