We had a great ride in tons of snow down at Texas Creek, CO yesterday, this is VERY unusal, I've been riding over 10 years, and there has never been a winter where we couldn't go to TC and ride all the trails with ease! We got some good riding in, but the snow stopoped us in a lot of places. Of course this is the Bomb's element and it did very well in these conditions. Especially after I turned the 4wd on

The other thing that hit me since we were riding with some new folk, and had a good size group, was that when I started riding you'd go on a ride this size or larger and see every make and model of machine, 250 KQ's, 300 Fourtrax, a Kawi, a little of everything. If you had a 400cc machine, that was something!

Then the Polaris 500 came along, and they ruled with the power, IRS, auto tranny, etc. etc. I'd go on rides and it would be 8 Polaris machines and my Foreman and a KQ.

Now it seems we have come full circle, not one Polaris on the ride yesterday, there were KQ's, Brutes, Grizz, BRP. All great machines, even though there were no Poo Poo's there, I can't help thinking that we owe Polaris a thanks for pushing the envelope and making these other manufactufers step it up and get with the program faster then they may have otherwise, even Honda has an IRS machine with FI now.

Do you think I'm getting soft or just feeling sorry for Polaris?

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Originally posted by ATVer:
Do you think I'm getting soft or just feeling sorry for Polaris?

Soft.

I like riding with alot of different machines, makes it interesting and you learn alot, especially about tires yesterday.

I hate when we're stopped and someone flips the switch on my 4wd without me knowing it.

It is nice that we have choices that we have today. Wasn't long ago they were pretty limited.

That was the point I was trying to make Cob, A LOT of great machines. Including Polaris of course. You ought to see that 450 KQ, good thing they sold a lot of the 700's before bringing this one out! Very nice quad.

Cabman...you useless pile of parrot droppings, I was trying to figure out how in the heck I accidently turned that switch off..you got me a good one! You wouldn't want that to happen at moab...huh?

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Cabman...you useless pile of parrot droppings

HEY HEY watch that KAKO has feelings you know!

For those that don't know KAKO is POOPSIE and my KID, some say he looks just like a PARROT. I think he favors POOPSIE side of the family!

I'm dead meat she reads this!

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Originally posted by ATVer:

Cabman...you useless pile of parrot droppings, I was trying to figure out how in the heck I accidently turned that switch off..you got me a good one! You wouldn't want that to happen at moab...huh?

I just wish there was room on the trail for me to plow on by you, that would have been priceless.

You KNOW what that was payback for. (brother)

Wasn't thinking about you holding my rope in Moab saving my neck Sorry Mr. ATVer sir.

C'mon Cob, find a way to go with us.

Yeah, you're right (as usual), I guess we're even. I sure dug a big hole on the trail though....

Us flatlanders are setting back here in the corn patch with temp about -6 below this morning and reading about the great time you are having so that makes me more in the mood to move out to your great state.
Glad the Bomb worked good for you and all the other models that ran along behind. Geeeee no popo's guess I will have to look around some more before I get a new quad.

zHey, glad to hear from you Stringbean, -6 Burrrr that's cold! Polaris has it's strengths, that's for sure, with your back, you don't have too many to look at! I'm with Cabman, I just love seeing all the different quads out on the trail and such, meant nothing more then that. Great choices.

Sounds like a great ride, and you guys had alot of fun, cool.

Yeah, its amazing how much these machines have improved, there are not many I dislike. And, the Mid-size class is just amazing. For awhile there is was all or nothing, you either buy a monster big bore, and get all the bell whistle, or buy a mid-size with nothing on it. Now, the mid-sizes are mirror images of the monster big bores, but with less power.