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Old 07-16-2003, 01:30 AM
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Default Can a Raptor outrun the Kawasaki 700?

doesnt even look like there racing...who races standing up? and like i already said its automatic, it would own anything in a start of a drag
 
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Default Can a Raptor outrun the Kawasaki 700?

The 700 is very quick for an auto but the raptor does pull away, my friend has a raptor and raced a piped 700, it was pretty close but the raptor is faster.
 
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Old 07-16-2003, 01:33 AM
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im not here to make people mad, but i heard the 700 is way too big to get around in, hard to control and move around, in other words its 2 big
 
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Old 07-16-2003, 01:42 AM
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Default Can a Raptor outrun the Kawasaki 700?

It is big if you're a smallish rider.
I'm sure you guys know nothing about tuning an auto, but by simply changing the primary spring on a V-Force even a piped Raptor will never catch it on dirt, add a good set of duals and you get results like this:



Raptor vs. Banshee vs. V-Force

 
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umm, the 700 would never, ever catch a stock rappy in trails lmao
 
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btw any proof that that 700 isnt tweaked up the @$$ and the rap and banshee is stock? gg
 
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Old 07-16-2003, 01:48 AM
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There are no tweaks available for the V except for the duals, you can't even get a K&N for it yet.
All it takes is a little tuning ability.
 
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Old 07-16-2003, 03:30 AM
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Default Can a Raptor outrun the Kawasaki 700?

Can someone please explain how racing in sand or on asphalt will make any kind of difference at all? I spent a week at the dunes over 4th of July and I still never saw a 700 that beat a raptor, both stock vs. stock and piped vs. piped. The 700 engine does have more power and sound better, but not enough to make up for the 25% more weight and 50% more ugliness. I am still extremely unimpressed. And now the 450 makes it obsolete for all but the largest riders and those who don't want to shift.

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Old 07-16-2003, 12:37 PM
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How do you race on that thin road? Any much worst 3 deep! I wouldn't race on a thin road of loose dusty trails like that, # 1 the shifting of gears gets the rear end squirly and it be too close for comfort and # 2 The dusk mixed with pebbles makes for a painful blinding roost for whoever doesn't get the hole shot.
 
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Default Can a Raptor outrun the Kawasaki 700?

Looking at that scenario i have to agree.
 


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