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tracymcknight1972 · 06-22-2009, 07:55 PM

A buddy of mine is in Iraq right now getting ready to order a new Grizzly 550 EPS. He is still unsure about the colors. I didn't know if there were any issues with the camo or not so I told him I would post a thread here and see if there were any issues of peeling, changing colors or what not. I told him to go with the blue(which I really like). Lets here it guys. Any issues??

gwrgrizz700 · 06-22-2009, 08:41 PM

I have an 03 Kodiak 400 and an 07 700 both are camo and am really happy with the camo on both the 03 has a few black plastic areas showing through which it had when I bought it used 4 years ago, and the 07 has a few marks where it was scratched and nothing more has come off and I pressure wash each after just about every ride, tell him to go camo you dont see stress marks in the plastic when the plastic is kinked, and it hides scratches extremely well.

**gunny** · 06-23-2009, 07:53 AM

Personally, I wouldn't get anything but camo ... for the very reasons GwrGrizz700 wrote about ... it hides everything ........... However ....... I bought a green one because there weren't any camo ones around when my wallet was burning a hole in my pocket .......... and the first thing I did was put a camo covering on it ............. WHAT ??

I've heard .... that some times some of the camo ones start to change color .... can't remember if that was Polaris ones or all of them ? ...... and it may have been the early camo that had that problem ..... but if a guy keeps a cover over it or keeps in in a garage .... no worries ......... that goes for a colored one too I would guess.

Now, if your friend likes to polish, likesthe shine of a new bike, etc. ..... then a colored one would be nice ....... I'm partial to Green .... (Big Grin !!!)

Later ....

rbdenman · 06-23-2009, 11:35 AM

I could never buy a camo bike... I'd park it int he woods, forget where I left it, and there I'd be... trying to find something that I don't have a chance in **** of seeing... The brighter the better for me!

ratterrier · 06-23-2009, 11:59 AM

Bob, thats just cause yer gettin old...hehehe

Camo on my 02 grizz is great! Looks good clean or dirty! =)

rbdenman · 06-23-2009, 02:39 PM

I think that my eyeballs are aging faster than MOST of the rest of me... It's getting rough when you park an ATV in the woods, and can't find it... It happened when I was still ignorant and riding my Polaris Trail Boss 350L. Mostly gray and completely invisible to me once I turned around in the woods... I once actually spent fifteen minutes lokking for the **** thing. (I still think that the forest elves moved it on me!) After that I tied an orange ribbon to the bars...

**hammer07** · 06-23-2009, 07:34 PM

GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it just looks sexy, and come on, what are you really going to sneak up on with a camo grizzly?

gwrgrizz700 · 06-23-2009, 08:28 PM

Camo is fun when you blow by the blue ones (because we all know they are the slowest ), then you can roost them and they have no idea what hit them. LoL

**hammer07** · 06-23-2009, 10:17 PM

is that where all those flying rocks keep coming from?

tracymcknight1972 · 06-23-2009, 10:41 PM

I emailed him and told him not to worry with the camo. He will pick it up when he comes in on R&R next month. He won't get to ride it though because him and his wife are going to ride the rapids in Canada again this year. He was going to go with the 700 but his dad will ride it some during hunting season and he didn't want to get one with that much power. He is supposed to come down in december and ride with us either at Wolfpen Gap or Bear Creek. He will be bringing one of our Army buddies that has a Brute. I hope we don't have to pull that thing(brute) back to the trucks. Those are some rough trails!!![img]/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/FCKeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/wink_smile.gif[/img]

Now what kind of tires do I need to talk him into. I would think he would need bighorns.

06-22-2009, 07:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
tracymcknight1972 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 252	Any Camo Issues A buddy of mine is in Iraq right now getting ready to order a new Grizzly 550 EPS. He is still unsure about the colors. I didn't know if there were any issues with the camo or not so I told him I would post a thread here and see if there were any issues of peeling, changing colors or what not. I told him to go with the blue(which I really like). Lets here it guys. Any issues?? __________________ Money Available For Mods: $0.00 .html-marquee {height:100px;width:400px;background-color:FF0000;font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;color:FFFFFF;border-width:4;border-style:solid;border-color:ff0000;} FOR SALE: 2005 Red Honda Rincon with the following stuff: 26" Mudlite XL's, HL Springs Painted Red, PowerMadd Handguards, AP Stick Stoppers(highly polished), Carb Spring Clip Mod, Amsoil 0W40 Synthetic Oil, Amsoil 80-90 Synthetic Gear Oil, ATV Guru Front Bumper(The Best Made), 06-07 Stock Exhaust,DynaTek CDIFree HTML Tutorial

06-22-2009, 08:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
gwrgrizz700 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: ruffsdale Posts: 778	I have an 03 Kodiak 400 and an 07 700 both are camo and am really happy with the camo on both the 03 has a few black plastic areas showing through which it had when I bought it used 4 years ago, and the 07 has a few marks where it was scratched and nothing more has come off and I pressure wash each after just about every ride, tell him to go camo you dont see stress marks in the plastic when the plastic is kinked, and it hides scratches extremely well. __________________ 07 700 Green Grizz, Yamaha Hand Guards, Yamaha 2" Rcvr, Home-made SST power tip, Air-box Mod., Aluminum Product Skids, EPI clutch kit, SS108 Wheels, and of course CUSTOM BRAKE AND THROTTLE COVERS thanks to myself. check out my designs http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh74/gwrgrizz/custom%20covers/

06-23-2009, 07:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
gunny Moderator Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Above Sea Level Posts: 4,225	Personally, I wouldn't get anything but camo ... for the very reasons GwrGrizz700 wrote about ... it hides everything ........... However ....... I bought a green one because there weren't any camo ones around when my wallet was burning a hole in my pocket .......... and the first thing I did was put a camo covering on it ............. WHAT ?? I've heard .... that some times some of the camo ones start to change color .... can't remember if that was Polaris ones or all of them ? ...... and it may have been the early camo that had that problem ..... but if a guy keeps a cover over it or keeps in in a garage .... no worries ......... that goes for a colored one too I would guess. Now, if your friend likes to polish, likesthe shine of a new bike, etc. ..... then a colored one would be nice ....... I'm partial to Green .... (Big Grin !!!) Later .... __________________ "Work" is a Dirty Four Letter Word !!! My Vids -- http://www.youtube.com/user/GunnyE9

06-23-2009, 11:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
rbdenman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Grahamsville Posts: 7,458	I could never buy a camo bike... I'd park it int he woods, forget where I left it, and there I'd be... trying to find something that I don't have a chance in **** of seeing... The brighter the better for me! __________________ SOLD!! 2004 Grizzly: Way too many modifications to try and list them all here...

06-23-2009, 11:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
ratterrier Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Moore Posts: 1,476	Bob, thats just cause yer gettin old...hehehe Camo on my 02 grizz is great! Looks good clean or dirty! =) __________________ 2002 660 Grizzly 27" Swamp Witches, Flipped rear hubs, Cut white wire to CDI box diff lock speed limiter, Tamarack front box, Ramsey 2500 winch, Seat back

06-23-2009, 02:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
rbdenman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Grahamsville Posts: 7,458	I think that my eyeballs are aging faster than MOST of the rest of me... It's getting rough when you park an ATV in the woods, and can't find it... It happened when I was still ignorant and riding my Polaris Trail Boss 350L. Mostly gray and completely invisible to me once I turned around in the woods... I once actually spent fifteen minutes lokking for the **** thing. (I still think that the forest elves moved it on me!) After that I tied an orange ribbon to the bars... __________________ SOLD!! 2004 Grizzly: Way too many modifications to try and list them all here...

06-23-2009, 07:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
hammer07 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marion Center Posts: 2,573	GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it just looks sexy, and come on, what are you really going to sneak up on with a camo grizzly? __________________ "When life's never dull, wear a hull for your skull!" -Phineas Fletcher BLUE ('cause it's the fastest, most powerful color)'07 660 with a whole pile of stuff added! BLUE ('cause it's STILL the fastest, most powerful color)'09 550 w/EPS

06-23-2009, 08:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
gwrgrizz700 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: ruffsdale Posts: 778	Camo is fun when you blow by the blue ones (because we all know they are the slowest ), then you can roost them and they have no idea what hit them. LoL __________________ 07 700 Green Grizz, Yamaha Hand Guards, Yamaha 2" Rcvr, Home-made SST power tip, Air-box Mod., Aluminum Product Skids, EPI clutch kit, SS108 Wheels, and of course CUSTOM BRAKE AND THROTTLE COVERS thanks to myself. check out my designs http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh74/gwrgrizz/custom%20covers/

06-23-2009, 10:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
hammer07 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marion Center Posts: 2,573	is that where all those flying rocks keep coming from? __________________ "When life's never dull, wear a hull for your skull!" -Phineas Fletcher BLUE ('cause it's the fastest, most powerful color)'07 660 with a whole pile of stuff added! BLUE ('cause it's STILL the fastest, most powerful color)'09 550 w/EPS

06-23-2009, 10:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
tracymcknight1972 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 252	I emailed him and told him not to worry with the camo. He will pick it up when he comes in on R&R next month. He won't get to ride it though because him and his wife are going to ride the rapids in Canada again this year. He was going to go with the 700 but his dad will ride it some during hunting season and he didn't want to get one with that much power. He is supposed to come down in december and ride with us either at Wolfpen Gap or Bear Creek. He will be bringing one of our Army buddies that has a Brute. I hope we don't have to pull that thing(brute) back to the trucks. Those are some rough trails!!![img]/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/FCKeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/wink_smile.gif[/img] Now what kind of tires do I need to talk him into. I would think he would need bighorns. __________________ Money Available For Mods: $0.00 .html-marquee {height:100px;width:400px;background-color:FF0000;font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;color:FFFFFF;border-width:4;border-style:solid;border-color:ff0000;} FOR SALE: 2005 Red Honda Rincon with the following stuff: 26" Mudlite XL's, HL Springs Painted Red, PowerMadd Handguards, AP Stick Stoppers(highly polished), Carb Spring Clip Mod, Amsoil 0W40 Synthetic Oil, Amsoil 80-90 Synthetic Gear Oil, ATV Guru Front Bumper(The Best Made), 06-07 Stock Exhaust,DynaTek CDIFree HTML Tutorial