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    Transplant patient

    May 30, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS // BEN GRABHAM
    PHOTOS //
    JOHN PEARSON

    Yamaha has been producing off-road motorcycles with quality KYB suspension for decades, so it’s no surprise to see close to one hundred percent of the YZ and WR motorcycles I see are running it. Every now and then I have seen the likes of Josh Green (Active8 Yamalube rider) using an Ohlins shock but that’s no huge surprise as Yamaha used to own a big chunk of the Swedish brand.

    So when I heard that Yamaha-supported rider Stefan Granquist was pulling out his WR450F’s KYB gear and replacing it with a WP Cone Valve 48 fork and Trax shock, I was definitely surprised. For starters, it would make more sense if he fitted Ohlins, as he’s Swedish.

    Secondly KYB forks and shocks are arguably the best standard suspension on an

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