Not to get anyone mad, but there seems to be alot of bashing on the new yfz. I have hade mine for 1 1/2 months now and can say without being biased (little white lie) that the yfz will beat 90 percent of all quads iv'e raced, be it sand or hard pack. The other 10 percent are highly modified machines. Were talkin raptors, ds's, banshee's, predator's, and a couple of 250r's, but none of the modified 400cc quads modified or not. Basicaly if u want to pit stock against stock the yfz will win every time. Just my oppinion from first hand experience at pismo and hollister .








I DONT RIDE FAST I JUST FLY LOW!

 

I seen one race last weekend at a Canadian national motocross race, the rider was good, but he had at least a half a lap on the guy who ussally races side by side with him on a modded suzuki 400 when he was on his raptor.

 

Yea it's fun if you like beating stock bikes...but it's gets old real quick..

 

hahahahhaaaa... enjoy it while it lasts [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

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There is always someone faster.. By the way I beat a 450 3 times straight out at florence this weekend with a very stock DS[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

0 to 60 mph on my YFZ puts stock raptor back about 7 quad lengths.. Raps piped, filtered, jetted and its about 2 behind the YFZ.

The YFZ literally shoots out of a cannon when doing 2nd gear starts.

 

mnrap - And then I woke up and had to change my underwear

 

Bob from Barlett racing filmed my YFZ in stock form the 2nd day out taking a built 440 Suzi running race gas, ported head, carbon fiber wheels and many more mods to 60mph.. This was the Suzi that finished 2nd in the 12 hour of america ride.

Not sure if you were joking about my post or not??? but if you haven't run a YFZ you will have a quick wake up call some day. Yamaha produced a sport 4 wheeler that finally provides some excitement.


I just had two guys on piped raptors making every excuse in the book why the YFZ dominated them in a straight line shot. Throw in some curves and things get much worse for the YFZ competitors.

 

Some reason when I first read that post of yours, I read it as "17" quad lengths, so I wasn't joking. 7 quad lenghts, I'd beleive it. The raptor is a pos in stock form. It's way out-dated. Needs a lot more work than a pipe to get it up to the newer quads. I loved mine, but it wasn't what I expected from a 660. When I first got my dirt bike, and opened up the top end, OMG, that's what a $7500 sport quad should of felt like....instead, I ended up with something that had lots of torque, and pulled hard up to about 6k, a disappointment to say the least, and the handling in stock form pretty much sucks for high speed.

 

It's nice to see some yfz guys shed some light on the true king of the hill. And it will only get faster with time and more mods in the next few months. RIDE ON










I DONT RIDE FAST I JUST FLY LOW!

 

BlueRules.. don't get me wrong, I also think the Raptor is a nice bike.. The YFZ is not for everyone and the Raptor has alot to offer also. I ride with several friends that have Raptors and they really enjoy them.. For their purposes, the Raptor is the bike to have. I'm just trying to tell it like it is for straight line speed.

I think the YFZ is aided by the rear tires, light weight, correct gearing and quick reving motor which give it an advantage for straight line shoot outs.