well here is the new quad from ktm/polaris merge

[helldriver]

i thought ktm woudl have stepped it up too :yankyank:

 

 

http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/ATV...25/Features.htm

 

 

 

its a outlaw with a ktm 525 motor

 

big deal

Edited August 1, 2006 by helldriver

[Matt05]

Yah as a predator owner it really grinds my gears that they have had the predator for how long, and haven't changed a thing, but the outlaw is out for a year and then gets a 525 ktm motor.

[Animalman294]

Nice lookin' quad, but looks really tall (higher center of gravity)................... :beer:

[Meat]

those KTM 525 motors are supposed to be bad-asssssss.

[Bansh88]

Wins in the UGLY category!

 

IRS wont sell in the sand. Rocks and trails maybe.

They definitely should focus on one sport model until they get a bigger following. They're gonna go broke.

[Matt05]

And how does the new outlaw with the bigger motor and independant rear suspension way less than a predator? I just don't understand polaris sometimes, but I'm sure it will be a bad ass quad.

[locogato11283]

ktm=good, polaris=crap

[racer]

And how does the new outlaw with the bigger motor and independant rear suspension way less than a predator?

i work with both frequently and would have never guessed that. possibly because they are both still fuckin heavy. haha.

[BigRed350x]

i thought ktm woudl have stepped it up too :yankyank:

http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/ATV...25/Features.htm

its a outlaw with a ktm 525 motor

 

big deal

 

Gay... Yeah they can throw a big engine in there but that rear suspension is retarded and make the damn things weigh a freaking ton. I will take my straight axle any day.

[csrmel]

straight axles are vintage. one day they will be gone like drum brakes and carburettors.

 

like it or leave it but the days of straight axles are numbered.

[sheefreak]

straight axles are vintage. one day they will be gone like drum brakes and carburettors.

 

like it or leave it but the days of straight axles are numbered.

 

Someday maybe, but it's a long ways off.

[csrmel]

i dont think its as far off as you think. the only real disadvantage to irs is the added weight of dual shocks/springs/cv's/ barkes etc. once they figure out how to get the weight down without driving up the cost much you wont see any more straight axles except on low end machines.

 

from a performance, handling, traction, braking perspective irs is decades ahead.

 

maybe drag racing is where straight axles would awalys be better ill surely admit that, but there isnt a single 4 wheeler made from the factory which is strictly for dragging. oems cater to the masses and short of irs and fuel injection, the 4 wheeler market has sort of been stagnant as far as innovation goes.

[ogre03]

At least that's one new 4wheeler that I don't have to want. They took an ugly quad and put gay decals on it... not a good combo.

Edited August 1, 2006 by ogre03

[Shee-Male]

Yah as a predator owner it really grinds my gears that they have had the predator for how long, and haven't changed a thing, but the outlaw is out for a year and then gets a 525 ktm motor.

 

I'm realy sorry to hear you own a predaturd.

Now that they have merged you'll get a sweet engine in the same peice of crap quad, not to mention the cost of repair.

 

 

 

....damn that thing is ugly!

[speedfreak350]

I'm realy sorry to hear you own a predaturd.

Now that they have merged you'll get a sweet engine in the same peice of crap quad, not to mention the cost of repair.

....damn that thing is ugly!

 

LMFAO! I totally agree!