Greeeeaaaat! I was just burried in a snow bank and used the s*&t out of reverse. Although there isn't a lot of resistance when you are sitting on your frame.

Picture this...I'm riding along the edge of a field doing about 30 in 6 - 8 inches of powder snow. I come up on a small depression, pull back on the bars and give it the gas.
You can probably see this comming.
The front end rises a little, the back tires drop into the snow then the front tires do a nose dive into about 2 feet of powder. The Raptor stops but I don't. The next thing I know, I'm laying in front of the Rapy making snow angles.
Where's tha camera when you need one.

 

my dad got the first rap the dealer got and hes had now tranny problems yet

 

lol [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Count me in, Nov. '00. I am going to see how long I can make it. If or when it goes it just gives me an excuse to give to my wife why I need a 727.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I wonder what the fail % is too, I would guess at least 50% so far.

 

That is generous! Thats what I like, people helping people. You hear that Yamaha? How about
manufacter helping customer$
I,m sure its just a matter of time.Hope its detailed.And I,m sure it will save some people some money.

 

Count me in. At this point, I am with Ward660R, going to wait to see if an engine rebuild forces new gears or new gears forces an engine rebuild. The Raptor has plenty of power with the GYTR carbon fiber slip-on, slight headpipe modification, open airbox, and jetting for the riding I do in the Maryland, PA, and West Virginia hills/mountains. I've thought about going to a 686 but don't want to invest much more hoping for a new Honda 450 or a custom quad. Came real close to a Cannondale Blaze. Decided to wait for the 2003 and then heard of all the financial problems.

I got my Raptor on 2/10/2001. I have a huge number of hours on it since I took 8 months off from working last year and rode all the time. To date, I've replaced the swingarm bearings twice, the front wheel bearings once, the rear axle bearings twice, the one-way bearing, upgraded to the 2002 axle due to the axle nut design, and the upper a-arm bushings twice once with brass and now roller bearings. Finally had to replace the entire sidewinder titanium sprocket/chain setup. It had quite a few hours on it. If you go this route, I highly recommend buying three fronts sprockets for every rear and rotating them every 10-15 hours. This way you get a more consistent wearing pattern instead of letting the front wear out and then putting a totally fresh one on it. If you don't rotate them then by the time you get to the 3rd new front sprocket, it won't line up very well since the chain has worn. I never had a problem with the chain stretching.

/Jon

 

I've replaced one 01 tranny just a couple weeks ago. Have 1 more 01 Raptor to go. Both were bought 2 days apart in June 2001. 1 by me and 1 by my sister. I have since bought hers from her. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

Count me in, but I'll probably be the first one out...............My Tranny is acting weird.
I really like the fact of someone building a website to help us poor guys out. I'm going to do my tranny
myself. Bad enough they will get anymore money from me.(for parts) But I be damn if there getting any labor money from me. I don't want to ride it and it blow, but man I really want to go ride, especially in this new snow. Thanks for helping with this bi#@$ of a task.

 

I not sure on the exact figure but somewhere around 25000 / 01 Raptors were made. Haven't used reverse forever because of the findings of garyc660r. I still like mine and if it breaks I'll get it fixed or get a new one.

Chet

 

i know of two 01's with no problems yet, and one of them gets washed once a year whether it needs it or not....
mine's not that one, but i'd feel better upgrading before the problem occurs.