Which big bore 4x4 would you pick out of the ones listed below? You can give details or simply vote. Thanks!

Honda Rincon 675EFI

Yamaha Grizzly 686FI
Yamaha Grizzly 660

Suzuki King Quad 700EFI

Kawasaki Prairie/KVF 700
Kawasaki Brute Force 650SRA
Kawasaki Brute Force 650i
Kawasaki Brute Force 750i

Can-Am Outlander 800EFI
Can-Am Outlander 650EFI

Polaris Sportsman 800EFI
Polaris Sportsman 700EFI

Arctic Cat 700EFI
Arctic Cat 650H1


PLEASE NO BASHING...I am posting this simply out of curiosity and want your honest opinions/answers. If there is one that isn't there and you want to mention it, go ahead! Thanks!

 

The 700griz looks pretty tempin! The old griz was a pretty solid machine... Now with a bigger motor, EFI and many more improvements, its gonna be a big seller. I dont have much negative to say about it.

 

I would have to say in this order what I would get. Although I love my Rincon it would not be my first choice.

Outlander= awsome power, nice ride, weak frame, wait till next year for all the bugs to be worked out

Bf750= awsome power, decent ride but tippy, dont like the way it looks

Rincon680= best ride, decent power, looks awsome, no locker

Grizz 700= good power, decent ride also tippy

AC700= good power, lots of ground clearance, too tall

KQ700= good all around quad. Good power, nice ride, dont like the way it looks

Would not even think of a polaris till they get the diff, weight and electrical problems worked out.

 

I guess some of the decision would have to do with what you want it for.

Outlander 800
Outlander 650
KQ
BF
Grizz
Rincon(not really marketed as a utility) only rated above Polaris cause its a Honda IMO
Sportsman

The Sportsman and Rincon are the most comfortable, plush riding quads..I just have some reservations about Polaris reliability issues.

 

I would go with the AC, great ground clearance in all there atv's, the 650 if you are going to be doing alot of pulling or the 700 if you are going up and down in elevation alot.

 

Well, I'm making the decision now and will probably be buying one this fall if everything goes right. I've been able to ride several on the list so I'll make any notes after my choices. Here are my choices as they stand now:

Can-Am Outlander 800 – Rode this around the farm expecting to really dislike everything except the engine. Fell in love with everything except the brakes and a few little minor annoyances. Really, really impressed me. Did everything extremely well and effortlessly. Just a joy to ride and it leaped from task to task. If I were buying an ATV today I would probably buy the Outlander 800. The single brake lever is stupid. So, so stupid.

Yamaha Grizzly 700 – I haven't had any seat time on this ATV but the two people I have talked to personally are not the types of people who hype things or talk things up but have said the new grizzly is really something special and have said they were really impressed and both have said they are buying one. Both are not first year adopters and one is a die hard Honda guy. The Honda guy couldn't stop talking about it. That was enough to make it a second ATV choice for me.

Suzuki King Quad 700 -Have a lot of seat time on the KQ. Handles good and has good power. Just does everything well. My reservations about it are based on it's durability and the way Suzuki deals or rather does not deal with warranty issues and previous problems. That makes me nervous and reluctant to buy one myself. A good ATV though.

Arctic Cat 700 – Never had seat time but the good 700 EFI engine on something other than a Suzuki sounds promising. I know someone who has one and he says he loves it and it seems to get along pretty well. I've never asked for any set time yet though.

Kawasaki 650 SRA – Great ATV. Rode one recently and liked it a lot. I'd buy this one before I'd buy the 750 BF. If Kawasaki would only put front A arms and the 750 engine on this chassis. It would be so much better that the IFS BF.

Kawasaki Brute Force 750 – Quite a bit of seat time on the BF. Miserable handling. Fantastic engine. Simply outstanding motor. Great brakes too. Four wheel drive system is great. All the components are really top notch. However. The machine just doesn't work together. It proves the old adage that a machine is more than the sum of it's parts. It should have never left the factory handling like it does. It's a shame too. Now if you put a set of high dollar Elka shocks, new rims with more offset and radial tires on it you can get it to handle like it should. Now if Kawasaki would just do that from the factory and add EFI they'd really have something.

Polaris 800 – The Polaris rode great – like Cadillac – and had good power and handled decent at first as far as turning and stuff. I took it down a hill and got the scare of my life though. It started to skitter and chatter and clank and the ATV started to skid and lock the wheels up. I almost dumped the thing and about scared myself to death as it was nearly new and not mine. I was afraid I had broken my friends new ATV but was shocked when after I rode over and explained to him what happened that this was how it was suppose to act when going down hills. I attempted several more hills that day and even a marginally steep gravel driveway and still couldn't get used to this “feature”. Until Polaris fixes this I couldn't own one. The ride was nice and I could over look their hideous (to me) melted rubbermaid trashcan styling but the dangerous hill descents I couldn't deal with. That could get me killed. A shame too since like I said it seemed like a fairly decent ATV otherwise but sweet merciful crap don't go downhill with it.

The Hondas are off my list as they don't offer lockers or low ranges.

 

im a honda man but have to the grizz, those things are awsome, just not as reliable as the hondas. power steering would be nice though, id put 12 inch wide gators on the front and the back!!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Look at my pics, there are endless possibilities to what you can add to these cats! I would get an AC first, then Grizzly, then BF, then Can-AM, then KQ, then Honda, then SP

 

Thanks guys, keep the opinions coming. This was more for my own curiosity rather than helping me decide what one to get, however it is helping me out too so keep it coming!

Most of my riding will be fast trail riding/open fire road type stuff, but having said that I like to mud and technical ride as well, rockcrawling etc so a 4x4 IRS is highly desirable for me, and my riding buddies all have big bore 4x4's so I love the power that they offer.

One question tho, how does the power of these machines compare?

Keep the comments/opinions coming guys, just curious to know what quads you like best!!

-Krait

 

AC would be very good for rock climbing with its clearance