hi

i can get either a yamaha raptor, a yamaha yfz450 or polaris predator, all for roughly the same price, but with all the mixed views i cant decide which one to get. what do u guys think??

thanks

chris

 

oh yeah, ill be mostly trail riding, a little bit of dune, say about 80% trail to 20% dune. im 5'10'' and i weigh 160 lbs i think. im an intermediate rider.

 

I would recommend going and trying to test drive all 3 and see which one feels the most comfortable for your riding style since they are all pretty close to each other in performance.

 

Yeah they will all do what you want them to do so it all comes down to comfort. I have heard that the YFZ isnt that comfortable on the trails though. hope it helps

 

i am new to all this atv stuff even though i have rode on a dirtbike a few times....i have always loved the sport on track racing or dirt or trails and i have some money to buy a quad and i was wondering what kind i should get....im 15 almost 16.... 5'6.... 165lbs.

 

thanks all, i think im gonna go for the raptor. iv heard some of the bad reputation it has, but personally i think its a great quad and the transmission faults got rectified in the 2002 model, so nothin to worry about there!

are there any other quads that people would recommend or do u think the raptor is just what i need?

im told that the YFZ is much easier to insure over here (im from england), so if none of the companies will insure the raptor, ill have to go for that one.

 

id go with the yfz the first time when your on your raptor and get beat by a 450 you'll wish you bought one. and about the tranny my 03 blew its tranny recently so im not sure they are very strong yet.

 

Id go with the yfz450.... ive heard the seat is a lil tough but nothing an aftermarket seat wont fix

 

The raptor trannies are fine. There are bound to be a few defects in a bike or two. You are only the third person I've ever heard of that has had problems with an 02 or later raptor. The other two had 01 bikes they had transplanted 02 gears in to and built 686 engines.

I was thinking about trading my raptor in for a yfz. Now I see that the pistons are blowing the engines all to heII in stock bikes. I think I'll wait a year or so before I decide to lay down 7k.

 

ive been reading the yamaha threads and its giving me second thoughts.... i really dont want a quad thats gonna screw up every 5 minutes. id love a raptor, if someone can say all the bad things people say are unjustified, otherwise, im gonna have to go fro the 450