Yamaha YZ250 flat tracker

Modern race bikes leave me cold, but vintage machinery gets my motor running. It’s mostly because you can actually see the bike with older machines, rather than a garish mish-mash of graphics fighting for your attention. This clean, sharp-looking Yamaha YZ250 flat tracker is a case in point. It was built by Italian Lorenzo Buratti, who wanted to go racing without breaking the bank. So a YZ250 two-stroke was a wise choice. “There are a lot of used YZ250s in good condition,” he says, “And if you work on the engine you don't have to spend too much. They have...