Honda Pioneer 500

[kirkl]

I had a Pioneer 500 for a couple years. It was a nice machine but pretty rough as they dont put good shocks on them and under powered. It was a billy goat but I decided I wanted something more comfortable and more power so went with the Yamaha wolverine X2 850. The wolverine is a great machine, plenty of power and comfortable to drive and love the bed. If I could afford to upgrade I would sell it and buy that Yamaha RMAX 1000, that is a sweet a$$ machine but there spendy, just like everything up in that size of a machine.

[Onewhohikes]

What kind of prices are we talking for the 1000?

[jrebel]

What kind of prices are we talking for the 1000?

New you are looking at 15K for base models.  Add a roof, windshield, heater, and a few other goodies and you are quick to hit 20K.

Used, they hold their values so you really don't get much of a deal unless you find a unicorn.  13K-18K is asking price for most used machine depending on add ons. 

[Mudman]

We now have the Defender max 1000.  1 short ride so far.  Quiet, comfy and long. Kids love it being dry and warm.  30" tires on the way.

[HillHound]

Still waiting on mine. Should be ready next week but I will be up on the mountain at the ski resort all week so it may be the week after Christmas. Just got the 3 seater though as we only have one kid and he would rather be on his dirt bike anyways. I will also be looking at getting the 30 inch tires sooner than later

[Mudman]

You will like it...  Quiet.  Heater kicks but too.  Good ride, tight turner.  I have some led pods and bar to install now.  Very hard to see in reverse at night.  Reflections off back glass horrible.  Plenty room for 3 if one i a small adult/child.

[HillHound]

Finally got my 2021 CanAm hd10 limited. I Still have to take it back in a week or two when the plow, fender flares, and a wiring harness for the extra light come in. Can’t wait to get some more snow on our property to see what it can do with the tracks on in 2 or  3 feet. Only had 6 inches but couldn’t find a hill we had trouble getting up. I love the control descending steep snowy hills. No butt puckering required like with tires waiting to slide off the side.

[Mudman]

Awesome set up.  I like it.  If ya feel like it you can wire up light yourself?  Up front where radio coould go above windshield is plastic cover.  Unbolt it.  Behind there is a bus bar.  I bought led and harness from tractor supply.  Reverse lights bolt up at rear cab door hinge bracket and ya run wire through headliner to that busbar.  Install rocker switch in switch cutout.  Reverse lights are a MUST as you will discover soon!!  Ya need em, trust me.  2 little pod leds and its really good.  It is super easy to do this one.  10 screws for cover and headliner.  Wire runs through top window seal.  Also ya can install radio if you choose as I did.  Also super easy using this busbar location.  Radio doesnt store presets however as no HOT batttery wire in location.    There are mods to do led headlight bulbs also.  I installed a 14" led bar up front.  Big help.  Using winch busbar under hood makes it pretty easy but tricky.  Thw white wires there run through firewall into cab behind switch panel.  They are for you!  Not hooked up to anything.  Bullet connectors each end.  I used em for my dash switch to light bar.

[HillHound]

Thanks that’s  great to know. I’ve  installed a few tape decks and CD players in my rigs when I was younger as well as spending a couple quarters in a community college electronics course so definitely seems like something I could do. I will have to look into those backup lights at tractor supply, can’t go wrong with more lights

[bearpaw]

Yamaha has a 10 year warranty on the belt.

It's a sales pitch by Honda, the belts on yamaha do not break or fail, they're the best cvt in the business.

And one helluva lot smoother and more efficient than a clunky slushbox, and less maintenance as well.

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If I wasn’t buying a Honda, Yamaha would be my second choice. Have owned a grizzly 660 and loved it.   I wouldn’t hesitate to by a Yamaha if the price was right and it was the machine that for my needs.   I agree their belts last forever.

I totally agree. Yamaha is good stuff. Wish they made a sxs machine that was 50" as I really need that for my application.

We have a 2005 Yamaha Rhino that is 50".  I think all of the Rhino's were 50" machines

We have four Yamaha Viking 700 (two of them are the Viking IV and two are regular Vikings) and we have one 2007 Rhino 700. Get a 2007 or newer Rhino so that you get the fuel injected engine. There are applications where I prefer each machine better than the others, sometimes the narrow little rhino works better than the wider Vikings, depending what you are doing. We have run tracks on two of the Vikings, IMO the 700 engine is a minimum for tracks, I would not want to put tracks on a machine with only a 500 engine.

We have friends who upgraded from the Viking 700 to the Honda 1000, they say the extra power and the manual tranny are huge advantages. Unless Yamaha builds a 1000 sometime soon I'll probably end up with at least one Honda 1000.

[KFhunter]

The Yamaha RMAX Wolverine is a 1000cc machine. 

[bearpaw]

The Yamaha RMAX Wolverine is a 1000cc machine.

Yeah, I keep hoping they will put a 1000 in a viking!

[Happy Gilmore]

Yamaha has a 10 year warranty on the belt.

It's a sales pitch by Honda, the belts on yamaha do not break or fail, they're the best cvt in the business.

And one helluva lot smoother and more efficient than a clunky slushbox, and less maintenance as well.

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a 10 year warranty on a $100 part...lol.. belt life is 100% dependent upon how they are used. Has nothing to do with the CVT. They are low HP is why they'll last longer.

[Mudman]

Very true.  But at same time ya have crap like polaris with many issues and recalls due to poor design and heat in clutches/belts.  So many its ridiculous.  Quality goes along way to durability but as some of us know Polaris uses public to test new designs while others test prototypes for years before release.  I tell all wait 3-4 years to buy a new polaris model.  Example the Ranger xp1000 has been out since 2019.  2021 has new improved drivelines, transmission, diff and eps I believe.  Buddies 2019 had failures in all those and is currently needing another transmission. 

[KFhunter]

Yamaha has a 10 year warranty on the belt.

It's a sales pitch by Honda, the belts on yamaha do not break or fail, they're the best cvt in the business.

And one helluva lot smoother and more efficient than a clunky slushbox, and less maintenance as well.

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a 10 year warranty on a $100 part...lol.. belt life is 100% dependent upon how they are used. Has nothing to do with the CVT. They are low HP is why they'll last longer.

like I said, it was a sales thing to counter Honda's sales pitch of no belts