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Dual
Passenger Hand Holds |
This is a great idea so that when you are out on the
trails you can remove them and have a place to sit and
rest and not have to worry about lugging around bulky
fold up chairs.
Also on the inside, the Can-Am Commanders have a
tilt steering wheel that adjusts over 30 degrees without
the need of tools. On the passenger side, there are
two hand holds, one of which is located where the
glove box is, but unlike with other manufacturer’s
UTVs, you get both, the glove box and the hand hold,
not one or the other.
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800R
& 1000 Base Model |
XT
Package Model |
The
Can-Am Commander features a tilt steering
wheel on all models, and the XT Package features
analog & digital gauges along with an
upgraded steering wheel, which we feel are
well worth the upgrade to the XT package over
the base model along with some other great
features described later in the article
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And did we mention that the Commander line comes
standard with an anti-theft system? Each key is electronically
coded, just like expensive luxury automobiles. If
the code on the key does not match the code in the
ECU, the Can-Am Commander will not start, so you can
sleep well while camping, knowing that Sasquatch will
not be able to take your Commander for a joy ride
in the middle of the night.
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Can-Am
Commander Dash area has all your standard
switches with room for add-ons along with
a unique start button
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The
Can-Am Commander also includes dual cup holders,
which worked well for holding water bottles
during our ride |
The first machine we tested out on the trail was
the Commander 800R and we were very much looking forward
to it. The riding area itself was comprised of dirt
roads, trails, both wide and technical, and a couple
of sand quarry areas. As soon as we hit the trail,
one of the first things we noticed about the Can-Am
Commander 800R was the amazing power of this machine.
The 71 HP of the Rotax® 800 EFI V-Twin was more
than enough to get the job done.
If one chose to use the Commander as a dual purpose
machine for both work and play, it comes standard with
two keys and has an optional third “work”
key. The first key is the “normal” key,
that limits top speed to 44mph, which we might add is
the ultimate top speed of a stock Rhino. The second
“performance” key has no limits on power
and speed and under the specific riding conditions of
our trip, we were unable to max out the speedometer,
but we did get going at a good clip. On one of the longer
straights we were quite delighted, and a bit frightened,
to look down and see the speedometer reading “115”,
but then we realized we were in Canada, not the U.S.,
and it was reading in kilometers instead of MPH, however,
at 71MPH, it was impressive none the less.
