A little preview to the Sept. issue of Dirtwheels. It is a shootout of a pred, ex, and Z. I found this on www.atvaddiction.com
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quoted from Mickey Dunlap (owner of Four Stroke Tech)
"First of all, on the new Yamaha the angle of the front A-arms is such where you will have to run the first part of your suspension extremely soft for the little bumps which will cause rolling in the corners compared to a Honda or a Gas Gas and even the Suzuki that are laid back farther at an angle that allows the suspension to be stiffer but yet soak up the small bumps. The handlebar to seat relationship felt like I was riding a Breeze instead of a full size machine. The footpegs were very high so I felt scrunched up on the machine. Maybe it's built for people 5 foot and under but I was very uncomfortable on it. Motor-wise, it has little or no flywheel and was very easy to stall on a smooth moto-cross let alone a rocky, rutted out cross-country course. The motor lacked torque and has little or no way of making a big, torqy motor out of it except for maybe an 80 over piston which is only going to make it stall even easier and with the small battery that's not going to be a good thing if you have to start it all the time. I am sure with a higher steering stem and maybe some Pro Pegs that are lowered the machine might feel better but the handling and the motor are going to be a bigger obstacle for cross-country riders. Everyone that has ridden the Gas Gas was very comfortable on it and adapted to it quickly."
"First of all, on the new Yamaha the angle of the front A-arms is such where you will have to run the first part of your suspension extremely soft for the little bumps which will cause rolling in the corners compared to a Honda or a Gas Gas and even the Suzuki that are laid back farther at an angle that allows the suspension to be stiffer but yet soak up the small bumps. The handlebar to seat relationship felt like I was riding a Breeze instead of a full size machine. The footpegs were very high so I felt scrunched up on the machine. Maybe it's built for people 5 foot and under but I was very uncomfortable on it. Motor-wise, it has little or no flywheel and was very easy to stall on a smooth moto-cross let alone a rocky, rutted out cross-country course. The motor lacked torque and has little or no way of making a big, torqy motor out of it except for maybe an 80 over piston which is only going to make it stall even easier and with the small battery that's not going to be a good thing if you have to start it all the time. I am sure with a higher steering stem and maybe some Pro Pegs that are lowered the machine might feel better but the handling and the motor are going to be a bigger obstacle for cross-country riders. Everyone that has ridden the Gas Gas was very comfortable on it and adapted to it quickly."
Yeah it is a little compact, but nothing like riding a breeze. I own one, and I'm 6'1 and feel extremely comfortable on it. I talked with Kory Ellis last night(saw him at a race), and he absolutely loves it, and he stands about an inch taller than I. The motor does lack torque, but it revs, and feels like the 250R's so all you guys that love the 250R should think this bike is the "cat's meow" :lol And if you've seen Kory ridde this bike, with just a slip on pipe, you'd wouldn't think that the factory could produce something this good, but they did.
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Hey Muff where did you get that quote from? If I quote it I would like to be able to mention the source. I'm suprised he didn't have a single positive thing to say about it in that statement. I know everyone is entitled to their opinion but considering everyone else is raving about it you would think he would have at least been able to say "I don't like this but this is good".
DW never said the Raptor was gonna replace the 250r!! That is saying something!
Do not listen to Mickey Dunlap. He is a Gas Gas rider and the Gas Gas is the YFZ track rival... He races a Gas Gas so of course he is not going to preach about the YFZ because he wants to beat them on a track. He is loyal to GG so it is hard to believe what he said about it. Just read that statement and you can see a lot of it is BS and he is making shit up to make the YFZ sound bad.
Do not listen to Mickey Dunlap. He is a Gas Gas rider and the Gas Gas is the YFZ track rival... He races a Gas Gas so of course he is not going to preach about the YFZ because he wants to beat them on a track. He is loyal to GG so it is hard to believe what he said about it. Just read that statement and you can see a lot of it is BS and he is making shit up to make the YFZ sound bad.
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Thanx man.
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me too, it's usually here by now!
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