Well, got a couple hours of riding in on my raptor this weekend. Yesterday while riding one of my buddies said that powershifting on the raptor isn't any harder on the clutch than regular shifting. I tried it a couple times, and it was cake, but I'm not sure if it's something to be doing on a regular basis. He's on his second raptor (had on 01 and now an 02) and he said the only time he uses the clutch is in first and reverse...other than that he hasn't used it, and he said he's never had problems.

what's your guys' takes on powershifting?

 

NO.NO.NO. Your buddy wants you to be sitting at home while he takes your girlfriend riding with him. 9 out of 10 times I would suggest not to take technical advice from a BUDDY! I bet when he changes his oil he has fine pieces of metal in it.

 

Power shifting is when you leave the throttle wide open & hit the clutch just long enough to shift into the next gear. I do this while drag racing only. I have made over 150 passes with no problems with the stock clutch.

I think what you are talking about is clutchless shifting which us letting off the throttle & shifting without the clutch.
You can probably get away with it but I don't do it. You need to match the engines RPM's with the RPM's of the gears to do it smoothly.
There are a lot of delicate parts in a quad tranny & usually you are forcing the shifter a lot harder than normal. That puts a lot of extra strain on the shift drum & shifting forks.
You can control your shifts better & put less wear on your trans by using the clutch.

Ever since I broke the shift drum on my 250R (which I only used the clutch to start & stop) I always use the clutch to shift.

 

ok, gotcha

You're right moose, clutchless shifting.....I think I'll stick to using the clutch, it just feels a little better [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

hey weasle, when did you get a 03 raptor ? my dealer said they wouldn't be available til aug.
p.s. put a set of slicks on that ss and she'll go 12's. my stang runs 13.30's on streets with 1.90 short times. and only 103mph in the 1/4. your at 106 so she'll easily do that.

 

I got it on Fri....but it was in and assembled on Wed.
The 03's should be at dealers anytime now.....the LE's won't be in till august though.

My goal is to hit a 12.99 or better on street tires, then I'll get me some BFG Dragradials [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] with that trap I should see 12.7-12.8