I've had really good luck so far with this Baby!!! I love it...The transmission needs to heat up alittle before it wants to go forward or in reverse. I can wait for that, it's not too bad letting anything warm up before you go anyways.The best part so far is the new 27" titan 589 tires with the aluminum ITP wheels they don't rub and don't need a lift kit to have them on. The speed with 2 guys with 2 bags of corn and a speed of 58mph isn't bad if you ask me either. total weight was around 530 lbs plus the bike weight of approx. 600lbs did really well and felt really stable. This was only a test. I wouldn't do it again and don't recommend it to anyone for safety reasons of course as well. The performance reasons are the only reason i did it because of the new tires. When you do hit 3rd gear going that fast it is really cool to hear the motor turning with those tires..I would like to see what top speed is with one person though.
Anyways I love my new tires and i kept the stock one's for sandy conditions.Still wanting a winch, maybe for christmas!!!
Thanks for all the reply's fella's!!!
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I'm running Mobil Delvac 1 5w40 and it has been working great! I was up deer hunting here in Wis all last week in weather down near 10 degrees and had no problems at all. I have to give Honda credit, they seem to handle the cold better than the others out there. One of our group was stuck in the woods because of cold weather operation problems, his throttle and brake cables froze up on him. Another one wouldn't even start.

 

lets see some pics of those RINCON'S. I think they are cool looking. A local honda dealer has 2 Rincon's (he went down south and brought 2 back) One is a dealer demo, the other is brand new (both green) and they are only a couple hundred more than the rubicon, i thought that was an amazing price, considering he's the only one around with one. although i'd prefer red a rincon would be nice. My brother might trade in his 450 on one, or a sp700 (whatever is cheaper)

 

Check out this url; http://www.aluminumproducts.com/acb/..._ID=49&CATID=2

The warn winch mount is in this kit. It is the only one I have found for the Rincon currently on the market.

 

Rincon....Here ya go http://groups.msn.com/RowdyPics/pictures

 

HEY ROWDY,
HOW DO YOU GET THE BIKE TO POP A WHEELIE?
I'D ASSUME ONLY IN ESP MODE?
LET ME KNOW...
THANKS, GOOD PIC'S BY THE WAY!

 

Hey Rolling...I don't know...Except MUCH less effort, & a lot further than I could do with my 350 Rancher 4X4 that I traded in for the Rincon, & yes, it is in ESP mode...Be careful

 

That Rincon is the best looking quad available. NICE !

 

Go to www.candssales.com they have the winches, winch plates, Stick Stoppers, rear racks, front rack and comeing so the front grill.

 

This message is to Newfie boy58 and anyone else who reads DIRTWHEELS magazine.


In the December issue DIRTWHEELS did a so called 'shootout' of the Rincon to the Prairie and Grizzly and in doing so demonstrated that their objectivity (or their ability to use it) is slipping.

Admittedly, they are entitled to their opinion, however, whether their opinion is based on false interpretation of data gained from test riders, or filtered through an editor with an agenda, I don’t know (don’t care).

The Honda Rincon is in a class all by itself with respect to handling. I have put substantial seat time on both other machines and they handle fine, however, they just can’t compare to the smooth and confidence building ride of the Rincon. The configuration of the rear suspension components and their relationship with the front suspension provides unparalleled action and ride. Their suspension system has raised the bar in a big way. If we are lucky other manufactures will use the Rincon suspension as a guide stick in the future designs of their systems.

I have never been more surprised while reading DIRTWHEELS magazine. To read that they put the Honda Rincon after the Grizzly in handling and smoothness was shocking to say the least. While the Grizzly system is nice, IT IS TOO TALL! Not to mention the STIFF SPRUNG REAR END that forces the excellent front to earn all the marks. The ride suffers and is not even close to matching the high or low speed action of the system on the Rincon.

And as for the engine braking: DIRTWHEELS wrote that Honda should go back to the drawing board! That was an abusive and irresponsible statement to say the least.

If we define engine braking as the ability of the engine to slow down the machine, their system does indeed live up to their claim. I CAN SKID THE TIRES USING ONLY ENGINE BRAKING BY DOWNSHIFTING FROM TOP GEAR!

The fact that their system only slows the machine down to around 8 mph has nothing to do with poor design and everything to do with gearing. By nature of their 3-speed transmission (which is flawless), first gear is rather tall and is capable of taking the machine up to around 25 mph before hitting second.

By nature of this tall first gear, the engine rpm can only dive so low before hitting idle speed and 1st gear can no longer slow the machine down.

Leaving any other auto-clutch 5 speed tranny in 2nd or 3rd and see how slow the engine slows that machine down.

This seems like ATV 101 stuff that the DIRTWHEELS folks should know already.

Honda’s win at Baja 1000 didn’t happen simply because they were backed by American Honda (though a big factor), it was also due to the superb handling, rider friendly transmission, and smooth power that is typical of Honda. If someone want's to argue that the flipping Rincon was highly modified, and that is the only reason that they won, well so is every other flipping machine in the race!

If anyone should go back to the drawing board, it is the author(s)/editors at DIRTWHEELS who have allowed their impatience with Honda to leak into the pages of an otherwise fine example of an ATV magazine.

Buying the Rincon was almost as good a decision as the decision made by HONDA to build it.


'86 Honda ATC200X
'98 Yamaha Wolverine
'03 Honda Rincon



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Wilber