I would buy the ES again in a heartbeat.

Your hands never leave the handlebars with the ES, that's the beauty of it. While gripping the left handlebar grip, your left thumb simply touches one of two buttons. If you're climbing a steep hill, going down something very steep, or crossing deep water, you can put your feet anywhere you like and continue to shift normally.

Kev

 

What it this "your hands never leave the handlebars" thing???? You don't need to take your hands off the bars to shift with your foot.............

Keep is simple. ES is just one more thing that can go wrong!

Sounds like the Foreman is way more machine than you need for your needs. I would highly suggest a Rancher instead. You will want to install a Warn 424, which turns the full-time 4X4 into a selectable 2wd/4wd machine.

The machine of my dreams would be a Rancher 400 motor in a Rancher 350 frame, manual transmission, and Trax Loc selectable 2wd/4wd. This would be a (relatively) light, but powerful machine.

 

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Originally posted by: reconranger
What it this "your hands never leave the handlebars" thing???? You don't need to take your hands off the bars to shift with your foot.............

Keep is simple. ES is just one more thing that can go wrong!

I'm talking about the post above mine where he said that he didn't want ES because he wanted to keep his hands on the handlebars. Your hands stay on the handlebars no matter what type of shifter you have, manual foot or ES. That's all I was saying.

If the ES dies, you can install a foot shifter.

Kev

 

So, maybe somebody thinks that the Rancher has a full manual hand clutch, and doesn't realize that it has an autoclutch?????

 

The best part of the es , that i like, is not having to dip your foot into cold water, when you get into deep water or mud. You can shift all you want, and even go into reverse, while kneeling on the seat. If i had to do it all over, id get the s, for two reasons. The s can be modified to bump start, but the es cant. The s will allow the rider to match rpms, when down shifting, and the es wont. Holding the foot shifter, in either the full up or full down is nuetral, and you can blip the throttle, just like on sport bikes and sport cars, and match rpms for a smoother downshift.
Other wise the 4wd and engine are the same, its just in how its shifted (foot vs thumb), and a couple extra wires in the wireing harness, that they differ.

 

i would just go S tho, wear rubber boots, i had the problem would be cruising in fifth and i couldnt down shift. i had to stop turn it off, then it would go back down in gears, really frustrating

 

what is the S as opposed to the ES or manual foot shift. Is there three options?

 

the "s" is the foot shift model, the "ES" is the electric shift model.

 

can the rancher go from 4 wheel to 2 wheel drive? and is it a 350cc? thanks

 

all the ranches that i've seen are selectable 2wd or 4wd, and yes they are 350cc