Recon99, I did some research on my Raptor. Stock HP is 28.8. Stock on the 700 is just under 50 HP.

That's pretty strong, especially for a 250, eh? She's fast.

 

That's surprising, really surprising. I wonder how much of that power is actually seen at the wheels though. Where did you get that number, anyways? I didn't think it would even be close to that.

 

Wherever you are your info. on the 250 from is not right. The only possible way I could see that kind of a number is straight off the motor, but there is absolutely no way it is 29 RWHP. The Raptor/Warrior 350 only puts out around 18hp stock.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>[i]Originally posted by: twentycharacters[/i



raptor450- thats and interesting name.. i hope you DONT give yamaha any ideas! im getting tired of them calling everything a raptor and grizzly!</end quote></div>

It's hard to come up with an original name with almost 100,000 users. I came up with that name when I had a Raptor 350 bored and stroked to 446 (450). I'm about sick of the Raptor name also. I even thought about changing my user name to get rid of it. Maybe I could use this one: "TheuserformallyknownasRaptor450"

 

I just looked at the specs on the Raptor 250. I couldn't find any actual horsepower numbers, but Just looking at the rest of the engine specs (9.5:1 compression, 2 valve head, 29mm carb, etc) I have to say there's no way that motor is really putting out that much. Those specs are very close to what the other machines in it's class have, and somehow the raptor is pushing out twice as much power? Something doesn't add up about this.

If that was really a true number, then the raptor 250 wouldn't be much of a beginner machine, that's damn near the same power to weight ratio as a yfz450.

I'd check your sources on that 28.8 again...

 

Recon99, I will go back and try to get a good hardcopy of that number. I know that it didn't sound right to me; too good to be true.

It was told to me by word-of-mouth by someone in that career area. I'll get back to you on that, though.