<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Steveo10

Get the 800R! There will be no lookin back for sure</end quote></div>

I think you would be doing a LOT of looking back......






.......to see what happened to your riding friends.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: crazy1291

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Steveo10



Get the 800R! There will be no lookin back for sure</end quote></div>



I think you would be doing a LOT of looking back......


True!! friend has one and there hella bomb










.......to see what happened to your riding friends.</end quote></div>

 

Got the ELKA supension spring kit. It has greatly improved how the 500 handles.

Still think that BRP should have all the V Twins in the same chassis

 

Glad to know the Elka kit helped.

 

i choose to complain to can am about there suspension let them upgrade it under warrenty i shouldnt have to spend 300 on new shocks on a new machien

 

If you knew it was a rattlesnake when you picked it up, don't be surprised if it bites you. If you didn't know it was a rattlesnake, you shouldn't be messing with snakes.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Cardiac

If you knew it was a rattlesnake when you picked it up, don't be surprised if it bites you. If you didn't know it was a rattlesnake, you shouldn't be messing with snakes.</end quote></div>

So what's your point?

 

I would think you would havbe known it was strut suspension before you bought it. Thats all.

 

I hate to sound stupid, but this quad is for your wife, right? I'm sure she won't notice the difference between the struts and dual a-arms. In fact I doubt that 80% of the people on here could tell the difference between struts and dual A-arms if given a "blind ride test". The Stock outlander shocks, for lack of a better word, suck for high speed riding. The struts on the 400 and 500 also suck for high speed riding. Great, they weren't designed for that. They were designed for a smooth ride at low speed.

I'm with the majority of people on here. If you didn't notice that the 500 has struts on the front when you bought it, then that would be your fault. You could have got a Renegade 500 for her if you wanted dual a-arms and a 500cc motor. Like I said before, I doubt that she'll notice the difference.

 

Ordered the 500 site unseen, assuming the were the same Quads just smaller motor. She road it around a couple weeks, then she started saying it was different than her old 330. We traded Quads, that is when I found out it did not handle as good as my 650. When I look it over, that is when I notice it was different, but it was to late to get another 650. I would have gladly paid the $600 for the better ride.
Just hoping to help others not to make the same mistake I did.

She did notice the differnce, and wasn't happy. She likes it a lot better with the new spring kit.