No offense - but how much fun can you have with an automatic big hunk of a lunk ATV...? Give me a shiftable sport ATV anyday...!!!!

 

Of course its a matter of taste and the area in which you live. A Sportsman is perfect for my needs. If I lived in wide open fields/ desert/ or tundra, I'd probably have a sporter/shifter. Try pulling a boat out of the water, or pull firewood from the forest and you would understand the need for a Sportsman, "Beast".

 

UPDATE. Ive gone ahead and made a deal for a 2006 800 EFI. I'll pick it up after I return from a vacation in Florida, March 21st. I want to thank all of you for the great info you have provided to me. It has helped me in this decision. Ive asked a few other questions on different posts here also. I expect you will see me on here more when I return. Ive one more quick question; During normal riding, what are you folks getting for fuel mileage? Ive heard horror stories and would like to know before I buy a rear rack that will or will not hold gas cans. Can anyone advise me on this? Thanks. Will

 

ya will, depending on how u ride it and work it u might get that 15 u want. it should come w/ rear a rack extender. i have only got about maybe 8 miles to gallon but its still not broke in yet and i like to play alot.

 

oh yea, thats why i said im going to buy the koplin gas pac w/ holds 3.25 gallons of gas and it comes w/ straps to hold right on the back rack. its aoung 80 to 90.00

 

Hi Steve. I'd be interested where you saw this gas pac offered. Is it part of the passenger rear backrest/cargo box?

 

http://www.montanajacks.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=245 no its a sperate peace that you can strap to the bacxk rack and lays flat and you can stzck stuff on it. sorry i dont know how to high light it so u can go right to it .check it out.

 

Thanks Steve. That gas pac looks like a good idea. I would be putting a passenger box on back though. Probably there are gas pacs to fit the front rack too?

 

That sounds familiar.......

When the 800 first came out, every dealer in central MA was asking over 9K out the door!!! NOBODY would budge. I went out in western MA and got mine for $8816 OTD, sales tax and all. That was in January of '05. Got a free Garmin GPS too. That was the best I could find at the time.

I HATE dealerships. I have never found one that put me before my cash. I work on everything myself, and when you mention that , they try to weasel in some extra charges....'cause they know they're not going to make huge profits off you for repairs/maintenance. I buy everything online. To hell with them. Greedy bastards.

EXCEPT that one that cut me a deal in western MA -- he was willing to negotiate in a resonable manner, while the others wouldn't move. My local dealer evidently has enough yuppies who can afford to pay full retail. He doesn't need my business.


Liam, I guess I should have went North instead!! THAT is an absolute SMOKIN' deal!! At least as far as the Northeast goes.

2bears, $6900!?!? Your gonna make me cry!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

$6900 is for a 05 800 not 06 but hey it is new and I don't see a bunch of new gidgits on the 06's so It would not bother me to buy a 05 hold over...
In October they did not have that good of a deal on the 800's BUT they were selling the 05 700's for $5649 ....I could not pass that up so That is what I have and love it.