I never knew that artic cat made a sport bike until today. Looks good! few questions:

1) Hows the ride?
2) Is it fast?
3) Any problems with it?
4) Is artic cat associated with Kawasaki and Suzuki?


This bike looks good for my girl. I thought about getting her the KFX 400 but I kinda like the looks of this bike better. Any input would be great!

 

I would assume its a duplicate for the Kawasaki and Suzuki except for the plastic and colors but where have you seen this because I don't see it on there website.

Yes there is a business agreement between the companies and ownership %

 

Dirtbike rider here so:

After looking at this are you meaning as I took this a dirtbike or a quad?

If quad, its the same as the Suzuki and Kawasaki 400 just the plastic is different.

 

My friend has one of these bikes. Yes they are just a z400 with different plastic. they ride pretty good. Another frien d has one that has been made into a 450 it really does well. It's fun riding up and everybody wondering what that bike is and then getting on the line and blowing away the 400ex's.

 

yeah basically its just a decision of which look you want, i think the ac look is realy sweet, performance parts and stuff are the same as a z400

 

If you're from Canada, another attractive option is the Suzuki Z400 Limited Edition .. pretty sweet looking ride [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Dunno if it's available in the US or not yet.

 

Suzuki owns 25% of Arctic Cat and is the supplier of all engines except the 650, which uses the Kawasaki P650 engine. I am not sure if Kawasaki has any vested interest in Arctic Cat or not.

 

I dont know if kawi has anything to do with cat either, i do know that the ac650 is using the kawi v twin, and that suzuki has the twin peaksm which is a Kawi P700 with yellow plastic and suzuki stickers

 

The bike is the same as the z400 besides the plastics and cosmetics. I rode with 2 guys who own them and they love them except they are always looking for another gear.....

 

I know the motors that are on the KFX400 are made by suzuki. The say it right on the frame! I know Kawi and suzuki merged into 1 company.