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Posted by: garyc660R
Originally posted by: reconranger
If I mostly rode track, did a lot of jumping or play riding (backyard MX), I would pick the Yamaha.....
....but the Honda is the KING OF THE DESERT! In the big long distance desert endurance races, if you aren't on the 450R you probably won't even finish the race much less win. That says volumes to me! Wouldn't have a use for any of the others.....
Granted, I don't have a 450r, but what I read in atv mags seems to indicate that the transmission craps out after hard usage. With the specs on all of the 450's basically the same (except for the much wider Suzi) how is it that the 450r reigns supreme in the desert....in your biased opinion?
Posted by: garyc660R
Originally posted by: BioWare
Originally posted by: bigned1904
if that ktm is in there next year i think it will kill everything. i think it is going to be the ducati of quads.
I think that the DS450 will be King of the Quads
You have got to be kidding me.
Posted by: garyc660R
Anyone notice in the shootout the dyno numbers were taken at 3000'? There was even a reference that the 450r lost a lot of power from sea level to 3000'.......why was the sea level dyno info not provided? Hmmm. Looks like Honda needs increase the "cough" "advertising dollars" "cough".
Posted by: reconranger
If I mostly rode track, did a lot of jumping or play riding (backyard MX), I would pick the Yamaha.....
....but the Honda is the KING OF THE DESERT! In the big long distance desert endurance races, if you aren't on the 450R you probably won't even finish the race much less win. That says volumes to me! Wouldn't have a use for any of the others.....
Posted by: Atving4Christ
The magiazine "quad" pick the Ltr450 out of the same bunch being their choice. And another one said the KFX450r was quad of the year. So Whos right. Just get something and ride.
Larry
Posted by: DesertViper
No. The other 450s are not as good.
Posted by: DesertViper
Did someone say "orange YFZ"? Take a look at picture two on my picture page. I had an orange YFZ two years ago, compliments of Polysport plastic. That picture is of the start of the USRA Grand Prix desert race in Mesquite Nevada. A bone stock YFZ 450 with an FMF Q-2 slip on exhaust and some rejetting smoked two KFX 440 big bore stroker motors to the first turn. I talked to the Kawi riders on the starting line, and they had both spent thousands on motor work. It makes me wonder how the KFX 450 would do now a days though.
DV
Posted by: BioWare
Originally posted by: bigned1904
if that ktm is in there next year i think it will kill everything. i think it is going to be the ducati of quads.
I think that the DS450 will be King of the Quads
Posted by: YIYO
I am a subscriber to the magazine , I have for many years , and ,it does look like this magazine likes Yamaha a lot . they copared the newest grisly , wich has a motor bigger than 700cc to a honda500cc. aperently the comparison was for the electric power steer, and it turnd out to bee the hole bike.
Posted by: Honeyduck96
Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Yamaha. Next time they'll get the Can-Am and KTM in there.
Posted by: KillaRaptor700
What where the other 450's that where in the shootout?
Posted by: bigned1904
its hard to beat any one the 3 big yamahas aka the yfz450 raptor 700 and the banshee. these bikes pretty much are the best for what they were made for. track, trails, and dunes.
Posted by: bigned1904
didnt see it killaraptor but they useally use all the 450s out. the only one i whould say might not be in there is the kfx450 because it is so new
Posted by: bigned1904
if that ktm is in there next year i think it will kill everything. i think it is going to be the ducati of quads.
Posted by: taco_works
as in the topic, did anyone catch dirt wheels latest 450 shootout? the yfz450 won (yet again). now i know its a great bike, but does it seem to anyone else like dirtwheels has a yamaha bias??
Posted by: taco_works
desertviper, i see u also have love for team blue.
Posted by: taco_works
ya, it was the big four, honda, yamaha, kawi and suzuki. it was a great shootout. im not nocking the yfz (im about to buy one) but it just seems weird that the three machines released after the yfz, and by being realsed after they were designed to beat it... cant!?!?!
Posted by: taco_works
bigned, i hope your right!! ive been waiting for years for a ktm quad, but i cant wait any longer, so il just get the orange yfz... and tell myself that its a ktm....
Posted by: Sir kills30
I've tried all the 450's besides the new ds450 (which isnt out for me to know, and the ltr450) the yfz has more low end rip than all the others but only because of its gearing, the trx is slightly faster but sacrifices some power to do so, the kfx 450 seems a little to tippy but on dirt i found it to be better than the others because it has the right amount of rip not to spin over at the take off and and also more well balanced than the others....
