I have to agree with bear- my 300 stays with all the big bores on the trail- its not how much power you got, its how you ride more than anything. The 300 is a little underpowered for mudbogging but for most anything else its fine. The only downside to the 400 is the amount of heat that radiates off the pipe- it gets really hot on your leg while your riding and that is one thing I really don't like about it. If your set on a auto the 400 is a fine choice and if you can still find an 04 you should be able to get a hell of a deal on one right now. We have one auto left and with the spiffs added to it we are selling them for about 500 more than the 300......

 

We have both a 400 and 300 (2003 models). Yes, the 400 has more power, but the 300 is more nimble. The 400 sits higher which can be good or bad depending on the type of terrain you have. We use them both when we go riding and the 300 has been everywhere and done everything the 400 has. Once it awhile we'll scrape the skid plate of the 300 while the 400 goes right over the rock, stump whatever.

As mentioned before, sometimes you can feel the heat coming off the engine of the 400 since it's in front of you. The 300 has 2 low ranges that also work in reverse. The 400 just has one low range that only works in forward speeds (at least for the manual versions.)

If you typically do a lot of tight, twisty trails, the 300 might work out better.

Dave

 

Heck if you can swing it get both. Then you just have to decide which one to ride. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]