One of the biggest cons is the bad clutch basket design. That can be a catastrophic failure.

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!!

@MasonJVO

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeatv I know so much about the 450 like I have one I bought a raptor not knowing I should ha be got a yfz r. Set the raptor up for mx now so I'm stuck with it 😂

@Davido50

Жыл бұрын

It's overblown! Most ppl ran crappy oil & didn't change it often enough. Run a full synthetic 10w40 cycle oil like Maxima or Mobil1 4T only.

@Davido50

Жыл бұрын

@@MasonJVO Raptor 700R is a legend & holds its value. Trade it in for a new YFZ450R..if you can find one! LOL.

@Davido50

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeatv It's overblown. Run a full synthetic 10w40 cycle oil like Maxima or Mobil1 4T.

Awesome vid guys!

I have the same quad with the HMF pipe and fuel stabilizer and it produces a lot more horsepower than a stock bike

Nice job guys👍👍My complaint is the fuel tank. It should hold another gallon, start out full to the cap and 20 minutes into riding the fuel light comes on

@carsnquads

Жыл бұрын

You mean I shouldn't buy one if I wanna go for 5 hour long trail rides??

@yoyohipptyyo8760

Жыл бұрын

@@carsnquads 😂

@yoyohipptyyo8760

Жыл бұрын

@@carsnquads just bring a gas tank with ya

@carsnquads

Жыл бұрын

@@yoyohipptyyo8760 I can take my trx450r or my KTM525 and go all day so I just won't switch 😂 I kinda thought my next quad would be a 2019+ yfz450 but I don't wanna a zippo lighter for a fuel tank lmao

@ALDA2479

Жыл бұрын

Really because I own a 2021 and I have no gas issues same as my other 450s and I'm running the big 3 on top some internal work

Can't beat Yamaha! Still have my '10 YFZ450X Bill Ballance edition. Rock solid. Has best clutch basket ever in a YFZ. Tryin get a new '23 YFZ450R now in Ohio but can't find em!

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

Have seen some for sale around here in MN but the price definitely keeps going up $12,000 mostly

shes a beast!! letter rip!!

I’m more of a Raptor 700 guy but I do like the 450! YAMAHA!!!

I've always looked at getting a new 450 but they are to expensive for me so I just have a pile of older ones and they aren't nice but I peice them together and push them past their limits so they absolutely rip but they are carbed and I don't like that part. But it was cool seeing how the new ones were. I made an r6 yfz and it was fun but not worth it I should just save up for a new one

@Davido50

Жыл бұрын

Get what ya can afford bro no shame in that! Just be sure find a super clean low hr unit. Well cared for. -Ohio

love the 450 thing is bad ass! do you still have the raptor 700 ?

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

She is gone unfortunately, let her go last year

It's a shame that the stock ECUs are so bad. Everyone says the FI bikes have terrible bog with factory tuning. Gotta drop $800 on that Vortex in addition to that $11k pricetag. Good choice on getting the Vortex with the Rossier, though! That's a great combo.

@lifeatv

3 ай бұрын

Exactly, sure be nice to have some competition and maybe Yamaha would change some things up

I’m about positive they have added horsepower to the newer ones.

Out the door for me was 14,000

ya wish there would be a pipe i mean i wish when i bought my 19 yfz would had a pipe

i mean 2021 is like a new bike. am more curious how you compare a 2nd hand yfz450 like a 2004 or 2008 model i feel like those are money pits a new one like urs probably be fine for a bit... i got one with a friend and got damn we got it cheap 1000€ but it all fucked we got it running, but it already was bad we didnt know and the head where the camps go and the cam cover are fuck, cams are fine but it ate the head... and we toke it apart a again (10th time) and toke a closer look and saw it has a hotrod crank, and piston is oem yamaha and cylinder still has the hone marks (we already saw that the first time we toke it apart) but it looks like it had a full rebuild done, but bad and the head was already damaged or something and they didnt replace it and it never ran good after the full rebuild i guess, cause bolds were lose inside the engine, gaskets new but badly put on... ow airbox cover cut open, bmc air filter, and the carb had the jet in the bowl... so we put that back it had a 168 jet and 48 pilot jet, it has a half exhaust but stock pipe. its all fucked up nothing is right... anyway and now we got a problem the head is not buyable new from yamaha and all the 2nd hand one we see are same or worse shape then ours.. im not hating 450 bikes but they do seem like a headache of machine if you get trouble.. i love my banshee its simple we rebuild the full engine with my friend piece of cake.. the yfz450 is not hard to take apart and do the timing chain and shit but a lot of part that can go wrong... were sad cause it ran fine but we basicly fuked it more then it was already... 450 are cool but you gotta have the money to keep it maintained... or be a good mecanic your self.. and still parts can be hard to find in good shape for them old quads... compared to my trx300ex its like a piece of cake it always drives leaks oil but runs good maintenance nah u can buy a full engine for the price of one engine piece of a 450 i always saw to my friend who wants a 450 ltr cause he has a ltz400 road legal its great i tell him if you want 450, have a budget to fix it, cause u dont know what has been done to it.. while ur 400 u done a lot of work on it bearing overal anything exterior the engine u did, imagine u get a 450 and it has been trashed u dont know... i can understand he want more power but at the same time, im scared of 450 only cause if they break u bet u can spend a couple of grant on parts

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

We had similar issues with an 08 YFZ we had on the channel years ago, ended up selling it off to avoid more headaches with it. Fuel injected bikes we’ve had seem to have less problems from our experience. Our 08 LTR has given us no issues in 3 years of ownership of hard riding

@reggiexp69

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeatv ah okay yeah just like i tought cause now am looking for parts for the yfz450 from 2004 and all the parts i find 2nd hand are bad... alot of them have bad head were the cam shafts are and mess shit up.. it sucks cause it ran but it was just a tiking time bomb so yeah was a bad suprise when we toke it apart and it was even worse... and now we are stuck, and okay yeah ltr maybe have less problems, cause i dont see that often them for sale ofr parts sometimes with injection problems or a gearbox, but that is about it (still anoying if your gearbox fails) but yeah good to know that ltr450 seems more relable then a yfz

@Davido50

Жыл бұрын

You got a beat up piss poorly maintained machine it sounds like! They are incredibly reliable but need good basic maintenance. Simple.

@Davido50

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeatv If you buy a USED bike it's anyone's guess how it was ridden & maintained. Simple as that! Your 08 prob wasn't well cared for regardless if it looked clean. These are race quads & need 10hr oil changes etc. Then they bulletproof.

I'm in Illinois and I've seen new ones going for 13-14K

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought, just to much for what you have to put in it for upgrades

@ALDA2479

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeatv I got a 2021 fully built motor and suspension I got it brand new in 21 for 10.5K today I've probably sunk 17K in it I don't really think it's worth it but gets to the point u can either sell and lose money or keep and keep building on

Its still hard to come by new '22-23 YFZ450Rs! They SOLD OUT. I want another one. Run only Maxima Pro Plus 10w40 full synthetic. Engine will last forever. Are you kidding a stock YFZ450R is not as fast as a TRX450R?? U must've had a modded TRX before you got the YFZ.

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

The emissions on the newer bikes is quite severe, a brand new YFZ is quite slow more comparable to a 400ex trust us we’d know but after you dump around $1000 into it, it becomes a beast!

I put 1000$ down for finance when its all over itll come out close to 17k for my 21 450r se Bought in Athens Ga At Cycle world of athens

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

Wow man congrats on a new machine but crazy how expensive there getting

South Florida 17k

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

Wow!

I paid $11,900 out the door for my quad with the fuel stabilizer and HMF pipe on it

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

That’s not a bad price!

Great quads, but still wish I could walk into the dealership and buy a new Honda.. 👍👍👍 #staciescountrycooking #teamwaxoffroad #makeatcsgreatagain #savesportquads

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

That day will come again Doc, and me, you, and Dylan will be first in line!!!

my raptor 700r costed me 22,000 dollers when im living hahaha and i just got done rebuilding the engine for 6k and it has 160 hours only on it 🤣

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

Holy!! As long as your happy man 🤣🤟

@aibackgandar1474

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeatv hahahhah thats true

You forgot to comment on the suspension.

@lifeatv

Жыл бұрын

I don’t mind the suspension, I wouldn’t put as a negative myself

@Davido50

Жыл бұрын

It's RACE READY. Its a race quad not a trail queen! Sheesh. They like to be ridden hard & fast. Run full synthetic 10w40 cycle oil only they last forever.

@Davido50

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeatv It's race ready man! Lol. Cmon now. Not a trail quad like them ole 400EXs.

Call Yamaha if a Honda is beating it. I spank everything with my 22 😂