Does anyone have any more information about the 2005 ATVs from Polaris? We usally have a pretty good idea whats coming by now!

 

my dealer said that there was gonna be reverse on the 05 pred.....I dont know if I belive him though.

 

A Predator with reverse would be nice, a couple dealers in the Pittsburgh area are selling 04's for $4899 plus you'r tax & stuff.

 

I was wrong on the Predator it's $4829 for leftover 03"s

 

Patience is a virtue...[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I find polaris needs to get there head out of there a$$ and put out something to compete with the 450. The whole idea is to have a customer buy a quad, and then the next year come out with something faster and better. But instead all they do is make some lame stuff because people want to wheelie easier? Is it just me or what. I mean polaris seems to be way behind the 8 ball here. If they dont come out with something for 2005 thats huge they are just going to be ridiculous. They did great coming out with the pred but dont stop there. Why dont they come out with a 450, or a lighter weight quad, or an efi pred. Something bigger then just changing hubs and wheels.

 

I agree, Polaris should have kept runing when they came out with the pred.

 

I disagree. I think they should fix up their fastener problem, work on the seat to bar relationship and give it... MORE POWER. Make it the *king* of hardcore big engine sport quads. Leave the racing up to the 500s. Give it another 10hp with some changes (bigger displacement?) and really leave the other big bore sports machines in the dust.

Fighting it out with the 450s is going to be very expensive and difficult. I'm hearing about both 450s popping motors and breaking suspension pieces just doing trail riding.

 

Basicly, the pred IS the king of the big bore sprt quads, its a 500, the only bigger ones out here is the V force and the Raptor 660. The pred will BEAT the V force (I know this from personal expereince) and it is even with the raptor, whitch has got a 160cc edge on it. I think the only thing that really needs to be done to the pred is maybe lighten it up a little bit and maybe put a better exaust system and air mod system on it, or something small like that, and it will eat all the big-bore competition for breakfast. As for the 450's, I would like to see polaris come out with a 450, maybe not a pred, but a new sport model.

 

Woops, forgot to mention the DS 650. I think lighting the pred up, putting a bigger carb, better exaust, high flow air filter, etc. It should be able to kill a DS.