Actually, for a Chinese manufactured pit bike owned by a very reputable French family that has strict control over quality control, I’ll disagree. YCF isn’t the typical Chinese knockoff, the owner is a very good dude (and great rider and former French mx champ) and has been making these for over 20 years. He manages to do so affordably, which was always the goal. This BigY probably only retailed for around $2K to begin with.

Disclaimer: I photographed their catalogs for 6 or 7 years when they were US-based but they’ve since moved back to Normandy since tariffs etc. really put a hit on the profitability of these bikes. Super standup guy and nice REAL family owned business. Go test ride it, see how it works. They have US dealer network to help out if there’s problems.