The 2023 model years of the Yamaha TW200 and the XT250 bring a new color into the fold called Radical Gray. Ready for almost anything, the XT and the TW series are long-time favorites of dual-sport enthusiasts of Team Blue. Yamaha announced that North America will get the two models with a minor change for 2023. Most of everything is still the same except for the addition of the new color. The price for the 2022 year models was pegged at US$ 5,199 for the XT and US$ 4,799 for the TW. At the time of this article’s writing, the pair hasn’t received their official prices just yet.
Things stayed the same for the two Yamaha
dual sports. Both models have not been updated to meet European or Japanese
emissions standards. For the Yamaha XT250, the model comes with an air-cooled,
four-stroke, single-cylinder, single-overhead-cam engine that has 249ccs of
displacement. The bike tips the scales at a light 291 pounds, and it produces
about 19 Hp.
As for the TW200, the model comes with an
air-cooled four-stroke, single-cylinder, single overhead cam engine that
punches out 16 horsepower and it comes in at a weight of 277 pounds.
Characterized by its thick front and rear tires’ sidewalls, the TW200’s a bike
that’s full of personality. While we were underwhelmed back in 2020 when the
models did get updated, the bikes are desirable enough for Young Machine to say
that they “envy North America.”
The Radical Grey colorway is the start of
the show here, and the models are both equipped the same way as before with the
new color leading the charge for the new model year. Just like its update in
2020, there is a new color in the family with Beige being in the spotlight back
then when it was new. Now, the lineup will feature the Radical Grey along with
the other colors of the TW200 and XT250.
