I've owned a Rincon and a Grizzly. Get the Grizzly.

The Rincon transmission gave us troubles. It started to develop a problem with creeping while it was idling, and you had to hold the brakes to keep it still. That problem progressively worsened, until we took it in to have it fixed. Honda had to replace the torque converter. We also had a rear CV joint go out, and had to have that fixed / replaced. The warranty had expired (by about two days), and the dealer refused to submit the warranty claim on either item. He could have submitted the claims, because he has until the end of the month to get a claim submitted each month, and no one at Honda would have said a word about the warranty expiring on the 15th and me bringing the quad in on the 17th. They would have just verified that the claim was submitted within the month the warranty was in effect. The dealer decided to go out of his way to protect Honda instead of go out of his way to look out for his customer. That was his loss.

Despite the reliability issues with the Rincon that we have not had with a Grizzly, the Grizzly is still a better performing ATV all around. There really is no comparison between the two ATVs, the Grizzly is better, hands down.

DV

 

I'd vote Grizz too. Out of all the belt-driven trannys, the Yamaha's is 2nd to none for being bulletproof. The Rincon tranny is the type of auto transmission you'd find in a car. Eventually, those things go out. You could buy 50-100 replacement belts to 1 Rincon transmission. I seriously doubt you'd go through more than 2-3.

If you want handling, get the Rincon. If you want everything else, get the Grizzly.

 

CVT belt $50?/Hondamatic $2000? Which would you rather take offroad?

 

A Rincon 680 barely has any more power than my 500 EFI. If you want anything with power you REALLY don't want a Honda.

 

If you get the Honda Rincon you will regret not having a low range. Grizzly has way more power and a true 4wd locker also. Unless the Honda cost much less it a no brainer.