Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Virginia
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thats the same guy, he soldthe raptor and bought the ktm, i did it on the small section down there on my raptor 660

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i posted a q about this in the YFZ forum.. ive been wanting to try this for a while now... do you have to have paddles on your tires? or can you do it with razrs? im going to try it in something a little less deep first off tho? what do you guys think?

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Originally posted by randallp1
thats in wiggins huh? they had a guy about 6 mos ago do it on a brand new ktm 450 atv thats balls!

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It's actually the more pricey KTM 525 that he bought. That thing hauls butt!

Him and a few other friends came out to Little Sahara and we all rode. There wasn't too many quads that could keep up. (99% of the 4-strokes at his dirt)

Enjoy:



He skims with these paddle tires too.

Here's that 700r that you saw skimming in the first photo:

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you have to have paddles, try about 6 inches, if it feels like your skimmming you probally are, you'll hear it too, then try about 2-4 feet, if you make it your good to go, start off with a 20 footer and work your way up, raptors are super torqy and can keep the power as they go across

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i was worried you were going to say that! i dont really have alot of sand riding to do around here unless i make a trip out of it! lol

ill have to wait until that time to get some paddle tires to try it out! lol

sucky!

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Yep, from what I've been told by them is that you have to stay in it even.

In the video I saw of them doing it, you could see near the end of one of the longer crossings that the front end started wobbling bad.

On a side note I saw a YouTube video where they had some guy with a 450r.

Here's someone failing at it...lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG0bms3RsUc

Part 2 fail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDv...feature=related

Never mind, it was streetfire: (he does it on the stock tires)
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/...mming_39359.htm

Water doesn't look too deep though.

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yes when you hit the water you feel it, hopefully your in shape and have some type of arm strength, its gonna take a lot out of you if you do long distance, it takes so muscle to hold the bars straight ! i used a 6 straight paddle tires, stock in the front, right before you hit the water try to pull a low high speed wheelie, i hit 3rd wide open on the 660, brought the wheels up just maybe 4-5 inches, it will plain out just hold her open. i'll post vids when im finished with my movie...

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Oregon Dunes




check out these guys pond skipping in this vid.....

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