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After over a year of testing, Yamaha’s Wolverine 450 4x4 has proven to be a reliable and fun trail mount for riders of all ability levels. While the average rider may be happy with the machine the way it comes off the show room floor, performance minded enthusiasts will want more. With its mildly tuned power plant, the Wolverine isn’t a candidate for high horsepower mods, unless you’re willing to fork out big money and sacrifice reliability.
If you want to get more out of your new Wolverine without spending a fortune and sacrificing the machine's reliability, then check out the captions and video below to see how we went about increase the Wolverine's power and improving the machine's handling.
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| HMF’s Sport Series Slip On Exhaust features a removable spark arrestor. The sporty aftermarket pipe removes 7lbs from the machine. Although there is a minor loss in low end horsepower, the pipe allows the Wolverine to rev a bit quicker and improves the midrange and top end power. Running an EPI clutch which engages at a higher RPM will help you make the most out of HMF exhaust’s higher performance power delivery. The downside; we wish the performance wasn’t accompanied by as much noise. |
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| Works Performance’ G Series Shocks are notably higher quality than the stock shocks in looks and materials. We went with preload adjustable non reservoir fronts to save some cash. Not only do they look better than stock, these fronts had the performance to match. |
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| Since there is only one shock doing all the work out back, we didn’t want to skimp on performance. Works sent us their G Series Rear Shock with a remote reservoir and full preload, compression and rebound adjustability. Unlike the front shocks, Works over sprung the rear end making it too stiff for anything but jumping. Fortunately their 30 day ride guarantee should have the rear end working as good as the front by the time you read this. |
 Sport Series Slip On Exhaust |
$239 |
 Performance’ G Series Shocks |
$519 |
| Performance G Series Rear Shock. |
$829 |
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$1587 |
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