CTmxyfz
09-06-2005, 03:41 PM
Hey guys. I started this thread in the act of seeing how eveyone's 400exs are competing with the breed of production 450s these days. I infact own what i think is a real race bike(a lsr/gibson/crf450). I have owned a sick arse yfz and liked the crf better over and therefore i went back into time to a hybrid. I have had the 416ex alittle after i got my yfz stock along time ago and i had to race it this past weekend at unadilla MX track during the NEATV series due to carb problems on my yfz. How are your EXs holding against these 450s? I race the 4 stroke B and Open B classes here at NEATV. with the crf problems, i raceed the good ol' 416ex. Among going to the line, people stared and looked at me like i was nuts. Alot of the riders still know i had the bike, but i have been using the crf. Come to find out, i took 7th and 4th in the 4 stroke class with a 4th overall that day. In Open, i had a 7th and 12th finish for 13th overall. I was rubbed and pushed towards a hail bail that last open moto in which i hit that bail and did a superman face plant. We raced the unadilla amateur track and that track is fast with alot of straight aways and jumps with flat landings. it was a good time and i recieved alot of compliments from riders of all classes saying what a nice 400ex and what a nice job of riding i did to stay with the 450s. it does amaze me now how fast the production 450s and hybrids like my crf are after racing the 416ex once again. i had to jump that thing and fly into the corners as fast as i could to try and hang. Pulling up hills and out of corners really showed how the 450s fly. Thats my story of how the good ol' 400ex amazes me still. How have all the others been out there?
I need to look into a bigger carb! fully done up 416 running through a stock carb still.:( Can i get away with using a crf carb? maybe the trx carb? or stay with a 39mm?
I need to look into a bigger carb! fully done up 416 running through a stock carb still.:( Can i get away with using a crf carb? maybe the trx carb? or stay with a 39mm?