Been looking at the quad and there is alot of weight to be saved on this quad if you had the time to do the trimming and grinding of extra metal and modify some of the brackets etc...
Replace the rear hubs and the use of more aluminum where some steel is now and I'm pretty confident that you wouldn't loose any strength in the frame or quad itself and you could get the weight down to Raptor numbers. I'll wait till the 6 months warranty runs out first and have it powdercoated Raptored Blue. Just like my beer "Out of the Blue"

 

Yeh!, but if you put the tires that are on the Predator on the Raptor, the Raptor would weigh 412lbs. My tires weigh 13lbs more then the Raptors.

 

Yeah, I realize that also but I like the heavier tires cause I hate flat's.

If the raptor was the same width up front and had the same rear axle and all 4 tires and same wheel base it would be heavier.