Tennsawdust
Gold Member
Gary, except that jmc's side-by-side is the new Wolverine X2, so I looked at some pics and videos on the Yamaha website. They, too, all seem to show the rears with the chevrons inverted, as in jmc's pic.
You are right about the fronts and rears being different sizes, at least stock: Fronts: 26x8-12, rears: 26x10-12.
Top speed is reported to be 50 mph, stock.Aftermarket accessories are available that claim to make it street-legal. IMO, life is already too short to drive one of those that fast on anything other than a speed track. :laughing:
My defender HD8 is pretty stable at 45 mph (on DOT radials - street tires make a huge difference!). It will supposedly do about 60 mph. Some of the 1,000 class models will do 70 mph +. They would just have to do it without me in it.... With certain equipment installed we can tag them for the road here. It is limited to secondary roads. Most anywhere I would drive it is 45 mph or less, so the HD8 is plenty adequate to keep from holding up traffic (what little we have...). The SxS is great for exploring some of the mountain roads we have around here. You rarely hit even 30 mph on most of them. It makes for a nice evening ride.
