The Yamaha YXZ and Polaris RZR are both three-letter side-by-sides with solid off-road credentials, but which is right for you? Here's how they differ.

A New Six-Speed Transmission. If there was one fault of Yamaha’s YXZ five-speed transmission, it was the gear ratios. The YXZ offered fantastic high-speed, high-rpm performance, but due to the ...

The Yamaha YXZ1000R gave us what we all wanted. Anyone who’s ever rode a motorcycle knows that the shifting pattern is one-down/four-up, and the YXZ uses this same pattern.

The YXZ has a ton of travel ... Riding or driving off road is unlike anything else you’ll experience on wheels and, thanks to Yamaha’s new YXZ1000R UTV side-by-side, you can go farther, ...

Yamaha's top-of-the-line two-seater off-road race buggy now features ... Having owned 3 RZRS and a YXZ 1000ss I can say that I would rather have a dual range CVT any day than a transmission thats ...

Apocalypse or not, the YXZ really is a genuine off-road machine. Yamaha YXZ 1000R pricing and specifications. On sale: Now. Price: from $30,990. Engine: 998cc three-cylinder petrol. Power: 82kW ...

I tried two setups of YXZ. Both had the SS shifter but different gearing. Yamaha offers a torque assist gear kit that reduces original gearing by 30 percent and drops first gear by 70 percent.

Compared to the pricey Can-Am Maverick, both the Yamaha YXZ and Polaris RZR look like steals. With a price tag starting at $19,999 (plus $1,195 destination), the latter is more affordable than its ...