Yamaha YZ lowering at Big Nasty Hillclimb

This weekend's Big Nasty Hillclimb will see some YamaLink action aboard a multi-time winner's Yamaha YZ450. He wanted to lower his crazy paddle tired monster motor extended swingarm YZ so of course we happily obliged.

Yamaha WR250R lowering shipping question

Another non-exciting Yamaha WR lowering link shipping question? Of course (5 riders have asked in the past 2 days so we figured.....).

Question: How much do you charge for overseas shipping, and do you charge extra above and beyond what your carrier charges?

Answer: $26.63 US is the actual cost of express international. It's the fastest
method. We do not charge one extra cent for "handling." Just actual
delivery. We used to ship via the $12 method but it took twice as long, and several packages were "lost" in the hands of curious customs officials who also had a side hobby of selling items that were "lost" in customs. Uh huh.

Express shipping tells overseas customs "hey, at least two people are watching this so don't stick it on your local classified ad or give it as a gift to your cousin MushMush.

Yamaha lowering link WR YZ WRF YZF

Thanks to the ham-fisted United States Postal Service destroying a priority mail package containing a Yamaha lowering link for a YZF, we will now be double-wrapping all shipments.

This morning we received what was left of the August 10 shipment - the label only! Took 7 days to notify us....the package should've been delivered 4 days ago.

So now we've attempted to contact the buyer to explain and apologize, and we'll be shipping overnight a new Yamaha YZ F lowering link.

Shipping prices will remain the same.

2009 Yamaha YZ250F lowering spring rate question

Toby rides a 2009 Yamaha YZ250F. He recently purchased the YamaLink 1.5 and wanted to know which spring rate would be required for his 100kg/220 pound weight. Factoring in the YamaLink's 10% extra leverage here is our reply....

Toby,


100kg is 220 pounds. With the stock spring you are obviously too heavy at 100kg to achieve proper sag which means so far your bike has been squatting too much in the back/understeering/riding rudely on the small bumps. Without a YamaLink you should have a 5.4 or a 5.6 kg spring.

WITH a YamaLink you should be on a 5.8 kg/mm spring to achieve proper sag setup. Repeat - 5.8 kg/mm shock spring.

We added approximately 10% body weight in the RaceTech.com spring calculator to compensate for the YamaLink's extra leverage.

Just in case you need a source, sag set-up can be found here

Yamaha lowering link WR250F 2009 question

Sergio asks what a YamaLink will do for his 2009 WR250F. Our reply....

"At your weight of 70kg/155 pounds you will be perfect with the stock Yamaha shock spring.

But the most important part is to reset sag. If you reset sag and slide the fork tubes up in the triple clamps your Yamaha will ride so much better than stock.

Yamahas work best with 1/3 sag of total travel whether you run a YamaLink or a stock setup.

If you do not reset sag or if you are not properly sprung then the bike will be altered in its geometry and not ride well.
We've sold many many YamaLinks over the years, and the key is proper set up. It's simple to do, and a YamaLink will increase traction, lower the seat height, add plushness and turn better."