How can the z450 be the best quad out when no one even seen one yet? To much marketing hype. I will wait and see to drive it before i make judgement. The same thing was said about the yzf450 that came out. After riding the pred, z400, and honda 450r and yzf450 the yamaha would be last on my list. Its only good in mx form the rest the honda or pred are way better. Not to mention the least comfortable. Back to ? of topic, if your not into putting a lot of mods you cant beat the pred tld for woods or LE in more open area for what you get stock.

 

In a 1/8 th mi. drag stock vs stock ..my money is on the Predator.

 

go with the predator, it has way better handling than the raptor and has plenty of power also. I rode a raptor 700 and it was a wicked machine but i still think the predator has it in all around performance

 

Dirt wheels had a shoot out between the raptor 660 and the preditor 500 well the preditor won the drag my 1 mph faster than the 660 and the 700 blows the 600 away so theres your answer!!!

preditor toped out at 75 and the 660r topped out at 74 thats what dirt wheels said they had them clocked by the police radar gun and everything!!!!


I say the 700r would smoke it!!

 

YA, but it was a troy lee ed. Predator.

 

Also in that Dirt Wheels the Predator Quickly walked away from the Raptor.( funny how that was left out).

 

It would build a big lead but loose most of it trying to rebuild the revs. Since its the troy lee version it should have beat the raptor which it pretty much did. However the article also said if you were to invest an extra 500 dollers in the raptor it would make it a better buy. A freer flowing muffler, extended axle amd a slightly wider front end. So the new 700R should get the job done.

 

From what I understand the 700 has a bigger bore than the 660 but also revs 500 rpms less. So i would imagine top speed would be about the same. On the Predators; the biggest difference between the Troy Lee and standard is the 1st thru 4th ratio. I'm willing to bet the Standard Predator would win by as much or more.

 

I forgot to add that I'm sure the 700 is quicker than the 660 but I would guess the top speed is close.

 

Go sit on both of them. See which feels more comfortable to you.