in my opinion the banshees defiently have the most capability. but i know for a fact a stock shee will not be close with a 450 i have owned to yamaha 450s and my buddy has a honda and this weekend i went to halsey national forest and we all ligned them up at hill climp a steep hill thats a race through third gear up hill. the stock shee couldn't even beat a 400 with a slip on exhaust however i raced against the modded one which has ported work and a 13 to 1 compression piston and i did not have my port work done to my bike or the cams i ran just an exhaust filter and a 13.2 piston. i would beat the banshee by 2 or three lengths. now maybe they aren't meant to go up hill idk if they dont handle the up hill pull as well but we all had sandstar paddles on so traction was nearly the same. i get my 09 back tomorrow from the machine shop with freshly ported heads and gytr cams along with the other mods but oddly enough the closest drag i had was another cammed honda that i traded races with.

 

No one ever considers rider ability when they are racing machnes. If the rider doesn't know how to keep the Banshee in the Power band, he will get stomped everytime.