Top speed on the 450 is about 55-58 miles/hour..........Caper.......

 

Hi,

I am actually shipping the Sportman that I choose (450 or 500) down from Ontario. The 450 is over $8000 here. It is only $7100 plus shipping from Ontario and the 500 is $7500 plus shipping. No free accessories are included. Only problem is that I can only get a Blue 450. They only have yellow 500's left.

 

yea, i wanted sportsman green!!!!

 

i would probley take the 500....more power then the 450 i would think and a faster top speed to id think

 

The 450 is as equal to the standard 500 carb but not the 500 ho.

 

The 450 is the 500 bottom end with a 425 cylinder and piston , minus the bigger carb and cam of the 500 HO. I would imagine there is quite a difference in power.

 

I have both blue and yellow one for the wife.....Yellow shows the dirt and mud ALOT more if that makes a differance to you!!!!Good luck...Caper.......Are they 2006 or 2007 models?.......

 

I ride with a guy with a 06 SP 500 EFI,, He has no more pick up and speed than me. EFI is for not rejecting for altitude riding, but it sure does not produce more power or speed unless my friends ATV is broken? I would compare a 450 SP with the SP 500 (non H.O,s) even than I think it would miss that extra 44cc. Compared to the SP500 H.O it's out 44cc,a high duration cam and a 40mm carb. (vs 34mm) Just think of a SP500 H.O as a heavily modded out SP450 in other words.

 

My cousin has an 06 sp450 and my buddy has a 1998 sp500 (non ho). The old 500 takes the 450 off the line everytime and beats it to top speed. They both topout at about same. The 450 does not even compare to the old non HO sp500. The non ho sp500 were prettty quick off the line due to not having ebs. My buddies 98 model was almost dead even off the line with my 05 sp500ho till about 30mph. Then the HO starts to pull away. There is no replacement for displacement and the 450 is down 44cc's rather it's against an ho or not.

 

take it from a lil 400 owner - get the largest cc bike possible,if you dont use all the power , ya still have it!!! i bought a 400 thinking it would be alright, it is dont get me wrong .. i should have sheeled out the extra $$$$ so i did not have to try to get th e power out of my lil 400... with the rideing i do i should have a ltest a 600 ( live and learn).. like i said my 400 gets it done and always makes it home - but it would be nice to have more power to play with....