Bought a 2007 Grizzly 700se eps with 3000km on it for $5100. Been a challenge with it…electrical issues – got some help on here and at the end of the day it ended up being the battery. During the time of troubleshooting etc another 2009 Grizzly came on kijiji for sale – went and looked at it and got it for $4200 with only 2000 km (so I thought, found out today they had it on miles so more like 3400km). The 09 was a little dirty, etc but seemed like a good deal. Get it home and find out there is a mouse nest in the airbox that has been there for quite awhile. Rust pits on the metal element in the airbox and lots of crap in there…the nest was mounded right up filling the airbox almost. Got that all cleaned up and she runs really good now. There seems to be a little tick in the engine when you are climing…kind of like a vehicle with the timing slightly out. The reason we bought the 09 is that after reading on here about the 07 and 08 stator problem we thought we would get rid of it. I would rather keep the 09, but I am concerned that the mouse nest could have caused issues with the motor if crap got in…
I guess the way it is designed it is pretty hard for anything to get in the intake, but man it was a mess!
The 07 has a two brothers pipe, love the sound and it looks like it is a different part number for the 09 so probably can’t swap it over. The 09 has sat outside more, as there is surface rust on the frame and shocks etc in spots. Overall the 07 is a cleaner bike.
Wondered what your thoughts are?
