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That's great. Let's hope they can start producing more horsepower with their own engine.

 

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That's good to hear. I had a 400 4X4 auto and it just didn't have enough power so I sold it. I really liked the 650 V twin but the weak drive belt was a bit of a problem.

AC builds a great quad....they're as tough as my F250...just need MORE POWER!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Does the 650 vtwin really have a weak drive belt? I hope not cause I just bought one and I love to play in the mud.

 

That's what my dealer tells me. He's replaced a few. I personally prefer the Vtwin over the H1 though. The H1 is a really raspy engine and didn't have as much power as the vtwin. I think you bought the right one. Just do yourself a favor...get a service manual and keep a spare drive belt handy just in case. It's a great quad. If I hadn't switched over to side by sides I'd buy one.

 

Hey ACbuilder!

It is nice to see someone in the forum that actually builds these things. I recently purchased a 2007 700 EFI, which helped slightly to raise the AC stock price, and have been happy with so far. I know the bike has the same engine as the Suzuki King Quad 700, but is there anything else pertinent you could tell me about the bike? For example, air filter, belt, drive train issues. Is the trend at AC to go more toward EFI engines?
I know you may limited as what you can say, but any feedback would be great.

Thanks.

 

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I have over 1100 miles on my belt with no wear yet. The only belts that are weak, are the ones in the quads not driven properly, like low range. You HAVE to use low range up to about 40mph. People say no you dont, and then complain about the belt. Its NOT the belts problem. Its Operator error

 

As I mentioned, that's what my dealer had told me. I would tend to agree with you that it would likely be operator abuse/error....leaning more to the abuse side...that would shell the belt. AND! You are dead on about using low range when appropriate. I always use low range on the Rhino for downhill engine braking and for climbing steep hills. No point on putting a strain on the engine, transmission or other components. It simply works better too.

I think sevenmag will put some hard miles on his if he's into mudding. That tends to beat up a 4X4 pretty bad.