A couple of weeks after the US press introduction the Europeans were invited to get a first riding impression of the all new Yamaha YZF450. At a nice late October day the traditional track at Bielstein in the middle of Germany was the place where Yamaha released their latest Motocross model.

In the second year after Kawasaki`s debut to the 450 class the Japanese engineers decided it was time for some changes. Nothing you can see at the first view but a new frame with modified main tubes, new forks and some engine mods could mean a big difference on the track.

We took the green thumper for some nice rides to Southern France and Italy so check out what we found out right here.

There is no doubt that after dominating the 125 class especially power wise KTM wants to keep the top position in the 250F class too. The Austrians were the last of the big five MX manufacturers to enter that class with a production bike in 2006 and the 2007 model already got a massive overwork.

The same look for a couple of years makes the Suzuki RM250 seems to be a little old school but that seems to be the destiny of the two strokes nowadays. Anyway there are new stickers and seat cover and the engine received some changes so things are still moving.

After the yellow option two years ago its now the white plastic that makes the outstanding change for the 2007 YZF bikes. There are still bikes with blue plastic available but isn`t it kind of a 06 ike style? <br>
We got our test bike with shiny white plastic and on and off the track it looked stylish and clean all the time. The 450s are on top of the motocross world so all the manufacturers try extra hard to make the best bike for the MX1. So lets see what Yamaha delivered for 2007.

For the second year in row, Austrian bike manufacturer KTM captured two out of three Motocross world championship class Titles.
New Zealand’s Ben Townley not- surprisingly dominated the MX2 class aboard the all new prototype fourstroke SX250F. Following in the footsteps of Belgian Steve Ramon, who won the class in 2003 on his KTM SX125.