i dont know if you have rode a z400 but i would guess not if you say it has a little more power than a warrior. my former ride was a warrior and the z is a huge difference. mine will run a few lengths behind a piped raptor. the raptor is a good quad though and so is the predator but the predator that my buddy has does not seem to like water even up to the foot pegs. it goes dead for some reason then it is hard to start back up. this is just comments from my experience, not some bs like some people might tell you.

 

Raptor.

 

raptor

 

TRYINTOOHARD - Tell you buddy to relocate the hoses that come off the carb. They end up really low, and that is why his Predator is stalling in the water and hard to restart. I use zip ties and routed it basically straight back from the cab. Now no problems crossing rivers and creeks. Good luck!

 

I think Im going to go and get a Raptor, the White and Red one is looking good or a all black one. I want to know a few things about them first though. I heard they are front heavy, is this true? Do they have more torque than a Predator? Are the good at hillclimbing, trail riding, and crossing small creeks? Is the suspension good for hitting a few jumps that are small-mid sized ones?

So pretty much what I want to know is, is the Yamaha Raptor better than the Polaris Predator for hillclimbing, trail riding, and crossing small creeks. I heard the Raptor is better I just want to know which one you think is better for what I am doing. I also heard the Raptor is better for hillclimbing than the Predator. Let me know what you think.

 

Raptor all the way. The predator?? The predator boys do not even talk about them anymore.

 

i like my pred better than a raptor.. and i talk about mine..

 

Yeh what he said.

 

The Predator boys don't need to talk about them anymore, enough was said already, and they don't need to be defended. The machine has spoken for itself!

 

let's see... yep, Yamaha forum... I'll go with Raptor


but seriously.. ride them both, if nothing else, sit on them both.