hi, i had a question about a raptor 660. Nearby where i live a man is selling a 2001 raptor 660 with a white brothers pipe, full skids, new bearings, renthal handlerbars for 3500. I pretty sure this is a good deal considering it is in fair condition. My main concern is if i can handle the power. Does the raptor have a violent powerband, do u have to rev it high when starting out in first gear. I may test ride this tomarro so i would like to know if i can handle this. I have ridden a z400 with a 450 kit, a fmf pipe and a jet kit. Is the power conparible to this? please give me any feedback on this. I am 5'6 140 pounds and have ridden many different types of quads ranging from a vinson 500 to a z400 to a kawasaki bayou. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. thank you very much in advance.

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easy to ride

 

if you have ridden the z400,,,,it is much like that

 

thanks guys, just another thought... if i baby it and accelerate slow and not gun the gas it wont throw me off the back right? and is it anything like a banshees powerband, will a tap off the gas make it wheelie. please give me honest responses. thankyou

 

a raptor has one of the easiest to rde powerbands. its not like ona a 2stroke where once you hit it WHAM it takes off. it has a more of a broad powerband.

 

but dont slam it in first gear or you will end up on your back with it on top of you it is very wheelie happy, first and secound are bad 3,4,5 arnt bad at all nice smooth powerband good response and nice get up and go. Just have fun and dont act crazy and youll be alright.

 

The power is easy to control it's there when you need it and not when you don't. It can haul **** and just tool around.

 

it is one of the eaisiest sport quads to ride. their is so much low end tourqe, that their is instant power right off idle, so no need to rev it at launch is neccesary. Full throttle in 1st or 2ed does lift the front end up with ease, so that might take some getting used to. Other then that, good quad and easy to use/accsess power. good luck.

 

Just remember it's a 2001, the starting year of the raptor, which came pretty bad from factory, ask him about the tranny, though their is many people running the stock transmision right now, just take that in mind. If you ridden a Z450 that was set up right, you could handle the raptor, it's a torque monster, really easy to wheelie, sometimes a bit hard to make it not to wheelie in the drag stripes. Though really powerful, and you will learn how to control it since you have some sort of experience.

 

Yea, make sure you can shift into and out of 2ed gear easy, and if you can, try not to use the reverse at all, because it is supposidly what helps weeken the tranny. If it made it this far, im sure it will hold up.