They had a shootout with the Vin, the Rubicon, AC500, and traxter. They said that Polaris didn't feel their 500 sportsman could hang with this group.

They picked the vinnie narrowly over the rubie because of the 4x4/4x2 selectability. And its the funnest to ride!

 

oh what now. suzuki is king noting else, no poohlarass or that rubix cube.....

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The eiger won the 400 shootout, too!!
They said that the vinnie won the "king of the mountain" shootout, and say that the reason for the "delightful feel of the Zuke is due to a team of engineers who understand that atvs need to be fun to ride,"
"The zook is so well put together that it had testers clamoring to try it on most of the trails we rode!"

 

I'd love to see the Eiger or Vinson come and be the King of My mountain!!! Also, why would the Sportsman 500 not be able to hang with that group???????? Its faster than the Honda, has 2wd/4wd seletability!! Will outperform ANY of them in the mud, the SP500HO should take all of them in speed!!! Will easily DEVASTATE all in the rock climbing and rides alot more comfortable??? FUN is in the eyes of the riders!!! For me I don't care which is the "FUNNEST" to ride, I'm more into where it can go!!! So for me DIFF LOCK is VERY IMPORTANT!!! The POLARIS will in fact GO where the others MENTIONED CANNOT!

 

TellicoGrizz660, I respect you post, but beg to differ. I ride with a decent size club, with everything from 300 King Quads to Grizz's, Rincons, and Praries. I have been in more mud, rock crawling, and air bound than any of those other machines! I'm not saying those other machines are not good machines.

You're right, fun is in the eyes of the rider, and I'll tell you, I have one fun ride!

 

Its wonderful to see someone who isnt afraid to take it in extreme places!!! You should come down and ride the Tellico Trails with me(not to see which is better by any means cuz we all can't make it) but I am almost positive you would have a BLAST!!!!!!! Rock climbing, hills, mud! I'd also like to go and ride the Hatfeild McCoy system real soon!!! I hear it is rather challenging!

 

The editors didn't understand it either. They felt the sportsman would hold its own but we will never know.

Your right FUN is in the mind of the rider. Some machines inspire confidence in some riders and scare the heck out of others. But really, aint we all out there having fun?

I'd love to come down to Tellico (wherever it is). My Father-in-law lives outside Knoxville on Tellico lake around Loudon Tenn. Are you close to this? How about that coal creek area, I hear (read) that it is an awsome place.

 

I would love to go ridin' down there too! Just to get out and see new places. Good to see someone posting about riding for fun rather than mine is better than yours.

Actually I am planning on going to Hatfield next season. Ever since I saw the Dirtwheels (I think) with the mud bogs on the cover, I was set to go. The only problem is that I don't really have the time to go until the end of next season (October/November)

 

Muddyeiger, I feel your pain. I'd love to travel around and ride all of these fantastic places I have read about. The biggest problem is finding someone who can get away with me for a few days. We have to sneak in a ride whenever we can. BTW, we are sneaking one in this afternoon, its 42 and most of the snow is gone, leaving behind some beautiful mud! Rob just detailed his 360 yesterday so this should be fun.

Dammit Scotty, I need more fun!!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Stop the teasing, you're kill'n me! Our legal season for riding doesn't start until May 1st, and that is if they don't delay the opening for some reason (lost 3 weeks last season due to "excesive water").