my zilla is great for tight trails. has great handling and is snappy around the corners

and between then 450 and shee, id go with the shee, becuase think about it. you can get a new shee for lets say 5700 OTD and a 450 for more like 6900 OTD. with that extra 1000 or so bucks you saved buying the shee. you can put that much more into it and spank the yfz though all gears. so id say go with the shee

 

yea but then u gotta keep maintencese up and re-build every 2 yrs...ish so that 1000 u wasted is 1/4 going to matainence w/ the yfz theres no worry about fouling plugs and everything else i dont mean to b bashing 2-strokes cuz im not but the yfz is a 4-stroke that feels and acts lik a 2-stroke iv ridden both banshee and yfz 450 i lik the 450 better because i lik to mx and trail ride and drag my friends the only thing i lik about the banshee is dual exhaust

 

Id go for the banshee....

 

You dont have to rebuild every two years, especially if you treat it right. I have two friends with 01 banshees still on thier original pistons and rings and both are holding good compression.

You have to rebuild the yfz more often than your traditional high performance sport atv because of the high rpms and compression.

If you are jetted correctly with a 2 stroke you shouldn't ever be fouling plugs.

Banshees are very respectable trail machines. They are not the easiest to ride but they are still a lot of fun. Not really that much worse than any other peaky 2 stroke.