The look – Everyone loves a good looking 2 stroke Power to the ground – Some fine tuning to improve SX abilities Especially in whoops this has to be a good setup.Įrgo’s – Everyone needs to feel comfortable on their bike We were going to need to get some things in order if we were to tackle the crazy indoor track – Time was running out for me, Aus-X was just around the corner and we still had not been on any SX. I also had some serious blisters as a token of months off a bike! Please Yamaha, I appreciate you wanting the grips to last a bit of time, or decades, on the bike but surely you have a better compound you could use that does not resemble a bastard file! It did take me a while to get use to the power delivery but by the end of the day I had it down. The power was punchy off bottom and through mid just as I remembered on a 2 stroke but did sign off a bit early up top. The standard KYB suspension worked well on the big jumps and bumpy skatey surface (not helped by the fact I had 26psi in tyres as I forgot to check them before riding! Wasn’t getting a puncture). Yamaha has kept this bike looking great with the blue rims and modern styling of the plastics. Although I had to learn a two-stroke riding style again, I was impressed how well this bike ran straight out of the box. The blue machine came into our possession only three weeks prior to event and we had our first ride. We approached Yamaha Motor Australia with the idea of building a 250 twi-stroke ready to race in just three weeks and they loved the idea, after all our bike would be raced at one of the biggest races in Oz. But I was content with the roll I played at such an amazing event, that was until a certain rider was added to the line up of the 2 stroke cup! Supercross has always been a favorite of mine, it was were I excelled through my racing career and still love the idea of hitting a serious set of whoops and big jumps. I love it, the atmosphere, excitement, the racing, it gives me goose bumps just thinking about it. I have been involved with Aus-X for a few years, from the perspective where I’m yelling at people through a very loud sound system. STORY DANNY HAM PHOTOGRAPHY MATT BERNARD AND MONSTER ENERGY AUS-X OPENĪs the Monster Energy Aus-X Open drew closer, a new event was added to the race program – the 2 stroke cup. Danny Ham builds the ultimate Yamaha YZ250 two-stroke and lines up at the Monster Energy Aus-X Open
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