Bad news for Honda!!!!

[exrider_400]

I was just surfing the net and went on yamaha's site and there 04's are out and you'll never guess! The came out with a YZ 450F in a raptor frame. LOL i've seen and heard of all the money people have put in a bike installing the 450F motor in a frame. Well now you can buy one retail-around 6,899.

If you've heard it, you can't forget the awesome sound of the liquid-cooled DOHC five titanium-valved single in the baddest motocrosser ever built - the YZ450F.

We had no choice but to adapt that engine for use in the most serious ATV the planet's ever come up against. We call it the YFZ450, and nobody else builds anything like it.

Not only is the hybrid 439cc DOHC titanium-valved five-speed engine far superior to anything that's come before, at 350 pounds, the YFZ450 is endowed with the highest power-to-weight ratio of any four-stroke ATV ever built.

Yes, it even has electric start, and when you open the 39mm Keihin carburetor all the way and take aim, you'll also appreciate the lowest center of gravity in the class and the latest industry-leading suspension technology.

[UglyMotha™]

ARE YOU SERIOUS CLARK! :huh :huh :confused2

[exriderdude]

NO WAY:eek2:

[300exOH]

Raptor frame? I hope it handles better than the Raptor. Otherwise it sounds like a nice machine

[03GNCC270]

I DON'T THINK IT IS A RAPTOR FRAME. TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE FRONT END OF IT. LOOKS MORE LIKE A NARROW FRAMED 250R

[300exOH]

Just found 2 articles on it:
http://www.atvsource.com/manufacturers/yamaha/2004/yfz_450.htm

http://www.atvnews.com/output.cfm?id=210025

You're right it doesn't look like a Raptor frame to me. Everyone will have some major catching up to do now.:cool:

[exriderdude]

its not a raptor frame:rolleyes:

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products/UnitImage.asp?lid=1&lc=atv&cid=1&mid=323&iid=4599

It's a photoshopped pic guys it's not real...:rolleyes:

[300exTJjeeper]

hahhahah
yeah man it's not real

[Striker49]

Its all a dream...just a figment of your imagination... :devious:

[bluebaron]

i hope honda dont wait ten years again

Originally posted by banshee_ex07
i hope honda dont wait ten years again

Next year will be honda's year...;)

[sly400ex]

Originally posted by banshee_ex07
i hope honda dont wait ten years again

No doubt, maybe they'll come out with something in 2009 when everything is old and out-dated again. Another "Quad of the decade":rolleyes:


I hate to knock Honda, but they are slipping bad....:mad:

[QuadR8cer12]

It wont take Honda long to come out with a 450 quad... They are taking there time making usre everything is right...as said by my friend jason....Honda is a sleeping giant...they are watching waiting...making sure everything is perfect..they are going to succed were these other quads fail...they will have the best quad out.........

Honda is used to being the best and they are going to make sure they stay the best...just watch...;)

Well it take several years to build a quad. I bet the pig farm that they have a new quad made and that it's in the early test stages right now. THere not gonna let us down it's all about marketing and getting the ball rollin at the right time. When all this hoop la from all these new quads comes to a screeching hault....KABAM honda's gonna drop the dopest quad anyone's ever laid eyes on....:cool: You can take that to the bank if ya want...;)

[Blake24]

Originally posted by Rico
Well it take several years to build a quad. I bet the pig farm that they have a new quad made and that it's in the early test stages right now. THere not gonna let us down it's all about marketing and getting the ball rollin at the right time. When all this hoop la from all these new quads comes to a screeching hault....KABAM honda's gonna drop the dopest quad anyone's ever laid eyes on....:cool: You can take that to the bank if ya want...;)

So when is that yfz450 available for purchase?

[QuadR8cer12]

********.com says they will be on the showroom floors at the end of the month:D

Originally posted by Blake24
So when is that yfz450 available for purchase? as son as your dealer can get one

[sportraxrider10]

Originally posted by Rico
Well it take several years to build a quad. I bet the pig farm that they have a new quad made and that it's in the early test stages right now. THere not gonna let us down it's all about marketing and getting the ball rollin at the right time. When all this hoop la from all these new quads comes to a screeching hault....KABAM honda's gonna drop the dopest quad anyone's ever laid eyes on....:cool: You can take that to the bank if ya want...;)

whats your bank?:confused: because mine won't except that:blah: :devil:

[phatswinn]

and im sure honda has already made theres, and now that yamaha has theres out they will make it better, more adjustable shocks and allitle more power...and ofcourse the best handling there is, and ever will be

[QuadR8cer12]

dont forget most reliable;)

[buckeye400ex]

Originally posted by Rico
Well it take several years to build a quad. I bet the pig farm that they have a new quad made and that it's in the early test stages right now. THere not gonna let us down it's all about marketing and getting the ball rollin at the right time. When all this hoop la from all these new quads comes to a screeching hault....KABAM honda's gonna drop the dopest quad anyone's ever laid eyes on....:cool: You can take that to the bank if ya want...;)

I hope you're right but several dealers in two different states have said they think it's gonna be a stroked 400, to make it a 450EX and it may have reverse. Still air/oil cooled and basically the same chassis. That would suck if that's the case.

However, put yourself in Honda's shoes.... 400EX's are still selling and they still are quite a few of them racing at the top levels. Who knows.....