HAs anyone with their new grizzly or prarie raced another?? I here they perform almost the same, whats the top speeds of these two and which is faster to the top speed??

 

This is a tough choice to make considering the new Prairie has better acceleration then the 400ex but you also have to remember that the new Grizzly has the raptor engine. The grizz also has selectable 4 wheel drive locker and unlocker. I dont know if the Prairie does or not. And the Grizz has independent rear suspension so i would go with Grizz but how about you test drivem them both ans pick the one you like that is what i would do.

 

The Prairie 650 has Slectable 2wd/4wd none of that On-Command stuff and there is A diff Lock lever on the handle Bar. I Honestly dont think the Grizzly will not even come close to the Praire in speed i have rode the Prairie 650 Twice and it is Awesome Chest-Flating Accerlation. And the Top speed for the Prairie 650 is 65Mph.

 

According to the title on the new Grizzly they make the same power as the Raptor 43.8 HP. And I remember reading in ATV sport that the Prairie makes about 43 HP. So considering that the weight of the two is about the same I think they should be pretty damn close.

 

On Demand stuff? You are thinking of Polaris man. When you push the button on a yamaha, it is in 4wd. Just the same as if you pulled a lever. There isn't any wheel spin needed before it locks in. As for speed, I don't see either one running off and leaving the other one. Both have big *** motors, and both are lightweight considering the rest of the quads in this range are upwards of 640lbs or more.

 

Andy Bassham I did not say Yahama has ON-Command i was answering 2002 Grizz Question about if the Praire has Slectable 2wd/4wd.

 

Andy, I have briefly ridden the 650 Prairie, but have only sat on the Grizzly 660. I think that you are probably right about speed. It will probably be close. I hope to ride the Grizzly as soon as possible. I don't know how vibration free the Grizzly is, but the Prairie is extremely smooth, and it has the greatest sounding exhaust I've ever heard. The Grizzly seems small compared to the Prairie although overall dimensions are fairly close. The Prairie is slightly wider, longer and lower. If you are into riding double (did I swear?), the Prairie's seat is much longer than the Grizzly's. I really like the front grill of the Grizzly. It has nice styling. The Prairie has 45 watt headlights. I don't know how good the Grizzly's lights are. Both machines have cut weight in different ways. The Prairie has light aluminum skid plates. The Grizzly has light plastic skid plates. The Prairie has aluminum floorboards. The Grizzly has plastic floorboards. Which is better? Time will tell. Both have light body plastic. The Grizzly has very nice looking racks with non-skid paint on them. I would think that the center of gravity on the Prairie is a bit lower than the Grizzly because of the location of the gas tank and the V-twin. I know that the balance of the Prairie is very good. I wonder if the Grizzly is a bit tippy? The independant suspension on the rear of the Grizzly looks very well engineered. It's ground clearance is great, but that diminishes somewhat when you sit on it, so the useful difference from the Prairie isn't as much as the specs suggest. The Prairie has a lot less to go wrong on the back end with a sealed brake and no exposed U joints etc., but at the expense of some ground clearance and maybe comfort. Andy, in another post you said that the Polaris Sportsman won top dog honours for so long only because of its IRS. I agree that it was a large factor, but I think that even the Magnum would have won most of the old "shootouts" because of the full-time 4X4 and the power and speed of the Polaris (Fuji) 500 engine. I've never been impressed with Polaris's fit and finish, and until recently their reliability has been questioned, but they have always had more features to go wrong, and have always had very comfortable seats. I think that has had as much to do with their success as IRS has. certainly no one has matched their speed until now. The IRS on the Grizzly has most people writing off the Prairie, but I think that the Prairie's ride will be closer than most think. I'm also really interested in the comparisons of the locking front differentials. The Grizzly's is electric and is either on or off. The Prairie's is mechanical and can be "feathered" for better steering control and also can't be mistakenly left on, but in reality that may mean little. The simplicity of the Prairie's locker should mean better reliability. I hope someone can compare the two systems soon to show the pros and cons.
I don't think it is fair to make any final decision on which one is best for me until I ride both. I know that the Prairie is an absolute "rush" for a utility quad. Is the Grizzly? We'll see. In my experience specs don't mean much. You have to actually ride the machine to know if it suits you. I don't know why so many posters make "informed" statements about machines they've never ridden. We are all looking for different things.
They both look like great machines. Can it get much better than this?

 

So how does the locker on the grizzly work? Do you have to stop before and after the mudhole to engage/disengage the locker? Or can it be done without coming to a stop?

 

92lt, from what the salesman told me, you can lock or unlock it at any time by simply pushing the button. My only concerns were if you were to forget to unlock it and had to quickly turn, you may be in trouble, and electric components sometimes aren't as reliable as mechanical systems either, so hopefully if it were to fail, it would not be engaged. It probably works well and would be just a matter of getting used to it.