I hope that was a joke [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

trx 90 FOR EVERYTHING

 

phatdave u killed it

 

give the kid a break. he can't spell yet.

 

I love pulling out this old mag when these questions come up. I still have the June 1988 3&4 Wheel Action (now ATV Action) featuring the Top Speed Shootout between the Quadracers 500 and 250, the Banshee, the 250R and the Tecate 4. I wish they'd do one for the the current models.

These top speeds and other stats were done at a real paved race track for optimum accuracy. All quads were bone stock

Quarter Mile Top Speed:

LT500------79.29
Banshee---77.05
Tecate 4---74.75
TRX250R--71.89
LT250-----71.48
Mojave----57.84 (this was included for comparison as the fastest 4 stroke at the time)

Quarter Mile elapsed time

LT500----15.09
Shee-----15.33
Tecate---15.81
LT250---16.09
250R----16.42
Mojave--19.07

60 Foot-Mark elapsed time
Shee----1.902
Zilla-----1.938
LT250--1.947
Tecate--2.064
250R---2.084
Mojave-2.162

These numbers are real and the real deal for me. If you can do better, good mods! If you don't reach those numbers, tune it up!! (if you own these quads)

But hey, you could just change the sprockets for more top end and these numbers all change.

Not sure how the current quads stack up. But it would take a precise painstaking time trial on pavement at a drag track with top shape stock quads and pro riders like they did back in 88 to get accurate numbers like these.

 

BTW, to all you "what's faster??" kiddies out there:

The 250R wasn't the "fastest" at anything...not even close BUT I'd say more riders got around an MX track faster on one of these than the others...even my beloved Tecate 4...ofcourse it could just be that the fastest riders happened to be on R's...I remember Sean Finley won his first race on a stock tecate 4 prototype back in 87 at (lorreta Lynn's ???I think)

 

sorry paintballshee, didnt mean to post in caps.

as for Russo400, i think he is a clown, he goes around on all the threads boasting that his 2005 400ex with open headers will beat anyone, i pray to god hes joking but hes said it on like 5 different posts. 90% of the quads on here will rape him so quit talking ****. i hate people like that

 

hahaha true

 

Great post, thanks! The cold, hard stare of the radar gun smashes all the delusional "Ahh my LT500 could do 100 mph stock, but I got a pipe" theorizing and lays the truth out for all to see. That Tecate-4 was a mean one, eh? Kaw has always been know for mean 2-strokes, but not so much for reliability. I still want one, though.

The quads of today would NOT hang in a straight line confrontation with the old 2-stroke fire breathers of the '80s as long as they are fresh. I always have to laugh and shake my head when I come across these kids that are brainwashed by all the pro 4-stroke talk out there now. When modded, the Banshee will annihilate any 4-stroke, even when it's modded, in terms of straight line speed. Try to find a 80 RWHP YFZ450 or Raptor for example, you can find Banshees at that power level. As for MX tracks, well the Banshee is 1987 chassis technology, so in that respect, it holds up VERY well on the track also. Too bad Yamaha didn't see the need to update it over the years.

BTW, did they list the 1/8th mile ET and trap speed? I would be curious to see that an also the 0-60 mph times.

 

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Originally posted by: Speedster700HP

Unfortunately no. what you see is what they had.

I have some of the pages from this issue on a site.

http://uncleblue.blogspot.com

Go there and check it out.