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Cf moto 2016

Hi all. Newbie to this forum here. Have been looking at side by sides for a couple years but could not pull the trigger on a $20,000 investment. Decided I could afford a CF MOTO 2016 ES-SPS that I got out the door for around $11,500 plus accessoriees. I take delivery in a week. Still have my bike but my group of friends now has several side by sides. What experience in the last year have any of you had with the CF MOTO? BTW, I expect full bashing from the RZR crowd, just out of my price range. :ride:
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Pitster Pro 150 rear brake line

Hi, My 72 lb daughter was on her pitster this Halloween weekend and her fun was cut short on the first day. She was riding for a few hours and then lost brakes. After thorough inspection I noticed the rear brake line somehow rubbed onto the tire and burned thru. What is weird is that these lines have never been messed with and the stock zip ties are still intact and in stock locations. Now I have to get this fixed before Thanksgiving weekend. I looked at their site and it is only 9.50, but 20 bucks to ship! Anyone got these on stock or can get one? Are they the same as the 170? I have a 170 as well so I guess I’ll have to put both side by side and see if they are the same cable. Too bad this is a safety issue….:sad:
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2016 Can Am Defender First Ride

Work. Work is the thing that we generally have to do to keep the lights on at the house and shoes on the kid’s feets. What is that old idiom? 10 percent of the time I do what I want and the rest I do what I have to. BRP has been making grin-inducing machines for the better part of the last century and all this one, so they know something about making the most out of that valuable 10 percent. They took a look at the working part of your life for 2016. Enter the Can Am Defender.

The Defender is the new utility based UTV. The Can Am team hosted the press fleet at the gorgeous Harpole’s Heartland Lodge in Nebo, IL. Harpole’s could not have been a better place to show off this machine and to stuff us full of delicious food and tasty drinks. The place is gorgeous.

The utility market is pretty much owned by a few players: Polaris, John Deere, Kubota. Why would Can Am want to wade into the deep waters of the utility market? Well, contrary to my belief, there is a lot of market left out there as many industries and properties are still using trucks where a UTV would better serve. Who better to provide tough, capable, and clever solutions to these folks than Can Am?

What you care about

The Defender is offered with two different engine options and 5 trim levels. That sounds like a lot of information to take in, but think about it this way: Decide on the 800 (HD8) or the 1000 (HD10) engine and then how much stuff do you want and need. For those looking for the basic work machine, you are looking at the base Defender, and you can get it in any color so long as it is green. Once you start thinking about progressive power steering, you are looking at the Defender DPS. This opens up your color palette to yellow, green, or Mossy Oak.

Now on to the fancier models. Once you start wanting driving modes, a factory-standard winch, taller Bighorn 2.0 27’s, slick gauges, enclosed under-seat storage, roof, skid plate (plastic), and pretty paint, on your plastics, you are looking at the Defender XT. Add a cab, and you guessed it, the Defender XT Cab.

If I were buying this machine, as I said, I would look at the engine choice first. The HD8 is an 800cc Rotax engine pushing out 50 units of horsepower, and a square 50 pound feet of torque. If those numbers don’t tickle you where it counts, then take a look at the HD10. This is a 976cc Rotax engine that is pushing out 72 horse and 61 pounds. All of these numbers are several percentage points higher than the almost comparable engines from the other guys. This decision needs to come from what you are actually going to be doing with this machine. Only you can answer that.

Read more here: 2016 Can Am Defender First Ride – Can-Am ATV Forum

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looking for honest input on multi use SXS purchase

I’m a die hard dirt bike guy (enduro/hare scrambles), but here in northern NJ, the winters are getting longer every year and I don’t want to go through another one without something to ride.

many of my buddies have RZR’s, both 800s and 900s, and they all love them…I’ve held off for a while, but now my daughter is itching to drive something off road. So I figure I can justify it to wifey as a multi purpose purchase.

1. something to use in the snow
2. get our daughter into off road
3. use for gathering fire wood for our backyard fire pit
4. possibly plow the driveway

I live in an area that is very friendly to off road vehicles and have 100’s of miles of trails at my front door. I just have to drive an 1/8 mile down the road to access the woods.

I like the RZR 800/900s models, but they seem to be pure sport…meaning very little bed space for other uses.

I’ve got about 7k to work with, so it’s either find a well used machine, or finance a new one. If I go new I don’t want to spend much more that 12-13k

seems I can find decent used RZR’s around here for 6-8k. I’ve been looking hard at the new yamaha wolverine rspec and although it probably no where near as fast as the RZR it seems like it would satisfy my need pretty well.

I don’t need to go blazing fast, as our terrain is very hilly and extremely rocky tighter trails. If I want to go really fast I’ll take my dirt bike.

looking for opinions and advice..

Thanks