Latest Dirt Wheels shootout....Raptor wins overall
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05-23-2001 | 04:21 PM
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I borrowed WILD RAPTOR's post in another forum...hope he does'nt mind.
"If you haven't received your DirtWheels yet here are the results.
MX TRACK
First: Raptor and Cannondale tie
Second: there is no second because of the tie for first
Third: 400EX
Fourth: DS650
Fifth: Banshee
TRAIL
First: 400EX
Second: Raptor
Third: Cannondale
Fourth: Banshee and DS650 tie
DUNES
First: Raptor
Second: Banshee
Third: 400EX
Fourth: DS650
Fifth: Cannondale
DESERT RACING
First: DS650
Second: Raptor
Third: 400EX
Fourth: Banshee and Cannondale tie
TOP SPEED
First: Cannondale
Second: Raptor and DS650 tie
Fourth: Banshee
Fifth 400EX
POWER CHARACTERISTICS
First: Raptor
Second: Cannondale
Third: DS650
Fourth: 400EX
Fifth: Banshee
HANDLING AND SUSPENSION
First: 400EX but just barely
Second: Raptor
Third: Cannondale
Fourth: DS650
Fifth: Banshee
BEST OVERALL
First: Raptor
Second: 400EX
Third: Cannondale and DS650 tie
Fifth: Banshee"
I have'nt received my latest issue yet, so I am not positive on this info.
As I have posted before, atv mag results change from issue to issue and are not very reliable. So take the info as you will.
"If you haven't received your DirtWheels yet here are the results.
MX TRACK
First: Raptor and Cannondale tie
Second: there is no second because of the tie for first
Third: 400EX
Fourth: DS650
Fifth: Banshee
TRAIL
First: 400EX
Second: Raptor
Third: Cannondale
Fourth: Banshee and DS650 tie
DUNES
First: Raptor
Second: Banshee
Third: 400EX
Fourth: DS650
Fifth: Cannondale
DESERT RACING
First: DS650
Second: Raptor
Third: 400EX
Fourth: Banshee and Cannondale tie
TOP SPEED
First: Cannondale
Second: Raptor and DS650 tie
Fourth: Banshee
Fifth 400EX
POWER CHARACTERISTICS
First: Raptor
Second: Cannondale
Third: DS650
Fourth: 400EX
Fifth: Banshee
HANDLING AND SUSPENSION
First: 400EX but just barely
Second: Raptor
Third: Cannondale
Fourth: DS650
Fifth: Banshee
BEST OVERALL
First: Raptor
Second: 400EX
Third: Cannondale and DS650 tie
Fifth: Banshee"
I have'nt received my latest issue yet, so I am not positive on this info.
As I have posted before, atv mag results change from issue to issue and are not very reliable. So take the info as you will.
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05-23-2001 | 05:21 PM
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Despite criticism, I think the Shoot-out was fair.
I ride a DS, and my son has a new Raptor. The Raptor IS awesome, even more so with an Eliminator axle. The DS would have done much better with a set of TimmyBoy upper A-arms and works front shocks. I can't believe the DS is marketed as "King of the Dunes" with the miserly amount of castor that it has. Any time you are in sand the center of the tire contact patch is moved forward, decreasing "trail" the distance the center of the tire patch follows the imaginary pivot line where it touches the ground.
The DS is a great machine, but it is big and heavier than anything else in its' class. That means less versatility. It should have won the Dunes part of the contest. With more castor it would have. But it is not going to win the MX or the trails/woods..
Congrats to the Raptor, it deserves the win.
It should come with a better, wider axle. It is very cool that it tied the Cannondale without it.
I ride a DS, and my son has a new Raptor. The Raptor IS awesome, even more so with an Eliminator axle. The DS would have done much better with a set of TimmyBoy upper A-arms and works front shocks. I can't believe the DS is marketed as "King of the Dunes" with the miserly amount of castor that it has. Any time you are in sand the center of the tire contact patch is moved forward, decreasing "trail" the distance the center of the tire patch follows the imaginary pivot line where it touches the ground.
The DS is a great machine, but it is big and heavier than anything else in its' class. That means less versatility. It should have won the Dunes part of the contest. With more castor it would have. But it is not going to win the MX or the trails/woods..
Congrats to the Raptor, it deserves the win.
It should come with a better, wider axle. It is very cool that it tied the Cannondale without it.
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