Does anyone have a rhino? If so how does it do on the trails? in the mud? on hills?

 

Great everywhere it goes! All around awesome machine, the best in its class no quesions asked. There's a reason the military is using a machine built off the rhino by Yamaha to do their dirty work! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

You won't see me on an atv unless I'm forced to, as this machine has completely changed my notion of having fun on four wheels. Gear capacity, companionship, performance, comfort....I'm serious, your quad just sits there like an old 3-wheeler.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Wait out the 05's and get the glove box, air box mod and the beefier cv joints/axles (how would you like to be on some waiting list for an '04 without all this stuff?).

 

It will go places your quad cant. Trust me my dad has one and its un stopable. Goes threw mud bogs better than quads do.

 

I'm a Yamaha Polaris Dealer......and I REALLY favor the 05 IRS Ranger over the Rhino BY FAR

the Rhino has more power yes.............but the ranger has more than enough.........and it rides MUCH better.........and is MUCH more stable...........and it seats 3 people......

the rhino is a good bike.......just not the best

 

REALLY??? I cant believe something better than the RHINO, especially at this time of the release of the 04 model. That thing Rocks big time!!! Runs smooth through the whoops and can climb 99 % of the hills out there that my quad does.

 

N E one have any pictures of modded rhinos or rangers? they get pretty cool with money put into them

 

the Rhino has the more power by a large margin.........but I really like the ride and drive of the ranger quite a bit better.......

 

I would say the opposite for most, the Ranger couldn't handle any of the mud the Rhino could, and dealt with the rocks a lot rougher then the Rhino also on one of our poker rallies last year.

 

It's going to be quite the debate when these 700 V-Twins get slapped in as promised. My Ranger dealer tried to play dumb about it (of course!), as these 700's will initially be in limited supply, they have nothing but 500cc 'bridge' models availiable at this time and most big dealers have plenty of straight axles on hand (how you keep quiet about both the IRS version AND the 700 with a straight face, is just the way this game is played in the motorsports business).

There's no doubt that this will be a great machine and have many more features than even the first or second year Rhinos....yet I personally like the comfort and great response this 'little' machine gives over what I see in these first new gen Rangers (without admittedly driving one).

To each his own and I will pour a ton of money into this Rhino....yet the 'jump ship' alternative, for me, has to look a little less like my Grandpa's golf cart/utility vehicle and a little more like something you would bring to the track if they raced 'em (which I'm hoping they will). One thing that has attracted me to the Rhino is that I have been driving it since last year at about this time and have had all this time to enjoy it; plus now get involved with all these newly released aftermarket goodies. Life is short; God has blessed me enough to play today and I have come to appreciate the fact that the future is now with the Rhino (first-year headaches be damned; not to mention thoughts of v-twins not even in production).

You just can't go wrong with either machine and both will be around for many years to come.

John