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Cycle News 2015 Issue 05 February 3

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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2015 250F MOTOCROSS SHOOTOUT P40 SHOOTOUT 2015 250F MOTOCROSS SHOOTOUT P40 SHOOTOUT P40 O ur big question going into our 2015 250F Motocross Shootout was simple: could any of the other manufacturers step it up a notch or two and knock the revived Yamaha YZ250F off the top step of the po- dium? In 2014, the YZ250F got a complete ground- up overhaul, finally getting rid of its long-in-the- tooth motor for the reversed and rearward-in- clined cylinder and all-new chassis concept that its big brother got five years ago. The radical "backward" change took time to sink in with the YZ450F, but the YZ250F responded instantly. It went from trailing the pack to leading the way almost over night. Now, everyone is chasing the Yamaha. Honda, KTM, Husqvarna, Kawasaki and Su- zuki have all had a year to respond—some did, some not so much. The Honda, for example, made some significant updates, like giving the 2015 CRF250R air forks, a handlebar-mounted engine-mode select button, new EFI settings THE COUNTDOWN

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