What Razor to get, 2 or 4 seater?
I just started my search for a Razor. I think I would prefer the 1000 4 seater. I really don't "Need" 4 seats as it's just me and maybe a passenger, but for a couple thousand $$ it may be nice for the...
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Searching_Ut wrote:
Lot's of trade offs to be made based on what sort of riding you want to do. I bought a 2010 50inch two seat RZR back in the fall of 2009 and it has performed admirably over the years. I went that route because I wanted to explore a bunch of ATV trails that I couldn't get a bigger rig on. I can run trails that aren't an option for the bigger rigs, but the suspension is a compromise when running the dunes, or rough dirt roads at speed. It's the same issue you run into when building trucks for off roading. what works good in the mud isn't always so great on the sand. build for either of those and they generally don't do so good for rock crawling.
On thing to keep in mind if you're looking to street ride is to make sure you have the option to lock and unlock the differentials. Locked diffs are a bad thing on pavement, but open diffs leave you hanging sometimes on the trail
Finally, there are a lot of other good options out there besides the RZR. Myself I'm always looking for more power, so you might want to look for that and there are several different rigs with great power out there. Personally, I look for something you can make pretty much bullet proof as I like the desert rock crawling and hard core mountain trails, so it's something worth looking into. If you do look at options like the above mentioned Oreion Sand Reeper, keep in mind what sort of riding you're looking to do. We spent hours trying to help a guy get out of the area he got himself into down in the Moab Utah area when he tried to follow some ATV's down one of the harder tails. The open differentials and lack of low range gearing on his rig resulted in our having to do a lot of winching to get him back out of the canyon he was in. The rig looked like a great option however if you were mostly doing dirt road type driving.
So far we haven't had to deal with 50" vs 60" trails problems. Call it lucky but in Utah, Colorado, Arizonia and New Mexico we haven't had the issue. We rock crawl a lot and are in Moab now. The Sand Reeper has locking doffs front or rear. When on the road we unlock the 4 x 4 and the diff locks and roll. I have a DOT windshield steel doors etc.
The new Sand Reeper is 1100 cc lifted and cool. Just a better deal for us. 10 feet 3 inches long in the 2 seater
