So we got the xp out to Glamis again to take advantage of the great sand and weather (an lack of crowds). Our first ride was out to China Wall....boy was it soft and fun! We got out there about noon Saturday and there were about 6 quads there. With in five minutes about 5 more groups of quads, rails, and/or rzr's got there.
The XP climbed China with ease....if my back wasn't bothering me so much I would have tried to hammer through the whoops and see if I could climb it faster, but I rolled through them and hammered the skinny pedal and climbed it no problem. My friend then hopped it and side hilled China a few times and then took my wife up it. I was pretty shocked that the stock XP climbed China with 2 people in it. This thing is truly awesome! By that time 2 more XP's got there and they were the only SxS's even playing on the hill. At one point my buddy in mine and someone else in the XP criss crossed side hilling about 3/4's of the way up...was pretty fun to watch.
Here's a video of a side hill of China, still processing the climb videos of it climbing straight up....(sorry for the crappy cell video)
I also went through and checked the filters etc - oil was good but the intake (much to my chagrin) had sand in it. We had about 100 miles on the clock when I checked the air filter and intake...not as bad as the old style but not as good as I had hoped! The breather elements were both pretty nasty and I gave them a good soaking. Someone should come up with new elements that let less sand through!
We went over to the drags Saturday afternoon and I raced a turbo'd rzr (one time) and took him by about a car length. The rev limiter may have been keeping him from staying side by side with me. After that I took a few runs and topped out at about 70mph. I raced two yfz 450's a few times and pulled them both once, otherwise we were all about neck and neck with them getting a better jump on me a few times and winning.
There were some fast turbo'd rzrs out there. One must have had a turbo'd big bore or something because he was beating all the XP's, other turbo rzrs and poor old commanders! :rofl3:
I still need to get the rear end dialed a little better as it seemed pretty hoppy through a lot of the whoops. My back can't handle hammering through them at speed to see if the suspension is capable at handling that terrain at that speed....but all in all its keeping me smiling the whole time. We were in the big bowls on the way to the drags and for the first time ever back there I had to use the brakes because I was carrying too much speed....go figure!
I'm still amazed at how this thing does stock! Here are a few pics, we spent more time riding than shooting pics!
The XP climbed China with ease....if my back wasn't bothering me so much I would have tried to hammer through the whoops and see if I could climb it faster, but I rolled through them and hammered the skinny pedal and climbed it no problem. My friend then hopped it and side hilled China a few times and then took my wife up it. I was pretty shocked that the stock XP climbed China with 2 people in it. This thing is truly awesome! By that time 2 more XP's got there and they were the only SxS's even playing on the hill. At one point my buddy in mine and someone else in the XP criss crossed side hilling about 3/4's of the way up...was pretty fun to watch.
Here's a video of a side hill of China, still processing the climb videos of it climbing straight up....(sorry for the crappy cell video)
I also went through and checked the filters etc - oil was good but the intake (much to my chagrin) had sand in it. We had about 100 miles on the clock when I checked the air filter and intake...not as bad as the old style but not as good as I had hoped! The breather elements were both pretty nasty and I gave them a good soaking. Someone should come up with new elements that let less sand through!
We went over to the drags Saturday afternoon and I raced a turbo'd rzr (one time) and took him by about a car length. The rev limiter may have been keeping him from staying side by side with me. After that I took a few runs and topped out at about 70mph. I raced two yfz 450's a few times and pulled them both once, otherwise we were all about neck and neck with them getting a better jump on me a few times and winning.
There were some fast turbo'd rzrs out there. One must have had a turbo'd big bore or something because he was beating all the XP's, other turbo rzrs and poor old commanders! :rofl3:
I still need to get the rear end dialed a little better as it seemed pretty hoppy through a lot of the whoops. My back can't handle hammering through them at speed to see if the suspension is capable at handling that terrain at that speed....but all in all its keeping me smiling the whole time. We were in the big bowls on the way to the drags and for the first time ever back there I had to use the brakes because I was carrying too much speed....go figure!
I'm still amazed at how this thing does stock! Here are a few pics, we spent more time riding than shooting pics!
