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Been out of the ATV game for a long time. I've historically owned Honda products with no issues. Due to hunting style/location changes, in the market for an ATV. It comes down to the Honda Rincon vs Yamaha Grizzly. Should I be wary of a belt drive? Opinions?
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10 year warranty on the belt with the Grizz
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I had a Grizzly about 9 years ago and used it hard. Never did anything to it but changed oil and put fuel in it.
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You should be wary of Honda shifting problems.
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Having owned several grizzles and rode with several hondas I learned one thing. On a cold morning I could start my grizz and ride off. The automatic honda guys had to start their hondas and let them warm up before they could get them to move. I put thousands of trouble free miles on my grizzles. My son is still riding my old 02 660 and other than changing the oil and air filter it has had nothing done to it. Other than putting 27x10-12 bighorns all the way around.
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I had a used 04 Grizzly 660 in o8 with 234 mi on it and had no troubles with it. I plowed and skidded logs with it. I sold it and bought a used 07 Grizzly 700 with EFI and EPS. The EFI starts easier in cold weather and the EPS is nice when plowing. I honestly would be happy with a 450/500 size ATV if I was buying a new one.
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I have owned 3 Yamaha Grizzly 700 EPS machines and still have one. I put 10,500 miles on one of them in the Arizona desert, and the others were/are used hard in Michigan. Never had a lick of trouble with any of them, and never had a problem with a belt. To my mind, they are more comfortable and ergonomic than the Honda quads. The only reason I traded two of them was to get a side by side's passenger capacity. The side by side's I bought were both Hondas. So I am definitely not a critic of Honda macines.
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10 year warranty on the belt with the Grizz You sure about this? Last I heard belts were not covered by warranty. I just paid $315 for one to be changed on a 2018 can am.
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Having owned several grizzles and rode with several hondas I learned one thing. On a cold morning I could start my grizz and ride off. The automatic honda guys had to start their hondas and let them warm up before they could get them to move. I put thousands of trouble free miles on my grizzles. My son is still riding my old 02 660 and other than changing the oil and air filter it has had nothing done to it. Other than putting 27x10-12 bighorns all the way around. This must have been a long time ago before Honda went to fuel injection. I have owed 3 fuel injected Hondaβs and they crank immediately and take right off. Owned a 2014 Yamaha griz 550 and it was the same. Only complaints Iβve had of my yams are the suspension is a little too soft for my liking. They are both great machines in my opinion
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10 year warranty on the belt with the Grizz You sure about this? Last I heard belts were not covered by warranty. I just paid $315 for one to be changed on a 2018 can am. Can Am would go broke warranting belts. Yamaha has the best clutches and offers the 10yr limited belt warranty, 6mo machine warranty.
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10 year warranty on the belt with the Grizz You sure about this? Last I heard belts were not covered by warranty. I just paid $315 for one to be changed on a 2018 can am. Can Am would go broke warranting belts. Yamaha has the best clutches and offers the 10yr limited belt warranty, 6mo machine warranty. Last Yam I bought was 2014. They definitely werenβt giving 10 year warranty on belts then. Or if they were the dealer did not mention it to me. My can am is a defender SXS. Iβm not surprised it needed a belt. Itβs got almost 3k miles on it which the majority of are towing and hauling. Dealer says use low gear when towing and hauling but I donβt like how high the engine revs in low so I donβt use it. Guess part of the issue is my own fault π€·π»ββοΈ
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Is the belt harder to change on the Can Am? I replaced the one on my Ranger in less than an hour and the belt cost was $80.
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10 year warranty on the belt with the Grizz You sure about this? Last I heard belts were not covered by warranty. I just paid $315 for one to be changed on a 2018 can am. Yes I'm sure. A Grizzly isn't a Can Am. https://www.yamahamotorsports.com/recreation-side-by-side/pages/belt-warranty"The Yamaha 10-Year Belt Warranty covers all Assembled in the USA 2019-2021 models with the exclusive Ultramatic transmission, including the all-new Wolverine RMAX 1000 lineup, Wolverine X2 and X4, Viking, Kodiak, and full-size Grizzly models."
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Is the belt harder to change on the Can Am? I replaced the one on my Ranger in less than an hour and the belt cost was $80. Never changed one on a Polaris so I canβt say for sure but it isnβt hard on the can am but the belt is apparently more expensive. $140 just for the belt. My machine is a defender HD10.
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I'm a big fan of Honda atv's but the Rincon is a real pos when you get it in the mud, it's geared more for trail riding and because of that it performs very poorly in mud. The only way to fix that is to change out the gears to give it a bit more low end torque. I'd go with the Grizzly and be done with it.
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No mention of the Yamaha Kodiak so far on this thread. A year or two back Yamaha dropped the 450 Grizzly and only offer that size in the Kodiak now, but it does get good reviews for a mid size ATV. While we could replace the '09 400 Polaris Sportsman with something, there is no way that we would need something 700cc for the trail riding that we do.
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No comparison between a Rincon and a Grizzly 700. The grizzly has become the 4wheeler all others are compared to. Hondaβs have been left in the dust as far as performance and capability for years and theyβre fan fare for reliability is also faded as other makes have equaled the reputation for the same reliability.
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No mention of the Yamaha Kodiak so far on this thread. A year or two back Yamaha dropped the 450 Grizzly and only offer that size in the Kodiak now, but it does get good reviews for a mid size ATV. While we could replace the '09 400 Polaris Sportsman with something, there is no way that we would need something 700cc for the trail riding that we do. Pop had a Kodiak 450 for years. It skidded logs and hauled stuff all over the place. Great machine. Zero issues. Itβs what I would get.
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I saw this thread and had to reply since nobody seems to have been on a Rincon.
I have owned Grizzly's and Kodiak's and they are fine presently I have a couple Kawi's and like them. A couple years ago a friend of mine wanted me to help him on an Elk hunt, he said "lets just take my ATV's", he had 2 Rincon's. We went on a very steep trail that gained about 4000ft in elevation, I was not very impressed with the power for being a 675cc motor, most other brands 500's have more power but we made it. The real eye opener was coming back down. every other brand but Honda has engine braking that's why they have the clutch's and belt, Honda has some fancy transmission with virtually no engine braking and to make matters worse the Rincon has truly ungodly horrible brakes. It truly took 4 times longer to come down than to go up because we had to stop every 15min to let the brakes cool enough to continue, would not have been an issue with any other brand of machine. A true pile of junk. hard to believe that Honda could miss the mark so badly.
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I saw this thread and had to reply since nobody seems to have been on a Rincon.
I have owned Grizzly's and Kodiak's and they are fine presently I have a couple Kawi's and like them. A couple years ago a friend of mine wanted me to help him on an Elk hunt, he said "lets just take my ATV's", he had 2 Rincon's. We went on a very steep trail that gained about 4000ft in elevation, I was not very impressed with the power for being a 675cc motor, most other brands 500's have more power but we made it. The real eye opener was coming back down. every other brand but Honda has engine braking that's why they have the clutch's and belt, Honda has some fancy transmission with virtually no engine braking and to make matters worse the Rincon has truly ungodly horrible brakes. It truly took 4 times longer to come down than to go up because we had to stop every 15min to let the brakes cool enough to continue, would not have been an issue with any other brand of machine. A true pile of junk. hard to believe that Honda could miss the mark so badly. Iβve never owned a Rincon but have owned many Hondaβs and every one of them was an excellent machine. Keep in mind the Rincon is basically still the same machine it was when it was first designed almost 20yrs ago. This is strictly the fault of Honda but hard to compare apples to apples versus some of the newer machines.
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I'm a die hard Honda guy, but even I would choose the grizzly. Lack of a low range on the Rincon is its biggest downside. I would opt for a Rubicon over a Rincon. Between the 2 you ask, grizzly all day long. Both are dependable, but the grizzly has more power and better features.
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My Rincon was a beast. Used mostly for flooded fields. I don't trail ride. Its a 2007 and still being used by the guy I sold it too.
Grizzlies in our hunt camp always seemed tempermental. Might just be the guys who own them.
I would of kept my Rincon but wanted a SxS.
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Normally a hard core Honda guy but recently observed same issues re shifting on Rincon owned by my wifeβs Uncle. Enough of an issue that I would not purchase a Rincon for my own use. I currently own a Honda Rancher ATV and Pioneer UTV which Iβm well pleased with but again I would not purchase a Rincon FWIW.
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I let a friend ride my 700 grizzly and he sold the Honda the next week and purchased a Grizzly .
Lack of low range on the Honda and better engine braking on the Yamaha are a big consideration .
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