A move from a Rancher to YFZ for a 15 year old.. .....scary.......please, take it easy and wear your helmet.

 

don't worry even though i went from a piece of sh*t to what i have now i am a great rider. i ride evryday for at lest an hour just pracitcing, waiting, until i turn 16 and can race. BU i'm not going to just get onthe yfz and see its limits until i get a feel for it and know the gears and were the power is. but i will be carefull

 

untill i get used to it. then all hell is going to break loose

 

The winner of the 2nd Stuntrageous competition was aboard a yfz450, they can be wheelied excellently it just takes tons of control. Obviously not going to be as easy as a 400ex, or z but they sure as hell can be stunted.

 

for the break-in, you want to beat the hell out of it. some people may disagree, but if you just wuss it around, the rings wont get a tight enough seal. so then youll have to take it apart, put on new rings and redo it.

 

yeah this is exactly what i did. yeah its scary for the first bit and it feel so rough and rigid till you get used to it. yeah definetly take is slow especially if you arent very experienced. my helmet has saved me from a couple of wrecks.

 

YFZ's definatly dont have awsome low-end, they have decent low end. They have really good Mid-High rpm which is why they dominate in MotoCross racing and GNCC (is that it?) and its mostly because of their good balence, wide track, and low center of gravity, which lets them handle awsome. Low end would do nothing in closed coarse racing, because their always at high rpm.....

 

I don't think I would consider a 2004 Rancher a piece of sh*t. Also, I would not be proud of the fact that you are so spolied. As far as break-in, ride the hell out of it and change the oil often.

 

lol. well i call my rancher a piece o sh*t because of what it looks like now from all my learning experiances. it is a great little utility. but besides working on the farm it got very boring thats y i got the yfz.

 

I've had my YFZ for over a year and I used to be terrible at wheelies. But a few weeks ago I found the ballance point and now I can ride them as long as I want. Once you find the balance point it is pretty easy to hold a wheelie, IMO.