2016 YAMAHA YZ450FX

摘要

Yamaha has been stepping up its game with all-new models designed to address more specific types of riding. With its latest bike, the 2016 YZ450FX, the Blue Crew started with its 450F MX platform and set out to build a bike that satisfies the GNCC/woods racer's needs and capabilities. Based on the 2016 YZ450F, the FX gets the same updated frame, engine improvements, and larger front brake disc as the motocrosser but also longer radiator shrouds, an electric starter, kickstand, plastic skid plate, and 18-inch rear wheel, changes that are intended to-and in fact do-help it become a more versatile machine. So, hammering wide-open desert or grinding it out in the technical stuff, the FX is meant to be there for you. Increased radiator-fin pitch and 30mm-longer radiator shrouds, which are designed to capture more air at off-road speeds, helps in both instances. Then there's that awesome electric starter, which worked well and is especially beneficial at those times when you're in a tight, technical section gasping for air, grabbing a fading clutch and stall. In this case, the 450FX will fire right up, even while in gear, eliminating the need to put the bike in neutral and then start kicking.