Welcome to the forums man. Congrats on the new ride! I agree though, let her warm up then run it like you stole it. Theres a website with a guy who's broken in over 500 motors by letting it warm up then running it very hard. You can see the pistons after the break in, they look brand new with the rings in perfect shape. From now on, thats how I'm breaking in any 4stroke quad I have. Don't go buy how yamaha says. Just let her warm up, run it hard, then after about 2-3 tanks, give it an oil change and your set. Just remember to do regular oil change and check all the bearings replacing when needed and you'll never have a problem with the quad or the motor. Don't be surprised if you find some metal in your oil every time you change it, however. These motors are known to do that. As long as it isn't an excessive amount, you'll be fine.

Have fun and be safe!
warrior68man

 

The wife and I had a great time Sunday. However I need more rear ground clearance. Any ideas?
Check out my gallery I added a few pictures from our Sunday ride.

 

Nice pics! The Raptor and Ozark are both sweet machines...............[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Congratulations on the new bike.Not much you can do about ground clearance except put on larger tires.I have a warrior which came from the factory with 22 inch tires.I changed them to 20 inch tires(same as your raptor) for racing and it improved the handling immensly but the ground clearance sucked.I bought an extra set of rims and mounted the old 22 inch balloons on them for trail riding.You may want to regear if you go to a bigger set of tires as you will loose some bottom end power.

 

I see your wife likes the mud you can get her some better back tires for x-mas lol

 

Congrats on getting your new 350 Raptor. I love way it looks brand new I wish I would have take some when there was not one inch of dirt on it. Have fun.

 

Hey everyone, I am 'the wife'. I haven't been nearly riding as long as Brian, as a matter of fact I only started August 28th when we got the Ozark, but I LOVE it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Just thought I'd peak in and say HI. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Hello ^^ And next time you go rideing get in some mud and roost on the raptor or him [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

If I go with 22's how much low end will it kill? I'm sure for trail riding it would hurt to loose a little low end grunt.

I tried to throw some rooster on her but she would fall for it. :-)

 

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