Cody Webb Reveals The Next Evolution of His Off-Road Career

[@RobTremp]

Good time for Yamaha to develop a YZ350FX 4 stroke. Yuuuuuuge market. Great Pod Cast Max....Welcome to AZ Cody!

[@motomatt6752]

Couldn’t be more happy for Cody he so deserves a ride with Yamaha. His input on making the yz250 more off road competitive will be awesome congrats

[@SCHWARZRACING]

Yamaha is lucky to be working with you Cody.👏 awsome vid guys!

[@chadrides914]

Exactly. Those corporate greed heads need to remind themselves who has their finger on the heartbeat of the enduro scene. And it’s guys like Webb. Not more ceo/cfo types in their company.

[@blucru4286]

Fantic has already done all of the R&D on both the Yz250X = XE300 and YZ250FX = XEF310 So why not tap into their technology but make a yz300x with an updated modern frame / ergonomics to take over the enduro world! I can’t wait to see what comes from this new venture for Cody and Yamaha!

[@MaxGerston]

Soo exciting!!

[@kurt5299]

Fantastic sesh with Cody. Max, you are becoming the Jimmy Fallon of off-road entertainment and guest specials!! Keep it up. The world needs more exposure of our beloved sport!! And the most innovative part of your platform is the insight of how multi-dimensional you/Cody have to be as Factory-supported privateers. It's amazing, and really appreciate the talents.

[@MaxGerston]

Appreciate that man! 🤝 let’s keep it rolling! Thanks for watching and loving what we love.

[@a226sig]

What an exciting time in Enduro! Seriously awesome interview.

[@MaxGerston]

Much appreciated! Let’s goo

[@Akreger558]

Just wanted to say you put out some of the best offroad moto content ive seen and your style, flow and delivery as a podcaster is great

[@cannonsmith7429]

hyped to hear Cody riding a YZ. Can't wait to see what's to come!

[@MaxGerston]

Saaame

[@prairiedog879]

Smart move for Cody. There are sooo many average Joes that are going to be following Webb and his YZ. Win win for Yamaha and Cody with this match. And who knows maybe we’ll see a new WR 2T down the road.

[@MaxGerston]

200%

[@jesseleblanc989]

Happy for Cody! Awesome interview! Love my 2018 WR250F.

[@sethgray4773]

So stoked for Cody! First time I’ve listened, I dig it, keep up the good work Max! Thanks for the entertainment during my work day

[@JakeSchrecengost]

Great podcast! Totally looking forward to this season!

[@garretthorner]

Damn what a killer podcast 😂 Looking forward to seeing what Cody can make of Yamaha off road

[@MaxGerston]

Me too can’t wait to see how he does.

[@williamcrotts7054]

Good job Max, great interview. Best of luck Cody.

[@MotocrossHideout]

It's awesome to hear that Yamaha wants to help Cody and possibly improve their enduro bikes. Hopefully, this opens a bigger market for more affordable enduro 2 strokes. It's too bad Kawasaki doesn't care about this market...

[@MichaelLatvala]

Awesome podcast, I'm so glad you guys did this in advance and had it queued up today. So good to hear from the horse's mouth the background and look ahead. This is going to be great!

[@rthecarpenter]

man, good for you Cody. probably the best guy in the sport. I loved him ripping the Sherco. however, being that I own a WR250 I’m a big fan of him going Yamaha. hope he gets all the support he can. a straight up good dude.

[@MaxGerston]

200% totally agree

[@spencersantenello4765]

Great conversation Max n Cody!

[@chrisvozza6530]

Hell yea! Cody on yamaha!! Can't wait for the vid of the builds and more of u riding the yz

[@BlackDirt_Enduro]

This is good stuff! I’m excited to see where this takes Yamaha on the enduro side of things.

[@MaxGerston]

200% same here.

[@chobitrial]

Amazing chat with Cody wow interesting all the topics about the off road world

[@gabegamez837]

Love to see it! Can’t wait to see this bad boy rip at Donner Also maybe what could help with power is putting on an RK tek head, dudes are super nice and knowledgeable

[@aaronphillips2728]

At 26:30 I used pro taper ball bearing if i remember right and loved it. Clutch pull was close to my ktm's

[@mmig2116]

Kailub Russell sighing with Yamaha to !off road line up is at all time high!

[@aaronfoy8483]

Great video! Kick ass man

[@knobbysidedown4258]

Stoked for the build series on the bikes and to see how Yamaha moves into the enduro scene.

[@DougTunnler]

Yamaha currently makes a Hard Enduro bike. Pol Tarres' Tenere 800. 😮

[@MaxGerston]

Haha yep, so gnarly.

[@davidwillis6499]

Awesome CW, 💙Blu Cru!!

[@davidwillis6499]

Max, you're our Paul Bolton X2! 🦾

[@dirtabletv]

Fantastic news! Fantastic company, fantastic rider. As a Yamaha and owner over 40 years, I switched to the orange bike simply because the YZ 250 just hadn't changed enough. While still an amazing bike, it just needs a few updates to keep up. I'm hopeful that a deal like this helps bring that to fruition. Is there a purchase list to get on? I'll buy one without seeing it! Take my money. With BK talks at KTM, what a perfect time for Yamaha to enter the off-road world and take over! I think its interesting that Yamaha brass was asking Cody how GYTR is viewed in this crowd... I can only speak for myself but with most of my friends, were only riding other bikes because the Japanese manufacturers have left us trail riders out in the cold. We've been waiting for decades for them to take notice and give us an option! We are a large sector of the overall motorcycle buying demo, why have they left us alone for so long??? Thank you, Yamaha! I sure hope this all works out-for Cody, for yamaha, for the sport of trail riding (enduro-hard enduro) and for us consumers. It's time! Come on!

[@MaxGerston]

Give the people what they want!!! Thank you for sharing brotha

[@dirtabletv]

@ so pumped! Thanks for doing this interview and exciting the masses!

[@GPP-pz4ou]

Well said, so many of us feel this way.

[@andrewwieg2735]

This is awesome, I'm stoked to see how Yamaha implements the cooling fan. Especially since I just built my own cooling and lighting set up on my yz250.

[@nategoss34]

Goaty 🐐

[@dont3761]

Pretty awesome chat, wishing Cody and you the best success in the future..

[@MaxGerston]

Much appreciated let’s keep it going

[@zachfarkash6430]

Cool shit , cant wait to see where this goes for both Cody and Yamaha 🤘🤘

[@MaxGerston]

Saaame so cool!

[@jonpowell5860]

Congratulations Cody, that's awesome. It my not be much at first but the potential for great things in the future are truly exciting. You may have to renegotiate Yamaha owning your developments without some kind of compensation. Your knowledge and experience is worth something and they know that. Nice pod cast Max, you're getting good at this stuff. I still think you're speeding up your riding videos.......just kidding. I'm just mad my eyes can't think that fast

[@sgtsimmons4956]

Havent touched my 2021 yz250x since december of 2021 (rocking the KDX). That close ratio 1st and 2nd just give me fits. Gonna be super cool to see what Cody does to it. They say that 1st and 2nd out of a WR450f fits as a direct swap. Be cool to see if he throws that in there. Anyway, great podcast.

[@MaxGerston]

Yeeew thank tou

[@PatFarrellKTM]

Great video. Great advertizer. I've been using Bullet Proof gear on my KTMs forever. Great to see ads for stuff I am willing to buy.

[@MotoBilly-4CNr]

Was wondering if someone would mention Hitlis. I have Fischmoto estart and the Hitlis is next. Love YZ250's and had an older YZ250FX too. Different Gearing too.

[@beamecho9898]

Kickstart Cody ! Haha! This is gonna be good

[@edgerlyb19]

Stoked for Goaty!

[@MaxGerston]

Me tooo

[@doug_EX]

Great episode guys! Duane (the French Canadian).

[@powerturbine6170]

Good ole rekluse ladies clutch for king of motos Cody!

[@jermz8273]

Since Yamaha is already in partnership with Fantic for frames and engines, it would seem like it would be easy for them to use the same 300 2t that the Fantic use. I guess Fantic bought the motor manufacturer of the YZ from Yamaha a while back. Would be cool to see more Yamaha 2t’s, I bet even a new 500cc smoker would be popular.

[@highoncash]

He needs to bolt on the ESR YZ325 big bore kit. Huge torque and over all power gains. Alessi won an LCQ against full line 450s on it several yrs ago.

[@chriskindberg7212]

Thank you Max !

[@MaxGerston]

Of course Chris LFG son!

[@coreyelmendorf6335]

Hell yeah Cody... good luck to you, you got so much in the works. Make that Yamaha kick some ass. Oh.. Blue Chew, if you ain't Chew'n, you ain't Screwing

[@AUSTIN_RIDES]

Be cool to see Cody do a GNCC or two as well, AMpro Yamaha can easily set him up with a bike and support with the team on the weekend.

[@jonpearsonbiketester]

"KTM is a marketing company that sells dirt bikes"...like it.

[@allenyoungs]

I guess I’ll keep my YZ250x instead of trading it for KTM for enduro riding. Looking forward to seeing what Cody does with the bike! Also loved the ride video with Cody, gonna have to go explore that area and get myself lost and stuck 😅

[@Cdoles610]

Tel Yamaha you want an ‘04 steel frame to start the new build. Way gooooder

[@jimgarbus1371]

YZ300X with a headlight and taillight in the box....yes please.

[@MaxGerston]

Give the people what they want!

[@dannyrobinson1272]

Love the UFC to Endurocross analogy. Question: Where are all the super fit 50+ guys that would be capable of being competitive in beginner or intermediate level Endurocross?

[@MaxGerston]

They’re out there somewhere!

[@JST-NV-USA]

PROvateer✊️

[@MaxGerston]

That’s it!!

[@wfodavid]

Nice to see Yamaha making the push on off-road. I bleed orange but I'd try a Yamaha if it were more off-road oriented.

[@peteyparado]

Hitlist power valve mod is action use it on my YZ250X

[@MaxGerston]

Love to hear it!

[@peteyparado]

Can’t wait to see Cody and all you guys in omao kauai again.

[@drewhogarty9370]

Howabout a 200x stk?

[@andystreet339]

Between Cody and Kalub Yamaha may have some new secret weapons for off road in the future

[@2strokin_it]

Gonna be tricky to go back and forth between 2t and 4t, where one is old school and one is modern design.

[@MaxGerston]

Perhaps. We will see.

[@SouthernUtahMx]

Wait so they came out with a GYTR electric start for the YZ250 2 stroke? I can’t find it anywhere on their website.

[@toddgibbons7147]

I think he said the final test for their e-start was Jan 20.

[@MaxGerston]

Sounds like it’s comin.

[@fitzgeni16]

How about Yamaha comes out with a new bike instead or bandaging a dinosaur 250?

[@SouthernUtahMx]

@@fitzgeni16 nothing wrong with the old bike. I still choose to ride my YZ250X over my 24’ YZ450 all the time

[@fitzgeni16]

@@SouthernUtahMx I’d choose that over a 450 too lol

[@ZackGreenfield]

You boys are solopreneurs, welcome to the party 🤙 >racerpreneurs

[@mitchpeters1076]

WR Gears will work.

[@enduro_j]

If Cody could help them develop a YZ 300x. Cheaper than ktm/husky/gasgas, it would definitely sell! Invest in hard enduro “Yamaha” plz. Good luck 👍🏻

[@breacore101]

Bluechew! 😂”ride hard”

[@MaxGerston]

Haha so good ya?

[@bwcdesign]

Well with the latest developments with Pierer Mobility > Ducati, Triumph and now Cody & Yamaha this should be a noteable moment in dirt bike history. I'm especially interested to hear Cody's impressions of the HITLIS PV setup, having run it for some 90 hours on a '05 YZ with a Eric Gorr 295cc jug. It's no joke folks the power delivery starts early & healthy and goes smooth and usable all the way thru overRev. IMHO it rivals any other 300 hard enduro platform available. And Cody nailed it when he described Tim King as the YZ Wizard... his blue bike knowledge is deep! Cody, we are all excited to watch this next chapter unfold for you, giver Hell!

[@artsteale3443]

Yamaha should work with Fantic in Europe to develop an off road two stroke. Fantic has done the work already.

[@D.M.Designs]

Webb needs an old school giant Enduro front fender for Blue Chew, gotta one up that Ducati front fender.

[@middleageddirtscooter7883]

I think this is a great move by Yamaha. Im a huge Yami fan. Have a 24 450fx currently. Hooefully Cody will help them get the 250x updated. I know severals hard enduro guys that would buy 1 if only it had a estart and fan.

[@MaxGerston]

2 hunnit!

[@JoshGrowsHydro]

i would buy a yamaha hard enduro bike if they drop one

[@samschenk4508]

if cody wins a round of hard enduro on a yz 250 ill buy one!

[@Thingswwheels]

See if they can slide you some Fantic xe300 stuff

[@RiggerbeeOffRoad]

Yz300 enduro - make it happen

[@keshmo12]

Hope they do well and make a yz300 with electric start. I have my doubt though because Pol Tarres rides for yamaha. And he rides a Tenere 700 in the Enduro races. (It's fun and all but yamaha doesn't make a serious Enduro bike).

[@joshuakoch3853]

Blue chew crew 🤣🤣🤣

[@utahdesertrider1806]

I hope Yamaha listens to Cody and makes a rad enduro bike. I love my Beta but Yamaha can make a rad machine if they try

[@SouthForkEnduro]

What is a "deck"?

[@MaxGerston]

A deck is a document that outlines what an athletes plans are for the year and how sponsors can be involved basically.

[@SouthForkEnduro]

@MaxGerston Thanks. Learning how the whole behind the scenes work pro athletes do is neat. Maybe see you guys in Kauai 🤙. 10/10 video

[@StevenTracey-q2o]

I love my yz250 buuuuuttt its not as awesome as my sherco 300. Its is lighter and the parts are easier to find tho. Here is a quick example, the chain guide mount that is welded to the swing arm is made for motocross and ive snapped it off twice. First repair cost $200 for a welder to fix it. Broke it again right away. Bought a lightly used 08 yz450f swingarm that bolted on perfectly. The linkage was different but that was easy to get used and I had to use a different hub and axle but I had one of those lying around off of an 05 yz250f. It all worked! Crazy! but then you have the issue with the stator being to small to run a battery let alone a fan or light.

[@DougTunnler]

@@StevenTracey-q2o the 450 swingarm from that era is over a pound lighter too.

[@MaxGerston]

I have a feeling Cody will make a YZ 250 look super sick. Great input 👍🏽

[@StevenTracey-q2o]

@@MaxGerston I love me a clean blue YZ. Like Ricky Russell at the TKO in 2019.

[@mikebarnato7632]

🤪Yamaha 💪

[@todayweride4779]

I think I will hold off on buying a Euro bike.

[@tajstephens1140]

We want a yz300x!!!

[@calebrose4368]

So what pol tores is doing.

[@motomatt6752]

Hey Cody please get Yamaha to bring over some of there Trials bikes I’ll be in line first to purchase one

[@Jcarney87]

What are ‘decks’ ? like ‘ i had to send a deck to Motorex’ what’s that mean?

[@MaxGerston]

It’s basically a document that outlines athletes plans and sponsorship opportunities, basically.

[@raymondrinker1600]

He’s going to develop the 350

[@MotoProspector-pv6wf]

Can't yamaha give him a Fantic 300 with blue plastics.

[@DougTunnler]

@@MotoProspector-pv6wf IKR?

[@MXJEFF94]

If Yami comes out with a 350FX....I'm coming out of retirement.

[@mxdave]

Unfortunately I can't see Yamaha developing the Yz any further than bolt on accessories. Cody is just going to get the Yz ridable to his standard but I don't think any real development will come out of this. Marketing on the Tenere like what Pol is doing is what they want out of this :)

[@williamcrotts7054]

You're right Max. KTM screwed the used bike market.

[@sendit6011]

The gorilla pic 💯

[@bbarker5766]

***PROVATEER*** IT-300 EX, YZ-300 EX, YZE-300..... Toss a 200, & 250/450 FE

[@positivecarry07]

Mr. Webb - please read this. We need you to beg Yamaha for a 300 2T and 350 4T. 🙏

[@MaxGerston]

Amen brother. Give the people what they want!!

[@bradaltergott2786]

Yamaha WR 300EX

[@jonpowell5860]

Privateer factory solo

[@bradleyhetherington2145]

300 cc 2 stroke

[@mountainslapstick6170]

Apex head, flywheel, estart, smart carb and mako handle bar mounts, and a charging system. Thing will RIP

[@TodayJosh]

Dude gonna be crazy Cody Webb telling people how to get a 250x to pro lvl hard enduro for half of the price of KTM...😂😂😂 way to twist the knife lolz.

[@westcoastfrisco]

Guess he better call Kenny and ask how to start that dinosaur YZ🤣

[@williamcrotts7054]

He probably won't stall it.

[@westcoastfrisco]

@ they stall plenty over a 4 hour hard enduro.

[@DougTunnler]

a dinosaur? Dinosaurs went extinct, Yamaha isn't filing for bankruptcy.

[@jamesoso259]

They’re so easy to start, jetting is fool proof on it.

[@bmwlane8834]

This move makes no sense. I hope the best for him though...great guy.

[@MaxGerston]

Mmmmmmm debatable. Thanks for watching 💪🏾

[@rexnielsen6097]

Talk to Kelsey at rk tek he will make a head that will make it better than a 300.

[@brycekauai]

Kickstart. Kauai. We shall see. 😮

[@bohembillygoats]

GYTR have a wide ratio tranny to swap in for the 250x? Or, is Cody just gotta snag one off a WR?

[@GPP-pz4ou]

The 250X uses 4 of the WR gears now.

[@bohembillygoats]

@GPP-pz4ou which gears though? 1st and 2nd?