I’ve posted this thread on the Renegade section, but thought it would be useful to get an opinion from Outlander riders (plus there are more people currently viewing!).
To cut a long story short, I’m a current 2012 Outlander XMR 800 owner from the UK (Surrey), and could really do with some advice regarding my next purchase! Having competed in Croatia Trophy this year my bike is pretty battered and has been unreliable, and I’m tempted with a good deal I’m being offered on a 2016 Renegade 570 X XC – I’m drawn to the reliability of the G2 over the G1 as well as the 3 year warranty as I have limited time (and expertise) to do a great deal of mechanical stuff myself so this is a pretty big factor for me.
I have a slight concern though – a couple of people have mentioned that the SWB of the Renegade will make the steep ascents / descents and off camber stuff more tricky / less stable – I’ve only ever experienced the LWB XMR Outlander so I’d be really interested on rider experiences of this before I push the button on the purchase. My riding terrain when we compete is pretty extreme so don’t want to make life more difficult or dangerous!! My riding partner uses a LWB Outlander so I need to make sure that he doesn’t end up with an advantage over me or I’ll end up slowing him down in a competitive event.
I do like the idea of something more agile and lighter, and I think I’m less concerned about the power as I tend not to use it on the road or for fast xc, it’s more around the ability on the technical stuff. However I would also be interested in opinions on this.
I’ve posted this thread on the Renegade section, but thought it would be useful to get an opinion from Outlander riders (plus there are more people currently viewing!).
To cut a long story short, I’m a current 2012 Outlander XMR 800 owner from the UK (Surrey), and could really do with some advice regarding my next purchase! Having competed in Croatia Trophy this year my bike is pretty battered and has been unreliable, and I’m tempted with a good deal I’m being offered on a 2016 Renegade 570 X XC – I’m drawn to the reliability of the G2 over the G1 as well as the 3 year warranty as I have limited time (and expertise) to do a great deal of mechanical stuff myself so this is a pretty big factor for me.
I have a slight concern though – a couple of people have mentioned that the SWB of the Renegade will make the steep ascents / descents and off camber stuff more tricky / less stable – I’ve only ever experienced the LWB XMR Outlander so I’d be really interested on rider experiences of this before I push the button on the purchase. My riding terrain when we compete is pretty extreme so don’t want to make life more difficult or dangerous!! My riding partner uses a LWB Outlander so I need to make sure that he doesn’t end up with an advantage over me or I’ll end up slowing him down in a competitive event.
I do like the idea of something more agile and lighter, and I think I’m less concerned about the power as I tend not to use it on the road or for fast xc, it’s more around the ability on the technical stuff. However I would also be interested in opinions on this.
