Well, went with HD10. Put the deposit down and should pick up in 3 weeks.
Deciding factor between the Polaris and can am was just reputations. Seemed like 9/10 can am owners loved their machine but 1/2 of those who had a polaris either regretted it or had some kind of complaint.
Went HD10 just to get extra clearance. The 2k ish price difference also came with about 15 extra hp. Shouldn’t ever need it but never hurts to have. Probably gonna keep it til the wheels fall off.
My advice, just .02, wish someone had told me stories
Read some of the manual, it has a lot of features you won't believe, especially the modes
Make them go over the whole thing with you before you leave, showing you all the features --- they did, but I was excited and ready to roll.
Check all the fluids, etc. -- mine was ready, some I've read, the dealerships didn't do a good job of it.
Make them open the hood/cargo at the front and latch it several times, that thing can be a bugger
Make sure you clip in the driver seatbelt, it won't go over 13mph without that clipped in
Also, if you are going to just run trails slowly, hunting/whatnot, anything under 20mph, just put the thing in low gear.
#1) Make sure you have a trailer big enough for the thing, it is huggggeeeee - especially with the winch/bumper and a round type bumper added in the back
If you can afford it, get a defroster added if you get a full front windshield, you will thank me later on cold/semi-cold mornings and it starts fogging up --- I finally bought one of those cheap defrosters on Am#$%^ that have huge negative reviews (it has worked this deer season when I've needed it, at least enough to get me to stands)
