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Details have emerged on perhaps the most hotly anticipated motocross motorcycle for next year: The 2010 Yamaha YZ450F. Off-road and motocross riding enthusiasts have been buzzing in anticipation of this new dirt bike and Yamaha hasn’t disappointed. Next year its top-of-the-line YZ machine is radically changed with an all-new engine and chassis.
Engine
For 2010 the YZ450F’s engine employs revolutionary new ideas we’ve never seen on a Japanese motocross bike. The first thing you’ll notice, besides its … Details
Dungey Wraps Up First AMA Motocross Championship Fiolek Captures WMX Class Title While Hahn Wins First 450 Class Race
DELMONT, Pa. (September 5, 2009) – A summer of some of the most memorable racing in Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship history came to an exciting conclusion at the American Motocross Festival from Steel City Raceway on Saturday. The tight and highly-competitive 250 Class championship came down to the wire with Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., …Â Details
Valentino Rossi said his Misano win was particularly special because it erased the unhappy memories of his crash in last weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix.
The world champion wore a special donkey-liveried helmet at Misano to mock himself for his fall while running second to Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in America, an error Rossi castigated himself for making as he felt he should have settled for a podium finish given his big points lead.
Before the San Marino Grand Prix weekend the Italian had warned that he did not expect to be as quick as Lorenzo and Honda’s Dani Pedrosa around the Misano track so would settle for …Â Details