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Old Oct 23, 2000 | 02:51 AM
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Raptor, Banshee, Warrior Little Help?
 
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Old Oct 24, 2000 | 12:44 PM
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well what kind of rideing do you do Warrior's are great trail quads and have a nice feel to them with any after market goodie's for them and the quad has a fair price how long have you been rideing? there's another thing if u toke a spin on a buddy's quad and said to yourself hay...i want one then you would NOT want a raptor there's not a wole lot of goodie's for the raptor YET!
also ill say this is a good woods/dune's quad more woods id say the banshee is the most worthless woods quad you can buy but its a GREAT QUAD just not in tight places but for open area's
it would be my #1 choice
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Old Oct 24, 2000 | 01:51 PM
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Monica has it just right. All are good machines, but built for different purposes. Put a novice on a Banshee in the woods, hillclimbing, or mud, and I will consider them lucky to go without breaking something on themselves or the machine. My opinion: Banshee - Max speed in OPEN areas like sand dunes

Warrior - excellent sporty woods/trail machine and likely best in mud

Raptor - To new, no experience with one yet, but from what I read, seems to fall in between.

I guess you will just have to find the one that best matches the type of driving you will do.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2000 | 06:22 AM
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But What kind of stuff and how much would it cost to make a warrior REALLY POWERFUL and FAST Like a RAPTOR or at least beat a Banshee?
 
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Old Oct 26, 2000 | 11:01 PM
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Come on need some advice!
 
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Old Oct 28, 2000 | 06:56 PM
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It will take an awful lot of money to get a Warrior to beat a Banshee in the open dunes. A modified Banshee is most likely king of the wide open spaces, anyway from the ones I have seen. I don't even know if it could be done for sure. I think a Raptor would come closer.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2000 | 07:54 PM
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If you have the money, go for the Raptor. I have heard nothing but good reviews about it! To me, it seems like a more powerful and stable 400EX, which is good, because it means it's not like a banshee, and there is no reason to buy a banshee. Before the Raptor, I would have said: 400EX for woods and DS650 for sand. But since the Raptor came out, I wouldn't buy any other new ATV.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2000 | 07:28 PM
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i heard lots of bad things about raptors, axles bending, a-arms bendings, carbs getting blown off. do yourself a favor and get a honda
 
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Old Oct 30, 2000 | 03:31 AM
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>>But What kind of stuff and how much would it cost to make a warrior REALLY POWERFUL and FAST Like a RAPTOR or at least beat a Banshee? <<

you can beat all of 'em with a warrior by removing their spark plugs, let's get real here.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2000 | 04:23 AM
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I DON'T THINK NOT!! YOUR NUTS I RATHER RIDE MY BIKE THEN A HONDA..! HONDA In my opinion S*UCKS!
 
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