<< it surely can't be any worse then the ds650 >>

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Gezz i guess the baja 1000 and other numerous long distance endurance races don't count huh?

Get your facts straight instead of taking retarded stabs in the dark about things you know nothing about.Go ride your pooper for 2 hours then go put it back on the trailer cause you know its already broke down by then and it's time to go bring it back to the shop.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Let's see where team pooplaris places during the next BaJa 500 or 1000. I'll bet you 1 grand they won't be in the top 10.

 

Is the predator a 2 or 4 stroke? Does it have an auto clutch?

 

woa ... i think thet ds &amp; prdator will be similar in some respects ...like Good looking,4 stroke,HEAVY,&amp; in need of many mods to make handle right ..
&amp;plagued with lil probs ........
Although,i beleive the DS is probably better built


BRING BACK THE R!...................... or something real close to it

 

hey jimbostew i think you should just keep your mouth shut until you see how the predator does and then see what you have to say

 

WOW you can't return an insult these days' i was insulted by dakster remarks and feel jimbo was justified and one more thing polaris is not in the sport quad game and never realy will be!!!i may be wrong on ths last comment but that is my heart felt feelings!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

&amp; I mean no harm either JUST an opinion get it ???????????????


just don't like heavy 4 stroke ... I think I wasHIGH when i bouhgt the DS!he he

 

<< I have seen two predators, been on both, and raced one. >>

Ya..sure

 

Anyone ever look at the front page of ATV Connection?
See what they thought of the Predator!
http://www.atving.com/atvconnection/...003-Page-2.cfm

 

NO WAY THE ADVERTIZING MONEY HAD ANY THING TO DO WITH THAT AD.the same guys that are saying no bump steer bue to 10&quot; of travel make claims of the ds being twitchie and haveing too much bump steer acorrding to this artical it should not have any it has 11&quot;travel meaning no bump steer.am i not correct? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

We don't get advertizing money to run a story. Polaris invited me to test their 2003 prototypes. I could have said they were crap and there was nothing Polaris could have done about it. Problem was they weren't. I can not be bought. To infer otherwise means you don't know my reputation for telling it like it is.
The Predator is fast, very fast. To compare it to anything else, when no one outside of Polaris has, including us, is just running your mouth.
You don't know what it is like unless you have spent a couple days with it. I have.
And yes a DS is twitchy! Ever drive the first year model on loose stone? The front end does not stay planted. It skates.
Unless you have access to all the models like we do, all you can give is an uninformed opinion based on riding one or two. As to how the Predator is built? Only time will tell. It seemed well built in the short term.

Greg Hall
Technical Editor, ATV Connection Magazine
Editor, Tech Connection