who would win a:

Drag?
MX?
Woods?

 

wow, a real challenge. umm, i would go with the 300ex. all of the 300ex's ive seen were not all that empressive, but they were all pretty much stock. but ive seen a piped Z run and it wasnt bad, but i would still have to say a 300ex. heres a chart i found on the net, it might give yall an idea about these atvs. the z250 and the 250ex are pretty much the same so i would use the 250ex in its place.

http://www.atvriders.net/TopSpeeds/topspeedbig.gif

 

i would say a z250 in the woods definitely, and if you modded a z250 you might beat a 300 mx and drag. i have a z250 and my friend has a 300exand i beat him in the woods by a long shot.

 

Are you serious? The 300ex would easily win in all areas. The 300 has a manual clutch, more power, is wider, better suspension, and chain driven. Thats a no brainer. They guy on the 300ex that can't keep up with a z250 just can't ride. Its that simple. We should start a thread something like: piped ozark 250 vs. grizzley 660? or piped mongoose 250 vs. z400......

 

ya know what, change of hart....bradr is right, ive seen z250's run, and i accually think with the right pipe you could stomp a 300ex, but the 300ex is better stock. but again i say ( with the right pipe ). and ive rode a 300ex, when it comes to speed the 300ex is faster, but when it comes to everything else the Z would easily beat it, nevermind the manual clutch, that is a advantage. but with the right rider that wouldnt matter. oh yeah, ltzguy, how could you say a z250 would be beat all around, the z250 isnt all that fast, but a 300ex isnt THAT empressive. as a matter of fact, i think they need alot of aftermarket parts before they could even be concidered a racer. the 300ex is made for intermediate riders, and the Z is made for newbies, so duhhhhhhhhhhh, its gonna be faster... no reason to diss a Z that bad...

 

The 300 would win easy in a drag race.I had a 250x that had a high compression piston,cobra pipe.uni airfilter and rejetted and I couldnt touch a 300ex.And the 250x will run with or outrun the z250. Frantic I'm not saying that the z250 isnt a good machine but the 300 has more power.And with the right rider the 250 probably could beat the 300 in the woods.Please dont get me wrong the z250 is a good bike.

 

when i raced my friend in the woods, he was all over the place. he couldn't even stay on the trail. i beat him down the trail 5 minutes faster. so i said why dont i race your bike and you race mine. so i took his bike and i raced him down the trail. the 300ex was the worst handeling bike i have ever been on. i couldn't go out of 3rd gear cause the front end couldn't take the turns. every time i went over a rock it felt like i had no shocks. its not worth having all that power, manual clutch, wider, and chain driven if it cant go over a rock. but it would win for a fact in a drag race.

 

i can say that because i have a z250. How old is the 300ex? It could be wore out. ever thought about that?

 

if the 300ex is descent, and the z250 is piped then it would be a close race. not at drag, because the ex should have the edge. but in woods the z250 should be easier to handle. then again like i said before, the Z is a beginner quad, and the ex is a intermediate quad, for the Z to keep up at all makes it a strong quad, but to finnaly anwser the question, the 300ex is faster on a strip, but handling wise, the Z is a more stable choice. but with the right mods, a 300ex would desimate all...... well atleast the 300 class.

LTZGUY- nice work on your z250, all them mods should make it easily pull away from a 300ex.

 

the kid i raced had a 2004 300ex so it wasn't old or warn out.