There's more to riding 2-up then just suspension- If you plan on riding 2-up often then I would recommend you look at factory 2-up atv's, there's only 3 currently offered- Arctic Cat, Polaris Touring & Can-AM Max.

Riding a 2-up on a one-up atv might be popular with some atv'ers (I'm sure someone will post saying how it's no big deal ) - but it's also a bad idea especially when riding hills and trails- they are not built to have a high center of gravity of more than 100-120 lbs +/- above & behind the rear shocks (on the rear rack) which is where your passenger would be sitting- whereas a factory 2-up extends the wheelbase and moves the rear shocks behind the passenger seat for stability on hills and trails.

It's your money & health, so it's your choice...
but IMHO- if you go out and drop $6-8k+ blindly on an atv just because it's a honda- without experiencing at least a few other manufacturers- it's just foolish.

 

Yes they handle 2 people comfortably the seat is big so your second rider is not on the rack. You can trail ride around in first and second gear just fine. You wont go wrong you will be very pleased with it.

 

Beergut.. Yeah my Rincon wheelies very easily I don't know what kinda dogged out Rincon you had but my buddy owns one also and he can do a wheelie from a complete stop with his feet over the handle bars..

And just because you have owned every machine for 10 minutes doesn't make you an expert...

I put mad miles on my ATV's me and all my buddies do... I see what they are actually capable of and the reliability issues with these machines.. Sunday we did 150 miles one trip.. All these 2005 and newer atvs most certainly don't posses the same reliability.. NOT EVEN CLOSE...

All I know is I have this Rincon and a Honda Rancher and I have put zero money into them... in the same amount of miles I have watched my friends dump upwards of 1000 bucks each to keep their machines maintained with bearing, brakes pads, belts, and whatever else went wrong... diff leaks ect..

Thing is alot of people don't even ride their machine enough to get them into the problem miles 3000+ They put 400 miles on the machine a summer and thats fine.. but when your Hobby and passion is off roading with your buds weekly reliability becomes a HUGE part of the ATV buying process.. I do like alot of the other machines but they've proven so problematic after a few thousand miles that I cannot justify the purchase just so i can go in a staight line faster??? Decend a Hill slower i guess??? ... doesnt seem to matter in the big scheme of things.

 

That's exactly how I feel about honda's. Like I said earlier I have an 01 350 fourtrax that has 8500 miles on it and have only replaced one rear wheel bearing. It runs like a top, still. Does your buddy ( with the Rincon ) have issues going up and down steepish hills ? and what does he think of the engine breaking on his machine.?

 

c'mon unit- I know you're a good guy but please- you have to work at pulling that front end up on a rincon to get a wheelie. Get back to me once to try out a brute 750 or outty 800- which will wheelie even with someone sitting on the front rack, with no bar pulling required- just pure throttle.
I've been on 5 rincons- and not one can wheelie by just stuffing the throttle and not having any rider shifting his weight.


I don't get this comment- makes no sense. I average about one atv every 6 months. 6 months is plenty of time to figure out an atv!
Also- every magazine article written about a new atv is test ridden for maybe 1 or 2 days before they write a 3 page review on it- If you're telling me someone who's been riding atv's for dozens of years can't have an expert opinion on an atv after riding it for six months... then you must be the guy in your avatar pic. Yes- I can give a pretty well rounded opinion on how rincons handle- especially after owning 2 and riding 3 others from other owners.




Unit- you have zero credibility to make such a claim that your honda is any more reliable than any other atv. I experienced shifting issues with both my rincons- and actually had a TSB stuffed in my rincon manual explaining how o-ring failure caused low pressure. Then I got another TSB on how I had to allow for "ample" warm up time for the honda to shift properly since it shared the same oil with the motor- A known issue.
Yea- that's what I call "no fuss".

I had more problems with my 600 mile rincon then I did with my 2000 mile outlander. just saying. Honda ain't no cream puff- far from it. Own / ride a few more atv's to have a relevent comparison, then tell me how awesome your honda is.

Up-n-comming 2013 honda lineup... BNG!

 

engine breaking?

a tennis ball rolling down a hill has more "breaking" potential

actually- if you put your rincon in manual shift mode and manually shift it to a lower gear while decending- then tap the throttle, it will down shift into a lower gear and over rev as it decends... it will slow you down, but you'll still have to ride the brakes if it's a good serious decent to keep it under control.

which is a lot easier then just releasing the throttle and letting the engine break slow you down like on all other modern atv's.

 

Going downhills on the Rincon is fine put it in 1st and apply brakes if needed... not like its a heavy freight train..if you can ride an ATV this is a no brainer..



Beergut.... I put at least 1.5 2k miles on my machines so do all my riding friends a season thats a 5-6 month ride season. I feel I do have some insight on the reliability and quality of alot of the other brands other than honda's. I have owned other brands also in the past few years.. Couple Kawasaki Praire/brute forces and a grizzly. Grizzly was a nice machine.. but those kawasaki's in the shop so much I almost shot myself..I bought the Brute because of the insane power... but it didnt matter when the thing was busted sooooo much that i couldnt make a few of the trips..I actually had to go and buy my rancher used off some guy on craigslist in a pinch to make a trip we planned because my Brute was in the shop.. Now the rancher sits in my garage and that brute is someone elses problem.

Anyway to the author of this thread... If reliability is really important to you.. Get the Rincon..

 

Yes they can handle 2 up riding. It will do most anything you want. I bought a Rubicon, just my choice. Buy what suits you.
There are many manufactures to chose from, Honda has the best dealers in the area. If the others were better I would buy a Yamaha.