Has anyone here had any problems with stock Raptor frames? I want to brace mine, but was wondering if anyone had any specific areas that need to be addressed other than the obvious, such as the a-arm and shock mounts.

 

You still in Korea Dude?

anyways, im in the middle of a rebuild and have swapped frames. I have 3years of track&Trail agressive riding on my old frame. For what it was gonna cost me to Gusset(brace) the frame and re-paint. i decided it was just cheaper to buy another frame ($450 for a stock one).

if your gonna do the work yourself...i can still help you out. if you like ...i could send you pics of the week spots. you in a rush to do this?

 

No rush. I have about ten months to go over here. I'm just trying to get everything in place so that when I come home, I can get started on my rebuild. If you could post pics, that would be cool. Would you suggest an aftermarket subframe? I got my Raptor a few days before leaving, and didn't really have time to ride. I weigh about 210 pounds, and I've heard that the stock subframes bend easily.

 

the only problem ive had is jumping a little mound of sand in little sahara and braking the front supports of my frame! i orgot to mention i had lowering blocks installed! other than that i re welded it and have had no probs!

 

I am very surprised that I haven't had any problems with my frame. I don't baby this thing and haven't quite graduated to clearing all the tabletops so I always get a few flatlandings at every moto. Other than the paint flaking off around some of the welds, nothing has bent or cracked. I am going to send mine out for powdercoating this winter and would appreciate any suggestions for frame gussets also, never hurts to make it a little stronger.

 

I bent the a-arm mounts on the back/bottom sides from jumping pretty hard and a couple of sick wrecks.

 

i thought frames were more around 1k or more. I thought when people had the problems with the ZUki frames people were saying how the frame price dropped from 1500 to like 800.

 

UBETRUN...those are the spots that are twisting...keep a close eye on them
Give me a day or two to get pics up of recommended gusset spots...I was going to purchase a new frame, but thats only buying time...I needed a solution

 

I cracked mine in several spots....Brace it where the back shock mounts to the frame on both sides. The top of the frame where the motor mounts to the frame on the back side of it... Those were my main problem areas.

 

does this happen to all framed that are MX'd or just the Raptor frame?