Hello from Tucson AZ

Sweet. I'm surprised a dealership still had a 21. You got it in Tucson? I bought a blue 22 a couple months back. The 21 and 22 actually have the same graphics. What's a good place to ride in Tucson?

Christph7 said:

Sweet. I'm surprised a dealership still had a 21. You got it in Tucson? I bought a blue 22 a couple months back. The 21 and 22 actually have the same graphics. What's a good place to ride in Tucson?

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I actually went down to Sierra Vista to Cochise Motorsports and picked it up. I was surprised they had such an old model too but they threw me a good deal. My wife wants a raptor so still waiting on that. I took it out today, if you get off of i10 at the Marana exit and take Marana road east through the housing complex it ends in a decent off-road area. It can get a little busy but it opens up to the Tortolitas. Lots trails over there. Otherwise out by Redington can be fun, at least in the utv.

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put an 09’ clutch basket in it, this will save you 1 rebuild at some point. There are springs that fail behind your basket. I did my own with a kit from Bnr motorsports (I think it was bnr?) Was super easy didn’t even have to drain my bike just tilted I over so oil went to other side and took me about 30 minutes max. Easy stuff. Need clutch basket holder and torque wrench among basic tools and knowledge.

Do a billet intake kit, uni 2 stage foam filter and a pipe and tune, remove air box lid. (I like HMF or RP race pipes)

I would also recommend AIS delete and a breather box mod and removing parking brake as some basic easy preventative maintenance type upgrades.

good luck, enjoy!

Oh, also.
Check all your bolts. The power sports dealers put these things together out of the crate behind the damn building with hand tools and a bunch of 18 year olds.

i had untorqued bolts on my 22’ and even had a timing check bolt come out during a race. I had never touched it, it was “torqued” from the factory. So yeah, definitely do your own bolt assessment it shouldn’t take more than an hour or two with a manual and a torque wrench.

check your shocks adjustment settings, I bet they are way out of wack.

22blueyfz450r said:

Oh, also.
Check all your bolts. The power sports dealers put these things together out of the crate behind the damn building with hand tools and a bunch of 18 year olds.

i had untorqued bolts on my 22’ and even had a timing check bolt come out during a race. I had never touched it, it was “torqued” from the factory. So yeah, definitely do your own bolt assessment it shouldn’t take more than an hour or two with a manual and a torque wrench.

check your shocks adjustment settings, I bet they are way out of wack.

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Thanks for the heads up. I'm planning on swapping the clutch basket as soon as my warranty is up. I need to get my hands on the service manual and then I'll check all the bolts. Thanks again!

Yes, check the critical bolts. I bought a new 22 a few months back and the nut on the lower front shock came off. I was lucky I caught it before the bolt came out, could have led to a bad accident.

Duffman said:

Thanks for the heads up. I'm planning on swapping the clutch basket as soon as my warranty is up. I need to get my hands on the service manual and then I'll check all the bolts. Thanks again!

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The warranty hasn't always covered the basket explosion because it rides a thin line of being abusive and material defect. That being said the Raptor 700 and several of the carb YFZ models shares the same basket as the newer YFZ models, and I can't recall anyone going through a catastrophic failure due to the basket. I don't deny the basket is weak, but I'm not sure if everyone will find the weak spot. You're going to love the YFZ once you start tossing some money towards suspension upgrades.