According to the magazine experts [who beleives them anyhow?]the new Sportsman HO is conciderably quicker than the Ruby,but I dont know,I never raced them.===Bill

 

Is this the same Rubicon that almost came in dead last in a ATV pull a couple weeks ago? Sounds like a troll to me.

 

Where are you "Quadmaster"... I cant believe you dont have something to say about this. The Polaris must have left his choke on huh?...

 

Quadfather whatever your name is

 

Don't mess with the Quadfather...you might wake up with a dead horses head in your bed!

 

Yes, this is the same guy that got beat by an Arctic Cat and a Polaris, but I am not sure what you mean by a "troll"

 

Enjoy yourself while you can becacase non-H.O SPs will be hard to run into since they do not make them anymore.When you race a new SP let us know how that one turns out.

 

My 2000SP500 will hang right with a Rubicon on flat ground, but that is not why I bought it. I am also willing to step up to the plate if any Rubi owner would like a competition. (Doc) Lets try a drag race over rough terrain, or a mud competition, or a jump competition, or a barrel race to see which one corners and accelerates better.... any takers??? Texmudder will be at the Halloween ride. His bike is set up with the same size and type of tires as mine. Maybe that will be a good time to do some real comparisons. If Straight line acceleration was the most important quality in an Utility ATV, I would still have my Grizzly.

BTW, Doc, you are only a hour and a half away from FWP. Why don't you join us?

Greg

 

Kinda a silly comparison, don't ya think? A funny car will smoke a truck puller in a drag race, but a truck puller would then smoke the funny car when pulling a sled. Personnally, I think the choice od drive modes (D2 versus D1) had a lot of impact on that drag race between the Rubicon and the SP). D1 is performance, while D2 is torque (stays in gear longer). Drag racing a Rubicon in D2 mode would hurt the Rubicon's performance. As for my personal opinion, I think it's significant that the Rubicon can even stay close to a SP500 (handling and performance), regardless of which one wins. The SP500 is a awesome machine, just one that has a slightly different design focus than the Rubicon.

 

A troll is somebody who goes looking for trouble on the internet and likes to stir people up and get them mad. A major cause of flaming in forums and chat rooms.

I'm glad your Rubicom redeamed itself in a drag race. Now race the Sportsman again tell the owner to take the parking brake off this time. (this is an example of trolling for a response)

When the Rubicon rides like a Polaris I will buy one. So until Honda changes that 1971 suspension and upgrades to a more modern 2001 I will have to keep my new H.O.