Two friends just bought a 600 and the other bought a 660. They have ridden each and they like both. The guy that bought the grizz says the thing that he feals is the biggest difference is the grizz doesn't feal as stable. He says it feals tippy to him compared to the 600. Other than that he is happy with his grizz and my other friend is happy with his 600.

I think you deffinatly need to ride both.

Not in the same class?? From reading post from the 700 owners you are right. If Polaris would improve the 700, make it faster, get near the gas mileage, or something, it could move up to the 600 in class.

If I had bought a new 700 when they came out, I would be as upset as the people that had bought a Grizz 600, not that they are bad at all, just the 660 has alot more to offer.

 

Try the Kaw I RACED Hondas for the beter part of 20 years(MX) and I bought the 650 If you arn't a slug you want the Kaw END OF STORY you are the king (KAW650) or you are second ore worse.(might be alot of Kaws)

 

I dont think he is buying one for speed alone.

 

I think he wants a good utility atv, not something to take to the drag strip and run the quarter mile with. The prairie is a good machine also but why push it on someone?

 

As posted earlier, do yourself a favor and really analyze what type of riding you like to do, and that should steer you toward your atv of choice. If you like it to be able to do work and 4x4 and double as a sport quad, go with the prairie. If you ride a lot of really rough stuff like rocks etc or are a bit older, go for the comfort of the IRS machines. The best thing you can do is get yourself on each of them and take them for a spin. I must warn you though, the rumble of the v-twin is addictive [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Nice sportsman catdaddy. I like the color to. Yeah, i would say the prarie is a good machine too, but he gave two chices, and im sure he considered the prarie before he narrowed it down to the griz, and sportsman.

 

i would have to choose neither i think that i would purchase the prairie

 

I had the same problem, it took me over a month to decide. I rode every big 4x4 out there, I liked most of them but had to go with the prarie, second choice would be the Grizzly. My dad bought a grizzly about a month after I bought the prairie and wishes he had the prairie. Dont get me wrong the grizzly is a damn good bike he just dont like being in second place when were out playing around. The IRS is great on the rocks but dont go on the hills unless its straight up and down as they are a top heavy bike.

 

The IRS is great on the rocks but dont go on the hills unless its straight up and down as they are a top heavy bike.[/quote]


That is such a terrible misconception. I don't know about the other brands, (I wouldn't consider buying anything but a Polaris), but they are not that top heavy. We've had our Sportsmans on steep inclines and declines, with no problem. They are excellent climbers. I don't know if there are any hills in Missouri, but there are plenty in the mountains of Tennessee, where we ride. There are places that the Sportsman will go that the Prairie will have a tough time. Have you ever had that thing going down a steep decline off camber? If you haven't upgraded the front suspension, then you must not have. The Prairie will fold up like origami in such places. We ride with a guy, who happens to be an excellent rider. If we came to such a spot, he'd get off and walk his Prairie, knowing exactly what would happen. Not only that, but the ride is FAR better with IRS. The ground clearance is also better with the Sportsman, 7.6 inches compared to 11.25 with the Sportsman.

You don't see too many Prairies where we ride. They would get everywhere faster, but if you rode it fast all the time, it would get beat to death. And if you can't ride it fast all the time, why would you want one? If you want a good, tough machine, with an excellent ride, plenty of power, plenty of clearance, and you don't need to go 70 on a utility machine, go look at the Sportsmans. You won't be sorry you did.

 

i would still stick with the prairie even though i do like polaris also being all of the mags shoot-out winner for two years and plus winning all of the races it is entered that is the atv mike penland rides and he puts through more hell than anyone in here on a polaris or yamaha