I am looking at buying a YFZ and wondering what kind of problems you had with yours. Let me know everything if I'm gonna spend $7000-8000 I need to know what I'm getting. All I'm looking for is mechanical problems like bent axles, blowen shocks, blown motors, and bent a-arms. I know the price is high in a lot of peoples opinion but I don't care so don't tell me.

 

Just do an advanced search for YFZ going back 7 days and you will find all kinds of posts about it, including one asking exactly what you just did.

Search and you shall find.

 

Too fast...
handles too good...
wants to jump everything...
I always get home wet and tired...
Can't wipe that stupid smile off my face...
Do you get it yet - even if there was a problem, I'd just fix it!!! (but there isn't)
The YFZ is the most fun I have, except for those 3'somes my wife talks me into...

 

one problem we are having is my dad cant keep up with me.

 

Keep in mind before you lay the dough down..it's very likely Yamaha may bump it up to it's full fighting weight with the release of the new TRX450 and add another 10cc's next year.

 

when the trx450r comes out the price may drop to match the honda so you might want to hold off until spring to get it but as for problems i read somewhere that one person bent the a arm, another said they had problems with the front shocks, & another said they had problems with the qad dieing on them all the time but you have to take into consideration what kind of riding they are doing & how the problems were caused. your bound to hear problems with any make or model of quad there is but if you sell 2000 of them & you have problems with 50 or so thats not bad

 

problem #1 my friends cant keep up.
problem #2 my friends wifes are mad at me becuase there all tradeing in there quads for yfz's
20+ hours on it so far and not one thing wrong, and it gets ridden hard.








I DONT RIDE FAST I JUST FLY LOW!

 

Problems hmmm sure there will be problems, and every yamaha product I have had (quads, wave raiders etc) have had some type of problems, but this looks to be Yamaha's best four wheeled effort to date.

The obvious stuff that most people bash on them like the aluminum a-arms etc are things that most likely will not be a problem unless you push it to its limit, but if you ride that way I doubt you would be happy with any quads stock suspension or the few extra pounds of the aftermarket stuff.

I dont think there will be the same problems with this model as the raptor since it appears that there was a lot more thought put into this one. Time will tell but I hope for the sake of the mfg that the reliability more resembles that of the warrior than the raptor.

So go ride the life out of one and let everyone know what you find, but like it was said earlier you may just find a big ole smile.

 

I ride with a YZF450 everyday on my Vforce..We ride on hilly trails with lots of turns and a hardpack ground..He hasnt beat me up the trails yet .And when we drag race I kill him for the 1st block and half..then its pretty even top end..Maybe your dad dont gas on his enough.?

 

maybe ur friend doesnt know how to ride a quad?