I have a buddy that has a Grizzly,and I
have'nt seen it stopped yet.Hey it hauls ***
too!!Polaris has left a bad taste in my mouth
had a sportsman 335 for one day,and I took that P.O.S back!!The 500's may be different,
I hope so!

 

Did i here somebody calling an Arctic Cat??

 

Niiiicce Kitty ! now here's your food q:-)

[This message has been edited by mborum (edited 09-03-1999).]

 

If your on ice you realy don't want all wheels pulling. Why? Onuce you start spining you have no control. What you want is limited-slips front and rear. Why? With half your wheels driving, the other half is staying in contact with the ice, giving you traction to turn.

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Arctic Cat 500, Not your average Kitty, The New King Of the Jungle

 

If you're going to an arctic spot why not bringan Arctic Cat. It's got more torque than any other quad in it's class, even the Grizzly (but the banshee has more torque). If the liquid cooling scares you I can tell you the water in the radiator has never frozen In the weather I have been in (80-110 degree summer days).

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Arctic Cat 500, Not your average Kitty, The New King Of the Jungle

 

If I had the choice of having a limited-slip or fully locked differential to ride mud and ice, I would take the locked with no question. To turn, you need to move... and to move on ice or in mud, you surely need more than two wheel drive...

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Sylvain Belec 400 scrambler - 225 moto4

 

Cinda funny. There was an artical in one of my magazines that said they would rather leave there ARB air lockers on there truck open that way they have more control of there truck. I don't know anything about
rideing on ice, we don't get much in Louisiana, I just know what I read.

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Arctic Cat 500, Not your average Kitty, The New King Of the Jungle

 

I dont know about the other quads you asked about but a fiends of mine just bought a Foreman 450ES about 3 months ago and its a good work quad has had no problems with it I would recommend one. Definatly more suited for work than my wolverine.

 

Your choices sound fine (I would personally go for the Foreman 450S).

Seems like the issue here is traction. I highly recommend getting ice screws for one set of tires/rims. It's worth the $$$ to have 2 sets of tires on rims - so all you have to do is a quick change as the seasons go by. But, ice screws on wet logs in the woods during the warm & wet seasons do great as well! And, for those nighttime parties, just do some doughnuts in your buddie's cemented driveway at night for some pre-4th of July fireworks!

Some of us usually put the screws in our stock tires, then purchase an aftermarket set on better rims (i.e. 25x10x10 titans or spyder trax on Douglas rims).

Happy shopping!

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William Hayes

'96 Yamaha Big Bear SE

 

Undecided, have you made a decision yet? (You know that you will need to change your name to decided)