Well I did some changes to the bikes between this an last week just minor stuff. Put on my fav grips and bars (125 bars only) and msr levers and D756's up front to match the 756 rears. I thought it was really dumb they'd spec's 756's on the front but they still came with those crappy 739's on the front.
I have to say i'm impressed with yammie quality and attention to detail this year they really stepped it up I'd have to say it totally/directly compares to honda easy! I really like how the swingarm linkage bolts all have the locking head on one side and only one nut to remove should make maintence much easier! All in all I can't seem to really find a detail flaw with these two bikes.
Performance wise I'm still scratching my head on the 125 cause I rode the '05 and wasn't really that impressed when compared to my '04 KX 125. I felt the '05 was lacking off the bottom compared to it. I won't say that about my '06 yz 125 upped the compression ratio slightly for more bottom/mid range pull. Damn this is a sweet motor it even came jetted damn close stock. I have no complaints with this motor for '06 it made my '04 KX 125 feel slightly under powered every where and I like how this YZ is smooth and really hooks up. The KX was a damn good motor hard to believe this YZ is so much better but the KX had that rough feeling style of power band (if that makes any sense).
This one jump that I know it's very tough but getting setup for it little tricky. You come right out of a corner up over a small mound then slightly g out and you clear a gap and you can land on the flat/pleatu after the gap or of course clear it. On the kx 125 in 3rd wide open bike totally screaming on the pipe making max power I could never seem to clear it! I'd always came up a few feet short. The same jump on the YZ took like half the rpm's and it way easier to get the front tire down on the landing ramp (I forgot to mention this jump is slightly going up hill) I imediately was like damn! I made sure I didn't take out the 250 by accident it was just so much easier on the YZ over my KX.
I had no problems keeping up with my friend who has an '05 SX 125 that's been ported by varner in fact I rode it back to back and my stock YZ felt like it was throwing down the same amounts of power this is a sweet 125 motor.
I have no issues with the handling after I got the 756's on there I wasn't even thinking about the handling just rode the bike and put it where ever I wanted inside/outside. It jumps and flys threw the air new in straight on take off's. I really like how light it feels and really is.
The 250 well this is my first YZ 250 but damn! compared to what I've read and heard this is the great awesome YZ 250 motor it has always been jetting is pretty crisp stock no complaints from me pulls good from bottom to top and doesn't just fall flat up top. Handling is sweet just like the 125 is no issue's with the bike I just can't ride it fast enough to make it look good :)
The suspenion was alittle stiff at first but as it breaks in it's been getting whole lot better. It soaks up the stutters/braking/acceleration bumps bit hits small hits just fine! Both ends feel really good nice an plush balanced feeling in fact I ride both bikes without thinking about that the suspenion is really doing thats a huge plus cause if something was off I'd think i would really notice with how wierd of a setup my '04 KX had.
So what i'm saying is the bikes are ready to rock n roll right off the showroom floor. The only issue I'm having and it's a personal thing is having to get use to the tall feeling bike cause my '04 KX was really low slung I know if I can't win on these YZ's it's not the bike it's totally all me. Yamaha definetly did thier homework for '06 and it's really showing the more I ride these bikes. Next week I get to test them out at washougal! oh yay! :)
I have to say i'm impressed with yammie quality and attention to detail this year they really stepped it up I'd have to say it totally/directly compares to honda easy! I really like how the swingarm linkage bolts all have the locking head on one side and only one nut to remove should make maintence much easier! All in all I can't seem to really find a detail flaw with these two bikes.
Performance wise I'm still scratching my head on the 125 cause I rode the '05 and wasn't really that impressed when compared to my '04 KX 125. I felt the '05 was lacking off the bottom compared to it. I won't say that about my '06 yz 125 upped the compression ratio slightly for more bottom/mid range pull. Damn this is a sweet motor it even came jetted damn close stock. I have no complaints with this motor for '06 it made my '04 KX 125 feel slightly under powered every where and I like how this YZ is smooth and really hooks up. The KX was a damn good motor hard to believe this YZ is so much better but the KX had that rough feeling style of power band (if that makes any sense).
This one jump that I know it's very tough but getting setup for it little tricky. You come right out of a corner up over a small mound then slightly g out and you clear a gap and you can land on the flat/pleatu after the gap or of course clear it. On the kx 125 in 3rd wide open bike totally screaming on the pipe making max power I could never seem to clear it! I'd always came up a few feet short. The same jump on the YZ took like half the rpm's and it way easier to get the front tire down on the landing ramp (I forgot to mention this jump is slightly going up hill) I imediately was like damn! I made sure I didn't take out the 250 by accident it was just so much easier on the YZ over my KX.
I had no problems keeping up with my friend who has an '05 SX 125 that's been ported by varner in fact I rode it back to back and my stock YZ felt like it was throwing down the same amounts of power this is a sweet 125 motor.
I have no issues with the handling after I got the 756's on there I wasn't even thinking about the handling just rode the bike and put it where ever I wanted inside/outside. It jumps and flys threw the air new in straight on take off's. I really like how light it feels and really is.
The 250 well this is my first YZ 250 but damn! compared to what I've read and heard this is the great awesome YZ 250 motor it has always been jetting is pretty crisp stock no complaints from me pulls good from bottom to top and doesn't just fall flat up top. Handling is sweet just like the 125 is no issue's with the bike I just can't ride it fast enough to make it look good :)
The suspenion was alittle stiff at first but as it breaks in it's been getting whole lot better. It soaks up the stutters/braking/acceleration bumps bit hits small hits just fine! Both ends feel really good nice an plush balanced feeling in fact I ride both bikes without thinking about that the suspenion is really doing thats a huge plus cause if something was off I'd think i would really notice with how wierd of a setup my '04 KX had.
So what i'm saying is the bikes are ready to rock n roll right off the showroom floor. The only issue I'm having and it's a personal thing is having to get use to the tall feeling bike cause my '04 KX was really low slung I know if I can't win on these YZ's it's not the bike it's totally all me. Yamaha definetly did thier homework for '06 and it's really showing the more I ride these bikes. Next week I get to test them out at washougal! oh yay! :)
