Home Forums Gear Horses and ATV's Honda followed me home tonight....

My wife asked me to find her a nice four wheeler a few weeks ago, 'ole Craiglast paid off today with this squeaky clean '06 Rubicon..
Smooth bike, and at $3200 I felt good about the purchase. It's crazy what guys want for their beat-up, modified crap these days--so much junk! This one wouldn't have lasted the evening for sale...worth the 120 miles round trip of road work.

you got a great deal thats a real nice machine.................good luck with it.

WOW! you got a good deal on that one. Honda's will last forever. GL. -TomT

Thanks, guys.
I've been riding Yamaha Grizzlys (and recently an Arctic Cat) for the last 16 years, prior to that I was all Honda, Foreman etc.. So it's been awhile.

Almost forgot just how nice Honda's bikes are. This Rubicon automatic/manual electric transmission is amazingly smooth. The overall build quality is fantastic.

You done good Frank! Those Rubi's are nice machines and very versatile. Put some Mudbugs on it and you're all set.

Thanks, Jon.
I'll eyeball those mudbugs, see how they look...

nice deal.......

when you need tires...........parts etc......here ya go

two very reliable sources

https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/c/541/ATV-Tires

http://www.pureoffroad.com/duro-atv-utv-tires.htm

Thanks, Tikka.....

Nice ATV, my next ATV or a UTV will probably be a Honda.

Honda builds a great product.........

do your research......they have dropped the ball on SxS machines..

I am currently looking at new SxS's......I thought.....Yamaha.....Honda.....?.....both single cylinder 700's......

like a girl friend in HS.....both underpowered & overweight.......

for me....I may try a Kawasaki Teryx 800 V twin LE 4.......

looking at soon selling my '09 Rhino 700........

Pretty satisfied with my Pioneer 700. It's not at all fast, 43 mph tops, but unless you have to cover long distances in a hurry, it serves very well. Plenty of torque for off road use and hauling/towing, a true automatic transmission with no belts, and mechanically actuated 4WD and front diff lock. Not the fastest, but certainly very capable and reliable.

I am not interested in speed, just something with some grunt that will haul some firewood and do some serious work in mountainous terrain on the farm. About to kill my poor Suzuki King Quad, pulling a 4X8 trailer loaded down with a hellacious load of firewood up hill, thank goodness it had super low range, because low 4X4 was about done half way up my driveway.

Well heck I got to add this part to it, maybe I was exceeding its towing capacity, a little bit, if I was a guessing man I was pulling around 1800 to 2000 pounds.

no way knocking the Honda..........

a daily trip on SxS for me is 60+ miles.....going too fast can get you in trouble........

or a busted machine.......trail changes every 50'....

have had two Rhinos.........looking for sumthing new.........

4 seater..........Kawasaki may work.........

twin cylinder 800......3 yr warranty...........

I really love the purr of a big twin, unfortunately in the past the long term reviews of the Suzuki and Kawi twins aren't stellar.

Seems it's a choice between Honda and Yamaha "thumper" reliability, or big twin smoothness and eventual service issues.

Good snag!

That's been my experience with mine as well. I'd like to drive one of the Pioneer 1000 to see what the bigger motor and more gears is like.

The Japanese killed my uncle Mike in the south Pacific in WW2. We don't buy from them.

Pretty sure we all sympathize with you on that one, but how exactly is that statement relevant to this thread?

The Germans tried too you as shole, but you still bought a Porsche

after closer research...Yamaha builds a new from ground up Wolverine.......

4 seater....SE.......847cc twin cylinder......U tube video compares all three

worth watching if you're in the market........