2024 Yamaha WR450F: R&D Backstory with AJ Roberts
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- How has Yamaha’s WR450F continued to top the off-road motorcycle sales charts in Australia ever since it first arrived in 1998? Well, you could point to several reasons. But one of the key drivers of that enduring sales success is the fact that this model has been specifically developed by Yamaha Motor Australia for Australian riders and Australian terrain.
And that design ethos continues to apply to the 2024 WR450F, which comes in for a complete overhaul this year. So, at the bike’s recent Australian media launch, we spoke with one of the guys who’s been instrumental in that development process, ShopYamaha’s AJ Roberts, for the backstory to this latest evolution of the WR450F, and his take on this landmark bike’s standout design elements.
Can the WR450F be set (with the app) to be like a gently little puppy for a beginner rider?
I cant seem to find a Video comparison with the WR250F like this video so far everything i have read the 2024 250f is the same as the 2023 model but the 450f has changed a few things.
250f gets all these updates next year. 450 is always a year a head of the 250.
@@TM22549 i just wanted to know the difference from last years model if there was any for the 250f.
No there’s not it’s the same as the 22 and 23
Do they still feel heavy like a normal 450 or are they getting closer to something like a beta 390??
Heavy like a 450. You can't get away from that big piston going up and down. They are also on the heavy side spec wise compared to other makes.
@@damolux3388 im pretty sure Ktm, yami, and beta all weigh about the same now
Hard to get away from the rotational mass feeling. It’s not so much the piston weight everyone refers to but it’s the cranks that are heavier. As the bikes go up in displacement you’ll see that the cranks are larger and that’s where the extra weight comes from but it’s rotating mass. 😉
Yamaha needs a duel purpose motorcycle like ktm beta ect...
Hopefully they put a heavier flywheel on the 250 next year, instead of being an MX bike with a lights that constantly stalls.