Paul, Ok, thanks for the info, good to know for a newbie like me. I am guessing the classifications you listed are just a rule of thumb kind of thing that everyone has used over the years and that there are no real official classifications listed somewhere? I have no idea where that would be if there is one but the only issue I would have with it is the word utility being used to describe the Talon even if it is "Sport/Utility". I just can't see using the Talon for any of the work I do on my property, ok sure I could throw a chainsaw in the back (it's too small for me to call it a bed) but sure couldn't use it to haul off all the tree branches or the 8' long sections of tree trunks (and no, there is no way to get a truck back there in the woods but my XRT1550 works great for that), or use it to haul 4 or 5' rolls of fencing and all the fence posts, tools, generator and so on or to haul 10-12 40 lbs. bags of pellets up from the barn. Ok, I realize some guys have put plows on their Talon's so there is your "utility" but I would guess you could do that on any of the machines you listed even if it does look funny.
Also you didn't list the YXZ1000R, where is that one categorized? I see Yamaha calls it a "Pure Sport Side by Side. I see a lot of them on the track (on TV) and I have read that they are better suited for the track than the trail (just people's personal opinion) so maybe there should be a category for Track/Sport, BUT then again I see Talon's on the track as well, so "utility", I don't think so. I realize it's not as fast as the turbocharged models or have the best or softest suspension but Talon and "utility" really? Sorry for the long winded rant, but if people want to call it a sport machine, so be it, who cares? and if people want to call it a Sport/Utility, whatever, so be it, so what, who cares. Maybe they (whoever "they" are) need to come up with some new categories., LOL.
Also you didn't list the YXZ1000R, where is that one categorized? I see Yamaha calls it a "Pure Sport Side by Side. I see a lot of them on the track (on TV) and I have read that they are better suited for the track than the trail (just people's personal opinion) so maybe there should be a category for Track/Sport, BUT then again I see Talon's on the track as well, so "utility", I don't think so. I realize it's not as fast as the turbocharged models or have the best or softest suspension but Talon and "utility" really? Sorry for the long winded rant, but if people want to call it a sport machine, so be it, who cares? and if people want to call it a Sport/Utility, whatever, so be it, so what, who cares. Maybe they (whoever "they" are) need to come up with some new categories., LOL.
