hey i was just wondering if any one wanted to say anything about the new yfz450R

 

Lets see you already had the best 450 In the 08YFZ so now it as all new with EFI IMO it will be the bike that sets a bechmark for the others to follow!

 

ya it seems nice! and powerfull! now how do you think it does in the woods?

 

Well Bill Ballance has won 9 GNCC chapionships in a row on a YFZ and going for his 10th aboard the R I think it will do just fine!

 

oh ok cause ive sure u have seen my post b4 about getting another atv this spring and i really would like reverse but do you think i NEED it? i mainly will go in trails

 

If you are going to be racing then I would say 450 hands down but for a play quad the 700 has it beat. I have even read where Bill uses a 700 for his every day quad as it is just that more comfortable and haveing reverse is nice to have. You will wish you had the first time you need to push your quad out of mud or behind a tree!

 

ok thats true i had a raptor 80 once(first quad) and it didnt have reverse and i went everywhere with it-got stuck sometimes-so i know what you mean ok so what quad do you think could compete with the raptor 700 in the woods?

 

Any of the IRS sport quads and the KTM 525 allong with Polaris Outlaw 525 SRA thoe the only other one to have EFI is the the Honda 700XX.

 

i dont really like the 700xx i think it looks creepy i hope they remodel it! i do love all ktms lol (who wouldnt) and i like polaris too-ktm is expensive - polaris has ktm engine and is cheeper - so you think they could keep up with the raptor pretty good

 

Techinicaly the Outlaw is faster to speed than the Raptor but the quality of the bike is cheep and handiling is not on par with the Raptor. The Raptor is the best allaround quad hands down you wont find a better built bike that can do everyting the Raptor can!