Also, all of those components you listed are on the prototype/display models. Currently there is no preproduction machine(assembled from all production parts) for anyone to see. Unless the July magazines have new info. Regardless this is a promising machine.

 

Where are you getting information that says the Raptor is similar to the Warrior? The Yamaha rep says that it's design is most similar to the 400ex (see July 4-wheel ATV Action), just as the Cannondale is. No doubt that Honda set the standard for chassis design, but these 2 newcomers claim that they have taken Honda's design as a basis for their machine, and improved it. Yamaha claims that the Raptor "kills whatever is out there", and "it's the best machine for EVERY terrain- dunes, woods, desert". They also say that it's a step up from any other sport or high-performance machine, including the Banshee.

 

There is no contest . Raptor by landslide. Who wants to deal with things like fuel injectors out in a trail ???? from a company with no real experiance in the industry

On the other hand there is the Raptor .
a company with a great reputation in the atv market and now the biggest machine on the block