Desert:Can-am ds650 x,450r,can am 800 renegade
trails[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]olaris outlaw,400ex
Mx:Suzuki Ltr 450,yfz 450
All around:400ex,suzuki 400,440 cannondale
Utility:Can am 800,polaris 800
Atv classic:250r,banshee,lt500r
Kids:250 trailblazer,250ex
My favorite quad (opinion only) 2005 ds650x.Because i have one pretty much!
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It would without a doubt be the honda 250r everything today they even try to base off of it.
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My vote goes to the 250r on this one. It took a long time after the R came out for any of the manufacturers to make something that could compete for it in a real race. Sure, in a drag race the banshee and quadzilla had it, but when it comes to handling, i don't think even the new 450s still handle as well as a 250r with the same mods. It's a fun, well built and well designed machine that's withstood the test of time.
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Honda 250R. Great combination of handling, lightness, simplicity, and performance!

If they still sold them, I would have a garage full.
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well, agreed. Honda TRX250R gets another vote.

 

raptor......or anything yamaha blue. jk

 

There are a lot of different ways to interpret the word "best".

The 250R probably stands as one of the, if not THE, most significant atvs of all time. Next in line is the banshee, keeping the sport atv market alive while Honda/Suzuki ran and hid.

I won't pick one, but one of the three 450's currently being sold is the best factory race machine ever built.

For joe schmo the average rider it's got to be the suzuki 400 or the raptor 700.

 

Race- Trx250R

Trail- Z400

Utility- Sportsman

 

Right now it is probably the Banshee.

In time it may end up being the YFZ450 but it's only in its 4th year. Too soon to call it a classic.

 

In my opinion there cant be a best sport quad. everyone is goint to react to a certain machine differently. One guy could like the snap of two strokes and say the TRX250R, another could like the smooth power of four strokes and say YFZ450, It all depends who you ask.

Thats like asking who the best musician is? youre gonna get a billion different answers.

For biggest effect on the sport and market the Honda TRX250R, in it's day. now I would have to say the YFZ450 had the same effect as the 250r as its bringing the racing scene back, im not saying the YFZ is the best of the 450's, because that would open another can of worms, but it was the first race 450's. The ATV with the best staying power and bang for buck was prolly the Banshee, it was around for almost 20 years, and im sad to see it go.

 

I personally think the 2007 Polaris Outlaw 525 is the best sport quad outthere, but everyone was there own opinion.

I also like the 2007 yamaha raptor 700R, the banshee and the 2007 BRP Can-Am Renegade (but thats a utility quad)

 

I don't think fastest is nessicarily the best.

I think blasters are great, I also think banshees are good as well ( although they are basically just huge money pits ), as well as YFZs.

Just kind of opinion outside of that.

 

the 88 honda 250R. thats the quad that honda based the 400ex after, and that quad seems bullit proof.IMO
my boss has an 88 and has never done anything to it and it still runs like the day he got it back in 88