What does it take? performance mods? HP? Top Speed?

i only seen one once and he would not race me because he said i would prolly win but i was not thinking that would be the case. he was stock

I just wanted to see how it ran apprantly he just got it and didnt want to run it.

what do you think the outcome would have been

 

youd definitely win

 

Depends on the distance. On a longer run, a Raptor will outrun a YFZ mod for mod. In the first few gears though, you'd better have your launch perfected and a few more mods than the YFZ.

 

He will get you the first 300 feet for sure. My buddies piped and jetted Raptor runs good and a friend of mine purchased the YFZ450 and ran it against the Raptor and the YFZ won the race.

 

I agree w/ ubetrun & RaptorOwner.

Edit: Not only do I agree, but I've lived it.

 

What he said!!!!

 

Stock for Stock you'll get beat bad. The rappy is just to detuned, and the stock pipe holds the raptor back.

But I raced a YFZ with the same mod's at me...not sure what his pipe was though and we ran side by side once I hit 4th gear. We came off the line in first side by side he hit 2nd and 3rd and was 1 bike lenght ahead. Once I hit 4th and 5th I quickly started gaining and we was running side by side with me gaining more and more until we ran out of pavement. We raced about 150yards or less. In a 1/4 mile or more a rappy will take the YFZ.

 

Now take the same deal to the sand hill and the results are different. The same Raptor/same pilot that caught me in the higher gears was nowhere to be seen running the valley @ Sand Mountain.

 

Maybe in the sand...but where I come from there is no sand. You either race in mud....snow.....dirt....or pavement.

And in those applications....the two bikes are very close.

 

Yamaha660R - I don't know what kind of racing you do but on a MX track they're not close. I go up against those little ba$tards on a few different tracks from tight arena cross to wide open National level and it's the same story each time, they are quicker turn-to-turn. Look at all the high-dollar MX machines for sale, everyone is switching to the YFZ for a reason. Just because you've gone up against one and did OK, don't assume that all riders and YFZs will behave the same.