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Raptor bustin'
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Posted by: bubfryder

Every time I hear someone crying about the Raptor's handling, reliability, or weight, I just laugh. I've owned my '02 Raptor since day one, have beat the hell out of it, and haven't had a single problem. Every 400 (EX, KFX, Z) I've run against has always turned out the same. The front end of their quad is peppered w/ roost and they wanna trade quads and run again.
I've ridden piped, hopped-up EX's and it reminded me of vanilla pudding, it's ok, but it makes you appreciate it when you have something better

(oh, my ride is stock. It's all in knowing how to ride, not relying on the ride to do all the work.)

Posted by: LTandRaptorider

Uh oh... now you've done it!

Posted by: norcalatver

welcome to Ex riders, now go home!

Posted by: Atreyu

Cool story man

...you sound like you'll be a real good member on bluetraxx. You shoudl go check it out...and stay there.

Posted by: the-ex-files

Wow! I'm impressed. Your 660cc Raptor can beat a 397cc EX. I'm still in shock!

Posted by: Jumbo747

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Originally posted by the-ex-files
Wow! I'm impressed. Your 660cc Raptor can beat a 397cc EX. I'm still in shock!

exactly...

Posted by: bubfryder

Aw, cmon.. I'm pretty sure that I was reading a lot of posts saying that 400's can pick off a Raptor in trail riding. Your response about "picking on 396cc's" is pathetic.
I think I would have to put that response into the ethnic race card category, are EX riders being held down by "THE MAN"?

Posted by: Pappy

bring your raptor to texas for the gncc opener.....ill go grab a stock 400ex. see ya at the end of 2 hours

or will i

noone cares what you ride as long as you ride

Posted by: Guy400

I'm a former owner of a Raptor and then later a 400EX. There's no doubt, my stock Raptor would walk away from my cousin's piped/filtered 400EX in a drag race. We had a small GNCC style track in the woods behind my house that was about 1/4 long and another at my cousin's house that was nearly a mile long. While I would accelerate out of the corner's a little faster than my cousin he'd make that ground up in the corner's. It's not that he was faster than me in the corners but he had to work a whole lot less. After wrestling that quad for a year I sold it and moved onto something else. I still miss the low end grunt it had but I don't miss the weight. Given the choice now after owning both I'd buy a 400EX every time.