New Yamaha YZ 250F quad for next year???

[woodsman250r]

Ok first off I am not saying this is true by any means, it was a RUMOR I just heard and was wondering if anyone else heard this. I just talked to my buddy today and his uncle was at the Honda shop the other day (Good friends with owner) and they were talking about a rumor of Yamaha building this quad using the 250F motor. Like I said it sounds like one of those "Yea I heard from so and so that talked to a good source" stories but it sounds somewhat realistic. They won't be making the blaster or banshee so it would make sense they would replace them with a motor they already have a good track record with. Does anyone else have any input on this or is this just another waste of time thread?

[rollie]

They have to make a replacement for the blaster, and i doubt they would put an air cooled engine in a blaster frame because thats wayyy outdated, i say a smaller YFZ based chassis with a YZ250F engine in it for sure:cool:

[miller821]

That'd be pretty awesome..

[87250rxrider]

wouldn't surprise me in the least. they need a new smaller CC machine, and the yz250F engine has good power, is liquid cooled, and doesn't weigh much. it would be the perfect engine for a new quad to compete in the lower CC classes.

[Ruby Soho]

yeah, bring some life back to the lower cc quads

[KWAD GAWD]

What MX class would it be raced in?

[shano]

Originally posted by KWAD GAWD
What MX class would it be raced in?

Im guessing sportsman/blaster class will be revamped to a 250class, (excpet 125) (dirtbikes). It'll be same as dirtbikes, except for quads!

[ShiftFMX]

Imagine the kids on 250ex's tryin to keep up with that thing :D

"I dont get it, we both have 250's!!"

[Tommy 17]

yammy just released a sled with 2 yz250f motors put together like the banshee motor... i'd bet a good bit of money that u see it in a quad frame next year...

[Honda400exrox]

Originally posted by ShiftFMX
Imagine the kids on 250ex's tryin to keep up with that thing :D

"I dont get it, we both have 250's!!"


ahahahhahaha lmfao

[250R-Dee]

Once one of the big four companies makes a quad with a new generation 250cc thumper motor the rest will follow since Honda, Suzuki, and Kawasaki also sell water cooled 250cc thumper MX bikes. It's just a natural evolution.

Originally posted by TRX250RJapan
Once one the big four companies makes a quad with a new generation 250cc thumper motor the rest will follow since Honda, Suzuki, and Kawasaki also sell water cooled 250cc thumper MX bikes. It's just a natural evolution.

And once that happens a new class of racing is born.

That would be so good if Yamaha made a quad like that, but if there making any kind of 250 its probaly going to be a slow semi auto peice of junk.

[Atkins]

Originally posted by nofearrider1
That would be so good if Yamaha made a quad like that, but if there making any kind of 250 its probaly going to be a slow semi auto peice of junk.

I doubt that, the blaster was an animal.

[FHKracingZ]

I think it would be awsome if they brought out a YFZ250F. Then honda would make a TRX250r <---lol... But it would be sweet to have a 125 and 250 class for quads, just like bikes.

[theworm84]

How about this, dump the raptor 350 motor for the 250 liquid cooled or just put the 250 motor in the yfz so you have a yfz 250 and a yfz 450

[Mxjunkie]

Originally posted by Tommy 17
yammy just released a sled with 2 yz250f motors put together like the banshee motor... i'd bet a good bit of money that u see it in a quad frame next year...




That must sound insane :eek2:

[One_Bad_400]

Originally posted by woodsman250r
Ok first off I am not saying this is true by any means, it was a RUMOR I just heard and was wondering if anyone else heard this. I just talked to my buddy today and his uncle was at the Honda shop the other day (Good friends with owner) and they were talking about a rumor of Yamaha building this quad using the 250F motor. Like I said it sounds like one of those "Yea I heard from so and so that talked to a good source" stories but it sounds somewhat realistic. They won't be making the blaster or banshee so it would make sense they would replace them with a motor they already have a good track record with. Does anyone else have any input on this or is this just another waste of time thread?


it is infact 100% true... becasue they were going to have me race it in the new ESPN series if they could get it built in time... but they couldnt

[zeppelin]

i dont think most of yall get it though, the power to wait ratio of a yz250f is like exaclty the same as a yfz450... i think that its possible that they make the quad i just think yall would be dissopointed.
what i would like to see (doubt it will ever happen though) is some bigger and more power full motors in the 450 chasis so that they feel more like a 450 bike than a 250....

[One_Bad_400]

see... i think a 250 would be fine... CRF250 and YZF250's beat me in the hole all day long...

[300ex_#387]

I think it would be an awesome idea. There are actually 3 kids here that put yz250f motors in 400 frames. I think if yamaha did this, honda would really have to step it up with the 300, or just do the same thing.

[300ex_#387]

Originally posted by zeppelin
i dont think most of yall get it though, the power to wait ratio of a yz250f is like exaclty the same as a yfz450... i think that its possible that they make the quad i just think yall would be dissopointed.
what i would like to see (doubt it will ever happen though) is some bigger and more power full motors in the 450 chasis so that they feel more like a 450 bike than a 250....

I doubt they would be dissapointed. I've seen them being run in 400ex frames and they HAUL.....

[mps211]

It would make senes for them to do this. I think it's strange that there is no real into class in quad racing like there are for bikes. I race ready 250 would be a lot better steping stone to the big quads than the 200/300 air cooled bikes. Plus this opens up more racing for everyone. There could be 250 A,B,C classes and 450 classes alowing more people to race in the weekend.

[jvd182]

You guys are forgetting one of the whole selling prices of the blaster, the price. If they take a whole new look maybe theyl make like a yfz250, otherwise it wont be the best to keep the price down

[BlasterEaten250]

Hopefully it's not some fully automatic, obiese (sp), tank that looks like a cheesy yfz.

[quadracer44]

if yamaha got serious with this new 250 quad all the other companies would eventually follow and this would turn into a highly competitive class it would be perfect for people not yet ready for 450s

Originally posted by Atkins
I doubt that, the blaster was an animal.

The blaster was an animal, but a 250ex and other similar quads aren't.