I am thinking about a new bike and am not sure I want to go belt again. A Honda is a Honda. Everyones only complaint with the Rinnny is no Low gear. To hear everyone cry you would think it has trouble climbing up a hill. I was wondering how it really does. I want a good trail machine that I can use around the farm. For fire wood, mainly hauling a small trailerand hunting. I live in SE ohio so we do have hills. Can anyone tell me what they have pulled or if anyone works thier Rincon. Thanks yall!

 

a rincon absolutly does NOT have any trouble what so ever going up hills or pulling wood up hills or going through mud. the rincon i think is the best trail machine, it handles and rides the best out of all the machines out there. and no the rincon is not down on power, well compared to a brute force or king quad it is. it has plenty of power to suit all of your needs.

 

BareTread said it pretty well.
Plenty of power and climbs well.
Best comfy ride out there I think. I love the ride on the trails.
There is definately a difference between the Rincon and the other Big boys out there.
Honda made the Rincon as a SUV type quad. They are all great quads, so it just depends on what you want.

Yes, the only issue is no low range or gearing. But it is not to much of a problem except on very steep, technical trails where you really need to crawl along pretty slow or need to crawl and physically manipulate the quad around. It is kinda hard to throw that thing around while also having to constantly stay on the brakes.

That aside, great quad and I think you would enjoy it.


Good Luck

 

i have to agee the rincon is a good 4wheeler it stay up with the big boys in tight wood trails mud is another story with big tires my gets stucks offen i am ruinings 27/589

 

I have to disagree. My Rincon is adequate for most situations but in the hill climbing part I feel it is handicapped because the first gear is not real low like a manual machine.

The Rincon strains IMO going up very steep climbs with just myself on it and I have even thought of bailing off of it before reaching the top. Stopping in the middel of the climb also caused the engine to die once. I don't know about power estimates but I have test rode several big bores and once owned a Prairie 650. I can say the Rincon does not have the bottom end power or torque that even the P650 had. And now most are saying it (p650)is down on power compared to a p700, Brute, and sp800. The King Quad I rode at a dealer's lot also and it was stronger on the bottom.

Any bike that has a lower gear or range would have an advantage climbing and decending steep inclines over a higher geared bike pure and simple. Its not a question of power but the transmission is the determining factor there. Also notice the Rincon runs hot when doing a lot of climbing or slow climbing because the engine is reving and have to work so hard because you don't have another gear to shift down to.