It's none of our business... he's your kid... but since you brought it up do you mind explaining the thinking behind getting a 13 year old a YFZ450?

My initial reaction to hearing that is "man this guy is on crack" but I don't want to be hasty... so what's the deal?

 

i had the pleaser of riding with a buddy who rides a piped yzf450 my v is stock we rode the trails for warm up then hit the drag strip.. . the v pulled the holeshot every single time but alas the 450 inched by to win most times then not by just a few feet. we talk about comparing apples to oranges and thats exactly what yall are doing... im impressed to high heaven with the V we talking about a qyad that weighs almost twice as much as these so called sport quads and its holding its own... holding its own in stock form... please fellows lets give kawasaki some credit here for producing a amazing machine... if this piped 450 was only beating my stock v by feet whats going to happen when the mods start going on. pipes jets spring more agressive tires... i know some 450 riders going to go home disapointed...

 

With all do respect to the V, I like it myself, but you also forget that your V, even though it weighs more is a 700cc V-TWIN thats getting beat by a 450cc Single! Me personally, I've ridden the V and I think it rocks!!! Not my style of a quad but nonetheless that thing is a BLAST to ride!!! Fun on the trails, handles very well and jumps rather surprisingly! But, I love my Yammi's!! I give credit to ALL quads!! You gotta lovem!

 

WOW...carlbadmuva...was that the stock jug that you bored????? 100cc from a bore job on a stock jug is pretty impressive..............LOL.....................

 

My 4wheeler is badder tan urs cause i got mine ad its better than urs cause a yfz450 is slow utitly qud wit out racs. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

same thing happens to me...i kill the YFZ up to 40 then it slowly passes me.as for people that dont own an of these quads..go by what you know not what you hear.

 

I have drag raced my buddy with his stock Raptor and me on the V Force, we're same size and experience, beat him every time in say a 300ft strip. I'll take on my other buddy and his piped and jetted YFZ in the next couple of weeks. I'm sure I'll lose but it's all in fun anyway.

 

I got 73.1mph on the gps, is that good for the mods that I have?

 

I got 76.4 gps. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Some 13 year olds are plenty capable and mature to have fast and powerful quads. Mu buddy who's 14 has a 686 Raptor and handles it fine...all situations are different.

To tell you the truth there are some adults who I wouldn't trust on a 250EX...