Whats new on the 2009 YFZ i cant see anythng different other then the lame white plastics.. why the h3ll didnt they do Fuel injction or a AL frame? of hell why not a 6 speed trans.. bad choice to not change anything in my opinion even though they are still fast but why keep things the same. The yfz would have ripped with efi?!

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: YFZsandFreak
... The yfz would have ripped with efi?!</end quote></div>

Ya, and I could quite doing my thumb muscle workouts to prepare for long riding trips.

 

If I had to guess, they're working on something that's going to take years to develop, and when it comes out will be on top with out question... (kinda like they were when they first released the yfz)

Right now it's still a middle of the pack quad, and has owned GNCC under Bill Ballance for the last 8 years...

 

The much anticipated fuel injection didn't materialize. They put FI on the new WR250R dual-sport bike last year, so it must be in the works for other models as well.

 

Im kind of glad they didnt change too much considering i just bought an 08 yfz about a month ago, that would have made me look like an a$$

 

i dont know if anyone has thought of this but you think they will make a se version with efi? you know a lot of old timers wold still buy the carb model. they still have not released the se 450 which has me thinking. i mean they showed every other quad in the line up but the yfz450 se

 

The price went up $300. There's your big difference...

I'm not sure if your racer types that tend to buy YFZ450s would like to have EFI on them either. Carbs are really not that hard to tune. EFI adds a level of complexity I know at least a few people wouldn't like to have... I'm not making excuses for Yamaha, but maybe they analyzed it the same way KTM did and came to the conclusion that EFI isn't necessary on this kind of model...

 

i know what you mean. but efi can be tuned perfect. ive will not buy an atv without efi again myself. what i also like about efi is if your not tuned right you dont have to take out and put in a bunch of different jet kits till you find the right 1. it is so much easyier to unplug the pc3 and retune it than put a new set of jets in.

 

I'm waiting on a new 4 stroke twin Banshee,I got my friends yfz 450 to ride or buy the offers there for me.I dont want Efi everything is 2 as expensive w it a power commander is 300 a simple jet kit is 40-50 buck I know where Ill put my money.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>The yfz would have ripped with efi?! </end quote></div>
Not any more than a properly tuned carb.
Dosen't really matter much though; in a few years everything will be EFI because of the smog police.