His shocks were set on the stiffest setting. The Arctic Cat shocks are super easy to adjust and with a few clicks the ride can be super smooth.

The steering issue is his tires, AC uses the crappiest and cheapest tires around. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

Toyeboy, first off, and again even the 500 compared to the 400 is a WORLD of difference in "sportyness" so if you're referring to you're '04SP400 to you're '05Kingquad700 then duh i would be gung ho Suzuki too. Second of all, i have NEVER seen a KQ beat a SP800 in a drag, ever. Second, when the SP800 and the Brute750 drag, its back and forth, both are almost completely even. And what i was trying to say about the engines was that the Brute weighs at 604lbs while the Sportsman800 weighs at 765lbs. Thats 161 lbs difference and yet the Sportsman can still beat the Brute. Thats why i say Polaris builds stronger engines. And if Polaris just takes a little weight off it will smoke everything out there. And i dont care what anyone says from NYROC's or whatever, he/they probably had an '02 Spotsman 700, that machine was horrible.
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2004 Polaris Sportsman 700 (Green)
'27 ITP 589 M/S Tires
on ITP Type 5 Wheels
3000 lb. Warn Winch
3-Way Headlight Mod
High Lifter Lift Kit

2004 Polaris Sportsman 500 Mossy Oak - STOLEN
2001 Honda Rancher ES 350
Sold

 

when the SP800 and the Brute750 drag, its back and forth, both are almost completely even

Ive never seen the two race (sp800, bf750) but im almost positive the bf is faster of the line

 

Thank you V2, thats exactly what im trying to say. They're back and forth, pretty much even. AND the Sportsman has all that extra weight.
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2004 Polaris Sportsman 700 (Green)
'27 ITP 589 M/S Tires
on ITP Type 5 Wheels
3000 lb. Warn Winch
3-Way Headlight Mod
High Lifter Lift Kit

2004 Polaris Sportsman 500 Mossy Oak - STOLEN
2001 Honda Rancher ES 350
Sold

 

Talk about getting off the subject. I thought the subject was "which ATV should I get", not "how big of a p!ssing contest can I get into".

 

I agree LOL

 

All I'm trying to say is that there's a lot of big bores out there (such as the KQ) that are sportier... by sportier I mean more nimble than the Sportsmans, POWER isn't even the issue here, All they do is slap a 760cc Twin into the 400's chassis..and then you've got the Sportsman 800, the weight only increases, the suspension geometry isn't any different with the bigger sportsmans and I'm sure the tippiness isn't fixed either, power sliding may very well be possible on the 700/800 sp but it can't be easy like the KQ with all that excessive weight and "fat" rear end of the Sportsman. I'm not saying Polaris Sportsman's aren't good ATV's b/c there has been times I wished my KQ was as heavy as the Sportsman's while plowing snow...but never on the trail would I want all that weight back..never..and the 800 is 70lbs heavier than my 400 was[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] Oh yeah the guy on Nyroc's had an 2004.5 Sp 700.

 

Geting back to the main topic "which atv should i but". Remember most of the guys on this site have been riding for a while. If your new to the sport than you probably don't need to go out and buy something with 650+ cc's. A lot (not alot, thats not a word) of the 400-500 class atvs are really good. Almost everything come with IRS and the power is nothing to complain about. My dad has a suzuki vinson 500 and that machine is more than enough to plow the yard (we live on a farm, its really big) and do all of the chores its needed for and it still does 62mph. Anyways bigger isn't always better if you don't need it.

 

I have been riding for all of my life

 

Thats not true toyeboy. And you cant base one guy's expierence with a certain machine to everyone else. I love my 700. And as i've told you, i've driven the 400. And even though the frame and everything looks alike, it seems like a completely different machine MAiNLY because of power!! And no, power sliding isint "very near possible" its NOT a maybe, its a fact. I do it almost everyday i drive. I just did it about an hour ago, constantly. And of course the KQ will handle better. Its 170lbs lighter. But to say, "All they do is slap a bigger engine into the same chasis" is BullCrap. You should know the 05's and up compared to our '04s is almost a COMPLETELY different machine. And as i said, Polaris improves every year, they never stay the same for more than 2 years. Thats what i love about them.
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2004 Polaris Sportsman 700 (Green)
'27 ITP 589 M/S Tires
on ITP Type 5 Wheels
3000 lb. Warn Winch
3-Way Headlight Mod
High Lifter Lift Kit

2004 Polaris Sportsman 500 Mossy Oak - STOLEN
2001 Honda Rancher ES 350
Sold