Model(s) covered: 2008 Yamaha WR 250 R, 2008 Yamaha WR 250 X
The front end is keeping its act together as I enter the biggest set of whoops yet - something I hope continues. The speedo is fluttering around the 45 mph mark. Midway through the section is a sweeping turn, stay on the gas, pinch with the knees and beat that throttle like it owes me money.
And that's only the half of it...
Asphalt streams below as I smash into the rev limiter like Ted Williams bouncing off the Green Monster. A simultaneous flick of my left-side fingers and toes bangs a gear - down.
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