2020 YZ250FX Full Review | Rocket Ship | I LOVE IT, but it's not perfect...

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Great:
- This bike feels like it's bolted to the ground, in a good way
- Front fork was amazing anytime I was in 2-4th gears and it's fast and flowing
- Gave me SUPER confidence on jumps, drops, corners
- Fastest lap times I've ever done... consistently
- Super Lively motor with SNAP
- Amazing go fast bike!
Good:
- Covered up the fuse box that used to be exposed
- brakes are good. Didn't notice a problem with them like I have on other bikes with the same brakes
- Not a great deal of engine braking sensation for a 4 stroke
- Easy to use App for your phone to tune the bike. Connects every time with ease. Much better than the GET ECU app I've tried
- Good map switch, easy to tell which map you are on
- I also like the maintenance tracker they have in the app, nice touch
- Light clutch pull despite being a steel clutch wire
Needs improvement
- Forks while going slow the fork tends to bounce around and deflect more than some of my other off road bikes. While the fork is really, really good when doing faster stuff, it suffers when you have to hit choppy rocky and sharp edges over and over like on rocky nasty hill climbs.
- It also felt a bit heavier and slower to handle when carving up quick turning trails as opposed other bikes I’m riding right now.
- While it's a great cornering bike, when you are just "dodging things in the trail, it's slower to quickly change directions.
- Could use an actual hour meter since the app tracks for a few minutes of time after each shut down. This means you will be changing oil a lot if following just the tracker on the app.
- Don't love the huge spring on the kickstand, and the foot of the kickstand is relatively small.
- Would like a semi close ratio transmission instead of the WR wide ratio
- Motor stalls very easily, and then starts really slow.
- I don't love the air-box design overall. Limits the amount of fuel we get. Seems like it's easy for grass and other small bits to collect up in there. On other bikes, they can fall out the bottom, but they get trapped up in here on the Yamaha.
- Fuel capacity is not enough for serious off roaders
- The bike is significantly wider than my other off road bikes especially up here in the cowling for the radiators.- I swapped the grips for lock ons, but that is just me.
Miss
- Needs finger clickers on the forks since you can't get your screw driver in there very well depending on bar position.
- Starts very slow while in gear and when motor is hot many times it takes a full second or two before it will fire up. If you can get in the habit of shifting to neutral as soon as you stop, this issn't as bad - I've been told there is a re-map of the ECU to combat this, but I didn't do that.
- Needs some sort of hand guards to be stock on the bike
- Engine guard isn't a skid plate and falls off the bike
- Does not turn tight enough for tight switch backs we have here in the steep mountains. Was 2nd largest turning radius I've tested.

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