Does the raptor even come with rear hydrolic brakes?? On the yamaha site it says just normal disc brakes. If so this is going to be another blaster falling apart every five minuets

 

Im sure it has hydrolic.. if not what a joke

 

It is hydrolic. Looks close to what the Banshee and Warrior use. If it had a mechanical disc brake it would be like a Honda utility quad. Oops, those are drums, sorry.

 

the correct spelling of "hydrolic" is hydraulic. I would assume a high dollar big bore sport bike would have hydraulic ventilated discs both front & rear.

 

sorry about the spelling but I dont pay much attention to those thing in a friendly chat or forum. But go to the site and look at the brake section. it says that it isnt hydraulic

 

well it wouldn't suprise me if Yamaha either came up with a new brake design, or failed miserably. Yamaha has a knack for falling short of the competition when designing an atv. Yamaha also has a knack for not following the other atv manufacturers in their designs. When everyone else was making 250cc 2 stroke machines, Yamaha made a 350 twin. Yamaha was the only one making an entry level 200cc bike with a low price tag (blaster).

Yamaha has it's good & bad points just like any other atv manufacturer. I think we will just have to wait for a dirt wheels test of the raptor, or go buy one & see for ourselves.

sorry to correct your spelling of hydraulic. I just thought I would point it out since many kids read this forum, and should know the correct spelling. I don't always capitalize & puntuate correctly due to my laziness @ the keyboard

 

head over to the yamaha forum and check out the thread that brags about 30+ digital pics of the raptor. the pictures show the raptor rear end pretty close.........hydraulic disc in the rear........I think the raptor looks good except for those large goofy yamaha handlebars.