The YZF is a name that guarantees: it invented the four-stroke of the modern cross, showing the way for those who followed. And now the Yamaha YZ four-stroke (with an F), is among the bikes that have dominated motocross, starting from the 1997 debut, and since 2004 has won more world titles than any other in the MX1 and MX2 classes.
The YZF have been the perfect alliance between champions of calibre such as Josh Coppins and David Philippaerts (in Mx1) in addition to local Antonio Cairoli in the MX2, who are around again in 2008 to race in the world championships.
We also add that Chad Reed has recently won the prestigious AMA-SX, and even in the World Female Championships Katherine Prumm is battling with her YZ250F: and the scene is complete.
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