1bad........I understand you have beaten some.......but trust me, many guys who ride them can't ride....and can't work on them!!!! Stock, mine could beat a rappy(just basically dead even)......and piped, jetted, and drop in filter(not that great)......I could run even with the yfz's........now.......I don't have trouble with either.....

 

as far as i know, the Predator and Outlaw are getting the KTM 525 motors

 

No one knows yet.......but I doubt the outlaw will.........like said above, the pred will probably go out....and will be replaced with ktm powered in pred frames........



I agree 100% with what moto26 said......I think polaris will be doing something similar to that.....it just makes sense.

 

well the KTM quad draw up if you look closely on the swing arm it has 525 on it, so its a sure thing that its gonna come with the 525. maybe 06 is the last year for the pred?

 

Don't get me wrong here Brad, I'm not really saying that the preddy is slow. I'm just saying from personal experiance I haven't had any problems with them. I actually have beatin a few of them on my buddy's 400ex. I know thats hard to believe, I had a hard time believing it myself at the finish line but I did it. Now I will admit, for me to beat them on that bike they must have been HORRIBLE riders. Once again, I'm not saying that they are bad, I just haven't personally had any problems racing them. I'm sure they have alot of potential, I checked out the site you posted in the other thread and saw some nice and impressive Preddy's. I'd love to see one run next to me or beat me. You say yours is decently quick so if you are ever in the central cali area let me know, I wouldn't mind running a couple a drags with you. Maybe we can trade off for a couple passes too.

 

yeah sounds good........doubt I'll ever be there......but hey......ya never know.


Yeah......my pred will handle a piped yfz(intake, jetted, and exhaust all modded)........by about a lengh or so......so mine runs pretty well. And the 03's are faster for some unknown reason(some of them anyway.......I think it has been found that some of the heads are different).......and mine is fairly quick. Now....that it is modded......its pretty quick......but I also have close to 900 bucks in the engine.......

 

Sweet, sounds like a plan if you ever get down here. You got any pics or vids of your bike? I just don't understand some people these days, all these threads about which bike is faster and bla bla bla. Who cares!? If you want something to go fast in a straight line and thats it then go buy an old shee and beef that thing up. I just personally wasn't thinking about that when I bought my 450r. I was thinking about looks, quality, handling and comfort and it just happened to fit me best. I kind of wished I would have held off alittle longer and got the 06 but o-well. Its a great bike to ride for me and thats all the matters.

 

alright 1badwhatever finnally admits he is a grandpa... good for you pal[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

I agree......that is what I was looking for......I ride/race more xc......and some mx......so I don't really care about drag racing. I do think it is more fun to build something that no one thinks is worth a crap.....to end up getting respect and even beating some of the better drag quads.......that is another reason I chose the pred.....is it is underrated....and I like to mess with stuff. Its great for the trails....



well....off to bed I think......