Some say we aren’t to expect having our cake and being able to eat it too, but here’s where things get really interesting. All three of the models listed above have done to ATVs what our two-wheeled cousins have enjoyed for years (in annual revamps and updates to keep the edge over the competition); but better still, they haven’t even replaced the existing models! For 2009 the standard DS450, YFZ450, and KTM XCs will share the line with their newly revamped brothers. This is significant because it gives racers even more choices at the OEM level and offers up performance at multiple price points.
As much as I would like to go on record and proclaim that this era marks the epitome of the performance ATV class, it doesn’t take a betting man to wager that the rest of the OEMs won’t sit back and let the competition outclass them. Expect to witness continued annual renovation and innovation with each new model year. I don’t know about you, but I am stoked to say goodbye to the days when the only updates the sport ATVs received each year came in the form of “bold new graphics.”
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