Holy Expensive Oil Batman, and now it's all burned up.

Here is my best picture of a nice Sand Dune Jump, Here I get the WR in the air about 3 feet at the rear tire. I was jumping and traveling about 20 feet and hitting the jump at the top end of the speed revs in 3rd gear. The sand was soft and the landing was pretty good, a bit flat but it was also a small table top, build naturally by the sand and wind.

So my big fancy oil change I made in my WR450F last week, well I burned it all up at the Sand Dunes, I rode 180 kilometers, which turns into 120 American miles. This was equal to about 10 hours on my buddies hour meter on his YZ250F. We spent 4 days out at the Jericho Dunes and really burned it up. We rode and rode and rode and jumped and jumped and jumped. I started to really get a feel for the 450's power and weight. It definitely feels heaver than the YZ250F counterpart. I have not compared it to a YZ450F, but I am thinking the YZ450 must feel a lot lighter without the electric start, battery, and lights, and super hard seat. Oh ya did I mention the seat on the WR450 is way too hard for my soft and squishy bottom. I am still sore and it's been 4 days since I got off the bike and went back to captaining a office chair at work. AT least complaining about being sore and tired is better than complaining about not being able to go for a ride at all.

Yamaha WR 450 First Ride Impressions. This 450 goes

I really liked Riding my new 200 Yamaha WR 450 Motorcycle. I put it to the test at the track putting 35 miles on it in various conditions. Mud, dust, dirt, rocks, silt, and jumps. I was a bit let down with the top heavy feeling of the WR 450. They still have not figured out how to get a bike that feels and rides like a 250 two stroke. I guess I am complaining about the weight I knew I was getting when I opted for an electric start WR 450 with lights, and a battery. The front felt heavy when I first got on the motorcycle and tried to put the front wheel hard into a corner. I felt the bike want to wash out and not turn for me. I was immediately let down. My previous Suzuki DR 350 was squirrely and I wanted to get away from that with this new bike. I can't blame the bike completely the front tire has the stock tire and is pretty worn out. I will investigate a new tire. As the day progressed and I got better and riding and understanding the feel of the bike I didn't notice the front end as much. The overall feel of the bike is a bit heavy, or I am well let's say I am not 20 years old anymore.

The Power was great, low end torque and thump, and higher immediate revs which jump up and make the machine go. I was very impressed with the grunt and zoom of the engine. It will lift the wheel in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. I didn't spend a lot of time trying to wheelie, but the power is definitely available if you want it.

The Speedometer and trip odometer is cool, but I didn't really look at it much while riding. I was not in the habit of looking at my speed while dirt riding.