do you short shift? i did that alot with my blaster, i was used to my quick gears in my CR80, try winding the gears out a little more and sport shift, im bout to wax my buddys stock 450r which he claims is going to beat my banshee, also him and his dad are trying to say there polaris sportsman 800 is going to beat my banshee, NO WAY IN HELL. lmao