Warrior86?
Your last post was about the funniest thing I have read in a long time.
You bought the slowest worst handling quad to ever carry the badge "SPORT" and think I got hosed when I bought the Z?
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My Z has no bends, I'd guess It never will untill I crash it.
There is a huge spotlight on these quads because people love them, the owners, testers, any one who has ever ridden one.
Basically everyone that currently owns a differant sport quad, is hoping and praying the Z is not as great as the owners and testers say they are.
Guess what, they are that good.
Hold more faith in what you actually experiance.
A forum is nothing more then a bunch of people that know how to type talking to each other.
I need to check it out when I get home tonight, but one reply in another "bent frame" post said there is a bend designed into one side of the sub frame from the factory.

 

When I read these stories it makes me thankful that I bought the Bomb. Yes it's as big as a bus but you can tell when looking at it that it's strong.

 

All the Sport Machines have slight Advantages and Disadvantages over each other.
DS: Well built and a Rotax 650 4STROKE

Raptor: Slightly better handling then the DS and lots of aftermarket hop ups

Cannondale: If you are willing to spend the $$$-The best MX handling and best stock power to weight ratio

Z400: Triple threat, Power-Handling-Cost

A couple years ago I almost bought the Raptor. The posts on it had bending axles, bending a arms, carbs popping off, trannys blowing 2nd gear, engines stalling while riding wheelies, and lots of others. The only thing that actually was a problem was the tranny, and that one showed up in the posts in the first couple weeks.

I've had one actual problem in almost 3 months of use, the rear brake switch spring came loose, fixed it with one squeeze from a pair of pliers.

 

I agree with pluses and minuses but I think the DS actually handles better than the Raptor if your not in tight woods.

 

LOL warrior 86, not as sorry as we are for u. n e way. couldnt agree more mega, right now the only quad i would take over the z for the woods is the blaze, but i'm starting to hear the maintanence is on par with a banshee, n e way they still roll, i guess tc will get ahold of my motor, walsh my frame, elka my shocks, diamond my a-arms and then i'll get ahold of one of them blaze's. no matter how u look at it, pro production is gonna be the only class soon. give it time. bye bye 250r.

 

WELL IT FIGURES ALL SUZUKIS SUCK

 

....and kiss your girlfriend every night!!!

 

megacrash!+ sheers...well lets get something straight here. YOur trying to say that i basically have no right to criticize anything because look what i got-a warrior-so my insight isnt worthy of being discussed here?! Well ok. I have a warrior, and i had a raptor that i sold about 3 months ago.

First of all, i wasnt trying to flame anyone or anything, i was trying to sum up my take on this whole matter cause i was considering purchasing one. but since u felt the need to bash my warrior....

My warrior, AKA:bad excuse for a sport bike is 4 years old, been through a lot of hard hits, been rolled, and the frame is a straight as the day i got it along with everything else.

megacrash-"You bought the slowest worst handling quad to ever carry the badge "SPORT" and think I got hosed when I bought the Z?" Well i dont think u got hosed for the buying the z in general, but some of u did get hosed if u consider the fact that a z while its got a bent frame and a- arms isnt going to b a better handler than a warrior when its working fine.

Sounds a little immature to bring up MY quad and its PERformance shortcomings when this thread is about the Z and its possible chassis shortcomings. Its not as if i brought mine up to say it was better performer. Your comparing apples and oranges here pal. This thread isnt entitled "the z sucks" or anything like that. The fact that my warrior doesnt handle well is irrelevant in this discussion!

the Z seems to be a little cheesy in the chassis department and all i did was make that observation.

Considering im not rich, nor a pro mxer, id much rather have a wheeler that i can ride as hard as i want without my fun costing me more money to replace bent parts than having a quad that turns with less work and accelerates faster but get paranoid about something bending every time i hit a pebble (big exageration, yea i know)

All i ever mighta said is that my warrior seems to be built stronger and it does!

I never posted on this thread to bash other people's atvs. And i said i felt sorry for the guys having the problems because there are people out there that just forked over alot of money for a quad that they cant use now! so dont feel sorry for me, im enjoying my riding every day. Theres much more i can say about this but its late and im tired.