Frid’Eh Update #49 Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Hello, and welcome to Week #49 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada. Winter paid us a visit here in Southwestern Ontario overnight and we’re digging ourselves out from our first legitimate snowfall of the season. Say what you want, I love the snow! Week # 49 belongs to the Ohio racer who
Frid’Eh Update #43 Presented by Yamaha By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Welcome to Week #43 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada. We’re into single digits remaining until we end another year here at Direct Motocross and that’s pretty hard to believe. This week, we feature the hard-working rider, Jared Petruska, who puts in more than full-time hours throughout the week and still manages to get
2019 Yamaha YZ250F Test Ride – Jeff rides Yamaha’s all-new MX2 entry at Motopark and gives us his thoughts – Thanks to our great friends at Yamaha Motor Canada, we were invited out to Motopark to ride the all-new 2019 Yamaha YZ250F. Like always, the morning starts off with everyone catching up and some quick bench racing. Once all of the hello’s were done, we headed in for a quick
Yamaha Introduces the New 2019 WR450F To meet the high standards of this country’s most demanding enduro riders, Yamaha Motor Canada introduces the completely revised 2019 WR450F. A pure off-road bike based on the latest-generation YZ450F motocross platform, the new WR450F transforms Yamaha’s outstanding MX bike into a high-performing off-road weapon. Powering the new WR450F is the latest reverse-fed, mass-centralized 449 cc single from the potent YZ450F. While the overall
Yamaha Rider Appreciation Day Coming to Quebec’s SMX this Saturday September 18, 2018 (Toronto, ON) – This coming Saturday, September 22, Yamaha Motor Canada is bringing its popular bLU cRU Rider Appreciation Day to the province of Quebec for the first time. Any rider who shows up to Sanair Motocross (SMX) for Saturday’s open ride day with a PW, TT-R, WR or YZ motorcycle will have their entry fee waived and receive
2019 Yamaha Media Ride Day at Motopark By Billy Rainford Each year at this time, we get the invite from Yamaha Motor Canada to head over to Motopark in Chatsworth, Ontario, to ride the next year’s motocross line-up, and each year I tell myself I really should have ridden more leading up. My days of chasing lap times are long gone, but I’m still able to get the sense of
Tailgating with Graeme Jones from Yamaha Canada We sit down and talk with Graeme Jones from Yamaha Motor Canada while at Motopark riding the all-new Yamaha YZ250f and the rest of the 2019 Motocross line-up.
Frid’Eh Update #36 Presented by Yamaha Canada By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Welcome to Week #36 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update Presented by Yamaha Canada. Week 36 puts us at what is now one of our short “off seasons” in Canadian Moto. The Rockstar Triple Crown MX Series has finished and we are a week away from the Supercross portion of that series as well as the Future West
Video | 2018 Yamaha Factory Ride Awarded at the TransCan By Billy Rainford Here’s the 2018 Yamaha Factory Ride Award being handed out to Junior rider, #20 Jeremy McKie, at the 2018 Walton TransCan.
Yamaha Rider Appreciation Day SCHEDULE September 7 – Track Closed – Press Day September 8 – Yamaha Rider Appreciation Day (other bike brands welcome) September 9 – AMO Racing – Track close for Practice September 27 – Fall Vet Camp September 29 – New Era Vet National – Track close for Practice September 30 – AMO Racing – Track close for Practice Any rider who shows up to Motopark’s open ride day on