Being a former owner of a quadracer I'm pissed. The quadracer looked different than any other quad when it came out. Now it looks like suzuki has got a good bargain on some raptor fenders. What a joke. WHen it comes to innovation it means building something no one hasn't and suzuki sures hell isn't innovative. I'm sorry If I've upset anyone but I just speaking my opinion.

 

i gotta see the machine in action. maybe for 2004 or 2005 they'll bump the power back up with all the stuff they de-tuned. one could hope... that's kinda what they did with the 1985 LT-250R, it came out then two years later they changed the engine so it could kill the new honda. history does repeat itself...

 

Crap on the fenders, most of us 'zuki boys saw them off anyway. What I want to look at is the frame and suspension. The question is, can the motor make it rock? Besides if I was gonna model my new bad-a$$ quad after something on the market now, it'd be the Raptor. That's the new standard I guess.

 

you raise a damn good point, Slinger

 

i love it when people say things that they dont know what their really saying, i sure hope the quadracer looked different than other quads since suzuki built the FIRST QUAD so there were no others to look like.

 

Markvette I was talking about quadracers looking different when they were competing against kawasakis' tecate 4 and Hondas' 250R and not to mention Yamahas' banshee. Now look at it. I think suzukis are great and dependable but seriously they could have came up with something better. The R&D department must concentrate souly on dirt bikes. The dirt bikes specs change every year and you mean to tell me it's taken suzuki 12 years to come up with another sport quad? Look at the names of the new quads they came out with. In my book they're crappy names. Yes I have changed and bought a four stroke. A 2001 ds 650. But I still love my quadracers. I always will. Nothing beats the sound of a 2 stroke. I feel they need to make a 2 stroke quad but that's my $.02

 

Looks close to a 400ex I think[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

OhioScrambler It does remind you of a Honda. But for me it looks like a 250ex a little bit in the front.

 

I am pretty sure that power isn't gonna be an issue in this new machine. A DRZ comes with 38 hp at the rear wheel, that's 8 more than an xr400(ex). I think the bike looks like a yellow raptor, and i love the stacked headlight design. Looks like a chromoly frame w/ aluminum bumper & A arms.

 

im not a fan of the head light at all and i hope someone makes a 250r hood for it!