1994 yamaha blaster vs 2008 honda recon 420

ok i need this question answer quickly before i might make a fool of myself. my friend is picking up a 2008 honda recon 420 tomarrow and i dont know if i should race him or not. im pretty sure i would beat him but just going here to have some questions answered first.

1) obviously, he will beat me on the trails. but any hint on how to outrun him making him feel like an idiot?

2) any mods i might want to get before i race him? nothing toooo expensive

3)do you think i will win or not? im a pretty good rider and he used to have a big bear 400 that he rode like once a month and never got out of 3rd gear, so hes not the greatest rider. like they say. its the rider that wins the race, not the bike

Im not a Quad guy....Thats pretty well known......LOL....

However,,,,,Ive been around Lots of Blasters.....Most of them Modded to the hilt....Not sure if Ive ever been near a Stock one..... Anyway,,,, 400cc 4 Stroke Vs. 200CC 2 Stroke Motor to motor is pretty Even.....Now add the Weight of Rider and The rest of the Quad and there is where you will Gain....Lots of Races are Won in the HOLESHOT.....Straight line races that is.....I think you will take it.....

Just remember......To make it fair....Have a 3rd person Do the Hand Drop.....and another at the end to Judge......

300Ft is a Common Drag length for ATV's...

You should be able to accelerate faster than him. You should have no problem.

its cause we are going on a ride with a bunch of people next weekend and i wanna show him up. he weighs about 150 and im about 125.

you should dust him.

i dunno how its going to react. been verrrrrry boggy. today it died in the woods and i had to tow it with the sunl all the way up a hill about 2 miles

Have you cleaned your air filter?

I want to see pictures of a 420 Recon. Never seen a 420 Recon before.

i meant 420 rubicon. and no. i have not cleaned my new K&N air filter seince i got it a while ago

Are you running a prefilter?