I just got back from Little Sahara in OK (both the Dale and RZR performed flawlessly BTW). Friday afternoon we watched the sand drags for about 30-45 minutes. There was a fella there with a Can-Am Renegade 800R EFI X xc. I couldn't believe how fast that quad was. He was running a buggy style tire on the rear which looked to be about an 18-20 paddle hauler with huge buff fronts. Time after time he blew away eveyone else including some very worked and stretched out 450s of various makes and model. The only thing I saw beat him was an alcohol drag banshee. This is probably old news to many of you, but I don't follow utility style quads so this was my first exposure to the Can-Am Renegade. After looking it up online I was even more impressed with its performance given that it has a dry weight of 614lbs
But with a 71hp Rotax V-Twin I guess that much weight doesn't hold it back. I didn't have a chance to speak to the guy on it, so I have no idea if it was stock etc. However, I didn't see anything on it that looked aftermarket except for maybe the exhaust. Hmmmm, I wonder if there is a way to wedge that motor into a Dale?
As an aside, I raced the Dale a few times with respectable results. Took out a couple of 700 Raptors and several Jap 450s. Of course there were several quads that beat me in the drags but I appreciate I rarely drag race and a better rider would have yielded even better results. Nonetheless, the Dale held its own and raised some eyebrows despite my short comings as a drag pilot.