Hey all,
Long time Honda rider here. I've been riding hondas for the last 15 years, and the last 10 years I've been on an '07 Fourtrax 400FGA (Rancher). Decided I was tired of chiropractor visits after a 2 hour trail run and I needed a lot more power so it was time to upgrade. So the Honda is off to the lake for cottage duty and will make a great learner quad down the road.
I looked at what Honda had to offer but the latest 500 Rubicon just isn't enough of a power upgrade for me, and the 680 is a dinosaur. So I bought a low mile '13 Outlander 1000XT and I haven't looked back. This thing is amazing. I'd be happy with just fuel injection, power steering and IRS, 3 things my fourtrax didn't have, but the power and comfort is a huge added bonus. Even with a spring spacer lift and 28" silverbacks it still glides over ruts compared to my fourtrax, and the power is just insane. This one is an XT but with mods it's fairly similar to an XMR with the exception of the diffs. I like the XMR with all the factory upgrades but I absolutely hate the look of the Max chassis (not to offend any Max owners :grin) and I wanted the 1000 engine, so I decided to go the XT route and upgrade from there.
So far I've done a wild Boar rad relocate, rubberdown spacer lift, snorkel kit and a brand new superwinch. Just before purchase the previous owner did 28" silverbacks, a dalton clutch kit and I installed a new Dayco XTX belt when I got it even though the stock belt was probably fine.
Only complaints I have is the noisy ass clunky/whiny sounding CVT which should hopefully be fixed with a full primary/secondary clutch upgrade.
I'm also open to mod suggestions. What should I be doing/not be doing to this thing? Planning on eventually doing a QSC RevX primary and STM secondary when my funds replenish, I also wanna get a can am linq trunk box, and a few more odds and ends here and there. :wink