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Well I picked mine up tonight
. I rode it around the dealership in the ditch and I rode it around our trails at home for about 10 minutes. Tomorrow after work we are going to our 1 mile personal MX track and I will be trying it out there. I will not be riding it to hard as it needs about 15 miles to break her in.
First impressions......WOW. I love it so far. We have about 40 acres and I went riding around on the trails that we have on our surrounding land. I was not on it very long but I did try some of the things that The reviews said it was not good at.
The bogging issue...well I am not sure what there issue was here or what they were comparing it to. I can literally put the 700xx in first gear and let out on the clutch and it will move along without applying any gas and it will not kill the motor. That would be a slow creep to me. If you do hit the gas..hang on as it is very snappy in first gear and will take some getting use to in the throttle (loved it). 2nd gear seamed about what I would use in the tight woods. Now depending on what you mean by tight woods and what I mean could be two different things. Think of a corner about a foot or two wider than your ATV and it turns about 90 degrees or maybe a little more. That is usually the average tight woods for us up here in MN. Well in second gear it worked flawless. In second I was going pretty fast into a corner in the woods and then I brought it down to a pretty slow speed to make it around the corner and then nailed the gas again. To me it seamed very effortless and smooth. If you wanted a crazy out of control wheelie out of the corner you could shift down to 1st. 2nd will also wheelie, just more controlled. I also pulled the clutch in and shifted into second gear and I let the clutch out without applying any gas and it did not kill the motor until there was not enough gas being applied by the idle speed. (witch actually took me about 5 feet or more at a troll).
Wow is it ever smooth. I cant wait to see how it handles the whoops on our track. Two of the salesman from our dealership took it out in the ditch for a little bit and commented the following. The one salesman was surprised. He was expecting to feel a heavier machine than the rapter 700R. He actually said that it felt lighter...he seamed kind of shocked.
First impressions......WOW. I love it so far. We have about 40 acres and I went riding around on the trails that we have on our surrounding land. I was not on it very long but I did try some of the things that The reviews said it was not good at.
The bogging issue...well I am not sure what there issue was here or what they were comparing it to. I can literally put the 700xx in first gear and let out on the clutch and it will move along without applying any gas and it will not kill the motor. That would be a slow creep to me. If you do hit the gas..hang on as it is very snappy in first gear and will take some getting use to in the throttle (loved it). 2nd gear seamed about what I would use in the tight woods. Now depending on what you mean by tight woods and what I mean could be two different things. Think of a corner about a foot or two wider than your ATV and it turns about 90 degrees or maybe a little more. That is usually the average tight woods for us up here in MN. Well in second gear it worked flawless. In second I was going pretty fast into a corner in the woods and then I brought it down to a pretty slow speed to make it around the corner and then nailed the gas again. To me it seamed very effortless and smooth. If you wanted a crazy out of control wheelie out of the corner you could shift down to 1st. 2nd will also wheelie, just more controlled. I also pulled the clutch in and shifted into second gear and I let the clutch out without applying any gas and it did not kill the motor until there was not enough gas being applied by the idle speed. (witch actually took me about 5 feet or more at a troll).
Wow is it ever smooth. I cant wait to see how it handles the whoops on our track. Two of the salesman from our dealership took it out in the ditch for a little bit and commented the following. The one salesman was surprised. He was expecting to feel a heavier machine than the rapter 700R. He actually said that it felt lighter...he seamed kind of shocked.