I want to let you guys in on a secret.When your done riding Spend 5 more minutes and put a lock on it.My ride was stolen out of barn last summer.We live in a rural farming town and our new nieghbors snuck in and took it.They thought that by snipping the ignition they could start it.Lucky for me it didn't start even after they drug it up and down the rode with another machine.I ended replacing the switch and it's pigtale($45.00)and the clutch.Along with every fluid.Whats worse is the cops could not prove it was them even though thier footprints was there.So a $20.00 cable lock now secures it to a beam in my barn.

 

i had a bansheee stolen last year. same sort of thing right out of the barn. you cant stop someone if they really want it they'll get it. think about it whats the beam in your barn made of wood?

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>INSURANCE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Even though you lock it up, make sure you have insurance on it as well. As the saying goes, a lock only keeps an honest man honest. Insurance is the best security one can have on their quad.

 

I lock mine up with a 15 round clip Glock .40 caliber .

 

Yep my scrambler 500 was stolen right out of my pickup locked and all. I sure miss going on rides with my friends, but in a year or so maybe I can afford a banshee.

 

BirdofPrey

Did you ever beet the top speed on your raptor of 74.1, when you mounted the GPS to the bike?

P.S. Shooting a moving target is alot harder then shooting holes in paper, try a pit-bull. My scars are healed but I still hate them.

 

hehehe I wished I had been awake when they were stealin it. I'd have my barrel out the window in a heart beat!

 

My friends Banshee was stolen. He was selling it and the guy took it for a test ride and went right down the road and wasn't to be found again. Months later in the paper I read, a guy was caught and arrested for stealing over 13 quads. One of them was my friends, but it was already sold by the stealer. Luckily he had insurence and got more than what he was selling it for. Be careful.

 

BlueRap,

Nope, 74.1 is still my best top end. After a bunch of us (about 8 Raptors) went riding at the Red River a couple of weeks ago, my fastest speed was ONLY in the upper 50s. On the trails that was flying and nothing was waiting for us to pull over to pass us. Even if some guys are getting 80+ mph?, I couldn't imagine ever using it. Also, on my plane trip last week, I did get a reading of 508 mph at around 33,000 feet.

Bart
www.members.home.net/bartkim

 

I really think I'm damn lucky!!! I never lock my machines (except at night), and never got stolen anything...knocking wood...I would cry for days if someone took my shee!!