I agree with that post. They are no slouches by anymeans and have TONS of potential. After the piston I put in today, and when my throttle body gets back from KDS, its going to take a pretty fast bike to beat it. Biggest thing I notice about racing raptors, is they come out of the hole so hard, that it makes them very hard to run down. I am just glad I am foutunate enough to have both the raptor and a banshee, so I can ride the fence on the vs. threads. Ive done enough riding on both machines, I know what kind of raptor it takes to beat a good banshee and visa versa.