Great! Excellent! You weren’t getting tossed around with the Beat-up Sand! Looks like you could drive it all day and not worry about being comfortable at all! Very nice to see the stocker had enough power to take on a modified SXS!
Great video! I've been waiting for a video that reviewed it in the dunes as that's our primary riding spots! Thanks a ton for sharing! Also, that's the first time I've seen sand mountain footage so that was cool too haha
Jon: You should do a little video with just the part of 12:35-14:00 (I think it was) but, basically your drag! Love this rig! No modifications, No Belts, No clutch! I can’t believe you can buy something and go to the dunes without doing modifications and the Dunes are Sand Mt.! Crazy to think! But, It really makes sense! People don’t want to buy something then have to modify it!
I was talking to my dealer who I’ve known for a while and he is also a rep for can-am. He told me they released a software update for the smart shox that is supposed to fix the bottoming issues that everyone is experiencing
Thanks for the review. Looking forward to seeing how it performs with a proper sand setup with some aftermarket springs. I personally would rather plug my cellphone in for navigation software as it's much easier to update. Works well in my truck just needs to be tweaked and improved in the R.
another thing you can do is adjust your cross over ring down on the shocks to get into the lower spine quicker and keep from bottoming out. adding more compression is just going to change your ride height.
@@UTVGuide101 there is no setpoint for the crossover ring. what Can-Am or shock therapy, or any other shock tuner puts the crossover ring at is just a starting point and you adjusted as needed from there.
I met you up at King and Hammer last year. You were in the trailer working on a shock for shock therapy and we sure had a good time up there watching that race. It rained not much wind. I was really happy with that. I got three right now 2020 I think the same year but I’m really interested in buying the 2025 Maverick R I thought they were gonna come out with a lower gear in the 25 only in the max four seater is gonna be a lower gear not the two seater so I’m kind of disappointed, but do you think the car needs a lower gear?
i wouldnt worry bout the arm design- but the reliability- the exposed location of the arm joint - of course works when new- but think bout months/years of stones/dirt banging on it...;-/
Thanks for the review. What would you say the suspension comparison of the Maverick R vs your X3 with the "Shock Therapy" at the Rubicon, dunes and just regular riding?
The stock wheel is a 78.9mm. Saw several wheels at the Sand Sports Super Show, but they all seemed to be about 38-4mm which I believe is closer to 5+2. Vision Wheel has a set on Phil Blurton’s car that looks to be closer to 6+1, but they won’t be available for a while.
We kept it in automatic mode for this test, but I do believe the brains of the system will not let you keep it in a gear that is revving to high or lugging down too much.
@@eljefe4473in manual mode it WON'T upshift automatically. In manual mode it WILL downshift automatically. If your machine is not doing this then your machine is broken.
Wow! I can’t believe how quiet your hands are. Feedback in the wheel seems great
Great!
Excellent!
You weren’t getting tossed around with the Beat-up Sand!
Looks like you could drive it all day and not worry about being comfortable at all!
Very nice to see the stocker had enough power to take on a modified SXS!
Great video! I've been waiting for a video that reviewed it in the dunes as that's our primary riding spots! Thanks a ton for sharing! Also, that's the first time I've seen sand mountain footage so that was cool too haha
Sand Mountain, NV is our closest dune so we had to do it!
People always forget how capable a car is in the sand on stock tires.... especially if you have those old Bighorns, they do pretty decent.
Big Horns were the shit in the early days!
The stock 32-inch wheel+tire is 63.6lbs. A 32-inch SS360 on a beadlock is 43.4lbs. 20lbs of rotating mass on each corner certainly makes a difference.
Lack of bottom out resistance, particularly in the rear is something I’m hearing a lot about from folks doing truly independent reviews.
Yeah and the stock tires rub those crazy control arms
Jon:
You should do a little video with just the part of 12:35-14:00 (I think it was) but, basically your drag!
Love this rig!
No modifications, No Belts, No clutch!
I can’t believe you can buy something and go to the dunes without doing modifications and the Dunes are Sand Mt.!
Crazy to think!
But, It really makes sense! People don’t want to buy something then have to modify it!
I was there when you recorded this. You parked your truck just right past the last bathroom.i Was Camping right ahead of where you parked
We saw you headed up 50 on Friday! That thing is sweeeeet!
I was talking to my dealer who I’ve known for a while and he is also a rep for can-am. He told me they released a software update for the smart shox that is supposed to fix the bottoming issues that everyone is experiencing
Thanks for the review. Looking forward to seeing how it performs with a proper sand setup with some aftermarket springs. I personally would rather plug my cellphone in for navigation software as it's much easier to update. Works well in my truck just needs to be tweaked and improved in the R.
Would be great if we could use Apple CarPlay
That thing looks so smooth!
another thing you can do is adjust your cross over ring down on the shocks to get into the lower spine quicker and keep from bottoming out. adding more compression is just going to change your ride height.
Yes but we were testing stock
@@UTVGuide101 I understand that. I am just trying to help you fix the problem.
Copy that. I’ll look at where the crossover rings are set from the factory
The rear crossover is set at about 1 3/4” - 2” about the spring divider. That is right where it should be.
@@UTVGuide101 there is no setpoint for the crossover ring. what Can-Am or shock therapy, or any other shock tuner puts the crossover ring at is just a starting point and you adjusted as needed from there.
Great review John! Hope to catch you at WRR so I can check it out!
Best review I've see so far. Thx for the side by side comparison to the X3
I met you up at King and Hammer last year. You were in the trailer working on a shock for shock therapy and we sure had a good time up there watching that race. It rained not much wind. I was really happy with that. I got three right now 2020 I think the same year but I’m really interested in buying the 2025 Maverick R I thought they were gonna come out with a lower gear in the 25 only in the max four seater is gonna be a lower gear not the two seater so I’m kind of disappointed, but do you think the car needs a lower gear?
Definitely needs a lower low range
i wouldnt worry bout the arm design- but the reliability- the exposed location of the arm joint - of course works when new- but think bout months/years of stones/dirt banging on it...;-/
To your 15:45-ish comments about bottoming out. You forgot to mention going anywhere from 50-60+ mph’s😂!!! That’s incredible
Thank you, thank you, thank you, this was GREAT........
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Thanks for the review. What would you say the suspension comparison of the Maverick R vs your X3 with the "Shock Therapy" at the Rubicon, dunes and just regular riding?
I think the R is about as good as the X3 with Shock Therapy
So your shock therapy suspension bottoms out on the same g outs with it setup for dunes?
@@motorsports601 Nope, not bottoming out on my X3 with ST
Radius rods attached to the knuckle is still a single sheer, haven't they learned from their mistakes?? FML.
It is a tapered pin so much better than previous.
16" wheels mean you don't have much choice for sand tires... I hope tensor makes 16s in their sand tires.
15” wheels will fit.
@@UTVGuide101 does someone make 6+1s in this bolt pattern?
The stock wheel is a 78.9mm. Saw several wheels at the Sand Sports Super Show, but they all seemed to be about 38-4mm which I believe is closer to 5+2. Vision Wheel has a set on Phil Blurton’s car that looks to be closer to 6+1, but they won’t be available for a while.
Does those shock savers help? Never seen these on a UTV before.
Did you Paddle Shift or let it shift on its own?
Which do you like better?
Got any thoughts on the shifting?
Great review..getting FOMO!
Shouldn’t have waited to pull the trigger LOL
What was the top speed at the top of the hill?
In Sport + mode!
Could the bottoming been from 12 psi tire presure and perhaps the car was hitting?
Nope. The skid plate has 3.5” of clearance at full bump. Skid plate never hit the ground.
Maybe next time your out, try running 22 and eliminate tire deflection?
12 PSI on a dirt tire won’t have as much squish as a sand tire at 12 PSI.
Definitely. Shock Therapy has a great video explaining this.
Well done
Thank you!
Do the front and reverse cameras work as you are driving?
Rear pops up automatically. Front I think below a certain MPH
Do they both turn off at 15-mph?
Any way to turn on the rear facing one at higher speed?
Sounds like a windshield for keeping the Sand out of your face is NOT needed!?!
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My question is does this transmission shift on its own if u have it in manual..like the piece of crap talon does
We kept it in automatic mode for this test, but I do believe the brains of the system will not let you keep it in a gear that is revving to high or lugging down too much.
the talon will automatically downshift in manual mode. It won't upshift until you shift it. It does so to protect the system from lugging.
Your experience with a talon and mine are totally different. I can wring it out in any gear without it shifting up
@@eljefe4473in manual mode it WON'T upshift automatically. In manual mode it WILL downshift automatically. If your machine is not doing this then your machine is broken.
@@aw9680 my machine does do this downshift but I have to really be lugging it down so what is your point.
fuck it!!...I am selling my X3 RS SS and getting one of this...