Looking to get vV-700 to use as a trail only atv. Will be using it in woods 75 % and mud 25 %. I know other avt might be better for this but I like and want the Kawasaki V-700 I’ am thinking that with larger tires like some 25” or 26” aggressive tread tires and skid plates this would be an extremely fun ride. Has anyone has any experience with this and can the stock gearing pull this much tire. Or am I totally missing something.
Thanks in advance.

 

Try to avoid the DEEP mud. I know from experience. The V is very heavy especially when you try to pull it out of the suction of a deep mud hole. Shallow mud you will have a blast as well as trail/woods riding. As far as tires stick with the stock size. Check out ITP Mud-Lites. They make a tire in the stock size for the V.

 

I have a set of 22in bearclaws i use when playing in the mud. They work great. I can go almost anywhere my bro does with his griz. Some stuff takes a difference in technique compared to a 4x4 but most can be accomplished. If your used to a sport quad you will be impressed with how much this thing will go thru.

 

First you say trail only atv, then you say 25% mud[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img].The v700 will go thru some impressive stuff for a 2wd. However, if 25% mud is your goal, get a prairie. The prairie is 90% as sporty as the V, and will get you through whatever. The v tends to overheat quickly in the mud etc.

 

I've ridden both, and the prairie is hands down more fun to ride for me. My buddy has a v700, and recently got a praire. Guess which one is collecting dust and about to be up for sale?? Yep the V. The prairie is nearly as fast, SO much more comfortable, easier to ride, and keeps you a lot cleaner. On a cement drag race, the v is only about a bike length ahead up to the prairie's top speed, then the V leaves it. I do agree that the vforce probably handles high speed cornering 30% better than the prairie, but the other positive factors of the prairie far outshadow the V's better handling. Ride a V for an hour, you practically have to peel your fingers off the grips because you're holding on for dear life. Ride the prairie and you're holding on one handed and smoking a cigar in the other, lol....

 

The V doesnt over heat. Me and my bro spent 4hrs playing in the mud and making our own trails thru his in-laws woods. By the time we were done my radiator had about a half inch of mud caked on it. I had to drive at 1-5mph about 12mi back to the trucks. I had no over heating or nothing. We had to pull the covers off of my bros griz though as it would barely run due to boiling gas. The P700 needs alot of upgrading to handle close to as sporty as the V. I had a full XC race ready P650 that i sold after getting the first V. Then i found the woods and mud potential of the V and sold the P650 to get another V. One for me and one for the wife. We had 2 great riding trips til some MORON stole the wifes orange V. Now i barely ride due to the fact that she always throws a fit that she cant go with. She wont ride with me as she only like to ride her own bike. I have been thinking about starting up a charity to replace her quad but i dont think most would donate money for that. Sorry for the off subject just blowin steam.

 

Well yes, in fact the V does over heat. Maybe the 'mud' you ride in isn't that extreme, or you have water to rinse it off. When my buddy and I took his V out in some muddy trails, in 95F temps, as soon as the radiator got mud on it, the fan was going non stop. Then eventually the check engine light came on and stayed on, the thing was clearly waaay too hot due to the tiny radiator being caked with mud and no water to rinse it. Don't paint a picture that the v can do everything, its a sport quad. Yes it will rip the prairie a new one on high speed/sporty trails, but it will not follow it everywhere with the same performance.....

 

I wasnt implying that it will do everything. I stated in my first post that it will go thru most that a 4x4 does. It takes a different technique and to some may be bothersome but to me I like it cause it makes it more of a challenge. I have never overheated mine. I went to do some serious mud/tech riding this weekend and had the same results. I was going thru pea soup type mud only thicker so when you come out of the hole it leaves a 1in coating on everything that was submerged. Even the radiator. The deepest i went thru was headlight deep. The fan will run more often but it does not over heat. Maybe what the deal is is that i have a dyno jet kit in mine. Maybe with the stock needles they run leaner causing them to get hot? I dunno but i havent had problems with mine well except for that type of mud cakes on so bad it takes $20 at the car wash to get her clean.

 

I was impressed at what the V will get thru stock. My buddy hit a water hole that his handlebars pretty much went under and I thought he was done for, and powered out!