2023 Can-Am Maverick X3 DS First Trail Ride and Impressions

I got sucked into the dark side! There goes my wallet!
Here is some footage of the first trail ride on my new 2023 Maverick X3 DS base model with a few accessories added. Sadly the grizzly 700 has been traded in but here's to a new beginning and different experience riding the trails around Nova Scotia and beyond
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[@allenallison3980]

I went from a Commander to a x3 very happy with it

[@michaelthola1709]

Sweet new rig. I bought a side by side a few years ago and i love it so much more comfortable to ride in.

[@GenSparks]

I got the same sxs 2023 x3 ds love that thing lots of fun plenty of power.

[@trainguyxx]

Hey, grats in the new purchase man. It looks sick, sounds killer too. I hope it brings you many adventures in the future.

[@ruyguy8888]

It's an Animal. Thanks man. I really hope this treats me as good as my other ATV's. I'm a big maintenance guy so hopefully that will help. 135 HP With a turbo! sucker is fast,

[@Zakkarroni55]

​@@ruyguy8888any updates? Any cons of buying it? I'm looking to get one

[@2Sexy22]

I’m here in NB. Just stopped at the local dealer and got a deposit on a ‘24 XDS In the new dark red/hyper silver Color. Very excited. Im also making the jump to a SxS after 24 years on ATV’s. Cheers!

[@ruyguy8888]

Im liking the switch so far! Like you, i've put on tens of thousands of Km's on ATVS all my life, Id still like to have a fourwheeler in the mix to blast around on too but can't be greedy... at least that's what my wallet says.

[@2Sexy22]

@@ruyguy8888yes and pricing accessories for these things.. the wallet is gonna be very thin lol

[@andrewbalcom8081]

Cool rig!

[@bummy6]

Sweet my friend....can't wait to rip with you this October unless we make out on a run before then

[@hbrd97119]

Just bought the exact same machine here in Oregon, I've been riding banshee's for a long time but last time out on the dunes I got into one of these and i was sold. Then again, I'm almost 70 and that damn sand is not getting any softer! Did you say accessories? yep, already on the hunt. I think I'll start with the minimum, windshield, top,bumper, and side view mirrors.

[@ruyguy8888]

Well i hope im still going to be able to ride at 70, kudos for keeping at it. Im not a dune rider and other than much longer wheelbase, my X3 has been a fantastic woods ripper. I'll suggest setting the suspension up first and foremost on your machine. They come all kinds of screwed up and unadjusted from the factory. Ride height, H/M/S switch setting and crossover rings. Not too hard to figure out.

[@bigjay6743]

Nice ride but at 47 I still love my ATV's Don't get me wrong one day I probably will get a side-by-side but not anytime soon.

[@ruyguy8888]

Once this is paid in a few years, I'll be looking again at ATVs Garunteed. They are just too much fun. This is something different i wanted to try and the timing was pretty good.

[@BackWoodsJunkie]

Nice!! When u made the turn with the stick marking the deep water thought that was heading towards Tomahawk Lake. So did someone paint over a carving? No respect at all.

[@ruyguy8888]

The Tamahawk carving hasn't been painted over, but there is stupid high school "AJ loves ME Forever" bullshit spraypainted besde it. Just a bunch of kids destroying a beautifully carved rock, taking a picture then leaving. I also found a bunch of beer cans there and picked them up.

[@BackWoodsJunkie]

@ruyguy8888 kids are going to party. Just wish they'd clean up when done.

[@ethanh9535]

Is it a loud machine or is it pretty quiet? Thanks.

[@ruyguy8888]

It's actually very quiet for a stock machine. Most of the noise you are hearing in the video is from wind noise. If you keep the muffler stock, you can easily have a conversation in the cab.

[@ethanh9535]

@@ruyguy8888 Awesome! That’s what I was wondering. Thx

[@ethanh9535]

@@ruyguy8888 That’s huge when you can have a conversation while in the cab. How does it do in slower speeds? Thanks for replying, I appreciate it.

[@ruyguy8888]

@@ethanh9535 Does fantastic in low range. Here is another video showing some tight woods action. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qV6vfGOvYsmIg5I&ab_channel=ruyguy8888

[@Mud_Dragon]

Darkside.😢

[@ruyguy8888]

lol Yeah i get that. I've stuck with Yamaha for a very long time and put tens of thousands of KMs on them over the years. I just wanted to try something new. If Yamaha made the YXZ with a low range transmission, i would have been all over that in an instant

[@atvrider1805]

I’d a stuck with the Yamaha

[@ruyguy8888]

If Yamaha had a low range in their YXZ, or a twin cylinder in their new Grizzly i would have too....16 years of the same Yamaha product releases with "bold new colors" doesn't do it for me anymore.

[@atvrider1805]

@@ruyguy8888 yup true will say I’d like to see a grizzly 850 or 1000 twin still can’t beat the reliability of the grizzly 700 tho

[@victorbocanegra4773]

How much?

[@ruyguy8888]

The MSRP is $26,599 Canadian.