Anyone recently purchased an ATV?

[helomech]

Originally Posted by vilim12

From what I heard about Polaris I wont be looking into one

Mine gets used everyday, for almost 2 years with no problems. 1200 miles in less than 2 years is alot for a 4 wheeler. I would buy another.

[vilim12]

Originally Posted by helomech

Mine gets used everyday, for almost 2 years with no problems. 1200 miles in less than 2 years is alot for a 4 wheeler. I would buy another.

Idk im happy with Honda so I guess you could say im brand loyal now, I got 2000 on mine in a little over 2 years and its just a tough machine, and I love the electronic shifting too

[helomech]

Originally Posted by vilim12

Idk im happy with Honda so I guess you could say im brand loyal now, I got 2000 on mine in a little over 2 years and its just a tough machine, and I love the electronic shifting too

I didn't think I would like the automatic, but now I don't think I will ever buy a shift type again.

[helomech]

Originally Posted by vilim12

Idk im happy with Honda so I guess you could say im brand loyal now, I got 2000 on mine in a little over 2 years and its just a tough machine, and I love the electronic shifting too

Do you use yours for work? I ride mine all over my property, and still have only manged 1200 miles. I ride mine alot, all during the day. When I am not home my wife uses it atleast once a day to put corn out for the hogs.

[vilim12]

Originally Posted by helomech

Do you use yours for work? I ride mine all over my property, and still have only manged 1200 miles. I ride mine alot, all during the day. When I am not home my wife uses it atleast once a day to put corn out for the hogs.

Nah, im 14 so mainly just riding the trails with friends or hitting up this huge construction site thats still all dirty/mud. When we take it to north carolina its ridden about 8 hours a day so its gets a good number of miles in little time

[SpiritOne]

6800 for a new Rubicon is a pretty good price when you factor in that's out the door. Had I bought an '08 model it would have been about another grand on top of that. When I was searching for used Rubicons on places like bike trader, ebay and craigs list, I found that the Honda's held their value than some of the other bikes. That or Honda owners are just more pretentious and were charging more for their bikes. But the stuff sold so, I can't blame them.

Also, in my short time riding, I have learned something. I will never buy a bike with a belt drive. I know shafts are more expensive when they need to be replaced, but a lot of people I ride with are lifted and have bigger tires on their bikes, and they all shred belts. Some of the bikes when they get into water have gotten water on their belts. They get stuck. Shaft drive > Belt drive.

[vilim12]

Originally Posted by SpiritOne

6800 for a new Rubicon is a pretty good price when you factor in that's out the door. Had I bought an '08 model it would have been about another grand on top of that. When I was searching for used Rubicons on places like bike trader, ebay and craigs list, I found that the Honda's held their value than some of the other bikes. That or Honda owners are just more pretentious and were charging more for their bikes. But the stuff sold so, I can't blame them.

Also, in my short time riding, I have learned something. I will never buy a bike with a belt drive. I know shafts are more expensive when they need to be replaced, but a lot of people I ride with are lifted and have bigger tires on their bikes, and they all shred belts. Some of the bikes when they get into water have gotten water on their belts. They get stuck. Shaft drive > Belt drive.

Thats another reason why I like Honda, You wont see me riding with a belt after the Kawasaki kfx700 incident I had (dont ask why we went mudding with one of those special edition too lol)

[titan_07]

I have a KFX 700 and 08 750 Brute Force. Honda's ride nice but for Ilove the power my Kawi's have.

What kinda problem did you have mudding a KFX?

I mud both of mine all the time.

[vilim12]

Originally Posted by titan_07

I have a KFX 700 and 08 750 Brute Force. Honda's ride nice but for Ilove the power my Kawi's have.

What kinda problem did you have mudding a KFX?

I mud both of mine all the time.

We hit a mud/water hole with it going around 20, the belt got wet and started slipping so that thing was out for about 2 hours before it could be ridden home, it was a 2005 model, i love that thing tho fast as hell! it was an automatic too

[yamatitan]

You dont have to worry about the belt drive on a yammy or suzuki. Polaris, can-ams, and kawis eat belts because of the crappy system.

Snorkel it and you wont have to worry about the belt getting wet. I have got water in mine one time. I pulled the drain and 5 minutes later i was back on the trail.

Still on the original belt. I dont think you can abuse one anymore then i put mine through and have never slipped a belt.

[titan_07]

yeah as soon as mine starts to slip i get it out and pull the plug. the only time i ever really smoked belts is when i being an idiot, like pushing a old boat over people used for target practice.

[vilim12]

Originally Posted by yamatitan

You dont have to worry about the belt drive on a yammy or suzuki. Polaris, can-ams, and kawis eat belts because of the crappy system.

Snorkel it and you wont have to worry about the belt getting wet. I have got water in mine one time. I pulled the drain and 5 minutes later i was back on the trail.

Still on the original belt. I dont think you can abuse one anymore then i put mine through and have never slipped a belt.

Your grizzly looks awesome with that setup, but if in the rare occasion I get one it will stay stock pretty much and I dont like the look of them stock, Your setup looks clean and expensive, got any vids on the tube of you riding?

[vilim12]

Originally Posted by titan_07

yeah as soon as mine starts to slip i get it out and pull the plug. the only time i ever really smoked belts is when i being an idiot, like pushing a old boat over people used for target practice.

Didnt know about there being a plug, If it was mine im sure I wouldve known about it but I guess he didnt. Oh and they never called us to pick up our bike from service today so I guess we`ll see what happens tomo with the bike, I really wanna get rid of this one I have now ive beatin the crap outta it and I kinda regret it. Will keep you updated about what happens, keep ridin

[yamatitan]

no vids sorry everyone i ride with is too scare to sink the camera because most places we are over the racks in water.

[vilim12]

Originally Posted by yamatitan

no vids sorry everyone i ride with is too scare to sink the camera because most places we are over the racks in water.

Thats the way to do it lol,