I am looking at a 07 with 3500 miles, how long are these motors good for. I am coming off of a 03 f5 and was wondering what the power would be like compare to the f5. Is there anything specific i should look for, it has all the updates done as well. thanks
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depends...is it a GT or an FX?
my FX would pull the F5's for a long time but he would get away from me on top due to gearing. A GT might be closer on top. I go about 240 and I raced a guy that was about 150, so given same driver it depends. A phazer is a different animal than an F5.
my FX would pull the F5's for a long time but he would get away from me on top due to gearing. A GT might be closer on top. I go about 240 and I raced a guy that was about 150, so given same driver it depends. A phazer is a different animal than an F5.
Thats a pretty fast 500.I could run with them up to 50 or so then mine gets beat by the 03F5.Guy may have had some mods though.
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bigal06 said:
Who knows with the motors - 4 strokes are supposed to last a long time but these 80Hp are high revving so I don't know if that will affect their durability or not and they are relatively new (2007). I have seen on here reports of engine failures but that may be due to adding turbochargers.
Would be interesting to hear what mileage guys have on their machines - I have ~ 7700Km (4800mi) on my '08 and would like to get at least 30,000.
80h4thephaze
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If well maintained, and taken care of will last much longer than 30 000. Remember the engines built by yami.
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If well maintained, and taken care of will last much longer than 30 000. Remember the engines built by yami. High reving or not if they made it, i have very few doubts except if treaten poorly.
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Remember there are two f5 earl had the power vavle motor IE 100 HP the ater ones were non power vavel and 80-85 HP
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80h4thephaze said:
I keep hearing that as an argument for durability which is good. Too bad they didn't put some of that quality into the frontends! I know, I know you can't have it all, they all break, blah, blah, blah.
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price would be a factor as well. have you looked around to see what they go for. i've seen them for $4000-4500 w/ around 1k miles.
I found a 09 mtx with 500 miles and extras for 4850, is that a good deal, cause I think it is.
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Sounds like it is a real good buy if you are in Canada where the prices are so high on the new ones.bigal06 said:
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Hey Newbie please list yer location (site rule)...I saw one in Detroit craigslist last night for like $4700 stated has 500 miles. Where you are can help us help you.
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My stock sled will be for sale at the end of the year. Right bnow it has 300 miles on it.
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bigal06, why haven't you bought that mtx yet. an '09 for $4850, wish i could have found that. even though i don't need an mtx, i may have considered it.
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BombaPolaYama said:
These sleds are a great beginning but are sub par on reliability, especially since they were designed for " rough trail" usage. There,s not much left that hasn't broken on mine and I just started riding modern sleds last year. I had a 1990 safari that was infenitely more reliable than the phazer. I'm torn. I love riding it but I am always waiting for something to fail. I don't have much experience with other brands but if yamaha is supposed to be the industry leader, then what are the other brands like?
