Raptor Chapter

@ dizzyblonde Thanks for the photo. My Rap has standard silencers, so that's OK. I see your bike has a grab rail. Presumably, the tubing for that takes the saddlebag weight off the plastic panels (when I say, "weight", I really mean the side loading where the bags hang against the panels)....

Just started sorting out the Raptor I bought last year. Hoping to be doing some beetling around bits of Europe this summer. The bike came with lots of little niggles to sort out. The current one is a broken mounting bracket securing the front end of one of the plastic fill-in/decorative (?) panels t...

Being new to this forum, is there any way that I can close the topic I started now that I think it's solved? How does this work?

Thanks for the suggestions. You've helped me crack it. Tried the WD40. No luck. Did a continuity check on the switch, once I'd unhooked and disconnected the little connector on the frame . The switch appeared not to work when the stand was moved. Fortunately I didn't stop there. Prompted by Snap's c...

Hi, everyone. Just picked up the Raptor 1000 (2000 model) with a trailer and brought it home. The previous owner rode it up the ramp into the trailer, we lashed in in place (all nicely protected with an old duvet), and I drove back with it. Next day I wheeled it back down the ramp and was looking fo...