I am planning on getting the 07 raptor 700 se and i had a few questions about it, so any people out there who own one can you please answer them??
1) Does the clutch require a lot of maintenance or does it break down easily?
2) Because i have never had a bike with chain drive, does the chain on the raptor break down often? Is it a hassle to change?
3) How is its top speed?
4) Because i have never driven a manual bike before is changing gear a hassle when driving around town or on the trails.
Please help me by answering these questions because i need to decide on a new bike soon! Thanks.

 

I have an 08 and its phoenomenal no problems at all

 

i have an 06 raptor and it has no problems yet the clutchs dont brake easy unless u drive the Cr@p out of it chain will last along time if u take care of it and top speed is very good around 75 to 78 mph and they are a exellent trail bike to.

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06 raptor 700

 

they have no problems.
my clutch needed adjestment after riding for almost an hour useing it a ton. but that was just 1 time and the only reason it happend was becuase i was cruzing the hill at glamis at night time with no paddles in heavy traffic so was having to clutch the crap out of it.

 

SAME AS ABOVE NO PROBLEMS EXCELLENT BIKE!

 

I had a '06 700R put over 4,000 miles on with out any trouble and the guy that bought it from me still hasn't had a single problem with it, I currently have the '07 SE with over 3,000 miles and the only thing that I had go wrong was the weld on the header cracked but it wasn't stock so it wasn't a raptor thing. I think thay are great bikes


"no wonder I have lower back pain I ride too much[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]"

 

LOVE MINE TOO!!! My wife calls it my Best Friend.

 

Shouldn't have any problems, except maybe the clutch if your not used to a manual.

Got a question, where do you live at that you get to ride around town?