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What is your atv brand of choice?
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Hah! Trying to start a fight?
I'll bite - Polaris - because there is only one ATV dealer in my hometown and that's what they sell! But they've been good machines, and the dealer is a good local company.
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I'm with MikeL2 on that choice or a Yamaha because the dealer who sells and services those is 10 miles from where we keep ours.
My other auto is a .45
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And here we go......
Honda or Yamaha based on my personal experience.
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Are there really any bad ones any more other than the cheap Chinese knockoffs? They've been around long time and the competition is stiff. They've all done a lot of improvement over the years...with the possible exception of the Colemans that Cabela's sells. I haven't read a single good thing about the Coleman UTV's or ATV's. They're some of the aforementioned Chinese crap.
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I have a 2003 arctic cat 250 Suzuki made the engine. My brother has a Suzuki eiger and several guys in my club have Hondas.Like rock chuck says they are all pretty good.........
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Quads have gone the wayside in my parts....
seems most people are buying UTV SxS's these days....
Forest & BLM are widening trails to 66" from 50"
I'd say brand is a preference to any of them....
I'd stay with Yamaha or Honda either way
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My Polaris RZR is a 50". Besides fitting on the trails now, it also fits in my pickup. That's a big plus.
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I forgot to say that I have a Honda Rancher
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I forgot to say that I have a Honda Rancher ^^^^^^^^^^^good one^^^^^^^
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And here we go......
Honda or Yamaha based on my personal experience. Yep got em both great machines
Ping pong balls for the win.
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My first atv was a Kawasaki Bayou 250. After I bought the Honda, my brother in law offered me a Browning o/u 20 gauge, a Browning 22 rifle, and $300 cash for the Kawasaki. I made that deal quick!
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My first atv was a Kawasaki Bayou 250. After I bought the Honda, my brother in law offered me a Browning o/u 20 gauge, a Browning 22 rifle, and $300 cash for the Kawasaki. I made that deal quick! My 1st was a Kaw Bayou 300. I won it in a drawing. I made a big mistake with it. It only had 2 wheel drive. I picked it up from a dealer and I should have paid the difference for a 4x4. I paid for that mistake many times over during the next 10 years.
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Got a suzuki king quad. bought new 2 years ago. Been pretty happy with it so far no problems. Wish i got the power steering. Next one will have it.
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Noduck, for your info there are conversion kits on eBay to convert to power steering.........
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my opinion as well, and I've owned 7 or 8 atv's/SxS.
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[/quote]My 1st was a Kaw Bayou 300. I won it in a drawing. I made a big mistake with it. It only had 2 wheel drive. I picked it up from a dealer and I should have paid the difference for a 4x4. I paid for that mistake many times over during the next 10 years.
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The rancher I bought is 4x4, and fuel injected. The fuel injection was a big plus for me.
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I've had great luck with Arctic Cat. Mine is a 500 manual shift 2005 model that I have not been mind to. It's taken all the abuse I've given it and never asked for anything but wheel bearings, shock bushings and oil changes.
I also have a Yamaha Rhino and it gets more use than the atv now just because it's so easy to throw things in the bed and not lash everything down to the racks.
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I agree, Honda and Yamaha
USE ENOUGH GUN (Ruark) and YOU CAN'T EVER HAVE TOO MANY (me)
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Don't buy a Honda unless you're planning on driving it for ever. Not the sportiest but it's not gonna wear out so you can buy a new one.
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