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SXS anyone here ride them
TooBig
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Getting ready for a new season of riding at Cloud 9 in Missouri lots of fun riding and camping
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UTVs are generally side side seating.
Out west watch out for Forest Service rules that limit machines to 50" or less for ATV trails. Forest Service considers any machine over 50" to be the same as a jeep. If over 50" you are excluded from any ATV trail.
In the ATV club the saying is: "As you age, you need the cage".
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
Out west watch out for Forest Service rules that limit machines to 50" or less for ATV trails. Forest Service considers any machine over 50" to be the same as a jeep.
Must be a local thing for your laws are outdated. Of the three classes of SxS (50", 60" and 64") they're only three made that are 50" wide or less (not including the two main kid SxS's sold}.
WV threw out the 50" max width years ago on federal/state lands/trails when SxS's begin out numbering ATV's on the trails.
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TooBig
Can only speak for the local's. 1. Yamaha Viking, 2. Kawasaki Teryx 3. Can Am Commander are outselling the Honda and Polaris models nearly 3-1. Younger people are still holding onto their RZR's but the interest and continuously having to replace parts along with the lack of warranty support has many wishing that they had gotten something else.
You take a Yamaha Viking for example. You have a machine that three people (or two lager ones) can comfortably trail ride all day while carrying enough gear or "supplies" and still use it for hunting, camping trips and work around the house or farm. RZR you ride it and park it in the garage until the next ride.. You try to work one and they will not hold up. Try to go camping for a week end and you look like an old tin smith hoking his wears out of a covered wagon with stuffed strapped everywhere. For the bed is barely large enough for a 40 quart cooler let alone anything else.
Cloud 9 = 150 miles of trails.. Kind of small really. We can ride 150 miles in one day and never cross the same trail twice.
We do both own light motorcycles...
Makaila wanted - wants to own a pair of quads for recreational trail riding in spring and fall...
That has been put on hold until we see how my Cancer resolves itself...
The initial plan was to keep them in the nice shed adjacent to her cabin on MV...
She already has a late 70's dodge 4x4 truck and a trailer on the property...
The trailer can be used to move the bikes around and using it to transport quads is a pretty simple task...
During the season MV does not allow for quads or sxs usage on the roads but in the off season it's permitted by residents with the proper paperwork...
Currently we use the bikes and the Dodge pu as recreation
Having a sxs to tool around the island off season and in poor weather together would be nice...
She has also looked into sidecars for both bikes...
I guess if the Cancer don't kill me we will explore quads and an sxs for future adventure...
Mike
I had the Rhino's carb jetted so it would operate in a wide range of altitudes, from a few hundred feet above sea level in Ocotillo Wells all the way to 10,000 feet over the top of Silver Canyon and up to the Bristlecone forest in the White Mountains above Bishop. It had a lot of power loss at altitude for sure, but it chugged along and got us there every time.
Bikes and quads are a lot of fun, but there's no other way to take the whole family along (especially when they're small) unless you buy a Jeep...and some of the spots I crawled that Rhino into and onto would be a very tight fit even for a CJ..[:D]
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Do you have another machine to compare with the 570? I'm looking at a replacement or additional Ranger that is less thirsty than the hot rod mid-side 800 I've been running the last 3 years. I'm just concerned the 570 will come up short on low end pulling power.
I wouldn't say we "ride them". The Ranger is just another farm implement or tool in the box. We USE them daily but it's not recreational.
That is if you need the cage.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
quote:Originally posted by Alpine
Out west watch out for Forest Service rules that limit machines to 50" or less for ATV trails. Forest Service considers any machine over 50" to be the same as a jeep.
Must be a local thing for your laws are outdated. Of the three classes of SxS (50", 60" and 64") they're only three made that are 50" wide or less (not including the two main kid SxS's sold}.
WV threw out the 50" max width years ago on federal/state lands/trails when SxS's begin out numbering ATV's on the trails.
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There are bunch of trails here in Utah too with 50 inch width restrictions. Some make sense because of steep narrow trails, others not so much.
I have a Kubota 1120 Diesel for my wife and myself to use around house and up at cabin. Top speed is only 32 mph. Not fast, but powerful. Nice rig.
My hunting partner has a Diesel Kubota UTV that we use in Montana.
It is an incredible piece of machinery. Unreal power!
Dragged a fully loaded pick up truck with trailer up a pretty steep muddy hill in the rain. The mud there is more like axle grease.
It took 5 years to get it done. Except for Trail Cat and Forest Service chainsaws, volunteers (like me) did all the grunt work.
About 70% of Idaho is Forest service or BLM land.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain