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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 05:04 PM
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Yes the Grizzly is going to have a little more power.. BUt pretty much any decent 4x4 will work on the sand with stock tires. I am running a set of 28" Highlifter Outlaw mud tires. But I have ran stock tires and they work great too.


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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 06:08 PM
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My p650 does great in the sand. Here is a pic of me pulling my buddy in the treeshot at Sandlake to demonstrate its hill climbing ability:

http://www.sandlakeduners.com/SandLa...ttie_pull1.jpg
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 07:03 PM
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Dextreme, what kind of tires are those?
 
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 07:11 PM
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Fishslab (and others with automatics) - what do you think of the performance with an automatic vs: a 5spd/auto clutch or full manual bike? I had kind of ruled out an automatic CVT because it seems that it could be boring after awhile. But there are a lot of guys out there with them...
 
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Old Oct 4, 2003 | 02:01 AM
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Originally posted by: TurboGuy
Dextreme, what kind of tires are those?
They are 27" Mudlites. I run about .5-1 psi in the sand...so far they have stayed on the rim.

The do pretty well with "in camp sand tank traps" too!!!
Tank Trap 1
Tank Trap 2

And Log grinding...
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Old Oct 4, 2003 | 04:35 AM
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Dunes with trees..........that's just to weird! Just because you CAN drive a 4X4 around in the dunes, doesn't mean you SHOULD!
 
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Old Oct 4, 2003 | 04:47 AM
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You should come up and try the oregon dunes in the summer... They can be kinda interesting. It is a good change from Pismo and Glamis.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 01:56 AM
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i've seen a Rincon tractor right up Banshee hill, it had paddles all the way around[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 08:44 PM
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Turbo, I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't plan to have to shift ever again. I will give up some top end performance for th ease of not shifting. At the rate things are going, performance and automatics will continue to improve. Look at thr KFX 700 and the Prairie and Sportsman. Shifters will always be better, but I'm far to lazy to care.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 08:57 PM
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