I am not looking to start a battle Yamaha vs Polaris etc. Just a little insight. Wondering how the new Raptor 700 compares to the Pred, and I dont care if one's a little faster than the other. I had an 04 Predator and am in the market for another. Polaris had nothing new for 06, although I was for the most part pleased with my 04, and am inclined to go with the Pred again. Just wonering if anybody has compared the 2 and what they think. I was pleased with the power and ride of the Predator, was a little heavy. I ride majority of time in the dunes.

I rode a 450, plenty fast just not very comfortable or to my liking. Rode a Raptor 660, wasnt very impressed, thought the Predator was a lot better bike. Looking for comfortable smooth ride and good sand bike.

Like I said, probably going to go Pred again, just wondering if anybody knows something about the 700 that would change my mind. Thanks.

 

I hate polaris so it would be the yammy for me. But I would get a honda 1st

 

Polaris does have the new 06 Outlaw, but I don't know much about it and it may not be too good since it's a irs sport bike. I'm a yamaha man so naturally I'm gonna say the 700r is bada$$, go look at 'em.

 

i was going to buy a predator before i bought my banshee-in-a-box. Now that the new raptor is out...hands down, the raptor, its lighter, more powerfull(i believe) a yamaha(cause i am a yamaha guy) and yeah, just a killer bike from my understanding.

 

Raptor all the way

 

rappy 700 hands down.. its a yfz 450 frame with a 700 motor basically. The Outlaw is just a preddy with IRS.. nothin big.. plus it weigh 440lbs! The preddy is nice.. but u want to have the yamaha.. better known for quality that polaris.. where they scr3w u half the time with customer service and all teh other problems that the polaris owners complain about.

go with the rappy 700.. cant go wrong.

 

May have to take a second look at that 700. Yea, I'd buy a Honda too except they dont have something comparable w/elec start and reverse. 5 or 10 yrs ago wouldnt a mattered and Id have been all about either the Honda or Yamaha 450. Now looking for a comfortable ride w/plenty of power and good handling, something you can scream on up and down the dunes all day and it doesnt feel like it was trying to kill you. And elec start and reverse. Like I said I was not at all impressed with the Raptor 660 in comparision to my Pred, but if the new one is that much different may have to look again. Thanks for the input.

 

First post so HI ALL !

I have a Polaris Scrambler 500 Tank (shreek!).... Im looking to upgrade to a more sport oriented bike and have also come to the some point as predtldrider, after a lot of research clearly the Predator or the Raptor700 are for me.

The Raptor is very very nice but from looking at the two bikes i think you get a lot more for your money with the Predator, just seems to me to be a much more complete package with more attention to detail. With the TLD version you get some nice shocks with fully adjustables on the front (the ones on the Raptor look cheep) also get the braided Brake lines and Chrome axle.

But then again the Raptor has probably more potential in other areas like the Composite Alloy frame, EFI, more CC's with less weight so im at a loss as to what to do.

Think i'll keep my Scrambler Tank for another month untill some more ride reviews have been done on the Rappy, if anyone has ridden both the Predator and Raptor 700 please post up your thoughts.

Cheers

 

Rappy 700

 

powerwise i dont think there wont be much difference, except the raptor will have more torque and be slightly quicker STOCK. if ur going to leave it stock, id say it will be close. if ur going to modify go with the raptor. but if all u want to spend is $7000, remember the pred is about $800 cheaper. if u spend it wisely u may end up with a better machine