Hello,
I'm new to your forum and would really appreciate your input as we need to make a decision and weigh the pro's and con's of each bike. It is a long story but to save you the boredom, We need to sell either our brand new YFZ450 or brand new Ltd Ed Lava Vforce. We currently own a Raptor and 2 Grizzlies also which we are definitely keeping. We bought the Vforce because the boys really liked the looks of it and from what I had read it was a pretty innovative quad being an automatic but yet having a Vtwin 700 motor. My boys used to ride Mx but now have decided to stick to trail riding. Paragon, Tower City etc. We bought the YFZ450 due to my one son liking the lightweight and also got a good deal on it. Before either quad is ridden even once, my wife and I have decided that one of the 2 has to go. I am not posting them for sale here but looking for your unbiased feedback and that is why I am posting this in the sport quad section. I will post separately in the Kawasaki and Yamaha forum but probably as can be expected will get "keep the Yamaha" in the Yamaha forum and vice a versa in the Kawasaki forum.

How good of a trail bike is the YFZ450? Will it overheat when ridden slow? Would we need to change the gearing to ride it in the trails?Would the seat on the YFZ be too uncomfortable for a day of trail riding?

Anyone have bad experience with the Limited Edition Vforce plastic not holding up well? Is the Vforces suspension too stiff for a long day of trail riding? Is the gas tank capacity on either bike inadequate for trail riding?

Any input from YFZ or Vforce owners would be greatly appreciated.
We are not intending to just putt around with these but want to weigh out the opinions of current owners to make the best decision on which one to sell. The dealers were absolutely no help as they don't seem to care what you buy.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.

 

keep the 450 2-sport machines and two utility, keeps things even

 

Well, why don't you just ride them both and see witch one YOU like better. Rather than relying on someone else's opinion.

 

Oh, and keep the V-Force and keep the yfz450, then sell the raptor and buy a Banshee!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

If any of you are larger you may prefer the V. I only sat on the 450, kinda small.

 

Yeah why keep a yfz and a raptor? The yfz is all around better. You can let your chick drive the V. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Auto

 

Enforcer,
Good point but the only reason we are trying to solicit opinions instead of putting time on both of them to compare all the differences is that we will lose even more money once they have a few hours on them when we sell one.
Thanks for the input as we appreciate anyone that helps us make the decision.

 

both are good trail machines and both are very fast on the trails I think the V is a better all round trail quad being it has reverse and its an auto so it is much easier to ride all day.... the yfz handles high speed bumps alot better and no it will not have a problem over heating but this is a quad meant for mx it has an uncoftable seat and no reverse this quad just screems to be riden fast and the harder you ride it the better it performs......

 

This post doesn't make any sense to me. If you already own both why are you asking us to decide for you. Ride them both then decide what works best for you and your family.

 

DSengineer,
Sorry if this is confusing to you. As I stated in the original post and in my reply to Enforcer, I bought them with the intention of keeping both but due to current financial circumstances we must sell one of the 2. Before I put any time on them and since I don't know which one we are going to keep,instead of losing hundreds more I want to recoup as much of my cost as I can before I ride them as then people will not consider them new. They both are brand new and I want to sell one of them that way.