WHICH ONE IS FASTEST, AND WHICH ONE IS BEST FOR A LITTLE MILD RACING AND A LOT OF TRAIL RIDING?
THANK YOU

 

You will have to go ride them both , and figure this one out for yourself. The 700 is faster and a good trail bike. The 400 is fast and a good trail bike.

 

From what I have read and seen the 700 will be faster but IMO the KFX400 will make a better trail bike because of its size unless your a larger person. The 700 is automatic so you wont get the cramping of you hand from working the clutch. Im personally a smaller guy and after owning a DS650 Im sold on smaller bikes. I couldnt throw the DS around like I could a 400 and also the size limited my trail riding abilities some what.

 

Hey listen the 700 is not faster than the 400 its all in the driver. I can tell you right now the 400 is faster from first hand expreince, especially when modded. My buddy has had two kfx-700 and i have had two kfx-400 and each of my kfx-400 were faster. Plus the kfx-400 is about 150 pounds lighter.

 

The vfroce i rode ran very very good it supprised me. I would say it would be a close race.

 

I've ridden the 400 and own a 700. First things I would consider is cost of maintenence. The 400 is built by Suzuki which has not received any frame updates from what I can tell. Throw in $600 for a gusset kit and you'll be up to the price of the 700.

If weight is not an issue, I'd go with the 700. For an auto tranny, it's a blast to ride. The 700 has ITP Holeshots stock. One other draw back is it can be a thirsty machine. Toss in a few bills for the larger gas tank from IMS (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

 

they fixed yhe frame prob. on the 400's.

 

MURDR,

show me any announcement or legitimate post they have fixed the frames. This is news to me. Are you talking of the subframe or the shock towers? Just curious.

 

Lep7mm-

They have fixed the frames, the '04's were the first year to be fixed. I have an '03 and instead of buying those overpriced gusset kits I had re-enforced welds added on for $10. You could drop my quad off a cliff and I bet everything on my bike would break except where those welds are.

It's not as big of a deal as most make it out to be. Unless you plan on hardcore racing day in and day out, you have nothing to worry about.

 

My fried has a stock '04 Z400 and he can not beat my stock 700.

Another friend who is a great rider and alot better than me has a Sparks piped '03 Z400. If I holeshot him, he can not catch me. If he holeshots me, I can not catch him. That seems almost dead even to me.