For its intended purpose it is working out well.  I have run it down the gravel road to see what top speed is twice. Down hill, 55 mph and these machines have too much body roll to be doing those speeds imo.  Previous owner was a rancher in SD and hauled a  sprayer tank in the box from time to time . I say this cause the springs might be a touch weak in the back. Body roll is felt front and rear though. None of that matter as it won't be run that fast for my use.

I had a pair of led lights laying around so I added them to it cause the oem headlights are less then adequate for myself. 50* night, heater on high and I was rolling a window down! The heater works great.

I need new batteries for the GEM. Only 1200 bux or so. BTW,you'd easily be safe running all over town with it.

I have heard of some contraption, looks like a snail, that is supposed to blow air into the intake manifold. Supposed to add HP, or something like that. Sounds silly to me, but maybe you could get 52 or 53 HP with one. (Then a ECU, new wiring, corn fuel, bigger injectors, larger throttle body, more sensors, larger fuel pump, finer fuel filter, better air filtration, less restrictive exhaust, paddle tires, better suspension, better seats and belts, new roll cage, more lights) Did I forget anything?

 
Glad to see you have been sharing at the baa thrus meetings
 
You are correct and one hell of a snow mo ing machine with a hair dryer thinga ma jigger . This one's staying stock..... ........ish

 

You have officially entered the dark side sir.

 . Oh I knew that was coming  which is why I posted this now rather then just showing up for the trip with it. Yes its going down with scotts rail. No, I do not intend on taking out on the dunes. Yes my old a$$ will be driving it around with the heater on to visit the boys in cowboy and if I could get away with it, fabb'rs compound. At only 50 hp its not a dune macine.

So I bought a 2018 can am defender hd 8. I bought because it has a full cab and heat.  I bought it to add a snow blade too and for use around the place. I have more trees to cut and it tows my 8.5x12 utility trail very well. Easy to get to the tree lines for fire wood. Also wanted something to take to the family ranch with me for various chores. The defender hd 8, hd9 hd10 all have a 2500 lb trailer tow rating. That was #1 one on the list, #2 was a cab for winter and heat. Found this one used in Yankton south Dakota last week. Ran up sat morning to get it luckily its only a 3hr drive. Apperantly they have two offroad trail riding park close to Yankton.

Was looking at new ones but damn, $28k for an  hd10. Thats just insane to myself. Yell i paid more then I wanted for this one , but resale is still crazy for some reason.  The 1000 cc is 22 hp higher then then the hd8. Same bore diff stroke on the engine plus larger valves and a cam.  The 8's handle snow plows just fine in low range.  Yep, it's making this dune trip, the heated cab will come in handy.