2006 Yamaha YZ 450 F reviews

• 2006 Yamaha YZ450F - First Ride (Motorcycle-usa.com)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2006 Yamaha YZ 450 F

  I've already had the chance to ride a new 450cc four-stroke (KX450F) at Competitive Edge MX track in Hesperia, CA, so to do it again on another brand was a real treat. Yamaha recently brought out its all-new YZ450F for the media to drool over and pound out some laps in the sandy loam. Though I was there before, this experience was entirely different.
  
  Barely anything on the new YZ-F is the same as on the '05 model.

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• First Impression: 2006 Yamaha YZ450F (Transworld Motocross)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2006 Yamaha YZ 450 F

  It has been a long wait for the all-new 2006 Yamaha YZ450F, and along with everyone else we couldn’t wait to swing a leg over the always-competitive thumper.
  
  This week Yamaha invited us out to the soon-to-be-opened Competitive Edge track in Hesperia, California for a day of testing aboard the big blue machine. And after slapping on our decals, and getting a quick run down on what's new for '06, we finally got to spin some laps. In a nutshell, this bike works quite well; however, like any motocross bike it has a couple quirks that need to be work out, but we'll get into that later.

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