Will the Can-Am Maverick R Rock Crawl?

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00:00 (engine revving)

00:00 (laughing)

00:01 - All right, Zach, we just got our 2024 Canyon Maverick R

00:04 back from Thumperfab who built us a new ROPS

00:07 and it looks awesome.

00:08 - Yeah.

00:09 - But that's not why we're here.

00:10 We are here because this means we can now drive

00:12 our Maverick R and we decided to bring it out to Windrock

00:15 to find out if it'll rock crawl.

00:17 We know it's an absolute screaming eagle out in the desert

00:20 in whoops, in sand washes.

00:21 It will best anything on the trail,

00:23 especially at its $40,000 price point.

00:25 - But we don't live in Utah.

00:26 We live in Tennessee where wide open

00:29 is really only fitting for the interstate.

00:31 - Yes.

00:32 - And there are some private tracks down South

00:34 where you can really let this thing eat.

00:36 240 horsepower turbocharged triple.

00:38 But for the most part, trails look a lot like this,

00:40 which is to say tight and narrow.

00:42 And for a rig like this with over 78 inches of track width,

00:45 that's tough.

00:46 And more importantly, it's got a dual clutch gearbox,

00:48 which in our experience is not great in the rocks.

00:50 Our past experience has been limited to the Talon,

00:53 which feels really herky-jerky.

00:55 Rock gardens and any sort of rock climbing.

00:57 This is different.

00:58 - We spent a little bit of time out in Nevada

00:59 over some really chunky baby heads

01:01 and it felt really smooth.

01:02 I wanna know if that's still true out here.

01:04 - And the nice thing is we do have some like throttle modes

01:06 in this thing, so it can calm the Maverick R's

01:08 natural throttle response down a little bit.

01:10 So you're not always at full send.

01:11 - So our question is, do East coasters need to go looking

01:14 somewhere else when it comes time to buy the next sport

01:16 side by side?

01:17 Is this machine just not for us?

01:19 I bet the answer is no.

01:21 I think this thing will be just fine out here.

01:23 What do you think?

01:24 - I agree.

01:25 And I'm not just saying that.

01:25 We put this thing on our RTI ramp

01:27 and it did a really good score,

01:28 especially for something that's meant for the desert.

01:30 Even at over 2,200 pounds, even at 78 inches wide,

01:33 even with the DCT, this thing managed a 600 and what?

01:37 A 660?

01:37 - 606.

01:38 - Oh, 606.

01:39 Okay, a 606 on our RTI.

01:41 That is really good.

01:42 That's within spitting distance of the top rigs

01:44 we have ever tested.

01:45 And keep in mind, this is a desert railer.

01:48 This is not a rock crawler.

01:49 I think you're right.

01:50 I think she's gonna do great.

01:51 Theories are only as good as the paper they're written on.

01:53 Let's get after it.

01:54 Kardo sponsored this video and sent us two

01:56 of their new systems.

01:57 The first is the Edge ORV communicator.

01:59 And the second is the Edge Phones headphones.

02:01 That's gonna be great because your spotter

02:02 doesn't wanna be wearing a lid all the time.

02:04 And the Edge Phones will incorporate

02:05 the Kardo Pactalk Edge right into the phones.

02:08 You take your lid off, you put the headphones on,

02:10 and you're connected to the guy in the side-by-side.

02:12 The other nice thing is both systems are wireless,

02:14 so nobody's tethered to a rig.

02:16 I don't know how many times I've been trying to spot Aaron

02:18 with my helmet on and nearly busted my tail

02:20 because I just couldn't see down.

02:21 The Edge ORV uses Kardo's dynamic mesh communication system,

02:25 which is great.

02:26 It can group up to 15 different riders together,

02:28 which is excellent if you have a big group.

02:30 And they'll connect up to a mile away between two rigs

02:33 or up to five miles away

02:34 if you've got a much bigger riding group.

02:36 It does require line of sight, but if you get dropped,

02:38 they automatically reconnect once you're back in range.

02:40 One of the things I really appreciate

02:41 is you don't have to fish your phone out of your pocket.

02:44 It's super tough to do when you're riding around

02:45 with straps and lids and all the rest of that.

02:47 Kardo uses natural voice technology.

02:49 You just say, "Hey, Kardo, do X," and it'll do it.

02:52 It can also work with Siri and OK Google.

02:54 I really liked that they're IP67 water, dust, and mudproof

02:58 because, well, look at me.

03:00 It's gross out here.

03:01 I need a bath.

03:02 And both the Edge phones and the Pactalk Edge

03:04 are powered by JBL speakers.

03:06 And they have one-way directional mics,

03:08 which cut out wind noise and engine noise.

03:10 And if you think that sounds like nonsense,

03:12 we were riding around earlier

03:13 in that crap can bug that we built,

03:15 and you don't hear any of that in the headphones.

03:17 All you hear is the guy next to you talking in your ear.

03:19 Another cool thing is audio mixing.

03:21 You can have your GPS, your music,

03:22 and the intercom running all at the same time,

03:24 and the Kardo just automatically sorts it out for you.

03:27 Kardo also built a really slick app

03:28 that works with all of their communicators.

03:30 You can do just about everything

03:32 right in the palm of your hand.

03:33 There are over-the-air updates.

03:35 You can set up JBL audio profiles for each user.

03:37 You can adjust the mic sensitivity.

03:39 And importantly for us,

03:40 you can record audio for content creation.

03:43 But maybe my favorite thing about it

03:45 is that it installs right into your helmet

03:47 with no tools required.

03:48 You can do it all by hand.

03:49 It takes about 10 minutes to snap in.

03:51 Everything is adhesived and Velcroed,

03:53 and you are good to go.

03:54 I mean, it took two tools earlier today to put them in.

03:56 - Well.

03:57 - Us tools.

03:58 - Yeah, two tools.

03:59 - Ta-ta-ta.

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04:08 Kardo's are gonna be pretty handy

04:09 because we're here on Trail 22.

04:11 It's a relatively short trail

04:12 right at the beginning of Windrock.

04:13 It's got a couple of good rock gardens

04:15 and a couple of decent steps.

04:16 They're gonna be a lot of fun to play around with

04:18 with the Mav-R.

04:19 You ready?

04:20 - Yeah, man.

04:21 - This is the first little run of baby heads.

04:22 It's probably not gonna feel like anything in that thing.

04:24 I just beat my way across this in the bug

04:27 and nearly lost all of my fillings.

04:30 You don't really need a spotter.

04:31 I just wanna see what that looks like from the outside.

04:34 Yeah, at your leisure, bud.

04:35 - All right, let's go.

04:36 (motor rumbling)

04:39 - Oh, look at her.

04:43 (motor rumbling)

04:44 Oh, man.

04:45 - Oh, I caught her.

04:46 - Watch this.

04:47 - I caught her.

04:48 - Watch this go.

04:48 (motor rumbling)

04:50 (laughing)

04:52 - Just gonna watch my spotter.

04:53 - Yeah, he's looking at me, bud.

04:56 (laughing)

04:58 That thing looks so cool.

05:00 - Yeah.

05:01 Dude, it is eating this up.

05:04 It does not care.

05:06 Asshole.

05:07 - I mean, the crazy part is

05:08 that's without the smart shocks, right?

05:10 - Yeah, no, this is just normal.

05:12 It'll freeze right up and...

05:14 (imitating motor rumbling)

05:16 - Well, what do you think?

05:16 - It's mind-blowing.

05:18 Like, it's super smooth in here.

05:19 Our worries about the DCT were for naught.

05:22 I did put it down into normal mode

05:23 just to really back off, like I said, the throttle response,

05:26 but there's none of that snatchiness

05:28 you get in other rigs with DCTs.

05:30 It is buttery, like we talked about at Arizona.

05:33 A lot of cool gear whine,

05:35 but yeah, it's just, it doesn't care.

05:37 Coming up the rock garden, even without the smart shocks,

05:39 it's got articulation for days.

05:41 We've come over stuff up here

05:43 that in a rig you would think would be a better rock crawler

05:45 than this feels a little spicy,

05:46 and this thing is just planted.

05:47 It is steady.

05:48 So, so far, will it East Coast?

05:50 The answer is...

05:51 - Yes.

05:52 - Okay, next is some fun steppy steps.

05:53 So this is one of the fun obstacles on 22.

05:56 This is a series of stair steps.

05:58 There are a bunch of different lines here.

05:59 We're gonna have Aaron tackle one of the medium rare ones,

06:02 see how it does on 32s.

06:04 This is usually a pretty good challenge for a rig.

06:06 I wanna see how this thing does.

06:08 Let's get him going.

06:08 - And here we go.

06:09 (motor rumbling)

06:11 Keep your eyes on your spotter.

06:12 - Stay left like you were gonna go up the line,

06:14 but I'm gonna bring you up right here, okay?

06:17 - Okay.

06:18 (motor rumbling)

06:21 - Right hand down now, straighten up.

06:23 Right there.

06:25 All right, I'm gonna try not to mess you up here too bad.

06:27 Okay?

06:28 - Okay.

06:28 (laughing)

06:29 - This thing is way wider than I'm used to spotting,

06:31 so we'll see how it goes, all right?

06:32 - Yeah, it's way wider than I'm used to driving.

06:34 - You got lockers on?

06:35 - Yes, lockers on.

06:36 There's custom sport, sport plus, and normal.

06:40 - Normal it is.

06:41 All right, come on.

06:41 Just remember, if I say bump, get it.

06:43 - Yep.

06:44 - Come on, come on.

06:45 Oh, beautiful.

06:46 All the way just a little bit.

06:47 Straighten up.

06:48 Come to me, come to me.

06:50 Oh my God, this thing.

06:51 All right, stop, stop, stop.

06:53 Beautiful.

06:53 (laughing)

06:54 All right, here comes the real challenge.

06:56 So you're gonna go driver just a little bit, nice and slow.

06:58 Straighten up.

07:00 Okay, come to me, come to me, come to me.

07:02 Go, go, go.

07:03 Go, go, bump.

07:05 (laughing)

07:08 Holy crap.

07:09 - Wow.

07:10 - Man, I cannot believe how easy you made that look.

07:12 - Well, I can't believe how easy it felt.

07:14 I was waiting for the bump and you said bump it,

07:16 and I gave it like a quarter inch of throttle

07:17 and it just walked up.

07:19 - Dude, on 32s, that's unreal.

07:21 - You and I have both seen rigs on 35s

07:24 struggle with that step.

07:24 - Yeah, absolutely.

07:25 - And this just did not care.

07:26 - I think part of that's wheelbase.

07:28 That goes a long way.

07:28 A lot of it's articulation.

07:30 I mean, compared to how the old X3 Turbo RR used to do,

07:34 this thing is unreal.

07:35 - The bottom of it, I was like,

07:36 okay, this is gonna be a thing.

07:38 (laughing)

07:39 And I couldn't see the step you were talking about.

07:41 There's too much in front of me.

07:43 I was just sort of going on faith.

07:44 And if I had been by myself

07:46 and decided to take that line and never seen it,

07:48 I'm not sure I would have known it was there.

07:49 - Yeah, this thing did great.

07:51 - It's incredible.

07:52 - Well, that's 22.

07:53 Will it East Coast?

07:54 - Yes.

07:54 - Hell yes, it will.

07:55 - Hell yes.

07:56 - Watching this thing over those obstacles was excellent.

07:58 I can't wait to take this thing up 15.

08:01 - Yeah, it's the next thing we got to do with it.

08:03 - Maybe 35s then 15s?

08:04 - Yeah, I think 35s then 15.

08:06 A lot of numbers involved.

08:07 But yeah, we came out here to answer,

08:09 will it rock crawl?

08:10 And that's an emphatic, emphatic yes.

08:12 If you're worried about whether or not a Mav-R

08:14 is too much for the East Coast, the answer is no.

08:17 More horsepower is never the problem.

08:19 - Nope.

08:20 There's a chance you'll get ahold of one of these

08:21 and never see the floorboard if you live out here,

08:23 but you won't care because it is so good at everything.

08:27 - Yeah, absolutely.

08:28 We got to get cleaned up and home, I guess.

08:30 - Yeah, I got to get back to Virginia.

08:31 Thanks for watching.

08:32 Check us out five days a week at utvdriver.com.

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08:41 We'll see you there.

08:41 - You know, we sometimes shoot multiple videos in a day.

08:45 And today we did, we finished the bug build

08:47 and also a little bit on the Mav-R.

08:49 And that meant having to take this down 22,

08:51 which I was not really prepared to do.

08:54 Some gave all of their spot welds.

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