I have a SP335 and it will go aroung 45mph. I'm very pleased with it's power. I use it for hunting and it will do anything I need it to do.

 

Boy did I ever overshoot it on the 335. I was told(by an unreliable source) that it would run around 55. The 250 ought to run just about the same as the 335. As I said before the 335 is just carrying around way to much weight. On sand I would choose a four stroke manual bike. You already have them narrowed down to 4 stroke now you have to decide whether you want manual or auto.

 

I've never seen a 250 Suzuki hit over 50. I could get close to 50 (47 or so) on a wide open tar road, but never 50.

The Suzuki transmission also can be chunky. Perhaps they have improved it in the past decade, but when cold, it doesn't like to shift down between 1st and neutral.

I notice it is much easier to get power with the Polaris automatic. I was expecting to have shift withdrawal, but rather, when I did some cleanup work with the Suzuki yesterday, I kept forgetting to shift.

The Polaris is a far superior machine to the Suzuki, but the Suzuki is still a reliable and quiet machine.

Not Having a 335, I can't compare the two directly, but the Suzuki is a fine machine for medium trail riding and yard work. I'm not sure that it is capable to severe trail riding.

I also noticed the Suzuki needed to have the oil changed rather frequently. As the machine got older, it began to foul spark plugs regularly, and suffered two minor oil leaks.

But after 12 years and well over 3503 miles (the odometer died) The Suzuki Quadrunner still lasts.

The automatic in the Polaris makes sense if you're not a died hard, 'I must shift guy' it is comfortable and the 500 is a pretty quick machine. I can almost catch my son on his Scrambler 500. Almost!

With the Suzuki, he left me in the dust with my Magnum.

Try both machines, and see which one makes the most sense for you. There is only $400 (MSRP)between the bigger and slighty more powerful Polaris.

B/W

Jack

 

You actually think the little Suzuki could out pull the 670 pound 335? Ha ha ha ha.The 335 would take the pull hands down.

 

i agree BushHog, but I think the 250 would beat the 335 in a race.

 

Don't be so confident in that post Bush. The diff lock and bigger tires gives the Suzuki a little advantage on the 335 exept for the weight difference. You would just have to see these two bikes go at it before you could make comments like that.

 

I did a pull off with a Honda 300 with 26" SS TSL"s. On the soft ground(not mud) he would hold me, even thought it couldn't spin the tires. Yet on the hard road he left 2 20 foot long tire markes from the spining he did while I drug him.

 

Why do you people think Diff lock makes a difference in traction between a quad with out diffs?? A diff lock makes it so both wheels on an axel turn the same speed. I don't think the 250 has diffs on both the front and rear axel but even if it does, locking them would simply mean that ALL 4 WHEELS turn at the same time. That is exactly what happens with the polaris. The instant the rear wheels slip (No Diff), the front are engaged (No Diff) so there you have all 4 wheels turning. Haveing Diffs would simply make turning easier on surfaces where the tires can't slide to make up the difference in speed during a turn.

As far as tire size, the difference in contact patch size between tires of only a couple of inches difference in overall diameter is pretty small. It all comes down to weight and in this catagory, the polaris wins hands down. Even though it is heavy, it's a great quad and I'm glad I've got it.

 

The 250 Suzuki has a top speed of around 43mph.Quite a nice little 4wd.I dont really care a whole lot for the 335 Polaris Sportsman,because I own it's bigger,more powerful brother the 500cc Sportsman.The 335 is underpowerd when comparing the 500cc to it.I dislike the drum brakes on the 250cc Suzuki.They fill up with debree really quickly when mudding.Instead of either the 335 or the 250cc,how about the 250cc 2 stroker Xplorer 4x4? At 2.995 dollars its a good buy for a 4wd quad.Just a thought.=======BILL

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Bill how is your 500 doing since you got it back?

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