Before I put on 589s with my clutch kit I was able to beat but not smoke my neighbors sp 500 and his nephews 500 also. Its probably the power to wieght ratio, polaris is a heavy machine.

 

I had a 2004 400 sportsman, it was a good quad but it was to heavy and expensive, the Eiger is a lot lighter and cheaper so that would probably be a better choice.

 

Oo Im with the Kodiak, its a good a quad, reliable and has great power. Price is also not bad.

 

These are my views on this......
Polaris comfy as **** but weigh entirely too much and the downhill experience is too scary! Pricey!

Honda boring as crap.... until you try and stop (never rode a honda that had decent brakes)

Yamaha twitchy some describe it as nimble but I think of it as nervous.

Acrtic cat heavy and that damn one lever braking.

Suzuki Heard nothing but good on the Eiger...... need to try one out I guess.

Bombardier I actually looked at the Outy but the plastic looked like my kids little tykes battery powered stuff. Don't like the racks

Kawi Love the sealed rear brakes and the diff lock but don't like the 4x4 engagement system. Needs a little maintenance but a capable mount. If Kawi was to bump this little 360 to a full 400 then it would fare better.

 

For a Utility ATV, don't you want something heavy??

 

Heavy yes........ bloated no.
My Prairie 700 weighs 602# empty. Add tires, winch, bags, tools, fuel, and me and you have a good amount of weight. I don't see why heavier is better. That is just more effort needed to manuever these things. IF you are into total comfort then yes a high weight is an important issue and it also helps with traction, but when the weight overcomes the power of the engine then all you have is a noisy Lazy Boy chair.

 

My sportsman 400 is heavy and underpowered. And I love it.

It can't do a wheelie, but it can pull a 2000 pound trailer. It can go through and mud I can find, and is awesome in the snow. Very stable when empty and fully loaded.

A little tougher to slide around the corners than my 250's, but its a utility, is it not?

 

Very good post.

 

Thanks. I am sick of people saying that these utilities aren't nimble enough, or arent fast enough, or which will win in a drag race. All poor ways to rate a utility.

 

heaven forbid a utility be fun to play around on. Some fokes like to have fun playing on ATV's but don't want to limmit themselvs to a sport quad that has no other purpose. Or like to ride in conditions that require 4 wheel drive.