Raptor 350

[rappy'97]

That is AWESOME!

 

[MidwayUSA]

Raptor and Warrior at the dunes at Syracuse, Kansas on Thanksgiving day. It was around 70 degrees and a little windy, but not a bad ride.

 

[duneracerweston]

You make me sick

 

[MidwayUSA]

You make me sick

Sorry man. It usually isn't that nice here this time of year so have to ride when we can. May head over to Beaver Oklahoma Dunes today after lunch. Not as nice today but still going to be 60 and slight chance of rain.

 

[duneracerweston]

Damn u can drive to two dune spots in a day damn

 

[MidwayUSA]

Yeah. Syracuse is 1500 acres and mostly trails and a lot of sage brush. I had never been there before yesterday. Beaver Sand Dunes is around 300 acres and is about 150 miles south east of Syracuse. Beaver Dunes is usually where we ride. My parents live 110 miles from Syracuse and 40 miles form Beaver. I have put 500 miles on my truck so far and still have 320 to get home on Sunday.
We made it to Beaver today and I will post up some pics after we sort through them.

 

[beastlywarrior228]

Dam i wanna ride dunes its nothing but mud and rocks here

 

[MidwayUSA]

Headed to Beaver today and here are some pics from there. Decided to just do a web page so I could share the pics with family as well.

Dune trip 2011

 

[warriorrider01]

nice pics!

 

[beastlywarrior228]

any go pro vids? how do the warriors do in the dunes

 

[MidwayUSA]

any go pro vids? how do the warriors do in the dunes

I don't do videos much any more. Takes too long to edit them. I just put it in picture mode and then delete the shots I don't want.

The Warrior and the Raptor definitely don't climb the big hills well. They get around fine, but won't go some places my Banshee would go. If I was going to be able to travel to the dunes more than a few times a year, I would have kept my Banshee. Like the Banshee, though, the swing arm skid needs taken off for the sand. Places where it is rutted up, the skid acts like a shovel and will literally dig in and stop you. The Raptor with the Bazooka dirt tires actually got around better in a few places than the Warrior with the Sand Sharks on it.

 

[beastlywarrior228]

Do you have any dune helmet cams

 

[MidwayUSA]

None with the Warrior or the Raptor but a few when I had my Banshee. The third one is not a helmet cam. It was my Olympus point and shoot mounted on the handle bars.

http://youtu.be/52ULe84Tfjg

http://youtu.be/cXbWpMRnJqs

http://youtu.be/UsmKVTzG9a4

 

[MidwayUSA]

UNI air filter showed up today so was able to finish the adapter and get it installed.

Here is the newest progress:

Air filter adapter finish

And here are the other pages so you don't have to search back through the thread for them:

Raptor 350 project

Air filter adapter start

 

[duneracerweston]

that's strait up sick work dude A+

 

[MidwayUSA]

that's strait up sick work dude A+

Thanks man, I love doing this stuff. I built one for the Warrior back when I first got it. I learned from making that one and did this one a little different.

Now I have to finish some projects for some mad money to get nerfs, tires for the Warrior, rear brakes for both, and maybe a bumper and grab bar for the Raptor.

I will post more pics as I mod the Raptor.

 

[beastlywarrior228]

Cool site you got goin on you should make some of those adapters to sell

 

[MidwayUSA]

Cool site you got goin on you should make some of those adapters to sell

I can't make them cheap enough to compete with the stuff on E-Bay. If I hadn't had the aluminum lying around, I would have bought a kit. Unless I make a trip to Wichita to the Yard Store and buy aluminum, it isn't even cost effective for me to make some of this stuff for myself.

 

[DeadLastRacing]

Noice!

 

[elwood]

nice work!!