the strange thing is is when i went to rockymountain and did a profile and did dirt bike it showed a kx450f

 

Yes i agree with you there but 700Hemi i was talking about in the sport class. Lets see kawasaki has KFX400, KFX700 compared to Yamaha with there blaster, raptor350, banshee 350 twin, raptor660R. We'll see what kawasaki does in the future.

 

yeah its true when yamaha makes a sport bike, its a good one. all their bikes have been around forever and turned the industry on its ear. I just wish we could get the v-force with a chain and a manual tranny...and a kfx450r

 

If the V had a chain and a manual tranny, there isn't a sport quad made yet that would beat it.

 

Top end wise yes, but take inconsideration the mass weight it carries makes it loose on the acceleration side even if a manual and chain drive were a option.

 

well with the chain and manual tranny it WOULD be lighter would it not?

 

The V/KFX has slightly more power at the crank than the DS BAJA (49.4 hp compared to 48.6 hp)and will take the DS on the holeshot. But the weight is really a non-issue if you're going in a straight line. The only 2 machines that have given me any competition on the DS is the YFZs and Predators.

 

What???

 

in comparison to rougher terrain such as MX.

 

Kawasaki does have a 450 dirt bike. It has been raced in foreign countries for a couple of months now, and the last time I check it was here in the U.S. as well. All of the magazines have said that Kawasaki will not use the Suzuki quad as theirs. They will be in their own design phase on a four-wheeler because they feel they can make a better quad.

To compare yamaha to kawasaki is fine but look at what kawasaki has made in years past, the tecate's, mojave's, lakotas, KFX400 and the KFX700. There never really was a competition sport quad from Kawasaki. The tecates were fast and could run with the 250R's but they had too many problems. In my opinion, when Kawasaki builds a 450 there will not be one quad out there that can touch it. They build everything to kick a$$ and take names later. Examples: (Ultra 150 Jet Ski, V-force, Prairie and other)

The 450 they do make will be in my opinion, throttle body injection, not really efi. That is what polaris is using right now. The money that would have to be poured into an actual EFi system is unreal and the average joecould buyt a new truck for the price of a four-wheeler with real EFI.