<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: ds650atv

I've clocked in at 76MPH on my DS650, I know I know it's not as fast as alot of you but keep in mind the ds650 is close to 400+ pounds, and i'm 6'4 350lbs.</end quote></div>

I had an 03 DS on a scale at 520 pounds but the scale was +/- 20lbs. So 500-520 pound bike plus the rider that's not bad- not bad at all.

 

Wow Josh had no idea the bike was that heavy. Me and my quad had a slight misunderstanding one time and it rolled on me but I think I had so much adrenaline going through me I didin't feel it that bad thank god. When my friends get on my quad (light weights) they pop wheelies in 3rd gear. Tons of horsepower.

 

Haha. Just recently i was riding my dad's grizzly. And i was going up this steep hill very slowly. At the summit of the hill there was protruding tree root. My front tires wheelied off it and i started rolling back. My handle bars were going side to side so i locked up the front brakes cuz i couldn't touch the back ones it was that steep. Then it hit another bump and the 600+ pound grizzly rolled end for end right on top of me! I concur that the adrenaline does wonders. I didn't even feel it but my shoulder sure was sore the next days. It rolled 4 times down the hill and praise yamaha engineering didn't brake a thing!!!!!!! The handle bars were flattened but they're designed to just pull right back up! SCARY DEAL MAN

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: ds650atv

Wow Josh had no idea the bike was that heavy. Me and my quad had a slight misunderstanding one time and it rolled on me but I think I had so much adrenaline going through me I didin't feel it that bad thank god. When my friends get on my quad (light weights) they pop wheelies in 3rd gear. Tons of horsepower.</end quote></div>

That DS i was on was all stock. I don't weigh enough that i couldn't even pull the tires off far enough to ride it in first gear! However i do like the DS's. They seem like a VERY solid quad.

 

LOL My incident was very similar I was going up a very steep rocky incline and did the exact same thing but over a pretty big boulder. Started rolling back rolled back over the boulder lost my blance and there I go and here comes the quad right on top of me. Cracked my helmet open, opened my elbow up and busted my knee also. You know that crap you hear the biger they are the harder they fall.... Well it's true LOL. But heck I love this sport!!! I don't have much on my DS it's just really nicely jetted, and changing out the intake and exhaust made a difference. But Like I said thank god for adrenaline

 

Hey ds650atv have you drag raced any other quads?(just wondering)

 

Yes Killa Raptor I constantly do most of my boys have Raptors not the 700 but the 660's and I win some I loose some. I have a friend who whoops all of our butts on a honda 400ex with more work on it than I can begin to list.

 

One more note Killa Raptor, of course I can't compete with the younger ones that come out with us that weigh 100 pounds soaking wet. Those guys practically fly out on the raptors. Total it's like 5 raptors a few honda's and i'm the only one with the Bomber.

 

What modds do your friends on the 660's have?

 

They are pretty much stock except for the guy I race the most. His Raptor has an FMF titanium something..., Custom Jetted by Dynamic ATV, K&N Filter, and his sprocket different but can't remember what he has. The reason I race him the most is because he's heavier still lighter than me by like 100lbs but I ride with him more often than the other raptors. Sometimes we're neck and neck sometimes he beats me sometimes I beat him, it's pretty much all around fun. This weekend we were averaging 45 mph through the desert in Apple Valley CA. Our top speed was 64mph on this trip. Terrain was not completly flat like other places we drag. I hit a whoop going about 45 came out of nowhere if it was'nt for the good suspension on my DS probably would've flown off.