It's capable if you're capable.

I have now had my 2007 YZ250 since new, for ten years! currently converting even further to off-road via 18"rear rim assembly. Best purchase I have or will ever make in my life, period.

I've never used a two stroke before, and your videos on this bike make me want to sell my soul to try it haha.

Fellow Utahn here, enjoy your vids very much. I do a lot of mountain and desert trail riding on my 2015 YZ250F. Haven't done much single track, looks fun. The really think stuff, crawling through doesn't appeal to me much though. Glad you like it! Haha. I prefer to ride with more speed and momentum. Keep up the great vids!

Have been watching this channel for a month or so would really like to see some longer trail videos

looks like some sweet riding! Your videos are always a good watch. keep up the good work.

Hi Kyle. First, let me saw how much I enjoy your channel and insight into different bikes. Please, keep the videos coming!I think this video highlights the reason most of the hard enduro pro riders are on 300's and most racers are on the 250's. It seems the yzx250 is the bike to have anywhere other than first gear billy-goat trails.

Love watching these videos!

Bountiful, up from the mine. Great trail, it has gotten rutted out pretty bad, but still a great trail to give you a great work out. I've done it many times. Not for the faint of heart.

I know the low end rpm's are better for traction in the woods, but I was just waiting to hear the bike wind up and get that scream going. Great riding and video!

looks like alot more work to keep it going in the the tight stuff vs the 300s. One of the things I love about my Beta is that low end power. Absolutely awesome. That YZ still looks like alot of fun though especially on a little more open flowing trail. Thanks for another great video.

Have a 09 yz250 with a 300 kit on it and a gear box out of a wr450, it has all the low end you will ever need and power you will ever need. Ride heaps of tight technical trails and climbs and the thing is like a mountain goat, gets me over and up just out anything i point it at! love it and would only buy a newer one

I mostly ride that kind of terrain. Sounds like for me, this Yamaha would need a flywheel, smaller sprocket in the front/bigger in the back, aftermarket hydraulic clutch, hand guards, electric start, bigger fuel tank and a skid plate........ Great videos guys!!

That's the kind of terrain we ride in the foothills of Alberta Canada. Great video thanks!

On the yz250's you can swap in a 1st or 1,2 or 1,5 or 5 th or 1,2,3 or all of the gears from a 1999 wr400 to get better ratios for your type of riding.

Your Videos have me damn close to pulling the trigger on one of these. They cost way less than a KTM in Canada.(Probably about $3000 cdn less than a 300 XC) I can hear that it wants a smaller front sprocket. Yamaha will sell a lot of these thanks to your Videos.

This is exactly the video I wanted to see. I ride trails like that. I'll stick with my CRF250X 4stroke. It has good low end power, low gearing and electric start!

Now that's the kind of trails I love! but it kind of reminds me actually how important electric start is....Yamaha need to take that on board and a bigger fuel tank...wow would love to fly to America with my 450 exc and ride along with ya guys! interesting video 👍

You should do a meet at Akly MN and ride the single track trails next September I think it might be harder than that stuff

1 minute mark, its hard to get wound up there!!!!! Great riding!! its steep and that rock is taller than it looks!! B

Keep up the good work bro

Nice video love that bike keep the videos coming 👍🏽 Hawaii has very technical stuff too

That's a gnarly trail, good riding Kyle! Bike seems very light, nimble and the motor is obviously proven. I'm too spoiled with the hydraulic clutch and e-start now to give it up, also need a headlight and tail in order to be legal in my area as well. I think yamaha has some work to swing more buyer their way.

Sounds like you're running stock gearing on this X? Im running 13/51 on mine. Im sure this video serves no justice on the tight climbing that you're doing but it doesn't seem that i have to burn my clutch that much when I'm challenged with a slow technical climb. Love this bike though. Great job on your videos too.

Gnarly! Good video

Kinda funny to hear you say that you prefer the taller first gear of the XC and such until you get eyeballs deep in the gnar!! W doesn't stand for wide, it's winning!! Looks like my kind of trail!

So how does this bike compare to the ktm 250 xc or xcw? Im currently riding a 350 xcfw six days with a rekluse. I love the bike but had to rebuild top end at 40 hrs (Dirt infiltration they said) and thinking about a getting a two stroke.

I really think a weighted flywheel and a sprocket change will make a massive difference. Also a Rekluse clutch would make this bike an incredible technical terrain machine. With the Rekluse you wouldn't be too phased about the electric start, because the clutch will disengage before the motor flames out/stalls. This is still a great value for money bike!

coming from a guy with 300+ hrs on his yz250 I can certify that shifting down to 1st is tricky. My habit consists of stabbing the shifter down at least 3 times, especially coming up on a surprise climb.

I use to have a two stroke 85 then just bought a 2017 250fx yesterday what is your option between the fx and x 250

Just our every Sunday trail ride in the Philippines. Don't have dessert or rocks, just mountains and lots of it.

Damn that stuff is nuts.. I've never tried that style of riding. I can see why a four stroke would be challenging.

Any yz450fx reviews? I know alot of people steer away from the 450s for trail riding. Do I need the power? Not always, but im happy when its there. Ive been looking at a few 300s but feel quite comfortable on my 06 yz450. Geared down it feels a bit short on the top end, electric start would be a plus on tech terrain. Thanks again!

So would a wide ratio gear box be better here?

Riding that bike and having to use more clutch control with the higher gear is just making you a better rider. Also some of that single track looked like single deer trails and times! lol.... Definetly got pretty tight a few times!

So, you have mentioned the gearing a couple of times in your videos. Do you plan on changing the gearing to see how much it might improve the performance on those types of trails?

man you where in some crazy erzburg stuff! nice lol

most of the guys I ride with have 300s, I have a 250xc, and one guy had a 200sx. Absolutely amazing what a difference 50cc will make on a two stroke.

love to see you drop the gearing and hit the trail again, then add flywheel weight for a final compatison....tubliss on this one? tire choice?

This was stock right? I am considering a 250X and am rewatching all your videos, would a bigger rear sprocket make this more single track worthy?

Put a flywheel weight on if you haven't and you'll notice a difference. My 2003 yz250 i got from a trade has one and it handles slow speed riding very well! I love your channel! You should do a video on a project bike when you get the chance. Keep up the awesome work!

Playing with the gearing would help keep it in the sweet spot. It's too tall like it is for that terrain. I always liked to ride my YZ250 on tight single track just under the pipe, where with a little throttle or clutch, it would get on the pipe and go.

*drools* while watching this.

Damn!! i REALLY want to head out to Utah to ride these trails or any single trail system out there in Utah!! in other words... kyle when we going riding? lol, we don't have stuff like this in the north east!!

I love my yamahahaaaa... just change ur gearing and it will transform it to a weapon on tight stuff... i went up few teeth in the back and she is now a freight train on hills etc. yamaha did good on their pipes etc no need to do pipes. just sprocket to get nice low down pull and u dont lose much up top (which for technical rides you never need to be topped out anyway)

You need to come to NJ and ride, what you call 'nasty single track' is a breather section in northern NJ! Lol

This type of single track is what I usually find myself on in Southeast, but it's usually more wet. I would love to know how you think the YZ250FX would have done with this type of riding? Would a 250FX offer any advantages (or disadvantages) over the 2-stroke 250X?

Get a lectron for it! Just ordered one for my 250 x!

Hey Kyle, Just curious, are you running the same 90:1 Amsoil saber mix in the YZ that you run in your KTM.

Hey Kyle,I've been watching your videos on your Yz250x. I myself have a 2016 Yz250x. First off man I would like to say I to absolutely love the bike. I've owned 450's and use to race them in Moto and In GNCC works races. I will say I have full confidence in this bike for GNCC style races. I just sold my other 450 the mother day. So for the YZ250x I have put some parts on the bike in stages to see the changes it has made so far a FMF Gnarly Pipe then a FMF turbine 2 silencer than a 13oz Fly wheel. Then went to a 13 counter sprocket for a shorter first gear. The pipe I will say definitely gave me the low end grunt that it needed to pull the gears but only when I added the silencer and a re-jet it came alive on the low end. And the Fly wheel helped carry out the the grunt throughout the powerband and it still had snap. And it won't stall unless you come to a complete stop without grabbing the clutch. And your not on the clutch all the time. Fly wheel was $100, pipe was $225 and silencer was $140. It totally changed the bike. Hope that helps man. I also am interested in getting that 300 XC

Did you have to change jets and if so what size? Thanks

Now that's a kind of terrain I'm familiar with. I bet you missed the electric starter a lot more in this ride.

Put a Rekluse on it, it makes a difference, it's almost like cheating, also a Steahly 13oz flywheel weight.

What state are those trails in they look great

Hey kyle have u had or heard of any yzx gearbox failures.? I have. Seems this gear box is suspect?

You ever thought about putting a righteous stunt clutch on the 250x? It will make the pull easier by giving you more leverage on the clutch cable. You can one finger those things. I know one of your biggest complaints about the 250x is that the clutch isn’t hydraulic. Just a thought. I use one on my Yamaha. Larger rear sprocket maybe? That might make this bike as capable as your ktm xcw 250

im looking for a new dirt bike. im 15yearsold and and 5'8 would a 250 be too much coming from a honda xr100. please respond.thnk you

you should watch cross training Enduro skills they are great riders

if you already had a 4 stroke ktm 500, and want to add a 2 stroke in the garage, wich bike would you choose between the 300 xcw or this yz 250x??? considering its your first 2 stroke ever (only for trail use)... hard dilema... both looks awesome and fun...

how does the suspension feel in the tight single track? e-start definitely has it's advantage's but not a deal breaker for me.

To compensate for the high 1st gear, would it be good to change sprockets for more lower end grunt and power?

it's so hard to tell how steep the hills really are. I kept looking at the angle the trees were to the ground. Looks funn. trail Needs to be clipped out in a few spots

Any issues w/poison oak on those trails?

how do you feel about jd jet kits

Anyone use a fan? I have a zippy tank and no room to set it up for a puller. I was going to cut my radiator brace and use a pusher. Comments?

If you don't like the gearing you should have got a yz250 and customized it for offroa. I dragged raced a 2006 yz250 vs 2018 yz250x and I smoked it by 2nd gear I was a bike ahead

One thing ive noticed it takes alot of effort too boil over the yzx compared a 250/300 exc.

Where is this at?

Compared to the European 2’s, the Yammie definitely seems like it’d rather be screaming across the desert. I wish they’d take this platform and build a proper single track enduro bike.

if Yamaha would adjust the gear ration, bigger fuel tank and put a starter on this bike, people might consider this over the KTM. I love my KTM 300xc but would really like to give this bike a try. thanks again

YOU NEED TO TAKE THE SHERCO ON THIS TRAIL, THE 300 4-STROKE.

I notice your YZ does the same as my 13' with the throttle control at low/mid through the rocky technical stuff. That jumpy throttle makes traction control difficult and even throws me off balance occasionally. Have you checked out the G2 throttle system? Might help make clutch work a little easier as well. www.g2ergo.com/store/g2-throttle-cam-system/

Nice video. Would be interesting to take same bike thru this trail but with a rekluse core 3.0.

90% rider and 10% bike , i have ridden heaps of places where 300s have not got , some really good riders aswell

is yz125s pretty good compared to the yz250f in enduro

do you think a crf150r is a good bike for enduro, i have one and i can lug that thing in 5th gear goin literally 5 mph up a hill with no stabbing of the clutch. it aslo is really nice for the tunable suspension and i have it on fairly soft. the bike is stock except for handgaurds and is the expert which is for bigger riders. can you recommend me to any parts that could help me on my journy to be as good as you are, im 12

So I took your advice and piped my bike with the Pro Circuit Platinum 2! Haven't been out on it yet but looking forward to this weekend. I ride a 2016 YZ 250X and have a question I am hoping you can answer for me... Would it help to add a larger sprocket to get some more low end tractorability? And is changing the rear sprocket without changing the front advisable?

it doesn't seem very torquey down low in the rpm. is there anything you could do with getting more bottom end from it?

Do you ever get poison oak or poison ivy

52 tooth rear sprocket will solve the "grunt" issue. You won't miss the extra top end speed unless you ride @ 80mph everywhere..

sounds like 1st gear is way to high

Narly trail

This bike is at the end of it's life cycle due to Euro 4 regulations. The long first gear is a motocross type of gearing, not enduro. The Husqvarna/KTM TPI fuel injected two strokes are the state of the art. Super light hydraulic clutch, hydraulic Brembo brakes, braided stainless lines, electric start, and you put the same fuel in your tank as the four strokes. This is the Blackberry phone of today. A good value, maybe, but not likely to be around for much longer.

Too bad they didn't make it a 300??

Need lower gear and more torque.

go up one tooth on the rear sproket

England, have some sweet snotty trails ect here! very Technical

First gear seems way to long thoo

throw a rekluse auto clutch on this bad boy!

my yz250f would always hit neutral... hmm

wr is better for that terrain

no electric starter

2:20 Bye bye clutch!!

That kind of riding looks like torture to me.

Poor clutch

Sick and tired of these YZ250x videos saying they do not have the low end grunt like most 2 stroke and then say the dumbest shit i ever heard. Not like a 300! Well no shit it is 50cc’s smaller. It the KTM Beta Gas Gas Husqvarna are so dam good stop comparing 300cc’s to 250’ccs. All the other have a 250’cc bike and it it crickets comparing them to a YZ250. I know why. Because the YZ will kill them.

Thank you for this video. I no longer want this bike.... That poor clutch.

Just sounds so shit compared to the KTMs,,,