New to the sight and new to atving. Hello. I’m buying my first atv for Pa trail riding and a trip a year to Wv hatfield McCoy trails. I won’t be taking it in anything like videos I’ve seen. I’m stuck on these two models. I’ve test rode the 850, 570sportsman and 570 outlander. The 850 sportsman was only in the dealers driveway. The other two were on trails behind the shop. Honestly the 570s seemed like plenty for me. And I couldn’t notice a difference from the 850 under 25 mph. I know it has more though. The 650 xt caught my eye and seems like a happy medium in power but comes with winch and brush guards and hand guards. It also in my opinion looks the best. In doing my research seems there is no perfect machine but it seems the Visco lok is inferior to Polaris awd. Seems like there is a delay and then kicks in violently. From my test drive I liked the handling better on the sportsman but I thought the engine breaking was excessive. It reminded me of driving a stick shift in first gear. I’m sure it would be great on steep descents but what about the rest of the time. The price is 1000 more out the door for the outlander 650xt but it has more with it. I could add winch and brush guards for that and be even up on price. I know I’m missing some things and as you guys chime in it will remind me. Thanks. Oh and I know this is a Can am site so it may be biased so I’ll post on polaris too. Any one who has owns these models please let me know.

New to the sight and new to atving. Hello. I’m buying my first atv for Pa trail riding and a trip a year to Wv hatfield McCoy trails. I won’t be taking it in anything like videos I’ve seen. I’m stuck on these two models. I’ve test rode the 850, 570sportsman and 570 outlander. The 850 sportsman was only in the dealers driveway. The other two were on trails behind the shop. Honestly the 570s seemed like plenty for me. And I couldn’t notice a difference from the 850 under 25 mph. I know it has more though. The 650 xt caught my eye and seems like a happy medium in power but comes with winch and brush guards and hand guards. It also in my opinion looks the best. In doing my research seems there is no perfect machine but it seems the Visco lok is inferior to Polaris awd. Seems like there is a delay and then kicks in violently. From my test drive I liked the handling better on the sportsman but I thought the engine breaking was excessive. It reminded me of driving a stick shift in first gear. I’m sure it would be great on steep descents but what about the rest of the time. The price is 1000 more out the door for the outlander 650xt but it has more with it. I could add winch and brush guards for that and be even up on price. I know I’m missing some things and as you guys chime in it will remind me. Thanks. Oh and I know this is a Can am site so it may be biased so I’ll post on polaris too. Any one who has owns these models please let me know.