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Originally posted by ccdhowell
I bought the Raptor to race XC and modified it accordingly. It was super fast in the woods and nothing could touch it in the open, but it would totally wear me out to race it, to the point that it wasn't so fun anymore. It may have been a combination of lots of available power and torque and it's higher center of gravity.
Now the Outlaw is a much better woods racer, much more agile in the woods and the KTM powerplant has plenty of power but not blowing away other 450s like the Raptor did. The two ride differently, you can be lazy on the Raptor with gear changes and the engine will pull a higher gear out of corners. The Outlaw will turn faster and rev much quicker.
I'm a tall buy at 6'2" and found both to be comfortable after raising the bars on each about 2 inches. I can move better on the Outlaw.
I don't mind the few quirky things on the Outlaw and think the chassis is better than the Raptor. If I could get the Outlaw for a better price, that would be my choice.