come down to my house and make mine go 5 mph faster

 

ive done 60 mph on both my 2002 500 sportsmans,thats plenty fast for a heavy solid machine.
love the 500,s steveye.

 

dude, the 500 is cool. I have a 400 and it is cool too. my friend almost has a 700 and its the coolest. WINGER RULES!!!

 

ok ,dude keep telling youself that i pulled a infamous 660 grizzley out of the mud last month with my infamous 400 sportsman its not as fast but drive one it does about 55 but rides 3 times better and will tow more weight check somespecs and buy an american product!!!! and oh wait my dad is stronger than your dad!!!hehehehahaha WINGER 4-ever![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

I recently bought a 04 sp 500h.o. , and only have 11 hours on it. My nieghbor has a grizz 660. In a staight even run my 500 is faster off the line but when we hit around 50 mph his 660 starts to pull away. But remember my 500 is not broken in yet.




04 sp 500 H.O.
2500 lb warn winch
60 in. snow plow

 

I raced a Grizzly 660 several times back and forth across a field, switched riders and everything. Both machines were stock except for the lift on mine, and both carrying front winches. The Grizzly would grab a few feet at the start, almost doing a wheelie, definitely felt more snappy. However, after about 150 feet or so the big ol' twin started breathing and reeled in the Grizzly. Didn't run away from it but pulled up even then passed by a length or two.
Another performance advantage I found is that with junk stock tires, the Grizzly does not like to stop on wet grass. THe 700 with Rawhides stopped real quick, while the Grizzly slid and slid and slid. I almost put it into the woods at the edge of the field the first time, defintely had the pucker factor up to about 10.
I would consider this not only a performance issue, but a safety issue as well. Something to consider, usually tire comparison is limited to mud or trail traction, but don't forget about stopping.

 

my 2003 660 Grizzly will run at the least on level ground will run a guaranteed 67 mph's (done it my self) and i have no mods on my four-wheeler stock to the bone

 

[quote]
Originally posted by: irsonly
a grizzly 660 vs a 500 h.o. is not a fair comparison,

the comparison should be the grizzly 660 vs the sp 700(683cc)

Here is a comparison all polaris whiners. I have a 2001 wolverine bone stock (this was before I put mudders on it). My dad has a 2000 sportman 500 HO bone stock. We dragged a 1/2 mile flat ground dirt road. He beat me off the line, had me in second, third gear I caught up and passed him to never looked back. He said top end his speedometer read 60 mph and I was slowly pulling away. (I figure 61 or 62) Then, we lined them up and did it again, just to see the same thing happen again.

660 is 160 bigger than 500 so what. 500 is 150 bigger than a 350. So quit whining about the difference in engine sizes when you compare them.

Bighunter

 

hmmmm, I thought they came out with the h.o. in 01... I could
be wrong on that but I believe that's right..

 

Irsonly, they came out in 2000 my dad got his when they first came up here.