dirtwheels 450 MX shootout

[xJust_Causex]

there is a thread somewhere that shows both the old and new blasty v rappy shoot out.

I was kinda surprised with the 450 shoot out. they said the kawi was the fastest top end, the can am was the cheapest to get modded out with the rest, but I was thinking they said the suki wasn't one of the top ones, but maybe it was becuase they ran out of buget and didn't get all the mods as the rest.

back on the blasty v rappy thing, one thing that bugged me was that the old shoot out they used an 03- 06 blasty, the new one they used an 88-03, so that right there really disquailifies any compairison from the old to new shoot out.

 

[tjsdaname]

mmmmm yall think kawasaki paid dirtwheels in this too? cause orginially i had read kawi was one of the worst 450s, like even worse then honda, lol but this is in stock form

maybe sense these were juiced up it made it better, but not good enough to take the yfz and can am?

im thinking kawi paid to have there bike "win"

they probably did, in stock form the kawi is sh*t...
but once modded it is amazing.

but I guarantee if I was the one building these quads there would have been a totally different turnout, because I would have made it fair....lol

 

[kylepotatoes]

can someone post a link or pics to the blasty vs rappy shootout?

http://www.blasterforum.com/pics-vids-9/dirt-wheels-blaster-vs-raptor-250-shootout-29632/

 

[slickerthanyou]

Once in awhile.They just did another blaster vs raptor 250 shootout and as always give it to the raptor.The dumb bastards at dirtwheels had the cases trenched and added a +4 crank to the blaster.Nothing like choking a motor down.lol Should tell them a little porting and the raptor will be crying.

Even my dumb ass knows that! It's all a marketing scheme, They don't sell blasters in the states anymore so it wouldn't do too much for sales if a blaster beat the raptor according to there rules! Let them bring one to us be a different story!

 

[brandoz28]

sh*t.........i'll take mine and play.

 

[scottishblaster]

anyone else notice the amount of fox floats on show?

 

[tjsdaname]

anyone else notice the amount of fox floats on show?

they did that to make it more "even" they used the same wheels/tires also....

 

[Vootie]

I'm not sure what this shootout proves. Why wouldn't they do a stock to stock shootout or if they wanted to do the mx shootout, at least they could have kept the mods similar between each model. Some recieved motor work, some got clutches, others just got a pipe, etc...apples to oranges. Dirtwheels is really pretty gay.

 

[tjsdaname]

I'm not sure what this shootout proves. Why wouldn't they do a stock to stock shootout or if they wanted to do the mx shootout, at least they could have kept the mods similar between each model. Some recieved motor work, some got clutches, others just got a pipe, etc...apples to oranges. Dirtwheels is really pretty gay.

because no one races MX on a stock quad...

 

[Vootie]

because no one races MX on a stock quad...

I understand that, but the choice of mods that were done to each machine were radically different from eachother. How can you compare a motor that has had cams, port work, and head work along with a pipe and intake to a motor that recieves only a pipe? Or a stock clutch to a $1400 slipper clutch? It doesn't make sense. At least they made the tires and shocks a common denominator, but they should have taken that premise a bit further.

 

[tjsdaname]

I understand that, but the choice of mods that were done to each machine were radically different from eachother. How can you compare a motor that has had cams, port work, and head work along with a pipe and intake to a motor that recieves only a pipe? Or a stock clutch to a $1400 slipper clutch? It doesn't make sense. At least they made the tires and shocks a common denominator, but they should have taken that premise a bit further.

yes, I get what you are saying, and I agree....

the reason, the mods varies so much is because they had different builders build each quad. some knew what they were doing, others did not.....

 

[xJust_Causex]

actually the biggest difference was what they had to spend. they made it more even I guess so to say on if someone had 10k to buy a bike+mods to get started into MX. So no the bikes weren't "even" so to say performance wise, but money wise they were, one of the bikes even went over budget.

 

[kylepotatoes]

Like tj said I don't think some of those builders knew what they were doing, kinda like the guy who built the Polaris for freestyle and not MX. They should of had one shop build all the quads

 

[Vootie]

I think it would have been better if they spent whatever needed to be spent on each model to get it up to race standards, then tally up the totals spent for each machine. That way you could see how much money needed to be spent for each individual machine to get it up to snuff. If you're in the market for a mx quad to race with, that method would be much more helpful to the potential buyer.

 

[tjsdaname]

I think it would have been better if they spent whatever needed to be spent on each model to get it up to race standards, then tally up the totals spent for each machine. That way you could see how much money needed to be spent for each individual machine to get it up to snuff. If you're in the market for a mx quad to race with, that method would be much more helpful to the potential buyer.

yeah, I totally agree with that...

but if they let them spend whatever they wanted all the builders would go way overboard with there builds and it would end up being 50,000$ per quad...

 

[Blasterdude27]

Nice post! Its been forever since I last picked up a dw lol.

I know this is a bit old but I really like the shootout atv on demand did a few months back, I thought it was pretty unbiased and straight forward.

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