Review - Yamaha WR 450 F Rally Replica

Dakar bikes are phenomenal. They're snarling, raspy, hardy beasts of motorcycles. They have a single focus and it shows.
This is our experience of riding the Drag'on Tek built, Yamaha WR 450 F Rally Replica in the sands of Loon Plage Motorcross track in Northern France.
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[@nimrod6603]

Great camerawork Great information and great riding😉👍🏻 WOW!!!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks Nimrod!

[@2dgScotland]

Great editing, final cut master eh! ;-)

[@eggman84ish]

Awesome vid! Love that brap! Thanks for sharing!

[@BrakeMagazine]

No problem! We loved it too!

[@LookattheBiggerPic]

Nice interesting review - thanks for sharing! Curious, what is the make and model of the helmet in the background?

[@SCORPASRULE]

Wonderful vid, awesome riding , Neil a nervous Nelly, Who knew?. Loved this.

[@BrakeMagazine]

He was more than nervous... 😂

[@fzlsalim]

Awesome video mate!

[@BrakeMagazine]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :D

[@nimrod6603]

28000 Euro for a Dakar ready weapon? If I could ride offroad like you guys, I’d buy one in a heartbeat and ditch my 1290 SAR. What a bike!!! It’s a steal!

[@neilhawkermotolife3653]

Nimrod 👍🏻👌🏻

[@Negronemshow]

Yamaha é confiável sempre e competitiva😎 huashuashuas!

[@emmjeh1034]

what helmet is that in the background? :o

[@stefanhansen5882]

Very interesting! What you said at 6:03 REALLY surprised me, when you said you could get away with something on this heavier bike than on an enduro bike. Can you please explain why that is (so a newbie can understand it)? Thanks!

[@stevepreston3151]

Looking good Neil is that you and Lels ride for Dakar 2019 then, see you guys at the GS Challenge

[@BrakeMagazine]

Maybe...

[@212driller]

If they. Could come out with a wr450r styled like this I would buy it immediately.

[@rickasdnorth]

I have halve a Dakar WR, have the tank and the exhaust..😝😝😝 but was wondering if the YZ and WR wiring harnass can be exchanged so I can fit a GET ecu too.. 🤔

[@BrakeMagazine]

You'd have to ask DragonTek that sorry.

[@rolldog82]

What's the difference between we and yz?

[@29CdoSnipes]

Will you be testing the new Kove 450 Rally Pro any time soon guys?

[@BrakeMagazine]

We will try but it's only possible if the UK importer can help.

[@beerbellymotocross1996]

Serres on that next year for Neil then?

[@neilhawkermotolife3653]

Ben Mason I’d love to but need to do a desert rally I think so mezouga potentially

[@Psihomaze]

Why yamaha isnt selling a wr450f with the big horseshoe tank and a adv fairing is beyond me, i would buy it in a second. I know they have the T7 but a Wr with the rally bits would be KILLER.

[@BrakeMagazine]

Economics. You can add them easy enough.

[@Negronemshow]

WR😙😎 YAMAHA!

[@istra70]

Great bike, but there are others apart from KTM and Husqvarna . Honda has factory replica too, there is Fantic 450 , AJP PR 7 ( 600) , and new on the market KOVE 450 rally ..... May be not for Dakar , but good all around rally bikes and less than half of the price .....

[@davidhardstaff8110]

Just need the lottery win

[@AussieDazza]

The correct pronunciation is Husqvarna, not Husk a varna . 😁

[@neilhawkermotolife3653]

dazza421970 that all depends if yoooom from Devon or nort me handsome

[@Simon-eh5ez]

It would probably be easier for most to come closer to the correct pronounciation if they read it as Huskvarna which is the correct way to say it. It is the town where Husqvarna was founded in the late 1600s and where the company got its name. In 1906 the town changed the spelling to Huskvarna with a K instead of a Q. I do not expect anyone to nail the swedish pronounciation, just like i don't pronounce Kawasaki with a japanese accent. However, for anyone wanting to know the correct pronounciation in swedish, husqvarnas promo video intros, and the wikipedia page for Huskvarna city.

[@wackywick9586]

👍✊🏻💨💨💨💨💨💨💨

[@anthonybaiocchi3028]

Honda 2020, yeah baby! 🤣

[@istra70]

Yeah, great bike but oil and filter changes make it really good only for sponsored racing ......

[@meardee1990]

i love to have this bike.. but sorry for me..haha

[@BrakeMagazine]

It's very nice 😍

[@meardee1990]

we can only afford china made 125..

[@meardee1990]

wat is the durable and cheap 125 for enduro..?

[@HenryDarr]

OMG 💦💦💦 I want that bike !

[@shannonscott5788]

So basically you take a 10k u.s. dollar bike and put another French 10k in it...wow very expensive dirtbike

[@takuu9214]

YAMAHAって日本の会社だったよね？これ、日本語に聞こえる？ ねぇねぇ(:3_ヽ)_ 聞こえる？www

[@takuu9214]

よしっ！英語勉強しよう！

[@253GQ]

This sounds like a review from a 6 year old

[@vitavivamax7921]

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[@pagobuck]

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[@dougiequick1]

You seriously would even want that roll chart system with a few ridiculously tall bracket needed I love the bike but have ZERO want of the ugly as sin and useless (to me) stupid tall bracketry and motorized chart system....give me a much lower more aerodynamic fairing/windscreen with a really nice large TFT display/ electronic navigation system (GPS) ....I think a lot of guys don't think why that ridiculous fairing is there and start to assume it looks cool ....trust me IF there were a way they could fit all that shift WITHOUT it being ridiculous looking? They WOULD ....but on those rally routes finding the way as fast as possible is key and so winning teams HAVE TO have the roll chart hence massive bracket and UGLY as sin fairing shape hampering visibility ....But for mortal human beings NOT competing in these week long thousands of mile rallies? Without support of chart makers and technicians updating shit etc? Most of what you see piled up on the front of these bikes? You seriously would NOT want on your personal adventure bike ....PERIOD ....other than to look like an asshole poser? ....I will confess the fairing/bracket on this bike is better looking than others like Honda and KTM but still it is over the top! Ya know?