I just bought a 2002 500I. I have ridden automatic 500s and they seem to have crap load of more speed. My girfrield has a 98 454 arctic cat manual and her top speed is 60. Mine is only 40-50. DOes this seem odd to anyone. Got 6 inches of rain this weekend had to wear lots of rain gear but managed to get more mud on my machine than i left in the empty dirt fields. I will post some pics of the extreme mud at a later date, like to tommrow I hope.