Just checked it out, this has to be the ugliest bike next to the cannondales. I can't believe the design. I was going to trade the KFX in for it so I would have my YFZ and the 450R and do my own shootouts but, I can't believe how ugly that thing is. I am a Honda fan but, that look has to go.

Performance wise it should be pretty close with a slight edge in the motor going to Yamaha and perhaps the slight edge in handling to Honda but, who knows.

 

I got the Yami 'cause it looked good - glad I did what I done did.

night night... zzzzzzzzzzz

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i aggree its they ugliest high performance quad ever.
should be interesting to see how it compares. its a little lighter cause it comes with the kickstart instead of electric.
well it will be another quad to roost anyways[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] at least honda finally woke up the 400ex was getting old its always good to have compitition it will just push yamaha even more.

 

yep yamaha DEFINATELY did better on the looks of their 450

 

I am not pretty

 

ATV looks:

And we all know that's what's important....

Personally, I think it looks pretty decent in the video. I'll have to reserve judgement until I see it in person.

It can't be much worse that the Spy vs Spy, confused between the Raptor and LTZ look of the YFZ [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

lol

 

looks don't win races

 

We'll see if it's barely enough. I doubt it will fare too bad against the YFZ, Honda is always right there in the hunt when it comes to performance and they're usually in the lead with quality. I'm not sure about the kickstart only thing though, 4 strokes are a PITA to get started if you stall it on the track where a 2 stroke usually fires right back up on the first kick. This is more of a concern for the dirtbikes than ATVs, but it still may cost somebody some positions on the track more than a 5 lb starter assembly may have.

And I'm going to have to reserve judgement on the looks until I see it in person. My first thought is that it looks way to busy and doesn't have real clean lines like the YFZ, but it may look better when I'm riding it.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I agree on what you say about the looks. Hey my Cannondale looks like a frog.. You don't like that. Me neither, but it has grown on me.. Yamaha's quad handles great and has awsome power. The Honda isn't gonna be better.