YZ250FX gets $500 Cross-Country Kit

Back in mid December, Transmoto’s Andy Wigan attended the launch of Yamaha’s all-new 2015 YZ250FX over in New Zealand and, as his ride impression on the cross-country machine indicated, he came away very impressed with what is essentially a hybrid of the 2015 WR250F and YZ250F models. In that article, Wigan also pointed out that Yamaha Motor Australia was working on a special retro-fittable “Cross-Country Kit” for the FX for the Australian market.

Well, the make-up of that kit has now been finalised. So at a recent test, we asked YMA’s test bike technician, Darren Thompson, to bring a kitted FX along and take us through the Cross-Country Kit’s inclusions, costs and benefits…