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New to ATV but not to Sand riding.
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Posted by: nsk11

Hi, I am Nelson, new to ATV but not to sand. I live in Dubai, UAE. I ride Yamaha WR450 and Honda CRF450 every weekend into open deserts of Arabia. I run a guided motorcycle tour company in Dubai.

Now my wife also got the bug, she wants to ride offroad. But she wants an automatic ATV. I saw a wolverine 450 in local dealership. The sales man talked great about that.

She will not race or ride very aggressively. I want to get your opinion on the machine for average desert dune riding.
Or recommend a good Auto ATV for sand dune ride.

Thanks

Nelson

Posted by: smokinwrench

Not sure if you have Polaris over there. Polaris 4x4 500 Scrambler is the perfect atv for a woman in sand. Kinda sporty looking, plenty of power, automatic, smooth suspension and with push button 4x4 never get stuck.

With a bigger heavier 4x4 atv you need bigger paddle tires. We have 22x12x9 9 paddle skat trak haulers on our 500 scrambler and it does great. I have friends that have smaller paddles on there scramblers and ours always does better.

Posted by: nsk11

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Originally posted by smokinwrench
Not sure if you have Polaris over there. Polaris 4x4 500 Scrambler is the perfect atv for a woman in sand.

We have a Polaris dealer here. I will have a look.

Thanks.

Posted by: skillet

how about the kawi kfx 700

Posted by: smokinwrench

I have ridden one very little on dirt.

Buddy of mine that has a 500 scrambler also. He test drove a 700 and he was very disappointed he said he didn't think it was much faster then the 500 and lacked 4x4 option.

Posted by: duner93

you could go with any of the honda utility quads. Most of them have 4 wheel drive/automatic shifting/ and a bunch of different power options.