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Outlander 850 vs 1000

Looking for some advice here, I'm torn between a new non-DPS Outlander 850 at $9000 and an Outlander XT 1000R at $12,750 (I can't stand the orange on the Outlander DPS 1000R)
Is the 1000R really worth the extra $3750 (and the bumpers and shit from the XT)? I don't really care for DPS my current 500 doesn't have it, just one extra thing to break. I will doing a full mud build on it with rad relocate, snorkels, 29.5" tires, RJWC exhaust, RJWC tuner, 2-3" lift and most importantly a QSC primary (is a secondary worth it for mud riding?)

We do a decent amount of trail riding, but I love the mud and will go out of my way to find any, good bit of winter riding too, plowing, etc. I love power, and want to know how much of a difference you guys think the 850 is from the 1000R. I can throw that $3750 into the mods and save heaps, but if that extra ~10HP is that big of a difference I'll drop the extra cash lol. Just want to know what you guys think, thank you!!!

edit: I also want the short chassis, does anybody know if the 1000R XT has the short chasis? The 850 Outlander non-dps does I presume right?
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Secondary

Hey guys new owner of a 13 renegade xxc 1000. Well today I had a belt pop. Very old and was cracking in between the bottom teeth. Well I had a guy tell me to get a 8x1.25 bolt so i did well i screwed it into the secondary and the bolt stopped and wouldnt go any further. So I tried to back it out well it would come out. So I had to take secondary off drill out the bolt. Well the threads are very light and almost non existent. Well now i have to re tap it. Can I use one of the other holes or maybe both to get an even push to open the back side up more and evenly? So the biggest question is can I tap the other holes to 8x1.25?

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Front end shaking

The last two rides my 1000XP has developed a shake in the front end, starts at around 49 MPH and get worse the faster I go. I am going to pull the wheels and start with a visual inspection of the components I can see. I hope I can see something obvious.


Anyone have a suggestion as to what to check first if I don't see anything?
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2008 400 efi xt – oil change

just acquired this and want to change the oil before i use it. the book says SAE 5w30. i have no idea what the last guy put in it, but is plain old 5w30 the best to use as per mfg? or are ppl using something better? it has 2000 miles. i believe this model uses the same oil for engine and gearbox (hoping oil change helps some w/ hard shifting as i had read it does for some).


thanks.