Yamaha YFZ450R vs Raptor 700R Review - Two EPIC Quads Battle It Out But Which One Is BEST? 

No skills involved in sxs

SxS suck. Golf carts w/off rd suspension & tires basically! Long live Sport quads. Thanks Yamaha!

Yep you said it!

Yes, love sport quads!

As a quad rider, I apprecaite the SXS's. They've smoothed out a few washes where I ride which makes things nice and cruisy 😁

Honda TRX450R!

It’s got to be the Yamaha banshee for me

"Kase"

I've owed both as well. And I prefer the raptor over the yfz. It's faster and it'll do everything you ask of it. I wish the raptor was as wide as the yfz. I upgraded to +2 a arms to fix that tippy feeling.

@@manuelleos1007 spoken like someone who knows what they’re talking about

Both are awesome. Own both myself in SE trim . Cant go wrong w/ either of em be honest! You'd be lucky to find either at any dealer. Both hard to get & basically sold out for '22. Yamaha has a hit on its hands here. Question is.. will Honda /Kawasaki/Suzuki/Polaris bring out another sport quad? All of us hope so! 🙏

Yep thats one reason i love my raptor you can kinda just cruze an chill the 450 she wants to be pushed hard or she wont be happy lol.

I'm actually considering both, in what way is the maintenance different on the 450m

​@@johnl5993 450 is a high reving high input engine which means more maintenance, more regular serving ect. Raptor is low reving and great for trail rides, straight torque. I have a yfz450 and am considering getting a raptor and having the best of both worlds

All of them are junk. I have a 1982 Honda 200 big red that is all original and gets put to work around the property every year and runs like a Swiss watch. It’s 40 years old.

@@pryme2013 You're comparing apples to oranges. My 3 wheeler fleet consists of a 200es, 200x with an s motor, 250sx 250es and a Yamaha dx225. I also own several 4 wheel drives for towing and plowing. Any machine has a use to someone and calling an entire segment of the sport, junk, shows no tolerance for individualism or self expression.

@@atvseatexchange2176 Not junk but also not likely to still be all original and working perfectly 40yrs later. But I agree they are for different purposes

Brah, just buy a used ds 650, the best deal.

Did you break it in ?

Yes sir Change oil every 10 hours, currently at 182 hours still 0 issues

@@Hayven1992 how long before u full Throttled

@@dantheman7297 a bit before the 20 hours, at around 17

@@Hayven1992 how do you know how many hours you have on it ?

Out of curiosity where in Oregon did you ride?

Enjoy! Break in easy w/heat cycles. At 1st oil change run a good synthetic engine oil like Maxima Pro Plus or whatever you like. Avoid Yamalube..except the full synthetic version.

@@Davido50 wrong wrong wrong, u never wanna break in any engine easy, u got about 30m of run time to seat those rings, your engine will reward you by breaking it in aggressively. No abuse WOT, but agrresively. These easy break ins reduce engine life, compression and hp, glaze the rings over and don't utilize the rough finish cylinder crosshatch to seat the rings properly, u only got one shot to do it right.

What would you say is faster?

Get another..you know you miss that awesome machine!

@@Davido50 I really want a can am maverick x3 rs turbo rr next; the technology has come leaps and after a back injury even the raptor couldn't save me from rough sand on windless days. The sport is becoming more popular and with that, i need a lot more suspension and cushion!

I agree reverse is a must. I live in Oregon and ride the dunes on an old polaris scrambler 400 2 stroke. That reverse is worth its weight in gold. I'm 48. I don't want to lift the bsck of the quad to turn around anymore. I'm not in my 20s anymore lol

Everybody wants a race bike til it's time to do race bike maintenance. Really considering a 400ex again. Had one about 4 years ago.

Had a 450 for 10 years, I’m 51 now and still ride hard! I got a 2020 Raptor 700r se and the ride comfort is night and day. If you wanna back off and cruise the raptor is so plush. The yfz is rough unless you are running fast and hard. That being said the yfz is a blast the harder you push it! The raptor motor is AMAZEING because you can lug or rev it. Power is always on tap. Yfz needs to be high in the revs. There you go for anyone that hasn’t own one of these and is trying to decide. Younger me yfz. Older me raptor!

@@toddmerriott6901 I appreciate the motivation. I’m 50 and on the verge on getting the 2022 Raptor 700r SE. I love the white and Yamaha Blue model

Maybe go back to school and learn how to write ok buddy? 🤷

Jesus man did u go to elementary school

What the hell was that?

Don't wait.... the 2023 special edition is the best one yet.....

All that and I'm going to need that reverse cuz my lazy ass didn't want to have to get off and pull the damn thing 🤣

I have a raptor an its nice i mainly hang in 3rd an 4th gear, 1st an 2nd are good if you are going threw woods where you really need to take it easy. You wont really hit 5th unless you have alot of room to winde it out .

I just bought a ds650 x 2005. So nice

The Raptor costs less than the 450

@@dadecounty_305 I had a Raptor and it's a great machine but I think the same features on the 450 would be fun also

@@mcman47 I agree. I’m like 225lbs so the Raptor definitely suits me better

Ya the '07 Honda 450r, bout 12-13k on it and original everything except tires and brakes. Just proper maintenance, also my riding buddy has an '08 kawi kfx450r with about 10k on it and all he's done is tires and a water pump, my opinion is they are the best 450's out there purely because they have reverse! My next purchase will be Ona them, u can still get a relatively new one as they made em up to '12 I believe? Super reliable like all the Japanese atv's. They need very few upgrades to make them class leading in power, comfort, ergonomics and suspension.

My raptor isn't tippy at all and eats 450s. It's lowered 3 inches in the front. 4 in the rear. 2inch wheel spacers on rear. +2 alba a arms in front. Ais delete. Bigg Gunn exhaust. Bigg Gunn power box. She is ripping on trails and flat track and tt tracks. 👍

@@hoytshaunt5738 Did it feel tippy before you did those modifications? If so how bad was it? I currently have a Honda 450r and it feels a little tippy to me. I’m trying to decide between the raptor or yfz for my next ATV. I’m wondering if I could get the same handling as the yfz out of the raptor by doing what you did and still have the power of the 700.

@Five Books yes it felt tippy that's why I lowered and widened it. Since my last post I have replaced the rear 2 inch spacers with tusk 2 inch extended hubs, put on full RP stainless exhaust installed stage 1 hot cam, put fci intake on, and installed the vortex ecu. I've also added a rath sway bar in the front. The machine is a complete animal, you want to hang on tight. Lol

Winchester Bay, Oregon if I'm not mistaken

There is almost no YFZ or Raptors at dealers in my area. When they get one in it’s gone in a day. On FB marketplace 1-2 year old ones are for sale for more or same as brand new MSRP. It would be nice for other manufacturers to get back into the sport ATV game considering the demand right now. Not everyone can afford a $30k SXS.

@IG Clout Monster only an idiot would pay more than MSRP for one of these things.

@@brianfl33916 ya man I hear ya, just came across a 2021 raptor 700 for 18k on marketplace, I text the guy and said your a criminal man, stop trying to take advantage of people.

I loved & really miss my DS 650 Baja I got used from the original owner who put just 4 hours on it from the day he bought it new from the factory but it was to fast for him ir his grand kids, so I got a like new Bombardier DS 650 for under a 3 grand, I took it for a test drive and hit a micro little puddle barely noticeable and he told me to dry it off right away because it was the first time it ever touched water before, I asked why he never cleaned it, but it was because he never had to cuz it never got dirty it sat covered in his garage most of its entire life but he still changed the fluids and everything else you would want to do with a storage toy, but I loved that bike, I lowered the front & extended the rear to fit my driving style better, so it was on 2 wheels less & all 4 more often, by just changing the width & length of the swing arm & A arms, plus a new exhaust, intake, & some other little things like some nice pro-taper handlebars, and a few other things that help with racing it around, or in a straight line, drag on roads or sand, dirt mud watever and there's nothing it couldn't handle, and even Turbo banshee's couldn't beat me up dunes or roads, even quadzillas were no match, DS650's are around absolute beasts!!! I'll probably never get one in thar condition, original owner who was in his 80's & definitely took the best possible care for decades I miss my baby, I was thinking about getting a DS450, or something bigger than a raptor 660r that got eaten alive just like everything else I 0ut it against both before I added a Turbo & especially after I added the Turbo, they should have named it quadzilla instead lol, that's just my own opinion though lol, I'm looking for a new toy, & either of these I'd be interested in the Raptor 700R or YFZ450 Special addition preferably, but has to have low miles/hours, but I wouldn't mind if it has a longer swing arm on either, & I wouldn't mind having a Turbo quad again too!!! If anyone is selling please hit me up! My name is "Zack Kislia" on Facebook/messenger:)!!!

@@gipper222zk7 heck ya man. Ever thought about dirtbikes instead? It’s a new thrill.

Unless ya ride in the woods…

@@Icutmetal My Banshee is 50in wide and I have no problems in the woods . ! I have been riding Bikes , Quads , Sleds , for 38yrs and never been in a spot where it’s too tight to ride . Even with Dunebuggys and SXS . There is always some room , unless your on a horse trail or mountain bike path …

@@JDRTRM That’s awesome!

I love mine. Can’t let it go!

Did you honestly say raptor for a first machine lol your going to find your backside fast if you don't start on the smaller motor

I think you are misunderstanding what it means to lug an engine.