I was riding with a guy on a yfz450 today, and he couldn't lose me. I talked with him a little later and he was talking about my bike and seemed a little stressed that i was hanging right behind him on the fire road. So, is something wrong with his yfz, people talk like the z gets blown out of the water by it but i didn't see that today.
later sparx

 

The rider makes alot of differense. The yamaha is fast but in most cases your not going to get left way behind.

 

Yes I agree, I have raced my buddies stock YFZ450 and he just tore me up in the drags, track and whoops! Those bikes are nice. My Z400 is jetted and piped and different sprockets. He has been riding 5 yrs longer than I have.

 

the kicker is, this guy has 2 yfz450's, 1 white, and 1 blue. i just did the mods in my sig since the last time we rode, and he had been on the white one. this past weekend he took the blue one and they seemed to be dead even once we got going, and on the drag strip.
later sparx