Just wondering, the 06's now have the same clutch as the 800's, so they should have more power on take off. I'm just doing some homework for future.
Has anyone raced a 800, how do the 06 700 carbs compare. I am starting to hear about EFI problems and I'm starting to wonder if CARB is the way to go for simplicity. They don't have fuel pumps to worry about either right. I have driven a 800 and love the sound and power, but I need dependability and 85-90 miles on a tank of gas.
Just an example I have a 02 Bom traxter XT with almost 5000 miles on it now, and have not done 1 thing to it, just gas and oil, so I want the same with my 2nd machine and if EFI is not what its been made out to be maybe I should go with carb, less computers and breakdown problems maybe.

I do fire road, back country, mud crossings, water crossing and deep snow riding, NO elevation riding.
We did a trip over the weekend and covered 166 miles in 1 day with all these types of riding thrown in.

Thanks

 

I don't think that you will get that kind of miles per tank on a 700 carb.
The best milage I have gotten was 17.5 mpg but have had a lot less ( 11 ) with an average of maybe 14mpg

My 02 500HO will get 22mpg and about 70-80 miles before I have to find gas but I have never run it dry.

 

That is odd, you must have something wrong, my buddie's 03 700carb got 86 miles on the weekend before hitting reserve. I'm just wondering about the 06's seeing they have a different clutch setup, what the power is like.
I was told a 700 EFI getting 90-100 miles on a tank, fire road riding though.

 

Stump - I have an 05 700 efi and get closer to 65 mile per tank. One thing about an efi model is that there is no reserve. I have heard problems with the new 500 efi's but I haven't had a lick of trouble with my 700 and I haven't seen many issues posted here either with 700 efi issues.

 

haha, silly peoples

the EFI is just as reliable as the carb, the only thing you'd need to worry about is drowning your bike, that might damage the injectors. the EFI systems on these bikes are very fool proof, not to mention cold weather starting is a breeze. just start it and go into your house and let it warm up.

if you kill your battery though, it needs atleast 9 amps to make the computer run, and carb models you just need a pull start and you can start it (you can buy one for the 700 through your dealer)

if your gentle on the throttle a 700 carb should get about 75 miles on a tank. dont think that the 700 Carb and the 700 EFI are the same thing with EFI being the difference. the EFI head has a big larger exhuast valve which makes it a bit faster in a drag than the Carb.


and as far as the above statement. EFI's do have a reserve, just not one you can turn on. When your display starts flashing Low Fuel, your gas tank is gone, theres nothing left in it, your running on your reserve tank, it automaticly switches over.


any other questions i can answer

 

Thanks Spyder,

My buddy on the weekend managed to get 86 miles on his 03 700, he has a clutch kit and a K/N airfilter, that's it. So that's not bad considering it only a 4. some gallon, if it were 5 gallons like mine, he might have gotten 100 miles.
So you think and know the EFI is just as reliable, I'm wondering down the road reliable as I don't have money to be trading up, I would like to keep it for atleast 6-8 years without problems.
Well I just want that 800 EFI, so I guess I"ll never mind about the 700 of any kind, might as well go with what you want, just will have to carry extra gas that's all. I've heard cruising on the 800 EFI, people getting 85-90 miles on it so that is acceptable for me.

Have you heard of some EFI's with hig miles now, without problems, atleast 5000 miles, that would be a good indication.

 

Never got that low in fuel I guess Spyder. Thanks for the info.

 

i owned a 800 for 36 hours and 800 miles and it never let me down other than a faulty belt i experienced. and several times in its life it was up to the top of the racks and it never ever let me down. that quad also had a large street life were it ran most of its milage on the road near the red line.

PM Perky on these forums, i think thats his screen name. he has 2 800's and i think one has 9000 miles on it. you cant really go wrong with the 800. as far as the milage you've stated 800's that are ran smoothly and not under strain or load can pull off 80-85 miles to the tank. these machines are weird though. if you buy one your going to eat through your first tank in probebly less than 30 miles. after the motor is broke in though, your engine becomes very efficient.

any more questions?

 

The EFI's have a 4.1gallon tank and I believe the 700carb has a 4.25gallon tank. My riding partner has a 06 800efi and I have a 05 700carb and he'll get blinking fuel gauge about 10-15 miles before me.

 

Thanks guys for all the great info so far. Hey Spyder, why did you get rid of your 800 anyway?
I've been on the site below and seen some pretty BAD reviews on the 05 800's, and some good ones of course, but the bad ones always stick out for some reason.

http://www.powersportsnetwork.com

What about Overheating problems I hear about, I go in mud from time to time on these rides and the spring rides are always real dirty, is there ways to help stop that, any additional guards you can put on to stop mud and debris from packing it up.


Thanks everyone for the info and keep it coming if you have more.

Thanks