2023 Yamaha YZ450F Horsepower and Torque

By way of dust bike fashions, Yamaha’s focus this 12 months was on its flagship motocrosser and pair of premix-burning cross-country racers. For the YZ450F, this meant a high to backside overhaul together with a very redesigned engine, all-new chassis, narrower bodywork, revised suspension parts, and 5-pound weight discount (as verified on the Filth Rider automotive scales). The one powerplant-related parts that aren’t completely different on the 2023 mannequin are the throttle physique and muffler, which introduced lots of anticipation about how the Tuning Fork model’s new-generation fuel-injected liquid-cooled DOHC four-stroke 450cc engine would carry out.