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Posted by: garyc660R
Ask yourself what you need most....an MX machine or a trail machine. If you have'nt sunk $1k into Forged gears or switched too 02 specs on the Raptor tranny.....then the choice is easy.
Posted by: jcv400ex
Ryan,
I've taken a couple of piped Raptors in a drag...
Posted by: Sandgod
Do it, I did and don't regret it one bit. My tranny went on my Raptor. 250r handling, better power then a fully piped Raptor. Ride one you'll see.. Get a pipe and Moto mapping and you'll be ear to ear s
Posted by: markvette
my son raced a stock cannibal for 3 months, i say stock it had moto map and 18 inch turff tamers. we raced a track a few weeks ago that was ruled by two raptors. one was not only piped but had a big bore kit too. it also had the usual mx upgrades. we beat him out of the hole two races, ran first in our heat race with him in second. then for the winners class special ran first on a speed my son ran second on the cannibal and the raptor ran third. the raptor could not hang with the cannondales on any part of the track. now remember we have a stock cannibal, stock axle width, stock a-arms. raptor had big bore, pipe, extended axle, entended a-arms, elky shocks. im sorry but not to flame anybodys quad but a raptor is just not a mx quad. if your gonna race mx get a dale.
Posted by: markvette
a raptor cannot outrun a dale on top speed. the dale is the fastest stock production quad made.
Posted by: AlaskaYFM
I plan on buying a '04ish Blaze for the tight and twisties, but I'm keeping my Raptor and it will be built up for the dunes and desert. With all the respect in the world to Cannondale, there is no replacement for displacement.
Posted by: YoDaddy
The C-dale should be a great quad for you. ESPECIALLY for MX. If I were you, I would buy the Cannibal. Since you race MX, you'll probably be replacing all the parts on the Speed that give it any advantage over the Cannibal anyways, so it would probably be cheaper.
Posted by: YoDaddy
RaptorRyan - Not to start a flame, but me and a guy on a piped Raptor drag raced 5 times at the "Assault on Aledo" and he beat me twice, we tied once, and I beat him twice. I would say a piped Raptor and stock Dale are pretty even.
Posted by: YoDaddy
The Dale riders you've seen just don't got those mad skillz!
Posted by: RaptorRyan
Raptor tranny probs. are a thing of the past! A stock Dale WILL NOT out run a piped Raptor!! If your gonna' MX most of the time get the Dale, if you want to hill shoot & run through the woods a Rap is hard to beat!
Posted by: RaptorRyan
YoDaddy- I have never seen a Dale take a piped Rap. Not to say it coulden't happen but I've never seen it!
Posted by: RaptorRyan
markvette- Never disputed the fact the Cannon's are great MX machines. If the big bore Rap was getting smoked on the straight's and out of the hole I'd say he need's to work on his riding skills!
Posted by: lt250r91
I'm not trying to take anything away from cannondale, cause they are an awesome machine, but check out my post on the Gas Gas quad in this forum. You just might be interested in it do to the price and the goodies that come on the machine.
Posted by: cannondale27
A piped raptor isnt as fast as a stock dale...
Posted by: 73Raptor
I am thinking about trading in my 01 raptor on a speed or cannibal.I would like to know if this would be a good idea or not.I have been racing motocross on bikes for about 5 years and reacently jumped to quads but the rappy just is not getting it.I will also be trail riding and hill climbing.
Posted by: armoks
my stock bul got about 6 quad lenghts on a stock raptor he stuck a pipe on it and i still got him but it was only about 3 lengths i put a pipe and moto mapping on mine and gained about 2 quad lenghts on him GPS before mods at 73.5 after the mods 78.9 mph
Posted by: CANHONDALE
Go and test ride a C-dale and you will see,you will not want to get off.img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif"border=0>
Posted by: Transalp
Stock geared Dale Speed 74mph.
Posted by: Lewis1
The raptor is a very fast machine, I'm sure the raptor can out run a dale on the top end but generally speaking, the dale is the machine.
Lewis
