A few persons and myself are, at a disagreement as to the origin of the Raptor motor.

They claim it came from the 660 Grizzly.

I say it comes from the MZ Scorpion Motorcycle and, the europe only XTZ 660 Yamaha Dual sport motorcycle.

Yes, I know that the Raptor was released before the 660 Grizzly. But, try to convince some others of that.

Thanks
Y2K

 

as far as i read it is from the european bike and supposedly the did a redesign on the motor ( smaller more powerfull) wouldnt it be nice if they would change it for us too [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] nuthin like a 686 from the factory... hehehe i imagine they would be pushing it to 800+ [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I've always read it was derived from the dual sport bike, and the Grizzly engine is a variation of the Raptor. Could be wrong though

 

I agree with Kraw from the info I've read.........

PH

 

Yeah I was told it is from a euro dual sport, the grizz is a detuned raptor engine, which is a detuned eurodualsport engine.

 

The 01 Raptor had the same internal gearing as the overseas street bikes from which it was derived. The Grizzley then recieved a variation of this engine, and now the Rhino has as well.