Snapdragon's Raptor (Rapdragon? Snaptor?)

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Nooj · #1 Post by **Nooj** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:19 am

Snapdragon came over for some tyre jollop, a chin wag and about nine pints of tea today. Sun was out, bike was shiny, so I took a few photos.

Ace of sprays - Bristol

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:01 am

A round of Raptorous applause !

Looks excellent

Samray · #3 Post by **Samray** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:23 am

tommy · #4 Post by **tommy** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:37 pm

Gotta say it - i've ways liked the Raptor
Especially the V-Raptor - love the judge dredd fairing

snapdragon · #5 Post by **snapdragon** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:22 pm

I notice you missed the scuffs there Nooj

wooooo she nearly looks proper pretty

All RS Please note! the shiny is spring clean and not permanent! next time anyone sees her she's likely to be smothered in mud and chain lube as usual

Thanks Nooj - there was flints and gravel in the road on the way home and it was good to not be worrying about them puncturing the tyre (they didn't I checked) - bugger it was cold by the time I got home though.

@tommy - she is a V Raptor, just without the nose cone and horns

HowardQ · #6 Post by **HowardQ** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:21 pm

It looks really good mate.
I'm another one who has always liked them.

Shebee · #7 Post by **Shebee** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:39 pm

Bloody hell that is clean!.... It looks just as good in the "real".

If I take mine to Ace will he clean mine too?

snapdragon · #8 Post by **snapdragon** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:23 am

sheesh this was a long time ago - might need another clean by now

fatboy · #9 Post by **fatboy** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:17 pm

Id forgotten how bloody good it looks !
Please scuse my ingorance here but what is the lump in that beast ?

BikerGran · #10 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:42 pm

Cor, didden arf look smart!

BTW

(Rapdragon? Snaptor?)

It's the Snappy Rappy of course!

Falcopops · #11 Post by **Falcopops** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:31 am

Looks nice snappy.

Was helping a mate service his V-Raptor at the weekend and I've always liked the quirkiness of the looks.

Didn't like that I had to loosen the rad and take the top hose off the get the front plug out though

snapdragon · #12 Post by **snapdragon** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:56 am

fatboy wrote:Id forgotten how bloody good it looks !
Please scuse my ingorance here but what is the lump in that beast ?

it's TL 1000, blardy lovely engine in that frame

goes as good as it looks

generally recognised as a hidden gem

snapdragon · #13 Post by **snapdragon** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:00 pm

Falcopops wrote:Looks nice snappy.

Was helping a mate service his V-Raptor at the weekend and I've always liked the quirkiness of the looks.

Didn't like that I had to loosen the rad and take the top hose off the get the front plug out though

yup one of the joys of owning one (not too hard a task though), getting that lump into a neat frame without compromising general geometry and handling must have been some task.

Viking · #14 Post by **Viking** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:21 pm

Looks good, mate!

All you need is a personalised number plate that says "Veloci" to go with the "Raptor" on the tank.

(And by a quirk of fate, 'veloci' is Italian for 'quick'.)

#15 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:07 pm

snapdragon wrote:
fatboy wrote:Id forgotten how bloody good it looks !
Please scuse my ingorance here but what is the lump in that beast ?
it's TL 1000, blardy lovely engine in that frame

goes as good as it looks generally recognised as a hidden gem

I can vouch for the excellence of the TL1000 lump. The rest of the bike had issues, but the engine was an absolute peach. V-twin midrange mated to inline-4 top-end rush. Addictive.