No Quarter: 250 Battle Heats Up Rise of the modern 250: Japan aims low and hits the competition where they least expect it.

2013/14 Yamaha YZF-R250

Extravagance has its place…if you’re a one-percenter. But for the rest of the population, $28,000-a-pop Panigale Tricolores, $10,000 European enduros and just-shy-of-$40K factory-custom H-D CVOs just don’t jibe with economic realities. Thankfully, the motorcycle industry has listened. In particular, the Japanese, who have taken quite a beating in the press the past four years for [...]

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