My 04 x has steel a-arms. So the production of aluminum a arms are very little. I like the new graphics though, cant wait to see what they did with the x.

 

That is da bomb[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I like the new graphics....something wild and new

 

That's the first color scheme that I like more than the original yellow ones..

 

That looks like the TVI showroom! Of course you being in Cornelius kinda gives it away. I like the new package too, although I wish they would have kept the aluminum arms.

Mike

 

thanks for the pics looks like were going to wait awhile longer for another color plastic

 

We have come full circle eh? Phil (aka 3TV,Outer limits) and I met through this forum about three years ago through our qwest for the perfect quad, both of us on DS-650s. We modded, we traded, we kept writing, and riding. We met up in Utah for a fantastic ride on the Paiute trail and Little Sahara.

We are both back on DS-650s......and lovin' it. My route was more direct, I bought Phil's '02 Baja before my X (with the aluminum uppers), Phil went tricked out Raptor, then Grizzly (what the ?), then V-Force. But Phil has seen the light and is buying an '05 Viper Red from me. (I should talk about Phil's obsessions.....I became a Bomb dealer!)

SO for any of you doubters out there, save yourself some dough and get a DS instead of wasting your time and money on some other POS.

The new graphics on the Viper are very cool. I doubt there will be any changes on the X, it is still way hot.

For me there is nothing like the groove I get into when riding the X. We are as one. It is amazing. We are hooked up. Oh, and sorry if I blew your cover Phil......

 

looks like new hubs and hub caps or did they change last year?

 

And did anyone notice the black frame? When did they change from gray?

Fourlix,
Thanks for the great deal. And I still have the Grizzly, simply because I have never found one ATV that can perform well at both sport quad and 4x4 style riding. I think I've tried them all, ... Grizzly, Prairie, Rincon, V-Force, and even a Sportsman HO. So I keep the Grizzly, which is the best I have found for rock crawling, and my sport quad only goes to the desert or the dunes. What really sucks, is when you have a DS650, and trade it on a Raptor just to find out that you liked the DS650 better (I hope you enjoyed that Baja, LOL). Then you trade the Raptor on a V-Force just to find out that the DS650 is better than it as well. So three sport quads later you are right back where you started from. I could have had a pretty trick DS650 with the money I have spent experimenting with other ATVs. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

 

I wish I had money, I'd buy a left over 04 X.
But it's nice having a toy that paid for....