If I was buying a large bore 4x4 It would just be who has the best price between the 700 Grizzly or 750 KQ. I'm on very slow rough trails and a more complicated twin would not be a advange for me.

I like the Japanese brands also. I even like the new 500 Honda Rubicon and Foreman now that they have IRS and diff lock but 28hp OHV is just too much on the low end for me.

 

If it's a choice between a Honda with 28 HP and a 570 with 44 HP I know which one I would choose. I have to keep up to my friends on an 850 and a 1,000 Sportsman when we're on roads and I don't know if the Honda could keep up. I mostly keep up in the woods but so does the guy on a Sportsman 335.

 

When I have to do some fast long smooth road riding to get to another ATV trail sometimes, I can tell you the 500 Foreman will not keep up but he is not left miles behind in any sense of the word either.
Fast 55mph gravel road riding wondering if a pickup, logging truck or car is coming the other way is not what I call fun ATVing.

Once back on the ATV trail a 250 can stay with us no problem.

 

Agreed totally. I also like not having tonlugs gallons of extra gas just to ride a good long day. Have never come home on fumes.

 

Yep. Even a 120 horsepower ATV wouldn't do you any good if it's sitting in an ATV shop awaiting repair, does it? There are so many guys who only care about power but there is something to be said for being able to just get on your machine and ride for years and years. Which is why spending $150 more for a 28 horsepower Honda would not have necessarily been an odd direction of doing things.

But anyway...time will tell on these new Prostar engines whether they are going to be dependable or not. And like I said, it's the rest of the machine that worries me the most.

 

What I want to know is why the Sportsman 570 is having the engine heat issues that the RZR/Ranger does not? Does the Sportsman 570 need a bigger cooling package?

Since my last reply, our Province has expanded the ATV road law to include 2-up atv's and UTV's. I like the 570 Ranger EPS, will eventually get a new one.

Gotta check the Ranger forums to see how they are holding up.

 

It is heat from the exhaust warming up their right leg, not engine heat. Don't have that problem on the rzr. From comments from former CanAm riders, the heat on the 570 isn't near as bad as the hot leg you get on the CA.
Exhaust heat is really the only issue being reported by 570 riders, and the 570 ATV is 2 years old now. Some like to complain about the battery location, but it is actually a better location than where it used to be mounted. The front drive shaft isn't angled to clear the battery, lol, it's angled because of the design of the engine/transmission, and how it connects to the front diff. Appears to be a pretty solid machine. The 570 engine has been around for 3+ years now, so it's a well proven power plant.
As for the 28HP Honda, hahaha. Let's see how well that thing does when riding at 10,000' elevations. I'm not a HP junkie, but you do need some.

 

When I first saw the battery location on the 570 I was wondering what the heck were they thinking. Some of you guys go through deep water and would submerge it. Then I realized that on the frame would be the best place as far as center of gravity is concerned even if you couldn't tell any difference. But it should be better than under the fender getting covered with dirt or pelted with gravel.

 

Yeah, it doesn't hurt it a bit to get submerged in water. Water doesn't hurt them. Polaris has been mounting the battery there on the X2 and Touring machines every since they started making them. Great for weight distribution, as well as access if needed. It stays way cleaner there than it does up under the left rear fender, which means it's not as exposed to hazards.

 

Yep, I have more heat against my legs with the Can-Am than I did with the Polaris. I haven't seen where the 570 has the battery. I hope it's in a more accessible spot than my X2 had. Up inside of the front right tire, tucked in towards the middle.

My son and a buddy's son both rode RZR 570's out on the Paiute Trail in Utah. Marysvale, UT where we stayed was about 6,500 ft. and the trail got up to nearly 11,000 ft. in places. They both said the 570's had good power off the line but were lacking on top end at the higher elevations. I rode a Polaris Touring 550 and liked it until something popped when I was taking a corner at good speed. I think it was the tire because I ended up going straight. Glanced off a tree hard enough that it through my mass (large) off the quad and broke a tie rod end. Was able to limp it back with duct tape and zip ties. Next day I rode a Honda Rincon. I hated it. Power wasn't as good as the Polaris 550 and it didn't have a good low gear for descending using engine braking. Took it back at the end of the day and rented a Rancher 420. I enjoyed that quad much more than the Rincon but still nothing like the Polaris. It did fair.