raptor 350

[gitrdoneredneck]

would a 350 raptor do ok for a 13 yr old 160 lbs 5'10 boy....wat r the good and bads about them

[hardkoratvmxr]

i think a kid would have more fun on a 300ex or 400ex and there are more aftermarktet parts available for those quads and warriors have been known for trouble making

[seanvann00]

I gotta raptor 350 and im 14 there good until u think u can go extream muddin in it but other than that u can take the almost any where.

[Sexy99Warrior]

Originally posted by hardkoratvmxr
i think a kid would have more fun on a 300ex or 400ex and there are more aftermarktet parts available for those quads and warriors have been known for trouble making
you kidding me???:confused:
the warrior/raptor 350 motors are bullet proof. One of the most reliable motors out there. I think a raptor 350 would be perfect for the type of person you described.

[seanvann00]

Yeah hes got point they are liek bulliet proof ran mine into a tree and a huge iron deer feader and i dont have a scratch on it :D

[Motogirl13]

What about a 13yr old 5'6 girl? im doing a 350 Raptor vs. Honda 400ex What is better for racing and jumping?

[Jay87]

I would say a blaster for a 13 yr old but mayb a raptor 350 i cant see her handling a 400 that good

[Motogirl13]

well i am the 13yr old so lol but yeah i keep telling my dad that i dont want the 400 cuz i cant handle it well but he wont belive me!

take the 400
if u goin to fast hit the breaks
j/k 400 is a LITLLE mor powerful than the 350 but they are bot great quads

[YFZ450Ridr]

a 13 year old girl, im sorry, should not be on a 400ex. get a 300ex or a raptor 350. they are both bullet proof engines and are pretty evenly matched.

[Motogirl13]

im sorry but 300exs are SOOOOOOOO ugly! lol

[Banshee392]

Originally posted by Motogirl13
im sorry but 300exs are SOOOOOOOO ugly! lol

And slow..

[ZQ8Dude]

Originally posted by 250EXridr
a 13 year old girl, im sorry, should not be on a 400ex. get a 300ex or a raptor 350. they are both bullet proof engines and are pretty evenly matched.

damn, everyone has 400 fever or something. IMHO 400 anything is too big for most kids.

a 350 or 300ex is perfect. ive ridden a 300 and while it felt slow, it was still sporty and had plenty of power for someone not use to a fast quad.

the friend that owns that 300 loves his to death...despite my 400 wasting him in drags no matter what.

[DJJ450r]

Originally posted by ZQ8Dude
damn, everyone has 400 fever or something. IMHO 400 anything is too big for most kids.

i have a 450r and race it and im only 14:D

[JRP]

Originally posted by DJJ450r
i have a 450r and race it and im only 14:D

yea im 14 and im startin to race my 450r. go for the 400. i got my 300 when i was 12 and i out grew it when i was about 14 1/2.

[Motogirl13]

lol i started to ride my moms 400ex when i was 10, so i am bored of it by now..

[BLRacing619]

motogirl, get a blaster...fast and fun...great for jumping;)

[kreed5821]

Originally posted by Motogirl13
im sorry but 300exs are SOOOOOOOO ugly! lol


I agree:D

[badass250r]

if u want to go fast and have something less reliable go for the

[Motogirl13]

the ....

[FMFWarrior21]

Raptor 350 I have a Warrior all decked out to race and they can be run with bigger quads just fine.

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by kreed5821
I agree:D

indeed ugly they are but there not a whole lot slower than the rap 350 and with a good rider it will waste the 350(in drag doubt it, but in the trails all u need is rider skill)

oh and if u like to do wheelies, which u prolly dont, the 300ex is the wheelie king.... ive herd the raptor 350 is hard to wheelie

[kreed5821]

Originally posted by redlineranger
indeed ugly they are but there not a whole lot slower than the rap 350 and with a good rider it will waste the 350(in drag doubt it, but in the trails all u need is rider skill)

oh and if u like to do wheelies, which u prolly dont, the 300ex is the wheelie king.... ive herd the raptor 350 is hard to wheelie

Rider skill is all you usually need. Mine comes up fine stock. Not as easy as the ex though. Why do you automatically assume the 350 will not have a good rider? Of course if you put a moron on one and "good rider" on the other, the "good rider" will always win on trails. At first you said it'll waste it and then said you doubt it, which is it? And did I understand you right, you haven't rode a 350?

BTW I never said they were slower at all. I have rode the ex, but I like the 350. Once you add several mods, there is probably even less difference in them.

[redlineranger]

Originally posted by kreed5821
Rider skill is all you usually need. Mine comes up fine stock. Not as easy as the ex though. Why do you automatically assume the 350 will not have a good rider? Of course if you put a moron on one and "good rider" on the other, the "good rider" will always win on trails. At first you said it'll waste it and then said you doubt it, which is it? And did I understand you right, you haven't rode a 350?

BTW I never said they were slower at all. I have rode the ex, but I like the 350. Once you add several mods, there is probably even less difference in them.

i wusnt asuming the 350 wusnt gonna have a good rider... i wus meant that if you put to evenly skilled drivers on both that the EX wut but right with it in the trails, and when i said in drag i meant that the EX would come up short....... which why i said ''in drag i doubt it''

oh and ive never riddin a 350 but ive had alot of seat time on the 300, but i would like to ride the 350 to see what its like.... i rode a warrior once but does the rap 350 ride anything like the ol warrior or is it a whole new feel

[FMFWarrior21]

Originally posted by kreed5821
Rider skill is all you usually need. Mine comes up fine stock. Not as easy as the ex though. Why do you automatically assume the 350 will not have a good rider? Of course if you put a moron on one and "good rider" on the other, the "good rider" will always win on trails. At first you said it'll waste it and then said you doubt it, which is it? And did I understand you right, you haven't rode a 350?

BTW I never said they were slower at all. I have rode the ex, but I like the 350. Once you add several mods, there is probably even less difference in them.

Ill say it ive rode a 300ex numerous times and I dont like them at all I may be biased but the 300ex has less travel and less power and its barely cheaper.

[Motogirl13]

lol me and my brother wheelie the 400 all the time the 250 wont weelie unless you but about 300 pounds on the back .. other wize its really hard! but yeahi really dont want the 300 its just not my kinda quad..

[future 450?]

put it in2 neutral nd drop it in2 first it'll come uo even if ure on the gastank

[FMFWarrior21]

If you had equal riders on a Raptor and 300ex im pretty sure the Raptor would beat it on the trails pretty good cause theres more suspension and power to work with.

[kreed5821]

Originally posted by redlineranger
i wusnt asuming the 350 wusnt gonna have a good rider... i wus meant that if you put to evenly skilled drivers on both that the EX wut but right with it in the trails, and when i said in drag i meant that the EX would come up short....... which why i said ''in drag i doubt it''

oh and ive never riddin a 350 but ive had alot of seat time on the 300, but i would like to ride the 350 to see what its like.... i rode a warrior once but does the rap 350 ride anything like the ol warrior or is it a whole new feel


I've always like the warrior, but no it feels totally different from the rap350. When you sit on the raptor, your arms are angled down to the handlebars whereas on a warrior, your shoulders seem more level with the grips. I guess the seat is just higher. It makes it a lot easier to stand up on the raptor too. I've got a buddy that loves his warrior and will stay on it over anything else, he doesn't like the raptor. Just up to rider preference.

[hondardr4life]

I had the choice to buy a warrior or a 300ex, and I went with the 300. Sure in stock form they are ugly, but I made mine look nice and I only spent $50 doing it. I took off the headlight, handlebar plastic, and cut the fenders. Then I added a maier 250r hood. It looks great!!! Wayyy different than stock.

Motogirl- get a 400ex if you don't like the 300. I personally wish I would have gotten a 400 because I wont be gettin a new quad for a long time, and you can make a 400 run with a 450. My 300 wastes 400ex's like they are nothing. You can definetly handle a 400ex.

About the whole warrior/raptor350 vs. 300ex. The warrior/raptor 350 is no competition for the 300ex. When I first got my 300 and it had an FMF pipe (sucky pipe) I would own my friend on his brand new raptor 350. Even when we switched quads, the 300 is much better handeling and the power delivery is better. In a drag, they were dead even.

[FMFWarrior21]

Originally posted by hondardr4life
I had the choice to buy a warrior or a 300ex, and I went with the 300. Sure in stock form they are ugly, but I made mine look nice and I only spent $50 doing it. I took off the headlight, handlebar plastic, and cut the fenders. Then I added a maier 250r hood. It looks great!!! Wayyy different than stock.

Motogirl- get a 400ex if you don't like the 300. I personally wish I would have gotten a 400 because I wont be gettin a new quad for a long time, and you can make a 400 run with a 450. My 300 wastes 400ex's like they are nothing. You can definetly handle a 400ex.

About the whole warrior/raptor350 vs. 300ex. The warrior/raptor 350 is no competition for the 300ex. When I first got my 300 and it had an FMF pipe (sucky pipe) I would own my friend on his brand new raptor 350. Even when we switched quads, the 300 is much better handeling and the power delivery is better. In a drag, they were dead even.

Ok so you have a badass 300ex if I were to put a 385 kit in my Warrior versus your 330kit and almost all the same mods including my arms,axle,an shocks a Warrior or Raptor 350 has alot more potential to grow with the person riding it,it will fit a mid size person or even a smaller person very well with a different handlebar set up. Basically a 300ex just cannot grow with the individual you said yourself you wish you would have gotten a 400ex a Raptor 350 isnt that far behind a 400ex. Yes you can bring up magazine shoot outs how the 300ex beat the Raptor blah blah blah a Raptor is a better performance orientated machine with the ability to be modded to run with a YFZ or 450r in stock form granted you can afford the FST 446 kit and im very confident your 330ex couldnt come close to hanging with the 446's we have on www.yfm350central.com

[300ex73]

What about putting it against a Sparks 426EX? I'm sure that'd be an interesting one to see. And no, I don't mean a 400EX built to a 426. I'm talking about one of their 300EX kits.

I've ridden quite a few different quads, and imo, I'm glad I bought a 300EX. Nothing against a Warrior or Raptor 350, or even the 400EX. It's just that my 300EX runs great. And it's not slow by any means. I have a 2004 Z400 in the garage, and 90 percent of the time, you'll catch me out on my 300 instead of the 400.

I also like riding my 300 better than my friends 400EX. They'll run about dead even in drags. And don't say it's the rider, because he's been riding for alot longer than I have. I also managed to run even with another friends 400EX before I even got my jetting corrected and changed the gears.

As soon as I get my Z400 sold though, I'm heading back to the Honda shop, and getting a 450R. I liked the way it felt, and liked how smooth the power delivery was.

[hondardr4life]

Go ahead and put a 446 in your warrior. Then I'll go do what 300ex73 said and put a 426 kit in my 300 and still smoke ur ***. Morale of the story: Honda's are just plain better. And FYI, last time I checked, I have NEVER seen a piped warrior even come close to a stock 400ex.

Motogirl, Another example of a sick looking 300 is 300ex73's. His looks GREAT!!


I am also happy with my 300 because it runs very good, and I liek the feel of it WAYYYYYYY better than a 400ex or a warrior. The only reason I waish I would of gone with the 400 is that there is much more potential in their motor. You can bore them up to a 465 now. The onyl other quad I really like the feel of is the 450r or the 250r.

[lilwitting]

Originally posted by Banshee392
And slow..



almost as slow as u

[Motogirl13]

wowow okay boys and girls getting a little too Rarrish up in here.. lol any way i already got my 350 and won second place at my local track and guess what there was a 250ex,300ex, and 400ex the one that beat me was the 450, but that guy was like ... 20

[kreed5821]

Congrats, Motogirl, keep it up!

[Motogirl13]

ty ty

[future 450?]

yo u must rip, u beat a 400 on the track?

[Motogirl13]

yeah it wasnt going that fast so it must have been the rider.. but i learned on the my moms 400.. so i already knew how capable it was of beating me and i thought it was gonna win.. but.. i guess the rider didnt like to go fast:)

[hondardr4life]

Originally posted by future 450?
yo u must rip, u beat a 400 on the track?


Yea, its all about the rider. I have beat 450's around the track, but the riders on them weren't that great. They could catch up to me in the straight sections, but once we hit the turns they had to slow down because they aren't windened out like I am. Plus the 2 guys that were on them seemed to be scared to jump. They wouldn't hit the little 40 foot downhill double at the track. I can land no handed on it, lol.

[honda400ex2003]

My buddy has a 350 with the gytr slip on and a 2+ front sprocket. The 300ex kills it until the end of 6th on the raptor. Then I pull up on my 400ex and just freakin' waste him. The ex's have 4 valves and the 350 only has 2. VERY limiting. The ex's will always rev faster. I feel bad when I race him on my 400ex I just beat him so bad(this is stock except for a 14 tooth front sprocket for mud tires)Then I really kill him when I put on my t-4 and my 15 tooth sprocket. He puts stuff on it to be faster than me, then I race him and beat him, then he buys more stuff and trys it again. Good luck though with the racing, hope you keep beating everyone. Just my two cents though Steve

[ZQ8Dude]

nice to know, ive been itching to drag race one :D

[FMFWarrior21]

How long is the drag race because if your "Killing it" he wont be able to catch up very quickly in 6th gear, 6th gear barely pulls on a Raptor/Warrior you can argue the point all you want I really dont know what you have in your EX but a Warrior/Raptor beats a 300ex stock for stock pretty easily ive done it when I only had my bike for 3 months racing against a guy whos had theres for 2-3 years its a bigger motor.Ive talked to Mickey Dunlap an he said after a port an polish on a 2 valve they all flow about the same anyway not quite as good as a 4 valve thats port an polished. The problem with the Raptor/Warrior is the bore to stroke ratio in terms of its revving ability and the restrict intake exhaust ports the design of the 2 valves itself. Of course everyone is going to agree with you about a 300ex beating a Warrior cause this is more or less a Honda site go over to Bluetraxx you'll get a completely different response if anyone wants the real answer and isnt scared to say the outcome just go race one yourself its alot easier then reading BS on the interenet.

[ZQ8Dude]

relax dude, probably terrible ride of the 350 so the race was even til 6th.


also, how did you guys races into these gears? on dirt my 400 gets way too choppy near the end of 4th to keep accelerating.

[Motogirl13]

depends on terrain.

[bwamos]

A 100% or pipe/filter warrior. Will beat a 100% stock or pipe/filter 300ex in a long drag race every time, unless you have a really bad rider.

Why?

Simple... the warrior doesn't have a rev limiter and the 300ex has a really low limit. ;)

They are a little bit faster anyway apples to apples in a stright line drag rage. Get the 2 on a tight trail.. I'd take the 300ex.

But, between the 2.. it's just preference.

300ex/250x/250 Raptor/Blaster. all very equal quads... no point even trying to say one's faster than the other.

You should be saying "you're" faster. More to be proud of there anyway. ;)

[FMFWarrior21]

Originally posted by bwamos
A 100% or pipe/filter warrior. Will beat a 100% stock or pipe/filter 300ex in a long drag race every time, unless you have a really bad rider.

Why?

Simple... the warrior doesn't have a rev limiter and the 300ex has a really low limit. ;)

They are a little bit faster anyway apples to apples in a stright line drag rage. Get the 2 on a tight trail.. I'd take the 300ex.

But, between the 2.. it's just preference.

300ex/250x/250 Raptor/Blaster. all very equal quads... no point even trying to say one's faster than the other.

You should be saying "you're" faster. More to be proud of there anyway. ;)

Finally someone I agree with on this site. Well for the most part besides the tight trail thing cause I stay away from trails all together.

[honda400ex2003]

I agree with him too. They are relatively close. Steve

[orangeEX]

he is right we have a 350 warrior/300ex our friends have blasters/400ex's,and 450r's. all are heavily moded except for the
400ex and the 450r when we go to the track we all run close
except once again for the 450,oh and the monster yz250 blaster
but the 300ex,warrior/raptor,blaster are so close in stock form its the rider most of the time. ...

[440bigborekit]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by hondardr4life
[ My 300 wastes 400ex's like they are nothing. You can definetly handle a 400ex . ]


wat kind of 400ex's are we talkin about here i hope u mean jus stock one's no effence.

[440bigborekit]

let me take back wat i jus said. i mean if u put two evenly skilled riders one on your bike and one and a 400ex with jus a nice pipe/filter/and the right jets and good gearing he will probly beat u. no effence but if ur sayin u waste 400's like nothing then the riders jus plain suck or they dont have anything at all on their bikes. plus wat kind of racing are we talking about between u and the 400. but by looking at ur sig. it looks like u got a nice 300