I try not to speculate or assume........I'm just letting you know what I see.
As for your 1st question....you would need to ask Suzuki why they want it replaced every 1,200 miles.

 

4FITTY your a man after my own heart.......I live for snow riding!
I grew up in Willows and use to come cruise in Chico all the time............I have relatives all over that area. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I have taken some of your good advice and widened my horizons to extend beyond Yamaha and Honda. Today I rode over to my Bombardier dealer to check out 800 Outlander and for first time learned about the new 650 Outlander. These both look to have old fart cush with a lot of nice features and great performance. I will rethink Polaris, Suzi, and Kawi also. Appreciate your thoughts.

 

Im glad to see that you will look at the others as well I have a Outty 800 and I realy like it but on a long rides my hip starts to hurt because of the wide motor and clutch The King has a slimmer feel and I can ride longer on it Also I dont have the fatigue from the harder steering when I ride the king But dont get me wrong I like all quads I would ride a trx 90 and like it if that was all I had

 

to sell more belts?

stretching (no pun intended) belt life isn't smart. glazed belts transfer the heat to the sheaves. eventually you will have a problem. heat hurts performance, sheaves are expensive. getting towed sucks.

 

I have yet to have or see a Yamaha or Suzuki belt drive fail.
I put 7,500 miles on my old kodiak.........new belt at 5,000 mile
I have 5,000 miles on my 03 grizz and the belt is still within spec.
Maybe the ones that slip the belt to get rolling and stopped have a glazing issue.....mine have never.

 

that's great. you might like how a new belt feels about now.

 

Feels the same as the in spec belt thats in it now

 

What about the Arctic Cat The 650 H1 or the 500 auto or manual shift might be considered here as well. What do ya'll think?