I thought I read this in some magazine that you could get a kit directly from Yamaha to make the Raptor wider. If so what does it consist of?

 

I don't think so. That is the realm of the aftermarket. Lots of stuff to choose from. Lonestar axles seem to be the favorite on here, and TimmyBoy A-arms, and you need new shocks to go with the A-arms, really good ones are really expensive. Even if you go with the cheaper Durablue axle, Works Steelers and StrongArms your're over $1000. Go for the good stuff and you're looking at two grand+.

Just an axle and some wider front wheels is the under $500 solution, and a pretty good one at that.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

jeffksf3, I too remember reading in a mag about yamaha having a widening kit but I went straight to their website and found nothing. I can't remember what magazine it was, do you?

 

I dont know anything about yamaha having a widening kit or anything like that. But if I were to assume what it was, and you all know what assuming does most times, I would say probably wheel spacers. Which you can buy adn widen up your quad pretty cheap, under 200 bucks. They are just like nylon or graphite disks that you put on your hubs before you put the wheels on and they space the wheels out farther, usually 2 inches I belive. So using them front and back would almost be like a new axle and a-arms without the cost. However, I have read and been told that they put much more stress on the axle adn stuff than they are worth. I ahve also heard people who had them and loved them, so I really dont know much more than that.