Im not too impressed with the New...

[86250RZ]

Breed 4 strokes. Went to the sand drags this weekend and I beat The Raptor, Honda 450R and a 2004 piped banshee (me and the banshee were in a different classes but we raced just for fun) I actually think something was ether wrong with the banshee or this dude just didnt know how to ride it because it was no contest, I blew his doors off 3 runs in a row. Now to give the TRX 450R a little credit ( in pratice runs) we swaped wins back and forth 2 for the 450 2 for 18yr. old 250R and it really came down to who got the best holeshot. The Raptor gave me one heck of a run dont get me wrong, it was a photo finish but it's also 660 cc's and a 2003 model up against a dinosaur trike. Now for the bad part I did loose to the lone YFZ 450 (only one there vs 4 honda TRX 450R's, 1 Honda 400ex, one 440ex and one KFX 400) I was a little nervous after making it this far and dumped the clutch at the start and saw nothing but sky, by the time I recovered it was to late, bad thing about it was that he was sleeping at the start and if I would have just feathered the clutch it would have been all over, oh well thats part of racing and he one it all so I lost to the fastest one, the next round was between the YFZ 450 & TRX 450R. Believe it or not the only guys giving me props were the banshee guys, two of them come up to me after the Trial Runs and said I was the guy to beat, they said that if I could keep getting good holeshots like that no one could bet me, kinda made feel good, these banshee guys we are supposed to hate (us 250R guys) so much gave the 250R its props. Sorry for the long story guys just wanted to share my opinion and let you guys know even tho I lost in the later rounds I had one he11 of a time and will be back soon for revenge.

[trikerider2oo7]

dont worry...you can win next time if you dont dump the clutch. how far are you racin?

[atckowalski]

SWEEEET!!!!!!!

[86250RZ]

dont worry...you can win next time if you dont dump the clutch. how far are you racin?

It was only 200ft Drags, I was expecting 300ft. These new quads are nice and all and for 4 strokes they do accelerate very fast but you would think 18yrs later they would be blowing my plastics off. I will bet that in the next 18yrs the quads built today will be no contest to the one's being built then. If the CPSC dosent screw it up. My bro's pred. was doing pretty good against the 450's also but he was having a harder time than I at keeping the frontend planted... lol You want to know what shocked me the most, in the first 100 yrds my nephew was keeping up with the new quads on a 350X but after the first 100yrds it was by by for him. They had a Warrior only class because there were so many there and we thought he would be racing them but they said he had a unfair advantage against them. I said so you think his advantage outweighs the advantages the 660 Raptor and 450's have against him. I guess they did, so he had to race me on the 250R, he lost of course, then the very next race he had to race against my bro's Pred. 500 and he lost. 2 races 2 losses (other than the trial races) to his own blood, thats what irritated him more than anything I think. lol

[NICKG]

I just bought a new cannondale quad and I can tell you it smokes my 250r in every way...incredible machine.

[leprogle]

a little off the topic, but lets see some pic of that new cannondale!!!!

[ATC crazy]

Sounds like you had some fun there. Did ya get any pics...I'd love to see a trike kill the new generation ATV's...

[250SX]

where is this racing going on? I'd like to bring the T3 over there.

[NICKG]

i will take some for you I got it brand new for 2500. the dealers are just about giving them away in some places! I found a dealer in ct that had one left and was persistant in offering 2500....they decided to let it go(msrp was 6995)

[250Rfanatic85]

Yea, I agree with being unimpressed with the new 4strokes.I barely lost to a Raptor,when he dropped the flag, i looked at the the heavens,when i let off the throttle the front tire dropped and the raptor was about half a trike length ahead of me and some how i caught up to him where the front tire was in his footpeg area but in the other lane when we finished! The only thing done to the x is a pipe and K&N airfilter(and it hasn't been rejetted so it spits and sputters when lettin off the throttle)

[250Rfanatic85]

he are some pics.....Enjoy!!

[250Rfanatic85]

more....Yea also (86250rz) was talkin about someone who had an 04 banshee that didnt know how to ride it or the shee wasnt runnin right...I beat that banshee on the 86 X...yup,a PIPED SHEE!! my rear tires were about 3 feet ahead of his front tires,any ways that shee is in the last pic, it is the Blue shee!

[86250RZ]

Well I didnt realize you got pics while we were out there Tim. I lost my darn digi. cam out there I guess. After I got through unpacking it was nowhere to be found Hey Tim (250Rfanatic85) did you get any pics of the WET T-Shirt contest

[86250RZ]

In this pic below me and 250Rfanatic85 had to race eachother. When we pulled up to the line they made me give him about a trike legnth head start, I was like what????

[85_ATC_200S]

I'm not suprised you beat him. Think about it, 2 strokes put out double the hp's of their 4 stroke counterparts of the same cc. And also, you never did say what mods you have Vs. their, if any mods. You didn't impress me any, and i won't be impressed untill i find out what your opponents had for mods.