Beast mode

In the dirtbike world we often talk about the Honda CR500 as the pinnacle of dirtbikes. Some consider it the nastiest most impressive dirtbike ever.

In the car world the Holden Monaro would be the equivalent. It put hairs on our chest just sitting in it. The side-by-side world now has its CR500 or Monaro, it’s called the RZR Pro R by Polaris.

It possesses the biggest engine ever dumped in a side-by-side, a 2.0L, four-cylinder ProStar donk they appropriately named Fury, a massive set of FOX shocks, a chassis that can be dropped from Centre Point Tower without breaking (we encourage you not to try this) and a heap of tech that makes our groundbreaking EFI and map switches look like Fred Flinstone tools.

The last side-by-side we tested was in issue #486, over two years