I am trying to decide weather to buy my wife an Outlander 800 Max LTD or a Polaris Delux X2 500EFI. We will be mostly trail riding and she needs the second seat for my youngest daughter to ride with her. I am going to buy myself a Renagade and a Hawkeye Limited for my 10 yr old girl yes she is spoiled but I am selling my race car so we can have some family fun.

I know the 800 has more power than she will ever need or use but want to make the best decision for the type of riding we will be doing and the LTD has a butt load of features that will make cruising nice plus if we ever go anywhere without the kids then I will be driving the LTD. I plan to ride the **** out of these machines probably going on a long trip every weekend somewhere plus the trails around the house will get frequent use during the week too. Any input would be great and please try to be fair I know this is the Bomb section but would like some honest feedback.

 

Your in luck I work at a multy line dealer, we sell them both. One of my friends dad's bought the polaris 500 efi X2, good machine not overly blessed with power but rides good.

The outy 800 ltd is really nice one of the sale guys has one, They do make them also the 2ups in a 500 and 650 v twin. I think that you would be just as pleased with the 650 XT max as you would with the 800 ltd.

 

I guess they both seem to be good machines so let me ask you this is the Otty LTD worth the 3K more I have the mon ey to pay cash for it but want to make sure its worth it as I was going to upgrade the wheels and tire right away to 14" rims so the diff would only be 2100 is it worth it I kinda wanted the LTD just to say I got one but wonder ifit is really worth it

 

LTD is a lot of bling, but a very nice ride. I wish the Renegade came in that color [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

No, not worth it! The finish is painted on. Was talking to a guy who took a second job for a year to pay cash for the limited, first time he washed it the paint started flaking off! Now it's black and gray spotted. Work a year for something, comes the big day, first washup, which he was very careful to stand back with the pressure wand, heartbreaker for him.

Outy camo will split in cold weather, for example the fender will split overnight from the rotax engine clear to front. Warranty covers it, seems to change some propertys in the application process.

The colored Outy plastic is the best I've ever seen, not braggin' or complainin', but I've been in my share of crashes. The Outy plastic will most times just pop right back out, sometime in the night, unless there is a crash fairy I don't know about.

I agree with cluby, sounds like you all would be a perfect fit for a 650 Outy Max XT. Great to ride one up too.

8" longer than the standard, BIG safety feature for your two favorite ladies, plus low c.g., another BIG safety feature, also will do steep or hairy hills better than other quads, another BIG safety feature, best EBS in the business, another BIG safety feature on hills. And the only thing that will outrun it, not by much, is the 800 Outy. Install a Precision Racing Product steering stabilizer on it, and yes it is another BIG safety feature, no upper body beating or bump steer at all. It is so comforting that she will ride faster on rough trails cause it's so smooth. I love mine, everybody that has one feels the same. The viscolok is foolproof, she can ride in 4wd all day if she wants, no problem. Two efi's. The XT has a winch, 26" pretty dang good tires, bumpers, handguards, 70 lbs heavier. When you replace tires, I recommend 26" Terracross R/Ts on 14" ITP type 7's. Very good traction, and yes, another BIG safety feature.

You would have to put skids on any outy, the first day, lower spar beam dents easily. That 'sliding over a log or rocks' in their website video is a total load of BS! Great frame though, will not fail you. Sometimes the front lower springs, shortys, will sag to no space in the coils. Put the rear shortys on the front, will fix it, did for me. Discuss with dealer before
buying it. Upgrade springs/shocks are out now. On about 1 out of 8 Outys, the heat put out by the 800 engine will cause melted plastic, warped cvt cover.

Now just ride both, especially she should, I like the Outys chances. I would buy another one in a heartbeat. 2500 rough miles, no probs, none. I know of guys with 8000 miles, same belt.

Polaris has a very cushy ride. Good for work, sled pulls, plowing. Dangerous going down hills.

 

Yeah I would have the *** if I pay $11,599.00 for an ATV and the paint flakes off from it. I am not working for a year to get it but am selling my race car to buy 3 new atvs going to get my self a Renade a Hawkeye Limited for my 9 yr old daughter and either the Polaris Limited X2 500EFI or the Outy if I don't get the limited I will still get an 800 though

 

oh here is the race car got about $48K invested in it hope to get 35K back


My Race car on E-bay

 

Yes, sometimes you have to give it up for the family. Always the right choice I think.

I gave up my 66 hardtop convertible 230 mercedes in order to get into a nice house. Everywhere I went in my bachelor days, people would ask if that was my car. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

My soninlaw gave up his Porsche to get into a new house for him and my daughter.

How come it's always the guys givin up there babies for their other babies! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]