not bad for the Predator I guess.... but I thought the Predator had like 6 or 7 more rwhp??? and only 15lb.s heavier....
it should have whooped the Raptor... especially according to Polaris' website speed chart / graph

what do you guys think about this test?

sorry.... it's a shootout in the newest ATV SPORT mag

 

Where did you get this info?

 

The only time that I heard of a stock Raptor beating a Predator in a drag is from the mag's. But I've heard of many Predator's beating STOCK Raptors from people on this forum plus others. So it's hard to say, do I take the mag's word, who get money from the manufator's, or do I take it from real life people in every day riding word of it.

 

The Mags also said the Raptor beat out a DS-650 but i have seen plenty videos of DS-650's beating Raptors.

 

GE hop out of the Polaris forum and over to the Yamaha Forum and you'll read about the wins that went the other way! Either way it will be a close race stock for stock. Put the better rider on either one and my money's on him!


Nocando

 

RaptorRider, you will have to show me in the Yamaha forum where a stock Raptor beat a Predator, can't seem to find one. The ones I do find are ones with a pipe and jet ket, not stock. The only one that I remember is when 14mins said a stock Raptor beat a piped Predator, but the Predator wasn't re-jetted. I haven't seen a bike yet where you can through a pipe on it without re-jetting and gain performance. You lose it, not gain it. Other then that, I haven't seen any, but again, I'm not in the Yamaha forum much.

 

ge 4x4 i put wb slip on on my pred and gained performance i asked the mechanic if i needed to re jet he said no not for this altitude runs great

 

I thought that the polaris/white slip-on said no re-jetting was required??

I bet the mags tried like hell to get the predator to outrun the rappy.

 

GE - read my post about how to screw up the performance by messing with the carb. I didn't believe the instructions that came with my W/B and spent over half a day dialing the carb back to stock to make it run right!

As far as outrunning a Raptor,,,, first, I never raced a Raptor when my gearing was stock, but I did race a very good running 01 shee that had only a new air filter setup and no airbox lid (rejetted to match). We raced a short drag of about 80 yards - Predator by 1 to 11/2 bikes, 3 different riders on each with the same results. Then we went down a paved county road for almost a mile, the Predator top end was 2 to 3 mph faster and I could pass him almost at will. I said all that to say this, I read the issue of Dirt Rag that had the test of the Raptor vs. the Shee, they have the Shee faster and quicker.
Sunday, I took the Predator to Little Sahara. After fixing my screwing around with the carb it was time for a little racing. With the gearing change and the Sand Skates on the back I did not lose to another 4 stroke. I'll just leave it at that.............................................. ............ [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Giving up 160cc, 15 pounds, and it's a dead heat. I'd say someone did their homework on how to build a quad. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]