[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]Now let's be careful here with the generalizations about age. If I recall from a previous post Bear made, he is about my age. (That would be 58 for me). I think I have learned a lot from those years. But I still have a lot more to learn. I hope I get the years to do it. I keep telling my grandchildren that I plan to still be riding my snowmobile and atv well into my 80s at least. I would imagine that Bear would express the same thing. I don't ride the same way Bear says he does. But that is ok by me. Maybe someday we might have a chance to ride together. If we do and Bear wants to travel at a slower rate than I normally do, I am sure my 650 would handle the slower speeds just fine and I could enjoy the ride. It is great that even at our age we can be happy to agree to disagree on some things. Hope you all have many more years of enjoying your favorite past time!

 

m74me; Very well said. Oh yeah, did I ever say I was slow?

 

Yea Bear, I don't see anywhere that you said you ride "slow". Slow is only a relative term. But you do comment about mountain riding in 2nd & 3rd gear. A lot of this discussion has been about guys wanting more performance from their 650. So I am "assuming" (sometimes that gets me in trouble) that you typically are riding in the sub 30 range from your descriptions. In fact that is where a lot of my riding is. In a lot of rocky or rough stuff it gets in the sub 10 range. But when we are heading " back to the barn" on the dirt roads, we kick it up to the 40 plus range fairly often. I am assuming (oops, there I go again!) that with a 400 and 250 you don't do too much 40 plus stuff. Nothing wrong with that. I guess I still like having that extra power there when I want it whether I "need" it or not. If the slow term was offensive, I apologize. Happy trails to ya!

 

This thread has turned into a b#tch session. Can we get back to talking about modifications to the 650? I believe thats whats going to be constructive.

 

m74me, Well the 400 will do better than 40 pretty easy the 250 you have to push it a bit but 45 plus on the GPS a couple of time. The wife however isn't much for over 30 yet, she is fairly new to riding by herself. Fast can be fun but I much prefer and seek out the trails and cross country(hard to find around here, the trees grow awlful close together). I am finding the the 400, even left in 2X4 will go just about anywhere. It is nice knowing the 4X4 and the locker are there in case it all turns to sh*t, hasn't so far but I have faith in Mr. Murphy. No offense taken. I been called a lot worse than slow, but if you been around as long as we have, who hasn't. I do prefer slow but when the children get a little uppity I still know a thing or two about fast. My signature covers it pretty good.

 

Wow, Bear4570 has to get the last word every time. Quads aren't boats, and until you have needed or owned a big bore, you are really not in a place to make any kind of informed(???) suggestions.