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WR450F features a powerful and reliable highly evolved high-revving five-titanium-valve engine. YZ-bred advanced aluminum frame, push button start, and digital enduro race computer with speedometer, clock, and trip meter. WR450F is also green sticker approved for California.

Key Features

A YZ-bred advanced aluminum framecarefully engineered from castings, forgings and extrusionsenhances handling while retaining legendary Yamaha feel and characteristics.
Highly evolved five-titanium-valved engine starts with the push of a button.
Cool digital enduro computer offers speedometer, clock, tripmeter, etc., in basic modeor pace management functions such as timer, distance-compensating tripmeter, average speed, etc., when switched to race mode.
The WR450F is green sticker approved for California.

Engine Features

449cc liquid-cooled DOHC four-stroke with five titanium valves delivers more broad power than ever, with high over-rev capacity and crisp, linear throttle response.
Special WR camshafts, carburetion, intake ports, exhaust, etc., all work together to produce an engine with mind-boggling low- and midrange power.
Special crank balance factor and AC generator provide super-smooth running. A piston oil-jet provides increased cooling for long life.
Dry-sump lubrication system carries the oil reservoir inside the engine cases