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so I had to go to a local dealer for a VIN check, one I have known for years. they don't sell canams at that dealership, the sister store does, but I have bought Polaris and Yamaha things from them for many years, going back a few years, so I know the service people pretty well.
they were in love with max big time, many come out and looked it over. anyway he said we have the new xp1000 Polaris in stock and built now in back if you want to look it over. could not resist. well, sounds like a vacumm cleaner, shocks could look better, its basically still a Polaris, they have improved the ability to get to filters and belts greatly, which is a plus for them. however they still fall short on form fit and function and is no where near the caliber of the mavericks style and class and defined things. other than gaining 19 hp over the xp 900 (I think it has 88hp) and a couple ponies over maverick, its not really any big changes, lot of tweeks and stuff. talking about looks, form fit and function. im not sure its going to beat a maverick in a dead race, and if it should, it will be a couple feet over a long run, IF it could, remains to be seen yet. I just could not justify buying that for the money it costs, if I owner a good 88hp xp, I would not trade up for the cost, unless I needed the 19hp. if I owned a maverick, there is no chance I would trade out for that machine. my impression is Polaris is still trying to figure out what to do, that machine gets a B- over all speaking, taking it all into account. if I only cared HP and not a thing else, then a A grade. its about more than hp for sure and maverick is still tops. you would just have to ride it to see what I mean. even a few of the techs said they wanted a mav. so if your Polaris person, its ok, nothing to run home and yell about. at least my 2 cents worth. I would stick with my xp900. instead of spending that much $$$
they were in love with max big time, many come out and looked it over. anyway he said we have the new xp1000 Polaris in stock and built now in back if you want to look it over. could not resist. well, sounds like a vacumm cleaner, shocks could look better, its basically still a Polaris, they have improved the ability to get to filters and belts greatly, which is a plus for them. however they still fall short on form fit and function and is no where near the caliber of the mavericks style and class and defined things. other than gaining 19 hp over the xp 900 (I think it has 88hp) and a couple ponies over maverick, its not really any big changes, lot of tweeks and stuff. talking about looks, form fit and function. im not sure its going to beat a maverick in a dead race, and if it should, it will be a couple feet over a long run, IF it could, remains to be seen yet. I just could not justify buying that for the money it costs, if I owner a good 88hp xp, I would not trade up for the cost, unless I needed the 19hp. if I owned a maverick, there is no chance I would trade out for that machine. my impression is Polaris is still trying to figure out what to do, that machine gets a B- over all speaking, taking it all into account. if I only cared HP and not a thing else, then a A grade. its about more than hp for sure and maverick is still tops. you would just have to ride it to see what I mean. even a few of the techs said they wanted a mav. so if your Polaris person, its ok, nothing to run home and yell about. at least my 2 cents worth. I would stick with my xp900. instead of spending that much $$$