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quickspin TEST SAM MACLACHLAN

PHOTOGRAPHY MARK NINNESS

Yamaha WR F

Switch hitter

With the WR F due any minute, our ride on the

model lets us take aim at what we want from the new model

imed as I was for my bush escape in Main. It might be on the 1
the Snowy Mountains late last year, way to previous-model
I needed to arm myself with some motorbike heaven but
two-wheeled weaponry – partly as Yamaha’s 2019 WR250F
A a recovery vehicle to gather up any still has the looks
children who may have rubbed their bikes on 1. Sam Mac found the
the ground, and partly to join some mates on handing in third and
an enduro ride to celebrate the end of the year. fourth spot-on
With a combination of grass-track 2. There’s no power or
shenanigans, enduro-spec single track and torque numbers; let’s
various other versatility tests on the menu, just call it ‘enough’
Yamaha’s 2019 WR250F was hard to look past
as an option. The 2020 model was not yet in the
country (stay tuned for our test of the all-new
2020 version soon), and the YZ motocrosser-
based quarter litre enduro bike was perfect for
the job. The kids thought so, anyway.
First thing we did on arrival at the property
was mark out a fun grass track loop. I did that
by leading the trio of kids around the paddock
for a few laps until we had a basic layout set,
then spent five laps on the noise cutting the
track in.

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