Thinking on the New 500, more the 650 outlander. I rode the 800 to day at the dealer ship and wow!!, all most to much power. First thing is how well is the clutches sealed from water? And is the factory snorkels pretty high compared to the polaris? Popo seems to be high and water tight..... And how well does the visco lock work, engagement speed? They say it's better for 08, your thoughts?? Any other thoughts on this 650 would be great, maybe something I don't all ready know?? Is 8,288.00...otd for the outlander 650 std with 3 year warranty a fare price?? Thanks for any input, Sean

 

I was all set to pull the trigger on a 650 until I found a deal on a barely used 800. No regrets - yes, it is almost too much power but you can get used to it easily.

There have been lots of snorkle mods but I've had mine in mud and rivers up above the fenders with no problems with the stock breathing. I did notice a little dried mud in the very bottom of the air box but the filter is still totally clean. Visco lock works well - it engages faster on the '08 models but you really can't tell much difference between the '07's and the '08's. The thing with visco lock is that you just have to get the feel for how it works. In mud, it's great - on rocks all you need to do is keep just a small amount of gas to keep the locker system engaged. I've seen U-tube videos of guys bouncing all over the trail while going uphill on rocks - basically they don't know how to drive. I've taken mine up steep rocky hills and it climbs like a mountain goat. The price sounds OK, not great, especially with the warrantee. Now if it's that price with the XT option, then it's a deal.

Only other advice I could give is to make sure you have a firm grip the first time you hit the throttle. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

The Can Am is a little faster in each cc range. The older ones had too few cv case holes but new covers seal better.
Viscos is great 95% of the time sucks in very techical terrain.
I kept my Polaris, the only thing better about the CanAM is the engine is faster. We don't ride very fast. Mostly technical stuff and Polaris AWD works better.
I didn't like the CanAm dash, have to take your hand off the grip and glove off to scroll thru the menu, very little storage, low mount winch is always dragging thru the mud. Front springs sag like Polaris. Expensive!

If you want speed the Can Am is the one to beat, Polaris does everything else better.

 

Take it from a non-owner to really give you the heads up. LOL. The Outlander does everything better than the Polaris, including tech stuff if the rider knows what he is doing. Ride them both, no contest. And the Outlander will always get you back to the truck....................

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Cardiac

Take it from a non-owner to really give you the heads up. LOL. The Outlander does everything better than the Polaris, including tech stuff if the rider knows what he is doing. Ride them both, no contest. And the Outlander will always get you back to the truck....................</end quote></div>



Your sig says you have a Can Am, oh!! you mean you're a non Polaris owner. You should try one, other than top speed what can the Can Am do better? I ride both!
Lets try the Can Ams on the power line near my place, a very slow technical rocky 1000yd climb, and then a Polaris, you will see the differance!
I guess if we all rode the same thing life would be boring! at least we're not riding Hondas.

 

All I got to say is who is winning all of the nasty GNCC races? Not Pooolaris Utes.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: SilverBomb

All I got to say is who is winning all of the nasty GNCC races? Not Pooolaris Utes.</end quote></div>


Thats not what Polaris utes are built for!!!!!

 

RickCJ7
I have had both. Sold the Polaris after my wife was nearly killed on it during an infamous Polaris downhill attempt. She rides a Grizzly now and is quite happy. I will reiterate, only the non-CanAm owners are going to give you negative reports on the Outlanders.

 

Quad magazine did a test on both the 08 outlander 800 and a 08 sportsman 800. they loved both quads the outlander for the power and the polaris for the ride and 4x4 system. The outlander was having issues w/ water getting into the tranmission and slipping the belt giving the machine no power {belt slippage} for quite an extensive amount of time.This issue came up two or three times while testing on different water holes.They also did not like the visc lock diff compared to a sportsman took to long to engauge.The only thing they didn't like on a sportsman was the weight of the machine/power to weight ratio/exhaust sound so the outlander just barly edged out the sportsman.Sounds like a pretty close comparison if you ask me but I'll stick w/ the sportsman it has the better qualities I'm looking for in a machine besides if you want to go fast buy a sport quad that is what they were designed to do anyway!!!

 

Again....non-owner based on hearsay. Case closed.