Raptor of CRF450? - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

jerrytoy · 01-17-2002, 05:54 PM

Ok guys, what shoud I get? I like riding alot of trails and woods. I dabble a little on the MX tracks also. Does anyone here have either of these or has anyone here ridden both? I am torn!

smurfsdad · 01-17-2002, 07:04 PM

lets see hhhmmmmm motorcycle or farm vehicle, i dunno seems like a hard choice to me

SwampTJ · 01-17-2002, 08:11 PM

CRF450, easy choice. I went ridin with a group of guys about a year ago, I was the only dirt bike(KLX). Well we meet up with some more guys, one of them was on his raptor that mommy & daddy bought him. Man did he think he was "the man". "The man" then asked me to go climb a hill him & his buddies had been tryin to get up all day. He said if he had his dirt bike he would have made it easy. Those guys on raptors always seem like punks anyway.

smurfsdad · 01-18-2002, 06:00 PM

you have hills in lousyanna ?

SwampTJ · 01-18-2002, 08:33 PM

I live "in the hills" of East Feliciana Parish. They're more like big rolling hills. What I was talkin about happened along a creek that is fed off the Miss. River that a lot of people ride on in the summer. Lots of steep hills along the river.

Toy 4Runner Man · 01-18-2002, 08:59 PM

I vote Honda TRX400EX! Awesome woods quad, the Raptor isn't as good, unless U weigh 300+lbs!

jerrytoy · 01-18-2002, 10:46 PM

about 220lbs. I have ridden a 400 ex and I like the way it handled, but a little underpowered. When they put the crf450r motor in it, I am down!

Toy 4Runner Man · 01-19-2002, 04:47 PM

Hmmm, I am about 230lbs, dropped the front sprocket down one tooth, and no problems for me. The Raptor has a lot of unusable power for the trails that I ride. The Raptor also seems to be real maintence intensive. The CRF450, I have no idea. And hopefull Honda will put the new 450 motor into the TRX400EX chassis, now that would be a ride!

86Project · 01-22-2002, 10:28 PM

I grew up in Louisiana and miss it for the trails and hills. Louisiana is called the sportman's paradise, and it isn't called that for no reason. I've lived in Colorado, California, and now in Florida. Few places in between. But I have to say as for dirt bikes and 4 wheelers Louisiana was the best place I've personally played, we have dunes everywhere, and mud and rutted out hills all in a ten mile radius. I would choose louisiana over any of the other states for dirt bikin' and 4wheelin'. Now as for 4 wheel drivin', thats a completely different story. I would be hard pressed between Colorado and California, but I would choose Colorado strickly because I don't think the earth should move so often, hehe. But all I'm trying to say is don't nock it till you've been there. You'd be quite surprized if you ever got down there. Oh yeah, The raptors badass, but I would go with the bike, faster, cheaper, not by much, and you get more air, YEAH!!!!

View Poll Results: Which one?
Yamaha Raptor	1	20.00%
Honda CRF450	4	80.00%
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01-17-2002, 05:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
jerrytoy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 6871 Location: Lincoln, CA Posts: 67	Raptor of CRF450? Ok guys, what shoud I get? I like riding alot of trails and woods. I dabble a little on the MX tracks also. Does anyone here have either of these or has anyone here ridden both? I am torn! __________________ Thanks, Jerry

01-17-2002, 07:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
smurfsdad Registered User Join Date: Mar 2000 Member # 324 Location: Nevada Posts: 4,005	lets see hhhmmmmm motorcycle or farm vehicle, i dunno seems like a hard choice to me __________________ Family, Friends, riders and racers, its who we are.

01-18-2002, 06:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
smurfsdad Registered User Join Date: Mar 2000 Member # 324 Location: Nevada Posts: 4,005	you have hills in lousyanna ? __________________ Family, Friends, riders and racers, its who we are.

01-18-2002, 08:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
Toy 4Runner Man Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 6002 Location: Kelseyville, CA Posts: 1,122	I vote Honda TRX400EX! Awesome woods quad, the Raptor isn't as good, unless U weigh 300+lbs! __________________ [URL="http://www.pulsetelecom.biz"]pulsetelecom.biz[/URL]

01-17-2002, 08:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
SwampTJ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5513 Location: In a house Posts: 435	CRF450, easy choice. I went ridin with a group of guys about a year ago, I was the only dirt bike(KLX). Well we meet up with some more guys, one of them was on his raptor that mommy & daddy bought him. Man did he think he was "the man". "The man" then asked me to go climb a hill him & his buddies had been tryin to get up all day. He said if he had his dirt bike he would have made it easy. Those guys on raptors always seem like punks anyway.

01-18-2002, 08:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
SwampTJ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5513 Location: In a house Posts: 435	I live "in the hills" of East Feliciana Parish. They're more like big rolling hills. What I was talkin about happened along a creek that is fed off the Miss. River that a lot of people ride on in the summer. Lots of steep hills along the river.

01-18-2002, 10:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
jerrytoy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 6871 Location: Lincoln, CA Posts: 67	about 220lbs. I have ridden a 400 ex and I like the way it handled, but a little underpowered. When they put the crf450r motor in it, I am down! __________________ Thanks, Jerry

01-19-2002, 04:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
Toy 4Runner Man Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Member # 6002 Location: Kelseyville, CA Posts: 1,122	Hmmm, I am about 230lbs, dropped the front sprocket down one tooth, and no problems for me. The Raptor has a lot of unusable power for the trails that I ride. The Raptor also seems to be real maintence intensive. The CRF450, I have no idea. And hopefull Honda will put the new 450 motor into the TRX400EX chassis, now that would be a ride! __________________ [URL="http://www.pulsetelecom.biz"]pulsetelecom.biz[/URL]

01-22-2002, 10:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
86Project Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Member # 6294 Location: Flat Sunny Florida Now Posts: 113	You'd be surprized about the hills in Louisiana I grew up in Louisiana and miss it for the trails and hills. Louisiana is called the sportman's paradise, and it isn't called that for no reason. I've lived in Colorado, California, and now in Florida. Few places in between. But I have to say as for dirt bikes and 4 wheelers Louisiana was the best place I've personally played, we have dunes everywhere, and mud and rutted out hills all in a ten mile radius. I would choose louisiana over any of the other states for dirt bikin' and 4wheelin'. Now as for 4 wheel drivin', thats a completely different story. I would be hard pressed between Colorado and California, but I would choose Colorado strickly because I don't think the earth should move so often, hehe. But all I'm trying to say is don't nock it till you've been there. You'd be quite surprized if you ever got down there. Oh yeah, The raptors badass, but I would go with the bike, faster, cheaper, not by much, and you get more air, YEAH!!!! __________________ 02 Saleen Vert - Lots of shit done 92 4Runner, BJ's, LC springs, 285's, Man Hubs, Tons Planned

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