No, but I really like the 500i. Barely anyone had Arctic Cats when I bought mine in 98, and I loved it. Even though I don't have one anymore, I still think they are a great built quad so I generally talk them up a bit. The IRS on the new 500 is just ridiculous. Pictures I've seen of it flexing top anything else on the market.

I'm content with the Grizzly, but I would have a rincon if they gave it the differential lock and disc brakes the 660 has. Either that or give me a manual transmission for the 660. And also, make a 650i with a locking front end. That would probably do it, though it also has to steer as well as the Grizzly.

Grizzly is an awesome bike, but I don't like belt drives of any sort.

 

well andy I hear you , I nearly traded my 400i off saturday for a 700 polaris , but i couldnt do it , the belt turned me off to , my 500 sp is great , IRS , power , steering is okay , ride is great , but Ive had to push it out of the river 2 times with the cat ,dont get me wrong Im not bashing it or the belt drive , but im a gear drive man to , just going to wait on a 04 500 manual or a 650i if ever made , the diff lock is importain ,but not mandatory ,I had a king quad with one and i used it , but not that much , my present quads do everything I need ,just wanted a 500 when i got the 400 and now regret not buying it frist ,but the 400 i has done everything i have ask and more , its ride and flex is great , I have set the shocks up the top and it made it a little harsh , but thats a a easy fix , I modifed the muffler a little and that helped a lot , dont see how it ran with all thats in it , gave it a throaty sound ,only removed 1 set of baffles ,it has 3 in it , and i turned the exhast outlet up and made a snokle for it , but I will trade it for a 500 or bigger next year , I hope , I like the rincon , but im waiting to see how it dose frist , my cat was a frist off quad and i dont want to do that again , to many little bugs , well sorry for the long post , eary in morning you know what i mean .

 

i seen a 500i in action yesterday..................he got stuck. but then again a sp700 (with me) couldn't make it through either. one thing i noticed about this one was the rear suspension looked sagged out with a rear seat on it, so their wasn't as much GC as the brand new ones. so it didn't have any more than my brothers 450s (w/ Titain 589's) it had Dirt Devil XT's.

well since i'm here i'll tell ya how the trip went, a Traxter XT, sp500, 700, p650, Kodiak, 450, and trx300. the sp700 had a flat tire, which we fixed with a plug kit. other than that nothing went wrong (190km/118miles) the sp700 went 72miles per hour (on the highway) mine went 95km (~60miles per hour) 450 went 76km/h (47.5mph) and dads 300 honda hit 55mph!!!!! (no it's not stock!)

anyways i'd just like to say that we all had fun, and each quad could do anything the others did. (sp700 was the most plush though) so buy whatever you want, they all have their stong, and weak points. (also got a better feeling for the power of a p650! wow)