Pretty funny, that noise you heard was the rev.limiter doing its job. I'm convienced the 450-s doesn't even have a 50 on its speedometer. Mine runs 49, don't think it will do any better if it was pushed off a cliff. Running behind ain't all that bad, most of the time the others have the crashes just about cleaned up when you get there.

98 450--s 15100 mi
stock, blackwaters

00 Kodiak: stock

 

A foreman might not be fast enough for ya, but the day you decide you need to go pull a tank (exagerated a little) around town you know you'll have the power to do it. It's one of those quads thats all utility and no sport so it is doing its job.