Hell of a thread this one is turnin out to be! In my opinion the CTE is now the class leader, and I know it's hard for you guys to know for sure if my opinion is accurate since not many Americans have seen one or had a chance to compare it. I think it would come close to being everything everyone wants, unless ofcourse they need a bigger bore. It is a hair stronger in the speed department and way better in suspension. If they start selling this machine in the U.S I just don't know what more people will expect out of a 500 utility but then again, like propnut said there's just no pleasing some people.
People keep saying Honda is way behind in the technology department as well and that burns me. They probably don't want to go to diff-lock because that could comprimise reliablity of the front end, they work just fine in the mud anyway! Honda's are by far the most REFINED machine built ! Auto manufacturers get praised for refinement but Honda gets dissed for lack of technology on their quads. Refinement is technology, having a diff-lock is a feature not technology. Honda does improve in many ways with each redesign, even if they don't add every feature known to man. The competition does it to try to dipp into Honda's sales....it's that simple.

 

I have, in fact, put in what I considered to be enough seat time on a Vinson to get a pretty good feel for it. While riding it, I compared several different attributes directly with the Rubicon that I currently owned at the time and knew like the back of my hand. That is how I came to that conclusion and as far as what the magazines said, they all seemed to be right on par with what I had felt on my "test run."

 

Check the records if it bothers you so much. You keep bringing baseball up, not me.

 

Take it easy there, but last time I checked the defending #1 team in MLB was not the Cards.

We'll have to wait until later this year to see who ends up #1 in MLB this year.

Maybe #1 in NLC would be a little more accurate...for now. Good luck[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Uhhh.....no waiting. They definitely have the best record right now. That's what I mean by #1 in Major League Baseball.

 

well at least I have a better sense of your logic now

so what's the long term report on the Vinson? How does it hold up. After owning an Artic Cat with a variant of the Vinson motor I was a little worried about longevity.

 

Don't know. I said it was a bit better than the Rubi in all-out performance. Reliability goes to the Honda between the two. I think sab and propnut would be interested to look at the thread entitled "I Think Honda's Got Some Catching Up To Do." You may then see that I am certainly far from being the only one who has these opinions.

 

Yup, there's at least one in every crowd. You and dummy4life, a boat I don't want to be in.

Honda has to catch up with their warranty too. Everyone offers a better warranty......

Funny some people jump ship then start firing shots back at their old ship. Why not be happy with your new purchase and leave it alone? You got what you wanted, right? Actually it's sad. Just sail off in another direction. Leave it.....

 

Our 01 Rubicon has a throttle position sensor.

We put Maxxis Bighorn Radials on our Rubicon. They improved the ride 110%. If we bought a new Rubicon tomorrow, even a CTE, it would have a new set of Maxxis Bighorn radials on it before it ever hit the dirt.

 

The thing with that statement is.....I've always had this opinion in my entire time on this forum. Yes, even when I owned my Rubicon. It is not just something that came along after I got the King.