False Neutral and 450 Shootout

[ds450maniac]

Has anybody that has a ds experianced a false neutral yet? just wondering because I'm looking into getting a ds and racing it and in dirt wheels 450 shootout this month they said that the while they were riding it in a 20 MILE run it hit false neutral 3 times between 4th and 5th. And anybody that doesn't or hasn't read the new dirt wheels the results are below:
1.) KTM
2.)YFZ
3.)POLARIS MXR
4.)DS
5.)LTR
6.)TRX
7.)KFX

I was kinda shocked that the polaris beat the ds,but hey polaris isn't wait they used to be any more there moving up in the atv world. IDK just read what dirt wheels says in this shootout its intresting.

[GE4x4]

ATVsport did there 450 shootout and the DS came in 2nd behind the KTM and just in front of the Outlaw. So shootouts are not gossipal.

[450raider]

thats odd ditwheels shootouts usually go

1yfz
2rap350
3rap250

10 all others

anyway i dont know anything about ds's or the false neutrals but for what its worth im mainly stressing that DW has no idea what they are talking about half the time.

[ds450maniac]

ya I agree with you guys I just read it cause its some info, but I hate how they are always picking yamaha's it bugs me

[kbass24emtp]

I can't wait to read it to see how they explain how the YFZ placed so high. I'll take the word of ATV Sport over Dirtwheels any day. What a joke.

[rgasper33]

I think that the ktm, ds, and polaris are pretty much the top three. Its just dirt wheels has a love affair with yamaha. Raptor and YFZ NEVER lose a shootout no matter what. Might as well throw in the grizzly too. It is a Joke. Go ride the ktm, ds, polaris, and then yfz. yfz would be the last one youd buy, ill put money on that!!!

[kbass24emtp]

I find it funny that there are hardly any mx riders in my area that ride the YFZ anymore. Just about everyone of them has switched over to the LTR. I think Dirtwheels should make their shootouts last for a whole racing season. Its hard for the YFZ to win when its not running, because its broke all the time.

[ds450maniac]

I personally think that yamaha pays dirt wheels to say all of that stuff in thur magazine don't you guys? And boy to I need to subscribe to ATV Sport from what I'm hearing, I take it the editers are pretty straight forward and don't lie and aren't loyal to one brand? cause if not I'm subscribing,I'm already subscribed to dirt wheels and Quad but I don't like how dirt wheels always picks the yamaha's. And from you guy's stand point, which is the best 450 to stat out racing on cause I'm getting a 450 in the summer and I have my choices down to the DS,LTR,maybe a polaris mxr or 525 or either of the KTM Kwads. Also can you race a 525 in a 450 race. Hope to hear so more responses soon and thanx

[atvrider23054]

this shootout actually looks right i have ridden all these quads but the ds and thats about my line up plus i saw thw ds in person and it looks prettys cheezy and looks like a waste the ktm is lighter than the ds and the ds wasted so much time and was braging about it being the lightest witch it isnt so my line up would be the same and the alumium frame has no benifit to this quad it only makes it worse

[Evasiveone]

In the GNCC the current cc limit is 525 cc and the KTM powered machines are 510 cc. So yes you can run the 525 KTM/Outlaw in them. Next year the pro level, Xc1 and Xc2 will be limiting the cc's to 450 cc. So unless your name is Ballance or Borich you can still run the 525 next year to.

Most local series do not have a cc limit on them, but it will be best to check your local racing rules.