Creatively clean
Perfect Purchase
Taylor Creative's YZ 250
Story by Kevin Carpenter
Photos by Drew Ruiz
We learned that we made the perfect purchase! This bike is a blast to ride!
Since the test we've gone on plento of Moto rides and even more off-road trips. We can't get enough. The bike has proven comfortable and confident on the moto track. We're jumping stuff right away, even some pretty big combo and rhythm sections are easy cheesy on our YZ. We've stiffened up the fork compression a bit and other than that, we've just put gas in it. It starts right away, hasn't hiccupped and is flawless. Well, almost. Since we're riding it so much we need a new set of tires. That's it! We're good to go.
Hellloooooo beautiful.
Much love for this easy two-stroke!
| Bike | 02 YZ 250 | $2,200.00 |
| Extra Parts | moto/offroad | $300.00 |
| sprockets, works connection radiatar guards, skid plate, new chain guide new shifter, desert tank, clutch plates, FMF Pipe, FMF silencer with spark arrestor, kick stand, clutch and brake cable. |
| Graphics | Factory Effex Custom | $279.85 |
| Foot Pegs | Pro Moto Billet/Fastway | $129.95 |
| Hand Guards | Pro Moto Billet/Fastway | $59.95 |
| Filters | Ready Racing - 3 @ $9.95 | $29.95 |
| Sand Tire | 19" | $- laying around garage |
| clutch lever | used | $- laying in tool box |
| | $2,999.70 |
Pegged and ready to ride | 
Carpenter hasn't lost his magazine-guy style with his new "real" job at Taylor Creative. | 
These guys have been singing praise about the YZ's impressive suspension. It was easily the most aggressively setup bike in the test, but seems to be working in a wide variety of conditions. |
We all wish we could hit this corner over and over and over and... | 
The real deal of this buy was this huge box of off-road and MX extras. Surprisingly, a lot of used bike deals come with a pile of takeoffs. | |