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terry
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| any opinions on these quads would be great.Thinking of buying one. |
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ozquad44
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Joined: 28 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: polaris preditor |
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| terry wrote: | | any opinions on these quads would be great.Thinking of buying one. |
G'Day Terry
I've raced MX, DT etc. on YFZ450s, LT-R450s, and Raptor 660s and ridden most the sport quads on the market including the Predator.
When comparing to other sport quads on the market. In my opinion the pros and cons on this machine are as follows:
Pros: good quality components, strong frame, already wide enough for competition from the factory, some of them come with good quality shocks, exelent thumb throttle, pretty reliable, fairly powerful, and usually cheap second hand.
Cons: Heavy, seat is it a bit uncomfortable up the front, a little bit underpowered for the weight, notchy gearbox, suspension a little too soft for MX, did I say heavy? and IMO they've all been belted senseless with the fugly stick.
If you do a lot of trail riding and a little bit of racing, exelent machine and you should be happy with it. If you are heavily into racing then I would look at the jap quads or build a kick ar$e motor and stick mainly to natural terrain type racing as it is a little outclassed on MX tracks.
IMO
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gothev8
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I agree with Ozquad.
A friend of mine had a Pred for years and it was a good thing. It was however a little unreliable having a few funny problems like the stator housing/flywheel locator key breaking and boom! and the throttle assembly on the carb rusted and seized. (this may have just been bad luck?) But in saying all of that it was fairly quick and had good shocks as standard and was far cheaper (second hand) than the Jap quads.
Cheers.
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terry
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks for your help,looks like their not a bad thing for the price and it will be mostly trail riding .Though i would like to do the Finke one year. |
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ozquad44
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A Pred could handle the finke no worries, the question is could you.
I know I was having second thoughts about sixty klms into the bloody whoop fest that shadows the old rail line on day one..... all I know is that I was one happy sucker when I crossed the finish line on the last day.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| did it on a outlaw 500 wasn,t much more comfortable but its worth doing great fun/ race, outlaw 450 out now,pick mine up tomrrow. |
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terry
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| bought an 04 ,seems ok. see what you mean about the gearbox and the weight. though am fairly happy with it so far. |
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Losty Down Under
Big Bore, Stroked & Bling +
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Good choice. I run an 04. Any questions drop me a line.
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cowchaser
The Day Starts With OZATV !
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| ozquad44 wrote: | A Pred could handle the finke no worries, the question is could you.
I know I was having second thoughts about sixty klms into the bloody whoop fest that shadows the old rail line on day one..... all I know is that I was one happy sucker when I crossed the finish line on the last day. |
Ahh man up Cowie you sook you had better be up there next year because it's going to be a quad fest!!!! Everybody seems to be going next year
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ozquad44
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No worries buddy, just swing by my house on the way through with that bigarse trailer of yours and I'll be there with bells on.
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cowchaser
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Hey mate if you need a lift your more than welcome
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