If anyone has read the new mag and read the test of the Z, you saw that little red box on the bottom where the new and the old of suszuki high performance were compared. The comments came from a someone with years of riding experience on the quadracer. Do you agree completely with his attitude of "hahaha...no contest. The Z is waaaay better all around...the LT250 handles like a Mack truck next to the Z" or do you think that's a little bit of hype to help sell the new generation of sport quads to the new generation of riders? I tend to think there's a little truth to the latter, though I don't deny that the Z is probably better in certain areas thanks to many more years of technology improvements in the industry. Stiil I can't see it being a laugher. what do you all think?

 

How could a properly set up LT250R being around 320 lbs handle like a mac truck compaired to the Z?!?!?!
Im not saying the Z doesnt handle better, but YES... its hype to sell the Z.

Some recently said this:
If the mags said the Z didnt handle as good as the LT250, what would that say about the advancement and technology improvements of our sport over the last 10-15 years.

A 328 lb machine (properly set up), against a 375 lbs machine.
It cannot possibly handle like a "mac truck".

 

ditto. and that goes for all areas of comparison as far as I'm concerned. They make it sound like a test between a 2003 diablo and a '64 T-bird or something like that. I don't think the difference in performance between Z and LT falls into that kind of a comparion...but the mags, it seems, would like to make us think the ATV industry has come that far.