when i first got my xtz i didn't think either of my buddy's rzrs would touch it.....
first night out, we jumped out on the street and i just walked off from him, BADLY......however, he was 30 yards or so behind me and i know i jumped on it way before he did.....i was after my buddy on his 660 raptor to see how i faired.......i watched him in the rear view mirror get farther and farther behind.....but, in fairness, he was banging his 55mph limiter as i cruised on up to 74 that night carrying a passenger.....little bit down hill too......
later that night we lined up my xtz against another buddy's 800 outlander but it was a setup race.......i lanched in low range and let off at 45 and so did he...so we were just about dead even but he was just slightly faster in a 100yd dash......we wanted to scare the crap out of the buddy with the rzr (he doesn't like to lose and is windy) so it looked like the xtz was smokin' fast! so i pulled off from him really hard and he saw me do a low range launch against what he knew was a fast 800.......he wouldn't race me.....wouldn't even talk about it or laughingly try it....it's just how he is...heck, when i had a 400ex and everyone had hot banshees, 660 raptor and 250r's i'd still race just to see how they ran.....buy anyway.....so i didn't get to find out how a rzr would run against a xtz....both stock except the rzr had a filter and larger than stock tires....
my other buddy had a bone stock except for stock sized tires and after market rims.....we never got a chance to really line them up in a drag (we went head to head in the trails for about an hour) but in a few open field with pretty long grades they seemed dead even to me and we were both shocked.....he had driven my xtz and just knew i'd spank him....i thought i would too.......we switched off and i kept telling him that i think they are about even.....he didn't think so but in that long gradual up hill run i couldn't pull him and visa versa.....
who knows???
oh, and that other buddy that wouldn't run me, sold his rzr 2 days later


and bought an 800 outlander.....that's alright, i've got a 700 raptor for him

(yeah, they are close, i know but i have a few extra helpers under the hood)