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........

Pretty much every nation on earth has killed someone's uncle at one point in history. Enemies become allies and allies become enemies as time marches on. My dad served in Europe and lost 2 cousins in WW-2. Time to move on.


We often use ATV's to get into areas to search with the SAR team I volunteer with. We beat the crap out of them and take them through places most people would never try. We blaze trails through thick brush pushing over small trees, riding through clear cuts, jumping stumps, driving over downed logs and through skidder ruts. The standard ATV's work best for most of what we do. The side by sides are just too big for most of the places we go. But we do have some guys who use them. They are better for transporting dogs and their handlers into remote areas to save their legs. Or getting victims out if we find them. Or the coroner in if we find remains.

I've never seen a Honda or Yamaha break down, and some of them are 15-20 years old. Other brands have had to be towed back to the command post a few times.

The Honda Pioneers are tougher than chit. I'm not sure if they have fancy cab options like the Rangers but they can handle some major abuse.

Nice!

Back in the early 1960's many of us bought VW designs. I fell for it too and got a couple of Beatles and then a new Porsche 912. That was their 4 cyl. rear engine sports coupe with a 1600 cc engine and a 5 speed floor shift. That little junk kept breaking down. After the floor shift's articulation knob wore it's place out and PORSCHE (the master race) could not make or provide another my late father who owned his tool and die shop made one for me so that I could drive that junk again.

No wonder they lost every war.

I still have that part here in my shop. If I can find an easy pic. of it I will.

I beat the $hit out of one on a 10,000 acre ranch out in your neck of the woods last Saturday. Thought I was going to be walking several miles back to the shop on several occasions but that Pioneer got it self out of some nasty predicaments. Impressive piece of equipment.

Oh yeah, they are bad ass little machines!

912

Back in the early 1960's many of us bought VW designs. I fell for it too and got a couple of Beatles and then a new Porsche 912. That was their 4 cyl. rear engine sports coupe with a 1600 cc engine and a 5 speed floor shift. That little junk kept breaking down. After the floor shift's articulation knob wore it's place out and PORSCHE (the master race) could not make or provide another my late father who owned his tool and die shop made one for me so that I could drive that junk again.

No wonder they lost every war.

I still have that part here in my shop. If I can find an easy pic. of it I will.

I have a pic. of that part in this computer.

http://s701.photobucket.com/user/Do...1010&1524387118508&1524387128062

Here is the actual articulation part from my Porsche 912 that wore out and the well made one that my late dad made and welded on so I could drive that 912 JUNK again.

When the replacement part came from Porsche weeks later I put it on the junk and sold it.

http://s701.photobucket.com/user/Do...1010&1524387118508&1524387128062

what the hell does any of this have to do with a Honda ATV???

he don't know............

Dude?

Thread hijack much? Damn.

He should have a f'n clown car. Out of the asylum and off his meds again I see.

I "farm" with mine! Have a disc, bushhog, spreader, sprayer, and cultipacker as attachments. You're jealous, right?

I can make stuff grow tall...
Untitled by Tyler Staggs, on Flickr

Even grow goodies for critters to eat!
Untitled by Tyler Staggs, on Flickr

Untitled by Tyler Staggs, on Flickr

Ya, but how is your shift coupling?

Ha!! Works perfect.