Heres something some of you guys could relate to; a riding buddy of mine just got an 01 rapter, black,with all kinds of accy's. nice lookin quad, fast too. So we race a little bit...climb some hills, do some jumpin, then we trade quads and do it again. Impressive power I tell em, then I suggest we head off to the wooded trails & mud :-)......hey where did ya go. What i'm gettin at is all Ive heard was how "bad" that quad was, sure its fast but dont ya just want to go rippen through some deep mud & water every once in a while, (every time I ride, for me). yeh I hate cleaning it too but it sure is fun while your doin it. So like I said, some of u might have been thinking like I was...man I would sure like to get one of them quads, but hey....at what cost, getting muddys fun. Getting muddy and stuck........well Take care, bob

 

Depends on how you ride and in what type of terrain. My Scrambler will make it through more deep mud than my Raptor but in "normal" mud and water my Raptor does just fine. If it does get stuck I can move it by myself... unlike my Scrambler which takes both me and my riding buddies!

The Raptor kills the Scrambler in really "whoopy" trails, jumps and bumps. The Scram is much funner in sloopy stuff, rocky trails and for overall comfort on long day rides.

Just my opinion! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Hey Guys This past sat i rode a raptor for about 4 hours I love it I traded my 01 500 H.O with 26" vamps to the guy He loved riding mine and same for me We are seresly thinking on a even trade I went were sp 500 ho got stuck And then drove past him on the way back. I love my sporty But if i was ever to buy a sport bike it will be the raptor. As of sunday my scrambler is sold and a new 01 400 explorer is orderd but my next bike other then a sp or explorer will be a raptor Loved that thing Can,t wait to ride it again.

 

I went to Wayne National Forest this weekend. We had a Polaris Scrambler, my Sport, a Trailblazer, a Rubicon, a 300 Foreman, and two Suzuki 500 Quadmasters. The Raptor got stuck every 10 minutes. Wherever there was a rut over 5 inches deep, it got high centered. Wherever the mud was over 8 inches, we had to throw him the tow strap. Then it happened, BOOM, it blew the carb boots off. Two hours later, we had it fixed, and were back on the trails. It ran like crap the rest of the day, and the Raptor rider wanted to turn back, in fear of getting stranded deeper in the woods.