I think that all the negative post about the new 700 are because the bikes are pre-production models. I think that when the bikes hit the showroom floors they will have them fine tuned and the results will be much different.This is just my opinon so don't give me a hard time about it. The idea of the 700HO sounds like a good suggestion to me.I am a diehard Polaris man so I will get the 700 anyway even if i have to do so mods I am sure it will be able to hang with the best of them but i'm not so sure that it already wont.POLARIS RULES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!