I had been in the market for some time for a new ATV and had ridden and studied everything to death. I was looking for a dual purpose big bore quad mainly for work around the farm but also for trail use. I noticed right off that most ATV's are still made for play and needed upgrading for hard work use. I noticed that several of the local shops had MV7's that seemed to be moving slowly so I started running the numbers and thought I might be able to get a decent deal for one and I think for the way they are equipped I did okay ($8000 OTD). When you add up the extras I think it was a bargain, it has front and rear 2500lb. Warn winches, twin fuel tanks (8.75 gal. total), Goodyear mud-runner run-flat tires worth $120 each, 2" reciever hitch w/1500lb. towing, huge front and rear flat racks coated with bed liner with a total carrying capacity of 450lbs. with a total of 14 heavy duty D-rings all over the place and plenty of body armor. Yes, its heavy (992lb.) but the motor seems plenty strong and the extra weight along with the heavy springs make it "extremely" stable on the steep stuff with very, very little body lean.
Its not a play bike but if you need an ATV for real work or rock crawling its worth taking a closer look at. One feature thats real nice too is the reinforced foot wells, the extra size along with the large racks really keeps the mud away better than anything else I've ever ridden. The MV7 uses the carbureted 700 motor and it has a pull start. The only place I can see that needs improvement is the front struts, for some reason polaris uses the softest sruts around. I installed a set of aftermarket gas struts on my old 500 explorer and it works much better.

 

They're monsters the only thing i don't really like about them when i looked at them at the dealer was that it looks like they have alot of places where mud could hide when washing it.


Have fun though those things are mean.

 

Pics!! I want pics!! I've never seen one out and about, getting down and dirty. Text

 

wow congratulations on your new purchase it sound, like you got a great deal on it!! what type of work will you be using g it for? I know that the bombardier truxter is a monster for work. Have fun with your new quad.

 

VT1911-I hope you like your MV as much as I love mine. I made my purchase based upon work needs over pure recreation. I am a Land Surveyor so it is my modern day mule. I pack all my equipment on the monster and hold on. At first I thought it was a little excessive with all the extras, like the heavy duty racks and body rails, but now I feel that anything less would have been destroyed by now. I thought that the rear winch was a nice extra at first, but to tell the truth I had to use it the first 15 minutes I had the MV in the woods. ( had to pull myself off a stump backwards). Since then I have found it to be as much a necessity as the front winch, I have the capabilitly to drop the MV into a ditch from the back and pull it up the other side with no problems. I have not had the opportunity to take it out for just a pleasure ride as of yet (to busy using it at work) but would love to take it to the Hatfield and McCoy trails when it cools off a bit. If you want a speed demon this may not be the quad for you, but if you want something that is industructable, able to crawl over small trees, and drop into ditches I would certainly take a hard look at the MV.