I've ridden my friend's Eiger......no thanks. COmpared to my Prairie, there is no comparison. the Eiger drives and rides like tractor compared to the P700. And the P700 is basically the 650BF.....

My friend has rode the P700, and he says it great but his Eiger is....still OK.....in that, oh crap, kind of tone.....

I am sure the Eiger is s good machine. But the ride and comfort and the handling of the BF650 will greatly surpass the Eiger.

 

I can see your delema. both qauds are good qauds but one is a great one. That is the Kawi. Being a fellow hunter myself a few features to pay close attention to on the Kawi is the rear braking system; maintence free, wet, and protected. Secondly the gas tank is under the seat giving a lower center of gravity, and it is pretty good size comparatively, but like others said the machine can be thirsty depending on how you drive it. Third, you have to give great consideration to the locking front diff, it is great in those sticky places and at just the pull of a lever you engage and disengage with no effort at all. (This is key in climbing and steering) Fourth why so many of us have a kawi is they are FAST and powerful. I would compare the power to how a snowmobile is. The twin cylinders keep pulling and have good speed from bottom to top end. Fifth, because I do hunt and use my quad to take me up hills I prefer not climbing the solid rear axle in the 650 is much more stable on inclines and inclines with a slant. I know without a doubt that had I been with IRS I would be looking at a quad in many pieces sitting in my garage. It truly does make a big difference. Comfort is also great on the Kawi as well as having full floor boards for just running over *#&$ and not getting hung up. If I were to do anything differently in purchasing my quad I absolutely would NOT have bought the camoflauge. BUY the red or green. The plastic is made of different material. I have had to replace to rear sections of camoflauge plastic (over $100) because it has cracked on me when I have had to squeeze between trees. I am actually looking at switching all the plastic because of it. Hope this helps.

 

Thanks guys, thats alot of good info. Looks like I'm going with the Brute, the power is the difference, but what about the automatic tranny anybody ever had any problems with it. Not real sure on the price of them, where I live the MSRP is $6800 but I saw a post on here where a guy got his for $5700.

 

I got mine for $5999 plus tax. Check out all the ads in the local Cycle Trader or Tradin Times. A lot of dealers advertise some good prices in there. That would be a good starting point for shoping around.

 

Buy the BF650 and be happy. You will enjoy the performance. Also easy to add mods. if you wish.


Chapman Performance

 

Here is a pretty good looking deal on one, $5,500.00 new

I read all the terms, it looks like you have to pay about 150.00 bucks in extra fee's. I think $ 5650.00 is still a good deal. They say they can ship it for about 400.00 bucks. Keep in mind if you are in arkansas, its a non title state and buying it out of state will save you sales tax also. I forgot what the rate is in AR for sales tax. But that could be about the same as the freight.