The new Outlander 800 is $8,600. You won't be able to purchase one for less than sticker for a good while. There's little doubt that this will be the King of the big bores period, and I, like many others, definitely want one, bad.

However, I find myself in a bit of a dilema. I can get a new Prairie 700 for $5,900. Now I know that it doesn't have EFI or 800 cc's. However, it's no push over either. Oklahoma is relatively flat with no serious elevation and is moderate in climate no the need for EFI is debatable.

I realize that the Outlander 800 will probably be faster in a drag which is important to me. But how much faster? The BF750 isn't that much faster than a Prairie 700, I've owned both.

My need for IRS is debatable because we ride mostly in river basins and mud. The Outlander does have 12 inches of ground clearance, a decided advantage over the Prairie but how often does it come into play?

I've been pondering this question all evening. Is the Outlander 800 $2,700 better than the Prairie 700? I just don't know........

 

Hey Cam, I see you have come full circle and back to the Prairie. The prairie is still the best all around quad I have ever road or owned. Last year around this time and all the BF750/King quad hype spewing from every direction. I never did think any of those new sluggers comming down the pike were going to change my mind about the Prairie/Twin Peaks. This year is different. This new BRP 800 is the first quad I have seen that I think might change my mind and trump the prairie SRA chassis. The only concern I have is in the fact the BRP has IRS and that has always killed the fun factor in a hurry for me on other quads. I have herd the BRP IRS design is the best, and by design offers the ground clearance and comfort associated with IRS but with the feel and stability of a SRA. I hope to own one of these 800brp's soon and find out. Good luck with what ever you deside.

 

Practicality went out of ATV's and thier prices LONG ago.

It all boils down to: Do you WANT the Fastest big bore 4x4 Utility quad available in the WORLD? or not.

You can have a hell of a time on an old 200X honda three-wheeler, but that is not what we WANT [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]


Just get it !!! or you'll always wonder....[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]






Bigger.

 

Hello cc1999!

Good to hear from you again! It's been a while. Let me ask a quick question. How does the Prairie 700 do against a Polaris 800 in a drag?

 

700 will beat it in the sand but its the other way around on the dirt. My stock bore modded 700 can beat the 800 on both terrains but a stock 700 looses on dirt. Not by much though, its pretty close. I think the weight of the SP800 adds more drag in the sand and couses the tables to turn in the Prarie 700s favor. The SP800 actualy dyno's out with 3-4 hp more than a stock 700. My modded 700 is about
2-3 HP more than the Sp800. The specs and everything that I have read about the BRP800 is going to spank all of these other quads. I doubt my modded 700 would get to embarised by it, but I think it would loose to the new BRP just the same. Its projected to have about a 6hp advantage and only a 30 # disadvantage. I estimate about a 3 # per wheel and tire disavantage of the 26" radial over like a stock dunlop of the prairies. That total 12#'s of unsprung weight is more important to the BRP than the other 18-20#s of sprung weight. However with that much of a HP advantage its not going to matter it shoud still when by a pretty good margin.

 

The new outlander 800 embarrased the polaris 800 bad.......