Wallrat Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 So I laid down the law last night: Baby, I'm gettin' a YFZ, and if your nice and supportive maybe I'll let you ride it. After retrieving my testicles from the ceiling I corrected my approach and she bought it! So I gotta sell her old 300ex and figure out who I'm buying from and all that good stuff, but basically I'll have it in a couple weeks. Technically its her quad but since she's always wanting to ride my shee, I figure we can share both bikes. BTW, anybody have a picture of one with fullbores on it? She likes the red frame but hates the white plastic. I'm thinking that red would look sick with silver fullbores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 that would be a wicked color scheme. just get the swinger anodized to match and get some PCed arms and you are set. you know that of course if the wifey wants all that stuff on HER bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sredish Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Why you lucky son of a bitch!!! Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmatt Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 This will be a good move. You should take her 300EX to the dealership just to see how much they will give you for it. We traded my wife's Warrior in for her YFZ450 last week. I wanted to wait a while before she got one, but they offered her more for her Warrior as a trade in than I would have sold it for outright. Plus I didn't have to deal with all of the dreamers and idiots wanting to test ride it while we had it for sale. Hell I didn't even wash the Warrior before we traded it in. An added bonus is that we only had to pay sales tax on the difference between the sale price and trade-in value. I never would have guessed that we could get such a deal at the local dealership. I think that they were just highly motivated to move the YFZ since riding season is coming to an end here in the East and the YFZ is a 2004 model. Maybe you won't get such a good deal, but it is definately worth looking into. After you get it, I think that you will want to ride your Banshee more. I was totally frustrated with my Banshee for most of the summer because I could not get the jetting worked out. I was really close dumping it for a YFZ450. Now that I have my Banshee running good and have been able to ride both machines in the same area in a head-to-head type of comparison, I'm happy I kept my Banshee. Don't get me wrong, the YFZ is an excellent quad, but it just doesn't put the smile on my face that my Banshee can . By the way, have the dealership rejet the YFZ before you bring it home. Yamaha jets these way too lean, (at least for my altitude). My wife's was sooo lean that it would not idle and the entire header pipe was red hot after a couple of minutes of riding. The first couple of inches of header pipe still get red hot now, but that is normal for YFZs. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 hell yea!! just take a look at my banshee and thats somewhat what a yfz450 with silver fullbores would look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducman Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 I'm not sure how it works but if you buy a bike in Oregon where there's no sales tax and have it in your name for 90 days and then tranfer the registration to CA you don't have to pay sales tax or any fees above the typical CA registration. You might do a little research, check into it and take a little vacation to OR to go quad shopping. I know you can get a fine for riding it in CA with no registration or and Oregon sticker after 10 days of owning it. I was told by a guy I work with that he's done it, although he mainly only rides the OR doons, and there is a Yamaha dealer in North Bend / Coos Bay area that makes killer deals out the door besides not having to pay the sales tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Ok here's the numbers I've gotten so far: Cycle trader has one 03 300ex for sale in my area right now for $4000 firm. Same paddles as my wifes, but otherwise stock. Her's also has a $420 big gun exhaust system. local dealership- offer me probably $3300 for the 300ex if its in as good of condition as i said. 04 yfz for $7000 OTD 05 yfz for $7600 OTD 05 special edition for $7900 OTD Alba- (comes with pipe, graphics kit, k&n, seat cover, tag bars) 05 yfz - $9338.69 OTD!!!!!! I think they're smoking crack. I asked the guy "why so expensive" and his basic response was blah blah blah....$1350 dealer handling fee...blah blah blah. Dude...some deal that is. Matt, that's sweet that you bought Shannon(?) a YFZ too! Riding season is just starting out here but we do have the deals going on the 04's. Looks like we're moving to North Carolina in the somewhat near future. Not much closer but kinda...I can't wait till Britt hands my buddy (who just got a new Predator) his ass at Dumont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNEDEMON Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Why you lucky son of a bitch!!! Congrats!! Well put. Congrats to you & Britt. North Carolina??? WTF??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmatt Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 I'm not one to haggle and try and get every last penny out of a deal, so those numbers seem pretty good. I always get excellent service from people when they know that they made a couple of bucks off of me instead of just $.25. I guess you can look at it like tipping. Just like cars, aftermarket parts don't necessarily increase the sale value of quads. Do you still have the stock exhaust? Put that on and sell the Big Gun kit on ebay. Just a thought. Alba. I hate their exhaust systems. A friend put one on his Z400, it was so loud that I refused to ride behind him. And since it was a Z400, he really didn't have a choice in the matter. I wouldn't run one of their pipes if it was given to me, let alone pay $2000 for one plus some stickers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvracer36 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 I got my 05 white/red yfz for $6400 otd , didnt have to pay taxes. Got hooked up my manager and an employee. Call Mountclair Yamaha ! By the way you copied my scheme !! lol im probably getting silver lakers with my red frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stclark04 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 yeah i got my 04' for 6700 out the door. (hey im rhymed) 7600 for an 05' is alot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Welcome to California! A bone stock, semi beat up 91 Banshee sells for $3500 here. Throw some mods on it and clean it up and you can get $4500/$5000 easy. I've called a half dozen dealerships out here and so far $7k is the best I've found for an 04 and I had one place offer $7550 for an 05. I prefer my local dealership, nice guys, pretty good service, and straightforward. I'm the same way as Matt, I'm not gonna buy something outta state and do some crazy IRS tax evasion thingy just so I can save a grand. So while I appreciate the info, I'll probably end up spending too much money and laughing it up like a damned fool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallrat Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 (edited) If you're jealous now...realize I spent $1300 on mods that ain't even in this pic. So really this is just a before pic while I'm adding on all the goodies... Check out the latest edition to the family: I call her: Fo'Fiddy!!! Edited September 30, 2004 by Wallrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efward Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Cool lookin. Is that the 04 or the 05? What was the 'special edition' you mentioned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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