You gotta get a season in on that som bitch! thats like every one of our fantasies come true around here. 165 hp whew! can't buy it, but i'd like to rent it ror a week!

wish i had the $ for an r1 motor for my cart lol

i just bought a 08 R1 motor. might do another one. i dunno yet depends if i can get funds cuz this last one cost a fortune. i might just sell the motor out of my yfz 501 and drop a R1 in that. either way atleast one of these bikes gotta go. dont care wich one but one has to.

Dude, Raptor 700 with R1 motor in it - that is sick! How many HP? Do you have picture of it?

165 horse power.

getting some pics tomarrow but its not done yet. exhaust still needs to be built, cuz the stock exhaust is titanium and you cant weld titanium to stainless steel, so i had to buy brand new stainless steel headers for it that will be here next week. then one day to build the exhaust to the mufflers and its done.

From personal experience, these types of projects take triple your time, triple your cost, and quadruple your stress level.

Dont give up - keep the raptor. Git er dun, and come to the dunes! Once you get this thing together and get it out to the dunes, I promise you that you will think "It was all worth it".

Hang in there, the pay off will be well worth the frustration.

ha ha then you have done this before

when i started this i thought i could build it for 3,000 dollars and 2 months lol.
boy i was so effin wrong on that wasnt i.

its now 8 months into it and a hell of alot more than 3,000 dollars. we wont mention how much cuz i dont want to freak out and have people tell me how stupid i am.

any pics of your build yet or is it sold already?

pick your head up man sounds like your sad or something after reading your posts, i hope you get your raptor done and really go out there and have some fun... i used to be like you but im probably alot younger, i bought remote control cars, pimped them out put 1000s into them but i really didnt drive them alot, it was like "what the heck is the point"

so if you really love riding like alot of us do, then you'll be patient, get it done, and done right then really enjoy them out on the fields and dunes

Sounds like a sweet build! did you ever get it together?

I built a shifter cart w/ a 636 motor on it last year. I was worthless as tits on a bull, you couldnt lay into it or you were gonna be in the ditch. I managed to hit 164mph GPS on bridgestone speedway slicks..but I highly doubt the cassets and bearings were designed to go that fast.

get that sucker done and rip it up!