The biggest complaint I ve heard from any Grizzly owners is that they feel tipsy. Do they come back on you easier going up hills? Do they tip over easy or do they just feel like they are going to? I have some pretty steep hills to climb and this is an issue for me.

Any help is appreciated.

Brad

 

i have ridden mine 20 hours so far (got in in december)
and i have hills that are almost vetical (you would have trouble walking up them)
and it felt more stable than my other yamaha strait axel quad
i think the only people that say that the grizzly is unstable or that it is tippy are the people who
don't have one
dont get me wrong any quad has its tipping point but if u dont know how to drive one serverly greatens the risk
IRS does take some getting used to because it leans with u on turns and uneven terrin but
i would take IRS any day over single axel
my 2 cent

 

The “tipsy” feeling you’ve heard about is associated with off-cambers, not going up hills. If it is possible for any utility ATV to go up a particular hill, then I feel the Grizzly can do it. It will certainly go anywhere your Kodiak will (and more). On some hills momentum is the key to success, and a machine such as the Grizzly will have an advantage over a smaller quad such as the Kodiak because of the extra power available to drive harder / faster up the hill.

If you plan on being adventurous you should also have a winch mounted. These also add weight to the front end and help to keep it down more. The more powerful machines such as the top of the line units from each manufacturer (including the Grizzly and its competitors) are more apt to “stand up” if you lose momentum and then attempt to apply too much throttle to correct, but this is a matter of learning the proper riding technique.

I have been up some pretty challenging hills with no problems on my Grizzly, there are also others that I’ve passed up where I probably would have tried them on a dirt bike. You have to consider the consequences, if you lose it on the bike you generally just lay it down on the side of the hill. However if you lose it on a quad, it is most likely going end over end all the way down to the bottom, destroying itself in the process and leaving you with a hefty repair bill. So you will want to choose your hills wisely, but rest assured, the Grizzly is a good hill climber as far as the utility models go.

About the tipsy feeling on off cambers there are many other quads that are more stable in this situation, however you can make the Grizzly’s track wider by something as simple as switching over to ITP C-Series wheels. This still wont make it the king in off camber situations but it will help…

 

seems fine to me. I have seen my wife turn mine on the side a few times, but that is in some DEEP ruts and getting sideways.

C-series will help. I dont have any, but will get getting some this summer... and overfender!!!!!