Generation 2 Can Am

I just love this thing. 

We'd been talking about getting a Polaris General but the local dealerships had ZERO interest in selling to us so we went to Fife & walked in and bought this bad boy, 

a 2021 Can Am Commander. 

Then we bought a new flatbed for it with E-Track & tire nets to keep it attached to the trailer. Lan didn't want to use tie downs attached to the body as they come loose after a few bumps. These tire nets are easy to use & stay tight.

He also uses a heavy duty chain attached to the body for just-in-case.

Our first couple of trips out were to Tahuya, a local ORV area.

Then we drove to las Vegas for a week of fun in the sun.

First stop along the way was at Black Forest Mine in northern Nevada. It was snowing and chilly but the Commander kept us warm, along with our rain gear from work.

This is my favorite photo from the entire trip.

This one is pretty awesome too

I thought we might run into wild horses but we were both completely surprised that on the first trip into the mountains to see Black Forest Mine that there are more than 100 in that area.

This was inside a mine in the area but not Black Forest, that mine was closed off

Outside of Vegas we rode at Wilson Tank 

We went up here at night also and sat & watched the full lunar eclipse.

Wild Horse Cabin was on Lans list of must-sees

On the way home we went to this & spent most of the day there.

We went into a lot of mines this time. Previously, we had always been scared that they were unstable and would fall in on us, or have poisonous gasses inside. But YouTube is our friend! and we watched a lot of videos of other people going inside them.

We're not going up or down any vertical shafts, only stay in the horizontal shafts and we stay together, exploring one line at a time. There was one mine that we went about 1/2 mile under the earth with side lines, spent over an hour in there. 

Anyway, back to the Commander. 

We've got about 50-ish hours & 500 miles on it, MAYBE, and its already back to the shop for repairs. We haven't abused this thing, we've been taking it easy.

Front differential, steering, belt engagement & rear knocking noise. We HOPE its all covered by warranty, since its BRAND NEW.