I'm looking at buying my first sport quad, first yamaha, and first raptor. So of course I'm clueless on these. I have yet to see the quad in person as its a little over an hour drive from my house so I'm trying to get all the info I can before deciding if its worth the drive. It is a 2009 model and the SE. I was asking the guy about mileage and hours and he at the moment wasn't sure on hours but when we talked miles he said "It's still in kilometers, but I think there is right around 1000 miles on it. Not sure on hours right now." Why would it be in kilometers and is it hard to change it to show miles? I know in person condition is everything but if it has 1,000ish miles on it is $4500 to much for this quad? 2009 raptor 700r SE. So far all I know is "I have a 2009 Special Edition Raptor bought new in Summer/Fall of 2010. All stock except slip on exhaust and nerf bars. It has low miles and hours. It has honestly been babied, and oil changed and maintenanced very well. Still has original tires with decent tread. I'd like to have around $4500 for it, but will listen to reasonable offers, and then the kilometers guess at 1,000 miles."

 

It is generally better to go by hours for sport quads as well as how it was used. The 700 is a nice quad, and if it is in excellent condition $4500.00 might be an OK price.

 

What kind of reliability do these raptors have? If atleast decently maintained? I have been honda my whole life and I have a 85 250 fourtrax utility that I absolutely abuse and never ever maintained at all. I mean I rarely ever maintain it and I've beat the crap out of it since it was new and it still runs and drives perfect. Same with my 2002 rubicon. I've maintained it but it has a couple hundred hours on it and 3000 miles and its still perfect. Will this raptor if takin decent care of be reliable like that?

 

While the higher tech engine in a 700 does require good and a clean air filter, if you don't bounce off the rev limiter all day long you should get good service life out of it. Please don't think it can withstand neglect like that 85 250 did. If you want that buy a 300EX.

 

Bout the only time it'll hit wide open is if I rode it to my farm which is a mile down the pavement from my house so it would be a 2 mile round trip. Rest of the time will just be cause wooded trail rides. Maybe an occasional drag race but that's all.

 

ive got an 09 700 and my girl has a 12 se 700 love em...the cluster defaults to kilometers to change it to miles.. turn it off..and while holding one of the buttons on the cluster turn the key on..if you disconnect the battery itll go back to kilometers