Off-road Riding's answer to MSG

If you ride for the taste, then consider this the flavour enhancer of your dirt biking experience. There’s nothing like the full-blooded, red-meat-and-three-veg thrust of a big-bore rooster like the WR450F to get that adrenalin pumping.

The second thing you’ll notice about riding the WR450F (the first being a slight blurring in the periphery of your vision), is just how tractable and controllable our engineers have managed to make a big horsepower dirt bike.

The WR450F’s rock-solid reliable, five-titanium-valved engine is nestled in a YZ-bred aluminium frame carefully engineered from castings, forgings and extrusions, that provides just the right amounts of both flexibility and rigidity where it’s needed.

Fast, forgiving, fat free… and deliciously fast.

With 449cc of liquid-cooled DOHC four-stroke and five titanium valves delivering broader power than ever, high over-rev capacity and crisp, linear throttle response, there’s not much that can stand in your way. Special camshafts, carburation, intake ports and exhaust all work together to produce an engine with mind-boggling low- and midrange power and a bullet-proof reputation.