thinking about buying a honda quad and was wondering whats the difference between the foreman,fourtrax and rubicon?Do they pull on all four tires?

 

Currently, there is a "Foreman" 500 (manual transmission) and a Foreman Rubicon (500 with unique automatic transmission). Previously, there was a Foreman 450 and 400 (both manual trans). The Foreman series are all solid rear alxle (SRA), and have a reputation as great work machines.

Fourtrax, was just a prefix that they use to put on everything. Now it is TRX instead....

 

as far as 4x4 systems, they are all tork sensative front diffs, 4x4s that engadge when you first put it in 4x4 setting, then will engadge the diff lock when one front wheel slips. this way you can drive in 4x4 and not have to fight a locked diff all the time. very nice and not as tiering as a push-button diff lock

 

the best way for the nice people here to help you decide wich one to get ..is to tell us what your riding areas are like and what kind of riding you want to do....

 

What model(s) exactly are you considering? New or used? What do you plan to do with it (work, play, both)??? All the current models have selectable 2wd/4wd, and an excellent torque sensing front differential!

Some older models were full time 4wd (easily cured with a Warn 424), and some very old ones had a pretty useless "open" differential.

The best thing in the Honda ute lineup is the Rancher 420! It is fuel injected, water cooled, and the engine rips! The SRA model handles as good as some sport quads, and there is now an IRS (independent rear suspension) model available (Rancher 420AT), that has a totally unique automatic/manual transmission. My only complaint is that they are on the heavy side.

 

i love my rancher 350 is got plenty of power ( ive pushed a chrystler cirrus , ran out of gas ) never gotten stuck , and can keep up with my bros 300ex ( speed , powerslides & even doughnuts.....

 

thinking about getting a 2004 350 foreman.Was wondering do they pull on all four tires or just the two in the rear and the one on the front.

 

There is no such thing as a 2004 Foreman 350. There is a 2004 Rancher 350 and a Foreman 450. The Rancher is more of a trail quad, and the Foreman is more of a work quad. The Rancher from that year has full time 4wd, so it needs a Warn 424 to really be fun.

But, there were also 2wd models, so if you need 4wd be sure you aren't looking at one of those....

Either model has an excellent torque sensing front differential, that sends the power to the wheel that has traction.....some naive people call that 3wd. I go everywhere in yard deep snow that my friends do with their IRS machines with lockers.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: reconranger

.....some naive people call that 3wd.

i hate when people call it 3 wheel drive, if anything a torque sensative front diff is the way to go IMO. less wear on front diff, if your constantly turning, and your arms dont get tired trying to fight a constantly locked diff.

i havent seen any case where a constantly locked diff, 4 wheels moveing all the time, has out preformed a toque sensative front diff.

 

ok my mistake,I was looking at the bike on a buy and sell classified and thats what they had posted.Whats a warn 424?If its a winch and the rancher is full time 4wd why would you need the winch?Anyway great advice and I can see where the torque sensing front differential would be great on the arms rather than fulltime 4wd!