How fast will the Big Bear 4x4 go compared to the Rancher 4x4? Which is faster better handling ec....?

 

Go test ride a Rancher and find out. Since you own a Big Bear it would be better for you to do a comparision to see what you think. Besides, I don't think you are going to like what these Honda owners have to say, because I beleive the Rancher is better.

 

I don't believe the Yamaha owners would want to see what you have too say either! I just got th e Big Bear 4x4 two day's ago! I think that it is the best 4x4 atv you can buy. I wanted to know how they compared in your eye's NOT MINE! Which one will run faster pull more better ride etc... I have a Big Bear because I like them better and the Honda dealer that I went to was RUDE. GIVE ME YOUR OPINION!

 

That is one of the reasons that i didn't buy a Honda. The dealer wanted to screw me just because I was 15 years old. He thought that I didn't know anything even thought I knew more about the prouduct HE was selling.

I got my Arctic Cat 500 with a 2 year warranty, stick stoppers, and a gunrack for $6400 and change. I found out a month ago that my riding buddy(who is 23) got a 450s with a 5 year warranty for $6000, 400 bucks less than what they wanted me to pay for the same quad with a 6 month warranty.

 

I do like Yamaha way better Honda dealers are RUDE it must be some kind of trend! I am now the proud owner of a Yamaha! They just lost one cutomer! Yamaha seems too have better benifits too. I like the style of there atv's better! If honda does not stop being so rude they could loose quite a bit more customer's. Iam already gone. I will never purchase a Honda. Besides if you look at it Yamaha has just as good reliabilty as Honda!

 

Timberwolf82,

If you just bought the Big Bear, and you are convinced it is the best 4x4, and you are sold on Yamaha's reliability, benefits, and styling........what do you care about the opinions of others on a different quad? You made the choice you wanted, which is what everyone should do, and that is all that should count.

 

So does Arctic Cat, maybe better. But that is only short-term reliability.

How do you you like the looks of the 2000 Big Bear? I prefer the 99 model over the 2000, in fact I think they are about as ugly as my quad.

Arctic Cat 500, It's only plastic deep.

 

I have found that the Honda dealers around here are polite, but not that quick to come down on price. I think that it is because Hondas sell very well, and they don't have to come down much just to move their product. Its kinda like "If you don't buy it, someone else will"

As far as the speed goes, its probably very close. It all will come down to gearing. The 386cc Yamaha will be a little more powerfull, but that doesn't exactly mean it will be faster than the 329cc Honda. I really don't know which is faster, but I would believe that the speeds are very comparable with the faster quad only being a couple of mph faster.

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Andy Bassham *(1999 Arctic Cat 500 4x4, 1989 Honda 300)*

 

The honda delars here are kinda rude too, but not overly so.. If the new big bear is anything like my friends 99' kodiak I would have to say that the rancher is much better handling and exactly as fast (50ish). but the big bear may have larger racks and more cargo room.

 

I know for a fact that the new Rancher 4x4 is about 5mph faster at top end than the Big Bear.I know because i raced one and we where pretty even until i shifted out of 3rd and it was audios amigo.