getting an 05 craptor 660...

Feb 28, 2010
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picking it up saturday :) 1500. rode it last saturday and it was not too bad, had fun took it thru like 4th gear. has lonestar tie rods, tag bar, lonestar axle, AC bumper and nerfs, DC slip on, works shocks front/back. needs new back tires and something's wrong with the back brakes but I got a full rear setup on ebay I'm watching already emailed the guy on price for shipping and all :D and it needs a new grab bar as it's cracked, watching one as well. but he's throwing in some 20x11x8 maxxis razr rears which I could either use on my LTR or put on some 8"s with yamaha bolt pattern and run them on the rappy :) looking forward to it as ultimately I think it can be more of a hill climb/drag bike to play with in pissing matches and the LTR will be my track/gravel bike. here's a few pix from the dude off CL. he cut the front fenders but I'm thinking of ordering full black plastics from ebay or something.

also figure if eventually I have motor/tranny probs I'll source a street bike motor and turn it into a hybrid beast :D can't wait to play with it mwahahaaaa
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not sure what I'm gonna do with it yet but it'll be fun for sure LOL
 
mine came with the same dune cut as urs,hated it..lol ordered a new front off ebay,1500 is a great deal for it. simalar to mine just better suspension. you wont have to worry about tranny problems,those were the 2001 models. ull be really happy with it man.
 
yeah, I like the black plastics so I'm checking them out on fleabay LOL grill front and rear may end up costing me alot but after black wheels and bars it'll be a sick bike for sure ;) thinking about getting a header too, supposed to be the biggest gain for exhaust? but I'll have to get some jets. u a member on raptorforum? and what's the most popular raptor forum? figure used stuff is plentiful in the most populated areas :D
 
yeah, I like the black plastics so I'm checking them out on fleabay LOL grill front and rear may end up costing me alot but after black wheels and bars it'll be a sick bike for sure ;) thinking about getting a header too, supposed to be the biggest gain for exhaust? but I'll have to get some jets. u a member on raptorforum? and what's the most popular raptor forum? figure used stuff is plentiful in the most populated areas :D

yea deff get a full pipe rather then just the slip on,i have a full LRD right now but imm gonna be switching to Barker Duals soon..I have Black ITP ss wheels coming so within the week those will be on...i like the blacked out look...and yep im a member of RAPTORFORUM.com...its a GREAT site with tins of info on everything.
 
My 17 yr old has an 03 - his the engine is 700 + I think he said - just another yuck Yamaha IMO - lots of power and all the the issues every Yamaha has always been associated with the exception being the "Blaster"

Good luck with your new toy, the grab bars are flimsey tin so you may want to look at an aftermarket - I already replaced one on his.

Edit: front sprocket today get a pic up if I can remember ;)
 
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going riding tomorrow with the wife and kids wife will run the raptor possibly. I have tires for both. the raptor NEEDS them the LTR has plenty of life left but my other rears are 20" razrs so I'll get some pix of that later. I'll just start another thread for that I suppose as this one was about the new used rappy :D stoked. took her around the block the fronts are bent. then I went to the local shop as they have ITP SS112s with holeshots in rappy bolt pattern for like $600. so I was gonna just pick it up but they were closed lol I guess if I still want to monday I'll go get them or at least make them an offer lol. does anyone know what dealer cost is on that kinda stuff so I can make an offer. I figured $500 cash would be nice since they're asking 599 lol
 
nah, 4th of july is coming around... at least that's the plan for the LTR spare's I got since they got wheels and tires!

just realized the guy gave me blaster wheels front and back the back set is what the 20x10 razrs are on. gonna toss the backs or put um on CL but the fronts I can mount the raptor tires on and they're straight not all bent :D should ride a little better after that lol. he painted them silver like he did the front bumper and nerf and frame but I think I wanna black it out. so I'll redo it with black instead lol
 
busted a tie rod endlink today on the crappy :( jumped the LTR off the full size/biggest jumps we got. I kept coming up short on the double then my buddy who races expert class in the mainland was telling me to follow him on his modded out crf450 or whatever the honda 450 dirtbike is and basically it's a set of whoops coming out of a left berm that is followed by a big single, then a whoop again and a double. so I just couldn't get enough speed it felt like but I wasn't pounding it hard enough and I couldn't really control the bike in that area enough to pound it in 3rd but did it in second and ended up bombing it LoL back tires clipped barely on my last big one, but my nuts were getting sore from slapping the seat everytime I ended up short so I called it a quits after I landed it my forearm and thumb were tired anyway lol wife caught me on vid doing the 1st jump, I never hit the double again hard as I didn't have my buddy there to show me how fast to go and none of the other guys who were there *altho they all have more experience than me, as this is my 2nd time offroading a manual bike lol* none of them had the ballz or desire to hit it like I did and make the landing on the double. I just set out to do all the jumps and get better at riding basically since all I've ever ridden manual bikes is this weekend and last weekend hitting the track and rode around the block twice with my LTR when I 1st got it and rode around yesterday on the raptor once so I've probably got a total of like MAYYbe 8hrs seat time... I rode a rec/utility quad in mexico for 3 hrs when we went on a cruise that went to cabo san lucas :) so I guess total riding time ever I got like 11hrs maybe... so for me to be hitting the big jumps is probably stupid as I can barely handle the bike in the begining of 4th on a flat straight. but I feel comfortable doing the entire track in 2nd and nailing 2nd. alot of it I can do 3rd but I kept fish tailing alot in 3rd even on whoops and all our jumps have whoops in front of them except the kiddie jump which is like 1' tall double that's like 20' out of a hairpin so even when cranking out 2nd thru that entire turn I still only can get so much air off that thing.. my buddy was NAILING the burps and moving them on his crf450 and even he could only get so much speed before hitting the kiddie jump lol. overall stoked, I lost it a couple times only when trying to hit jumps in 3rd but I'm a 125 so I probably need to revalve and spring the shocks for my skinney azz and when my flexx bars get here and steering stabilizer and a few other handling goodies I should be a little better off getting into and thru whoops going straight (our whoops are also like V shaped towards eachother and go half way in and come from both sides)

had a blast, tomorrow I'll be sore. lukily one of the little gurls was riding the raptor when the tierod end busted and she was only in 1st so she didn't get hurt. I was pounding that thing thru 4th yesterday on the street with surf shorts, slippers (think mainland peeps call them flip flops) and a t shirt, wasn't smart enough to put on a helmet :( could've ended SOOO badly... no more will I run around without a helmet...

I'm wearing the top/bottom and gloves matching with the white ltr, my buddy has the other white bike which is a banshee. got to ride it fun bike :D it's alot lighter than my 450 and has 21s on front 20s on back and felt more cushy of a ride. think I'll throw my 20"s razrs on soon and see if that helps. but I think it's probably mostly shock...

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vid was after being done doing big air and just playing around as I was tired and kinda sore already lol. 60-70% of my total riding experience was today LOL
 
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