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Who's ridden WR & YZ 426?
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[QUOTE="sodhead, post: 161328, member: 21815"] I am probably like many in that I would like some characteristics of the YZ and some of the WR. I mostly ride off road and occasionally worm around the MX track. The first blue bike I bought was a YZ400F. Felt very light coming off an XR600 and I could "fly" over jumps for a change. COOL! But I could definitely tell the suspension was setup for MX, not off road. It is a bit of a rough ride in the woods, and I stalled it quite a bit in the technical stuff. I added a flywheel weight, added a few teeth to the rear sprocket, and turned the suspension clickers out some. That made the bike feel closer to what I was looking for, but then I noticed I was hunting for another gear when going down high speed sections (lower top speed). I read about the WR tranny being wider, so I thought that maybe the WR would be a better fit for me. I found a heck of a deal on a WR, so I bought it. I changed valve timing to the YZ spec, changed to a YZ exhaust, and changed all the WR plastic out for YZ including the seat and tank. I have to say that I like the WR better than the YZ. The only thing I miss is the stiffer suspension when jumping very hard, but I guess that’s the price you have to pay for a smoother ride over the trail junk. I ride with 3 guys on the YZF's and another guy on a WRF, and don’t notice any difference when switching bikes around, although the bathroom scale says my WR is still a few pounds heavier than my buddies YZ's. I can't figure out where the few pounds are coming from as our bikes are almost identical now. Maybe the different gears in the tranny?? I don’t know. Like I said though, cant really feel any difference in weight as much as the difference in suspensions. [/QUOTE]
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