The bad news is it is a 2-wheel drive that weighs the same as the old style and has an CVT auto. I do not understand what Yamaha is thinking. I am just venting as I just learned this yesterday while on there website.

 

so basicly its a heavy 350 2 wheel drive with a stupid automatic transmission? i don't understand why yamaha and all that make automatics its more fun to shift why won't they get it in there heads

 

I do not understand it because if that is what people want ( a 2x4 350 utility) they can get a Bruin!

 

hey what part of the site has this? i wanna look at it

 

Look Here. Can you believe it is listed under the sport machines?

 

god those things are ugly i think for utilities i'm going to stick with honda for now on or keep my old yamaha going instead of buying a new one

 

Glad I bought an 05 Wolverine before they were gone! It's sweet.

 

I'm a huge fan of yamaha but those thing are ugly as sin

 

Exactly how I feel about my 04. I won't even comment on the 06 350 because it isn't even worth talking about...

 

im with you all on this one.

is it just me or does the new wolverine looks like the old yamaha breeze, only a bigger version?

i think it had a turd tranmission too and it was a 125cc beginner bike. yamaha went totally the wrong way on this one. they should have taken the older one, put more power in it (bumped it up to 450 or 500cc), gave it a manual clutch and lightened it. easy. instant hit. no instead they do this- they strained and made a turd. yamaha you did good with the raptor 700 (even 660 for the most part) and def did good with the YFZ..but this new wolverine "450" (really an underpowered 421cc) - disappointing.