I am thinking about buying a 2007 400 auto and I started looking at the TRVs and can't decide what to get. I worry that the trv atv is to long on the tight trails and would be easier to get stuck.

Any TRV owners like the atv when you are single riding? How does it perform off rode in mud and tuff off road situations?

I wish the 400 trv came with a locker and I may buy the TRV 650 but I'm not sure if it is worth the extra money?

Whats your experiance and thoughts on these quads are they a better ride?

I will be riding single 80% and Double 20%.

Or should I buy the single rider 400 and purchase another smaller atv for my son?

Sorry if these questions seem dumb but I hate to buy a TRV and it become a pain on the trails.

Thanks!!

 

I ride with a guy that has a TVR and he goes any place that I do with minimal difficulty. The extra length sometimes is to his advantage. Plus it does give a better ride than a shorter machine.

I have personally only had a couple times where I thought I may want a locker. Mostly climbing hills where one front tire may come off the ground. With a locker I may have gotten even more stuck by getting too far into a mess. I have a winch an am not afraid to use it. It is easier on the machine than trying to 'bull' your way through and putting extra strain and beating it excesively.

If I were a kid I probably would love to have my own machine but that is a family thing that only you can decide.

If I did not have my present machine I would own a TRV....

 

I have a 2006 TRV 400 and have been very happy with performance. Top speed is around 47 mph, and if you ride in mud make sure your in low. High gear will do well most of the time on flat trails and small hills even with two people, but once you reach mud that reaches the top of the tires, make sure your in low. Not sure what you have heard about belt systems, I have been in some deep *** mud and water (probably too deep) and never had my belt slip. Also change the tires, I love the stockers for trail riding and they did ok on flat muddy trails but my Mudbugs improved the handling and traction to I rarely will get stuck in mud. I ride with different ATV's and I am the only one with a Arctic cat and TRV. Tight trails will slow you down only if your concerned with scratching or breaking plastic. If you ride with big bore bikes Grizzly,Polaris, Kawasaki you will not have problems keeping up on tight trails. If you ride with smaller atv's you might be a tad slower than them due to the size of the TRV. In an nut shell you won't be dissapointed in buying the TRV. Now for power, I would love to have a 650 H1 but not in the TRV. My 400 TRV is no power house yet I never ran out of power even with two riders. It will not wheelie or set a speed record but deep mud, hill climbing, descents, i will do it with ease and the ride is unbeatable. I ride with Honda Foremans and Rubicons and before I changed my tires to mudbugs (they had them) I was just about equal to getting through the mud. Now that I have mudbugs there is no comparison. I eat the Honda's!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although Honda does make a heck of a good bike!
I rambled enough so good luck with whatever you decide.

 

As Bugmud said don't be bashful about using low range. Make sure you break in the engine porperly then somewhere between 300 and 600 miles the 400 will come to life.

It certainly does have some power and I shouldn't tell you this (because you may think that the AC is not strong - that is not the case) but I have broken an axle from the power it develops and a week later on the new half-shaft I chewed up a new CV joint. For the size of the engine the alxes and CV joints are large, so the AC is strong - it is a chubby thing weighing in at close to 700lbs - so you know it is not made of tin. They are the same as in a 500 and 650, just a smaller engine. Point being in low range you are going to have plenty of power and don't be afraid to turn up the rpm's the Suzuki engine will happily turn high rpm's with no ill effects. Buy design it is capable of many more rpm's. Without the rev limiter and with the right cam it probably could turn 9000 to 10,000, easily. I believe the rev limiter is around 7000rpm's - not exactly sure. The cam is designed to give low and mid-range grunt and the rev limiter is set to a conservative usable side..

 

I have an 03 AC500 TRV. It is my wife's machine actually which she allows me to ride every now and then.

It has 26x10x12 front and 26x12x12rear Mudlite tires, HD springs on the stock shocks and a 2500# warn winch. I think it has about 7000 miles on it and it has been through and over some nasty stuff towing a trailer and with two people riding it. It has NOT lacked power that I have experienced. If I had a chance I would get a second one. Both my wife and I like it.

It has some problems in tight spaces. I think the longer wheel base makes it more stable for climbing steep hills. I wish this one has the diff locker on it but, with the mudlite tires it rarely if ever gets stuck. It is not snorkled but has been through water up to the seat and has not had a single belt slippage issue.

This last fall had myself at 300 pounds, my friend at about 300 pounds, our gear, half his moose on the front rack and everything else in a single axle trailer. Probably close to if not over 2000 pounds of weight over 9 miles of nasty, boggy mashes and swamps and it chugged right along. Made a Cat believer out of my hunting partner.

I think I will look at getting another TRV when they come out a fuel injected model.

SJ

 

I have the 05 500 TRV. This is built like a tank and I have added a rack and made a push bar for it. I have 10019 miles on it in under a year of riding. This wheeler is great for the trails. Use low in the mud and at slow speeds. I spend more time pulling others out of the mud than going through it myself. I have stuck it twice (high centered it). oh my god talk about heavy. I like it because if the wife is with she can drive and I can sleep on the back. hehe. Comfeeeeeyyy zzzzzzzz. The length is nice for hills as I have noticed its not as tippy. You will like the TRV.