I am currently looking to trade in my sportsman 500 and I am looking at the Grizzly 700 FI but I'm also in a debate with the brute force 650i. The Grizzly is what I'm leaning towards though. Any owners here have complaints with their grizzly?

 

The only 2 complaints I hear about Grizzlys are the stock tires----they suck, and the narrow stance seems a bit tippy in hard corners and off camber hills. Tires are easily replace, and with 1 or 1.5" spacers to widen it out, it rides like a different machine.

 

I agree with those two complaints. I have to say from what I've heard the 700 Grizzly is a great all around machine, reliable too. I know people who have bought them when they first came out and they have had few to any problems with them.

 

I just went from a 2000 sp 500 to a 2011 grizz 700. I love the grizzly, it is light and powerful. I don't feel that it is any more tippy than my sp500. It is a great all around machine and is at home on tight nasty trails. If you are looking at a new grizzly get power steering, it is the *****. I could hardly turn my sp500 due to its weight and saggy front suspension. Now I tend to oversteer my grizzly because it turns so nice and easy.

Jim