I know this is old thread, but after riding my LT500 with the DRQ pipe, its gonna be hard for me to see a DS <--I own one also to keep up wih out paying bucks, Im having the head done, custom cams ground, hihg compression piston, and the 650 will be now a 720 when done, but I know I wont be at 70HP plus the DS is 460 plus lbs, My LT is only 325lbs, The LT can easy hit close to 75 to 80 hP on Gas, with that weight to HP ratio, its gonna be exspensive to beat.

 

ive smoked 1 easily with 87 lt 500 turner pipe fmf silncer 120 bored and ported.

 

It would very tough for a ds to keep up with the zilla... 2strokes are so easy to tweak.

 

if u scroll up to zillarider02's comments, that was my ds he was racing.....im not saying he was lying, but he left out a little info.......his zilla has a plus 8 swing arm where mine at the time had a stock....i had a tm45 carb with alky on its first run......his zilla runs with the bad boys, it was a monster to say the least..........i did out run him once but his was clearly faster.....now if we would of added 180 lbs to his bike to make up the rider weight difference.....it might of made a BIGGGG difference.....we were with in a couple of links of each other every race....theres noooo way that hopped up zilla could keep up with my ds now.........NOT A CHANCE....just with my swing arm alone i think it would of been close , not to mention new carb and drag pipe....beating a VERY modded zilla can be done by a ds, but u are going to have WAY more $$$$$ invested then they will with the zilla....

 

Dang BIG thats some Bling on your motor, did you polishg teh case or crome them??

 

i bought them from TVI, they are the polished ones he has on his website.....i recently started using that polishing ball.....it gets in EVERY crevice , its like looking in a mirror now....hows your bike coming along?

 

Still waiting on the head, sent it out 3 weeks ago, I guess the guy doing it is wayyyy backed up! He jsut asked me today what size valves I waaanted so I guess I might be lucky and get it next week, then teh fun of building it, did you polish the valve cover and head and cylinder??

 

everything on or around my motor is polished x-ept the cylinder....i plan on polishing that once she tares up or the rings need to be changed.....i figured two and half yrs into this my 720 would of torn up by now, i guess sometimes all "those experts" can be wrong...[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I race my cousins ds all the time we are both stock and i can beat him almost every time. they are pretty fast stock bikes! oh by the way i weight 300 and he's about 160.