Honda could still knockout the YZF450!
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06-26-2003, 06:02 PM
#12
06-26-2003, 06:10 PM
Honda could still knockout the YZF450!
Originally posted by: JakalWarrior
Theyd never do it, honda has no nuts. Look at their cars, NSX may be a sportscar but it has a sedan engine. S2000 has what should be in a motorcycle just a touch bigger. Besides I doubt honda executives read yamaha message boards. After everyone else releases their new quads, honda will release something a little bit slower but at the same price. If by some lucky chance they do release a TRX 450R theyl make it conservative as always. It will still be raceable but will need more work as a stock machine because they went to conservative with engine. TRX 450r does sound good though.
Theyd never do it, honda has no nuts. Look at their cars, NSX may be a sportscar but it has a sedan engine. S2000 has what should be in a motorcycle just a touch bigger. Besides I doubt honda executives read yamaha message boards. After everyone else releases their new quads, honda will release something a little bit slower but at the same price. If by some lucky chance they do release a TRX 450R theyl make it conservative as always. It will still be raceable but will need more work as a stock machine because they went to conservative with engine. TRX 450r does sound good though.
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#19
06-27-2003, 01:18 AM
Honda could still knockout the YZF450!
Originally posted by: BAMA250R
Honda - are you listening to your potential customers? Yamaha has cut into your sport quad market share with their new YFZ450...however, Honda, you could nullify much of that by annoucing a limited 3 year manufacturing run on an updated (can you say modern) 250R! Offer the public a basic 250R model, a 250R XC version and an 250R MX version, several color choices, retain the original bodywork and non-essential components. and you could announce in the next few weeks during peak YFZ450 delivery periods and stunt the YFZ sales! Talk about a war! How many ATV customers would die for a fresh 250R from Honda, which they (Honda) could build until the CARB regulations shuts them down in 2006/07. Thousands could be sold, and Honda could probably wrangle admittance into the AATVA and GNCC Pro Production classes that are so hot now. It would bring back some shine to an ATV image that continues to get hammered by several other msport ATV models. And by the way Honda, we still expect a CRF450 sport quad real soon! Does anyone share these thoughts? I would think so!
Honda - are you listening to your potential customers? Yamaha has cut into your sport quad market share with their new YFZ450...however, Honda, you could nullify much of that by annoucing a limited 3 year manufacturing run on an updated (can you say modern) 250R! Offer the public a basic 250R model, a 250R XC version and an 250R MX version, several color choices, retain the original bodywork and non-essential components. and you could announce in the next few weeks during peak YFZ450 delivery periods and stunt the YFZ sales! Talk about a war! How many ATV customers would die for a fresh 250R from Honda, which they (Honda) could build until the CARB regulations shuts them down in 2006/07. Thousands could be sold, and Honda could probably wrangle admittance into the AATVA and GNCC Pro Production classes that are so hot now. It would bring back some shine to an ATV image that continues to get hammered by several other msport ATV models. And by the way Honda, we still expect a CRF450 sport quad real soon! Does anyone share these thoughts? I would think so!
BTW-- Yamaha cutting into Honda's sport market share?!? No man, Yamaha is just expanding it's market share into a segment of the market that became a void when Cannondale left the scene. If Yamaha wanted to take away more sales from Honda it would redo the Warrior to outperform the 400EX. They are in the same class if you ask me...
just my $.05
#20
06-27-2003, 03:45 AM
Honda could still knockout the YZF450!
I've got to be Honest. I've ridden Yamaha's since I started riding quads back in '93. I'm not brand loyal...... they just seem to have the best product on the market at the times I've been in the market for a new quad. Had Honda released their quad at the same time or earlier then Yamaha I would probably be riding it..... Point I'm trying to make is Ridley's right.... Honda has dropped the ball BIG TIME on this one. I really don't think they care much about the sport industry. I honestly don't think it takes three years to put a quad into production when you've already got the engine(CRF) and formula for success(250r).