Raptor Chapter

Lol, that's true. You know you're riding something special and people stare at you. It suits me, i had a Husaberg enduro bike, also rare. And still have a Scorpa Easy 250 trialbike. Also a bike you hardly see. Owning a V Raptor sure does set you apart at a bike event.

They all are positive about the Raptor, but the Monster sells the most. One magazine even writes that it's the best use ot the TL1000 engine ever. And still it never sold big numbers. Very odd.

The last couple of weeks i sourced some articles on the V Raptor 1000 and the Raptor 1000 from the years 2000 and 2001 with some more magazine on their way. I scanned them today and uploaded them so you can read them too. :) I keep wondering what happend with the (V) Raptors, the press was quite imp...

Indeed, looks like it's a 2000 then. Poor thing, it has been locked up for 8 years before it was set free.

The plates on my frame near the headstock doesn't have a year of manufacturing on it
http://tikka.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Ov ... -BcBm9JL/A

Mine has 19.000 km on it. I bought it with 12.000 km on it in march 2012. Normally i do a lot more km a years but a house rebuild and a shoulder injury prevented me doing more. I live in the Netherlands, region Zoetermeer. Can the year be found on the frame?

Is there a way to tell the year of manufacturing of a V Raptor 1000? I tried to find it on the net with the chassisnumber but couldn't find more then that it is a Cagiva V Raptor. My V Raptor is registered in 2008 and probably stored for years before it hit the roads. I'm just wondering for how long.

looks good!

Just picked my V Raptor 1000 up from a suspensionguru. Nice new oil, harder springs and a reshim. Should have done this years ago. More feel en confidence from the front into corners.
Bring on the warm weather!!!

nice looking bike

do you notice a differrence with a TRE?

Went for a spin with my new girlfriend on the back, she loved it! This is my eleventh bike in 18 years but boy, what a fun to drive. Hmmm a complete R1 front will fit........sounds like a good plan. I'll have a look around what a set up like that will cost. Seems a better deal than progressive sprin...

shebee wrote:55 years agowelcome to the asylum

Thankz

lots of people claimed i´m crazy buying a Cagiva

Welcome Tikka (do you like curry? or colourful painted forehead spots?) hahaha none of the above. Try the name with .fi behind it on google Thank you for the welcome. I've read interresting stuff here already. http://tikka.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Overige/Cagiva-V-raptor/i-S6cg8TB/0/XL/IMG-20120522-...

Hello fellow raptor riders, Just want to introduce myself. 36, recident of a small town in the Netherlands. had a testdrive in 2001 with a V raptor 1000 from the importer but didn't buy 1 then. Liked it very much but it was a to big a stretch of my budget. But....1,5 months ago went to the local bik...