I rode the Kodiak for the first time today. put over 30 miles on it. The tires seem to roll under at low speeds,Put 2 more pounds of air in the tires seems to of helped some. The brakes squeal like mad.
I noticed that on a say a 500 foot driveway its top speed is like 31 mph (seems slow to me). I normally ride a RM 250, Am I expecting to much out of the 450. It just dont seem like a 450 would be hurting on the power end. I couldnt imagine a 400 if its so underpowered. I would dread a steep incline on this machine. I rode a Polaris 250 two stroke years ago and it seemed to have better pick up than this 450.

 

Thought the same thing when I got my Kodiak in March of this year. I opened it up and got 53 mph. I didn't want to hammer on it too much, because I only have 50 miles on mine. Seemed like it could go a little bit faster but I ran out of room.

 

Top speed on mine going down the road was 51MPH according to the speedo.

 

Got my 2005 kodiak 400 up to 50.4 mph. Thats what my gps said.

 

i have a 2003 450 and i get 96 kmh with stock tires

 

I would imagine it would have to be better than that. Seriously, and no BS on this, I got 51 out of my Honda 300 with a GPS once, but granted this was out on a paved road, and it took forever and a day to get there. And of course, the slightest incline at all made it drop back down. This was about 5 years ago with a Magellan 315 GPS. The same thing clocked my Arctic Cat 500 at 52.8 for the best average on flat pavement.

 

I had my girlfriends dad 04 to 55 on flat pavement last weekend. Pretty peppy for a 4x4 if you ask me.

 

I guess I was expecting more out of the 450.

 

What where you expecting out of a mid size 4x4

 

i don't know guys, i rode my friend's kodiak 400 down a straight level gravel road and topped out at 60. i would emagine the 450 could go 62-63, unless you guys are in low range or have california models.