what 450 do i get? (i race mx)

[Jessem24]

i was thinking a 2011 can-am ds450x mx?

[atb400ex]

I'd go with a Can-Am or LTR-450 if it were my choice.

[JBENSON]

MX= LTR 450!

[mxpimp2000]

those 2 are good if u like fixing stuff. i personally love yamaha's

[XCRacer236]

LTR. 2nd choice, standard YFZ

[nskukalek79]

honda does it for me ....any quad can do pretty much the same thing...whatever you like most

[Mean250r]

450r. get an axle and a arms, maybe some tires and rims, and your rippin **** up !

[250x_kyle]

whatever fits you best

[TWISTED]

KTM 450sx........

[440racer66]

thats kinda like askin what flavor ice cream you should get. but a ltr or a yfz seems like the best choices for mx i really dont have any seat time on a ktm to give it a thumbs up but from what ive heard there pretty sick. i would ride em and price them. then go from there.

[Stiles86]

its all about what u like but if i had the money i would get a ktm

[Jim417mx]

Suzuki or Honda are the to 2 out there... go to a national and 75% of the quads are suz or honda, as for yamaha, im sorry but i owned a yfz and i will never go back, way too much stuff cracking/breaking, they just dont hold up in MX, I've never ridden a yfzR though, so I wont talk bad about those.

[rollie]

Id say a used built honda or one of them new YFZ's there sweet

[reptikes]

Originally posted by mxpimp2000
those 2 are good if u like fixing stuff.


Exactly! EVERYBODY i know with either the LTR, KFX, or CanAm has lots of problems.

Go with Honda, Yamaha, KTM, even a Polaris over the ones mentioned above!

[mxpimp2000]

Originally posted by Jim417mx
Suzuki or Honda are the to 2 out there... go to a national and 75% of the quads are suz or honda, as for yamaha, im sorry but i owned a yfz and i will never go back, way too much stuff cracking/breaking, they just dont hold up in MX, I've never ridden a yfzR though, so I wont talk bad about those.

its all about maintence. i have a 06 and race nationals B class and so far i havent had any thing break like a tranny,frame,subframes,etc. suzukis would be great with a yamaha tranny. honda would be great with a tougher frame and subframe. also honda's need tranny work with enough upgrades.

i go to the track weekly and theres always a honda or 2 with a broken frame thats been welded 87x and still breaking.

[440racer66]

Originally posted by mxpimp2000
its all about maintence. i have a 06 and race nationals B class and so far i havent had any thing break like a tranny,frame,subframes,etc. suzukis would be great with a yamaha tranny. honda would be great with a tougher frame and subframe. also honda's need tranny work with enough upgrades.

i go to the track weekly and theres always a honda or 2 with a broken frame thats been welded 87x and still breaking.

x2 on the hondas frames cracking my 05 yfz held up to mx pretty well but when i got my 450r it cracked like crazy and this was a pro level quad so it wasnt because i was jumping like crazy on stock shocks.

[blaster12s]

if you ride them right they will all fail eventually.

[440racer66]

Originally posted by blaster12s
if you ride them right they will all fail eventually.

correct. but some faster then others

[400grl]

If you aren't looking to spend a bunch of money, but still want to be on a competitive quad, then I have to say go for the YFZ450R. I have raced mine for a while now with just nerf bars, a steering dampner, pipe and MX tires. It's an awesome handling machine in stock form, and it's honestly one of those quads that, unless you are in the Pro class, won't have to do much else to to be really competitive.

I have had several YFZ's, and I love my R.......