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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 02:06 AM
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Hi all.
I am upgrading from my worn out Suzuki vinson and have got a few options to look at but at the moment I seem to be tossing up between a New grizzly 550 a 2008 grizzly 700 with less than 200 hours on ther clock (like new), and a new Kingquad 750 (obviously the most expensvie option) Basically Its going to be a work horse on our dairy farm heavy towing sometimes which will be in the mud, following cows around at 2km an hour and the occasional trailride thrown in. I think any of them will do the job but the things I have to weigh up would be fuel consumption reliablility and what peoples thoughts are on the enclosed rear brake of the kingquad vs the disc brake on all wheels of the grizzlys. Also any other thoughts or comments you might have fire away thanks
 
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 03:41 PM
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Like you said all of then would probably do try to test drive them and see what you think. Also with the disk brakes the disks of the grizzly should stop better but through a lot of mud i guess they could get scored up from debris. Good luck on your purchase.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave350cc
Hi all.
I am upgrading from my worn out Suzuki vinson and have got a few options to look at but at the moment I seem to be tossing up between a New grizzly 550 a 2008 grizzly 700 with less than 200 hours on ther clock (like new), and a new Kingquad 750 (obviously the most expensvie option) Basically Its going to be a work horse on our dairy farm heavy towing sometimes which will be in the mud, following cows around at 2km an hour and the occasional trailride thrown in. I think any of them will do the job but the things I have to weigh up would be fuel consumption reliablility and what peoples thoughts are on the enclosed rear brake of the kingquad vs the disc brake on all wheels of the grizzlys. Also any other thoughts or comments you might have fire away thanks
All three are great machines that will last a lifetime. My recommendation would be to sit on them, test ride then decide from there! As far as the 550 AND 7000 Yami go these bikes are the exact same thing with just the 550 being a destroked 700 that will run with a 700 tho without the initial punch that the 700 has!
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 04:37 AM
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Well I went for the new 550 Grizzly with eps, Love the bike super comfy to ride, Not a rocket ship off the bottom but once she gets going its plenty fast enough, Seems a bit thirsty but I will put that down to it being new and an auto, They sure seems to rev?? Love the eps, was worth the extra $$
 
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 12:24 PM
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Congratulations on your new quad. I liked the 550 I drove. Nice all around quad.
 
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