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Yesterday I was traveling and came across a pretty neat place. The place had everything from custom made "choppers" to sandwhiches. Pretty neat store, but anyway to get to the point. This store sold Arctic Cats and they had a Thundercat on the showroom floor. I was truely shocked at how small this quad seemed! I guess I had imagined a 950cc quad to be rather massive in stature. It actually looked smaller than the 700. Weird. Has anyone else noticed this or was it just my imagination?
I only wish they would have had a salesman on the floor so I could have tried to take it for a spin on the test track at the facilities. (That and the KTM 525 )
The Thundercat has what Arctic Cat calls "ride in" suspension, which is designed with two more inches of race sag than the previous Arctic Cats. I haven't seen a Thundercat in person, but I suppose it certainly could be lower than a normal Arctic Cat, and being lower would make it look smaller.
Too bad you didn't get to test ride the 525. But maybe its a good thing you didn't, ... otherwise you would have probably done the same thing I did. I test drove one around the parking lot, and then bought it. I'm weak, I should be ashamed of myself for getting all happy faced over a little horsepower.
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I do have it in dirt bike form. Sorry I wasn't more clear about that, I just assumed the 525 he was going to ride was the 525 dirt bike, not the 525 quad. I know better than to ride the 525 quad, because I know I would have to have it if I rode it.
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Nope. Not gonna do it. I already spend too much money on toys. Its the orange color that is my weakness. We put orange Maier plastic on our Rhino. My kids Raptor 250 is the orange and black special edition version. There are three orange KTM dirt bikes in the garage already (two are my son's, and one is mine). And my wife had to literally drag me out of the local Dodge dealer when they had a hemi orange Dodge Charger parked outside of their showroom. I saw it, and I was just like a moth being drawn to a bug zapper light, LOL.
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I saw it, and I was just like a moth being drawn to a bug zapper light, LOL.
That's funny!
On the Thundercat, It did seem lower, but also shorter in length. I really expected this quad to be geared more torward the utility side of the house but it seems to lean more toward the sport side of the house even though it is utility. Does that make sense?
On the KTM issue I've created, the 525 I spoke of was a quad. They had a 525 and 450 on the floor. They had a PILE of KTM bikes as well. They truely are beautiful machines. I've done a bit of research on them and feel like they are very good quality machines. Of course with quality comes the price tag.
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That's funny!
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