Dirt Trax Test Rides 2009 Arctic Cat 550

Luke Lester hits the trails on Arctic Cat's mid class monster.

[@hydro_rebel7741]

It's 2021 and I just stumbled across this video. I had an 06 cat 650 v2. I know it was a kawi power plant but the whole machine was amazing. The ground clearance, the 4 wheel drive, the styling, and as I said before the kawi power plant was great. I miss that machine and wish they still made them like that. This new company that bought them, well im a little skeptical.

[@cdawg4391]

Glad you're happy man. I'm a 'Cat man but at the end of the day, we're all riders. Keep having fun

[@edwardabrahamiii3742]

I love cats to there bud i just got me another cat alterra 700

[@ayaleq]

@@edwardabrahamiii3742 I'm love and die cat fan, and that's what I have too, I have put around 20k I'm guessing as my speedo went out at 12k miles. My first bearing change was the knuckle at around 12k miles! Love my Alterra 700. And I love that old black cat 550 there.

[@edwardabrahamiii3742]

@@ayaleq nice your native too man i got around 2300+ miles on my arctic cat 700. You got some miles on your Cat thats nice. I hope to get some serious miles out of mine to. Im from Nunam Iqua Alaska bud where you from?

[@chrisgruber4252]

you really don't need anything bigger then a 550 for trail riding

[@ScottMcLinden]

Have a Cat and I like it.

[@ArcticCatsRock]

Lol u sure do have the videos to prove it Rex LOL. You're my favourite channel! Love your videos!

[@paulrobinson5833]

my 550 efi has a 21ltr gas tank which is bigger than a lot of quads

[@as140672]

u should put this vs the polaris 550

[@rex4x4]

I love mine and I put it through hell . I have videos to prove it :-). Great video ... Thanks Rex4x4

[@zachdMX721]

@Clay51566 depends on the atv! smaller CC the air intake is lower so you can't go thru as much. but on like this one in video no it could go deeper. and it also depends on wear the intake is.

[@jcyoungpine918]

bought a used 2010 Arctic Cat 660 Quad over the winter.. never owned a quad before.. wondering what type of oil to use for it?

[@jonnynairn]

i am buying a 2009 550 i am wondering if it is worth the money ?

[@rickeydriskill1096]

What like about my 06 is im running 30s under it with no lift kit. Still have room to turn down the shocks.

[@andrewinsinga2993]

The 550 seems like the perfect atv for me because rock crawling is my type of riding

[@terrplmb]

It all depends what u want. speed- can am, ride polaris, farm-Honda, Go anywhere specailized vehicli cat, All around yama-zuki

[@Mati12ful]

so if i want to push and pull something and climb on a hill/mountain witch will be the best choice?

[@mellogami850]

Mine reaches up to 90+ km, haven't tuned it or anything

[@cdawg4391]

Well said.

[@01hondascott]

Tyler Oneil then id say your from east coast canada, new brunswick or nova scotia perhaps??

[@cdawg4391]

What type of riding do you do? Did you buy it?

[@cdawg4391]

Cats are nice.

[@mellogami850]

I got one of those✌

[@carsonwlki]

ride on🤙

[@Rusted_Link]

bike, short for bicycle - A vehicle consisting of a light frame mounted on two wire-spoked wheels one behind the other and having a seat, handlebars ...

[@camokiller3146]

I have a artic cat 700 alterra

[@ayaleq]

Hey guys, I just bought a used 2009 arctic cat 550 in camo!

[@dirttraxtv]

What do you think of it?

[@gityermudon]

I put my sportsman 550 any where my friend puts his lifted 650 H1 and seems like i get there easier and faster! POLARIS RULES!! lol just my opinion tho, dont mind me

[@rex4x4]

hahaha thanks bud

[@brnksr98]

Bike?? Funny looking bike Man.

[@MrTyler416]

thats the way we are here but we hate people who call bikes/four wheelers quads

[@johnserrano9689]

I know Canadians especially currently after inbreds park their trucks in the middle of roads, bridges and cities to protest the government doing its job. But! It's either a Wheeler, ATV or quad. Lol not a bike dammit a bike has 2 wheels not 4! Anyways old video but as always you guys did a great job. We all miss the real all American Arctic Cat company, the tiny little company who slaughtered the "big boys". Yeah they didn't sell sport machines and you poor guys stuck reviewing for individuals who wanted nothing but sporty. Arctic Cat never tried to fool anyone they built wheelin rigs meant for actual wheelin, as you already said their machines were barely just getting going when all others when all others were either stuck, broke down or left spinning waiting for us Arctic Cat owners to pull them out/pull them back home ruining the ride for all of us. Hope textron man's the hell up and has the same guys who built the now legendary Arctic Cat ATVs and Prowler/wildcat rigs, textron giving them the needed money to develope a FULLY MANUAL yes with a clutch pedal on the floor 5-6 speed UTV. Must have; 1000cc engine atleast say their own 951cc V-twin (mine is an animal unlimited torque and twice the HP needed to break any axle/diff. Real Arctic Cat suspension, say 16-18" travel with sway bars you can disconnect. Real Arctic Cat huge ground clearance, about 16-18" atleast, that's final ride height with drive, passenger, fuel and gear. Give it excellent seating and ergonomics like the wildcats yet alittle higher like prowler's. Give it a bed capacity of about 1500-1800pounds and towing of 2000 Build it as perfect as the final iterations of the thundercat ATV was for cooling, the massive radiator keeping it cool easily in the hottest and most humid days while slow technical crawling at higher rpms. Give it real Arctic Cat STEEL bumpers that help protect as much as possible. Build it with say a half ton Chevy Trucks differentials, half shafts, ball joints wheel bearings tierods and tierod ends. Lastly make a model that has seating for 4, like the Yamaha Rmax4 1000. The Havoc was close already. Lastly is has to sit on atleast 30" tires, with direct from you sizes ranging from 28"-35" Brakes as good as Arctic Cat has always been And gearing must be low in low range 1st gear, and high range can be peppy enough to enjoy it out on the trails with a top speed of say 65-70 that'd be dream come true Textron would easily and rapidly make millions and millions off of such a rig. It's impossible for manufacturers to know if a rig will be a waste of money for them or not so we understand. After all these years textron has done nothing besides rip off Arctic Cat horribly, nothing new only new sales strategies, which is absolutely correct and excellent and honestly I tip my hat to them as bass pro shop alone was genius. But they HAVE to step it up and they now need something as big as the original Wildcat was. This 5-6 speed fully manual sport utility UTV would be unbelievably market changing and generate unseen excitement and interest in Arctic Cat again. Textron has destroyed the brand with easily seen wall street greed type business practices guiding the company an they've lost all sight of who they are and what they are. I wish I was a lead engineer at the company as i legitimately grew up behind the biggest power sports dealer in our side of the state so I've been in this my entire life, and spent decades of wheelin everything. Arctic Cat being the most superior machine. Wake up Textron! Arctic Cat needs to regain it's hard fought for RESPECT by us, the people who want/need the machines you build. You need to make a big statement! A rig like this would sell like hot cakes making you incredible money. Yes it's be built properly so less would break if ever, but you'd make millions off of accessories/parts for buyers to adapt and personalize their rigs. And you can do the FIRST EVER sell kits to buyers. Say a farmer/working kit that raises bed capacity by 500-1000 pounds with stronger suspension, powered bed dump, different beds themselves available. A lighting kit which speaks for itself. An east coast trail kit with every type of skid plate available, winch's, bumpers and what not And even the tires, sell them from 28-33" or even a 35" so buyers can get exactly what they want from you from day 1! Along with rims Also make it available to police agencies, forest rangers and the military they all severely need a rig like this.

[@ArcticCatsRock]

lol no problem

[@shanevmax34]

So, nowadays, you are a nerd if you drive an ATV......you must own a $30,000 Utv and travel great distances on groomed trails like snowmobiles to be cool now

[@ArcticCatsRock]

I disagree. My polaris is not a very smooth ride at all. And my 450 arctic cat is faster then my buddies 500 can-am. Also Arctic cat designed the quad for farmers and mud. Yamaha... Meh.

[@shanevmax34]

BTW...it's not a "Bike" get your terminology straight

[@JBodine67]

I cant stand when people call ATVs quads.

[@jackberger3752]

i cant stand it when they call them bikes. i just like them being called four-wheelers.

[@lmtada]

Lol. They are quads......

[@kylefitzgerald4419]

peace of shit I`ve ridden one and yes they do suck that`s my opinion!!