I had another Ford class this afternoon and I talked with the Suzuki guy more.

Turns out I didn't quite get the whole story last time. They are not turning the Z400 into a Z500 like I thought, they are keeping it as is and just puching it out to a Z440 or Z450 to compete with the YFZ and TRX.

The new "Quadzilla" is supposedly going to be a 700twin like the Kawasaki V-force. They want a big-bore sports quad to compete with the V-force, DS and the Raptor. He didn't know if the Quadsport 700 would be an auto-clutch like the Kawasaki or not, but he guessed that it would be a manual to differentiate it from the V-force. He also said it might be EFI but they were toying with a lot of different stuff.

Last time I only got to talk to him for like 5 minutes since class was over and I just learned his brother worked for Suzuki. This time I got to talk for a while since I knew at the start if class.

He said his brother and him have like 10 quads between them including a Duncan built Raptor 660, and a special edition z400 with full Elka's and a 430cc engine. A 400ex that he calls a 400ex4, it's a 400ex turned into a 4x4.

 

Sounds sensible... I wonder make there own power plant

 

Sounds cool. If they release another 700 i hope its a manual instead of auto.