Considering a side by side - recommendations?

[Sharkattack]

Side by sides are totally new to me.

Any recommendations?
Also, many websites like Polaris products but why?
What's the difference among manufacturers?

Thanks

 

[brevndeb]

Side by sides are totally new to me.

Any recommendations?
Also, many websites like Polaris products but why?
What's the difference among manufacturers?

Thanks

Polaris XP 900. lots of power, lots of travel which makes it ride nice and it looks great. Cant go wrong.

 

[VBosch02]

x2 ^^

 

[Darryl89]

Don't drink the Kool Aid, Polaris brainwashes people into loving them...LOL

Papa Bear is right, you need to talk to friends, others that own different models and decide what kind of riding you will be doing. Some are better than others at different things.
Rock crawling, Kawasaki Teryx 4 does good, high speed desert, Polaris RZR XP 900 or an Arctic Cat Wildcat, utility work and some trail, Teryx, Prowler, Rhino, Can Am or even the new John Deere RSX850. Everyone will have their opinons and likes. The only important like is what you like. Insist on test/demo rides and not just in a paved parking lot. Research maintenance costs, parts availability, breakage history, etc... They all have their problems, some more than others..

A real biggie is your dealer support. What kind of dealers do you have, a good dealer can make any brand great to own, but a bad dealer can ruin you on any brand also.

Welcome to a great sport... and welcome to the best off-road UTV network in the world...

 

[07fj]

alot comes down to your main use for your SxS.

THE XP900 does everything well, but not 50" trail friendly, like the 800 or 570 RZR.

For more utility the commander 800 and 1000 do very well with good power and alot of storage.


kawasaki has great prices usually compared others, in stock form they do many things well.

the Arctic cat Wildcat is new and has great suspension decent power, power steering.

kawi and Polaris both have 4 seaters as well, with polaris having two choices there, the rzr4 and XP4 900, both have a power steering model.

all of the two seaters will rock crawl just fine, but are not Long travel jeeps with 40" tires.