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Is the YFZ a good trade up bike?
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Posted by: L0w3r55

I have a Warrior 350 now and I'm going to be getting into the racing scene and was wondering if it would be a good trade up bike, I'm 16 and 5'11" and have enough experience to handle it, is the YFZ a good choice or is the a better 450 out there?

Posted by: mojohoits

they are a good quad. im located in upstate ny and have one for sale if your interested. the only thing wrong with it is 5th gear skips and i really have no clue why. other than suspention its race ready and runs good. selling it and possibly getting a road bike. let me know if your interested.

Posted by: mojohoits

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Posted by: mojohoits

my dad put that honda sticker on there as a joke if any cought that.

Posted by: quad_racer_17

well i think it would be fine cuz i am only 15 and i went from a 300ex for just messin around and now i ride an ltr450 for mx and the transition was good. its actually safer for me beacuse of the wide mx a-arms (kept flippin the 300 over sideways) i would do it if i was you

Posted by: mx1791

my brother went from a worrior to a yfz, pretty much for the same reason you want to, so he could race. and he loves yamaha. but in your case, depending on what your going to race, there could be a better 450. if your going to do MX racing, just save your self the hassle and get an LTR450, becouse its already wide.. belive me it was no fun trying to ride a track on a stock 450r couse it was too narrow.

Posted by: L0w3r55

mojohoits, how much u asking for that?

Posted by: mojohoits

4300 or best offer. my email is mojohoits61@yahoo.com send me a message if your interested, ill give you my cell # and let you know everything about it.

Posted by: 07250ex

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Originally posted by quad_racer_17
well i think it would be fine cuz i am only 15 and i went from a 300ex for just messin around and now i ride an ltr450 for mx and the transition was good. its actually safer for me beacuse of the wide mx a-arms (kept flippin the 300 over sideways) i would do it if i was you

how were wide a arms making you flip?

Posted by: TWISTED DINLI

you should go for it.

Posted by: atvrider23054

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Originally posted by 07250ex
how were wide a arms making you flip?

No he saying the wide a arms on the ltr are preventing him from flipping compared to his 300 where he was flipping everywhere. Read the post bro, not too hard to understand. You write a lot of nonscence on these forums.

Posted by: tar

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Originally posted by atvrider23054
No he saying the wide a arms on the ltr are preventing him from flipping compared to his 300 where he was flipping everywhere. Read the post bro, not too hard to understand. You write a lot of nonscence on these forums.

Thats what we call a post whore along with Twisted Dinli

Posted by: atvrider23054

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Originally posted by tar
Thats what we call a post whore along with Twisted Dinli

Yea everywhere I go on these forums I see these guys posting stuff they dont even know about.

Posted by: TWISTED DINLI

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Originally posted by atvrider23054
Yea everywhere I go on these forums I see these guys posting stuff they dont even know about.

Uhhhhh yea i do know some of this stuf dude. so stop bashing everyone that just trys to help out and knows stuf from experience because i have been around quads and have been working on them for a long time so YOU and TAR need to chill out. the stuff i dont know about i just check the thread out and i dont reply.

and BTW my brother has a YFZ. i have helped him work on it and i have rode it so i know how much power it has and if it would be a good quad for someone WAY taller than me.

Posted by: 250r4life

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Originally posted by atvrider23054
Yea everywhere I go on these forums I see these guys posting stuff they dont even know about.

my personal favorite was in the 250r section a couple weeks ago... a guy asked if it was ok if his coolant hose was touching his pipe...

one guy responded "oh yah that is fine- your coolant only runs between 120-150 degrees"

then when i told him he was wrong he posted a pic of his bike with a temp guage in the hose...

im pretty sure the guy wasnt worried about the coolant burning a hole in his pipe!

Posted by: pro-rider46

i am confused here, the coolant would burn a hole in the exhaust pipe?

i probably am a perfect example of someone saying something stupid,lol

Posted by: 250r4life

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Originally posted by pro-rider46
i am confused here, the coolant would burn a hole in the exhaust pipe?

i probably am a perfect example of someone saying something stupid,lol

no- the guy responded saying it would be ok cuz the coolant was only 120-150 degrees...

thats all good and well and may be, but that pipe is considerably hotter than that, and that is what you would need to be worried about... i was making a joke, saying im pretty sure the concern was not the coolant burning the pipe, but the pipe burning the hose and spewing the coolant out...

Posted by: 06YFZ450SE

I went from a warrior to a 06 YFZ450SE and I like it alot. My Mods are in my Sig. I'd get the YFZ The power and TQ is good. Iam saving for +2-4 A-arms. and rims and tires. Iam going with 18x10x8s Back and 20x6x10 fronts. Iam getting Baja or beadlock rims.

Posted by: L0w3r55

Go for the beadlocks, way better!

Posted by: 06YFZ450SE

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Originally posted by L0w3r55
Go for the beadlocks, way better!

Thats what I'd probally get I like to get in to MX racing Ive been praticing for about a year now at a pratic track near my house.