true, honda rocked it threw the mid 1980's on both CR's with pro-link and liquid cooled a$$ ripping engines and also there RVFC XR line, the true hemi engine and sub rocker arms were light years ahead of the comp when the 1983 xr500r came out. oh, and that exact same engine design is still used on todays 2011 xr650L
its just us here wanting a cool ULT quad suffering

 

yamaha seems to have the most guts and innovation of the japanese, honda the least. sad thing is i believe honda has the most potential

 

Back in the old 3-wheeler days Honda owned 78% of the market. When the law suits started guess who got the brunt of it?? Honda decided that they never wanted to be in the position again.

Honda can build anything they want. They could own the market if they chose to do so. Technology wise Honda Motor Company is years ahead of everyone, they just choose not to be number one.

Honda developed a new aluminum alloy for the Rincons pushrods just to save a few onces in weight, what did Polaris come out with?? A heavier steel?? Honda's EPS had been sitting on the shelf for years before they ever offered it.

Honda builds what they want you to have.

 

If I had my way; my quad would have the frame strength, comfortable ride, on board storage, versatility, 2-up ability, 6 gallon gas tank, as my Polaris Sportsman X2. It would have the power of a CanAm Renegade 500, all around goodness of a Yamaha Grizzly, looks of a Kawasaki Brute Force, price of a Suzuki King Quad, and the transmission and reliability of a Honda. Anybody want to make one???? I personally don't mind the weight at all. It's nice in the snow and mud to get down to a firm footing. But, I sure wouldn't mind a quad with all of the above. The reason I didn't buy a Honda is they don't offer anything near what I needed and wanted. I really do try to like Honda but they have got to step up to the plate at some point and throw down the gauntlet again. They're being left behind other than on the reliability front.

 

Amen, hopefully one day someone in Honda will deccide it's time to step up.

 

honda is all set they build quads that are rock solid and last forever and are just as capable as the other brands.. they let all the other brands go nuts putting bigger and bigger engines in there snowmobile ish quads..that weigh a ton and jesus the engines are so hot the fans dont even shut off heaven forbid you get even a spec of dirt in the radiator cause they got the thing so high strung any disruption in the cooling and the over heat light is on.. as soon as Honda figures out how to make a high performance engine thats rock solid and reliable they will make one..or maybe they have but don't feel the need yet to show us.. and no the other companies havent figured it out either that why honda is still NUMBER 1 in reliability


Honda all day long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Rumors have it there may be a Honda utility ATV with no rear drum brake and a true AWD diff lock. But we well be growing tomatoes on Mars before that.