Rubicon

 

Being a Honda guy, I do believe the Rubicon is a good quad. However, I want to wait a little while & make sure the tranny lives up to its reputation.

On the other hand the sportsman is king of the mud.

Bottom line, its your money & your choice. Both are good.

 

thanks for the input fellas. i still think when "THE BOSS" says we can fit the ruby in our budget i will have the best of both worlds!

1996 sportsman 500
soon to have 2001 rubicon?

 

I don't understand where you get that the Rubicon is $1000.00 more than the sportsman. Where I live they are both 6999.00.

 

>.it has so many features that polaris should >think about(no belts) now dont get me wrong i

Why should Polaris think about changing the belt did you read the article CM posted where the Polaris won 9 out of the 11 pulling events. If it is not broken don't fix it, I would much rather change an inexpensive belt than a trans that is made in one piece, now how much is that going to cost. I think the belt situation is really highly exagerated I have over 1000 miles on my sportsman with no belt problems, the only time I ever had even a hint of trouble was going up a real steep embankment and I had it in high gear and saw a little blue smoke coming from it. I just put it in low and went on.
As far as the price down here you can pick the sportsman up for around $6000 with the Honda being $7000 and the honda dealer won't come down one penny on this price so the honda is costing $1000 more.
If anybody is thinking about any ideas to be added I think it should be Honda thinking about doing something with there 4 wheel drive system, adding IRS, disc brakes, ground clearance and a 2 to 4 wheel drive switch.

 

ATVing,
I certainly agree with you.Why would anyone pay 1000k more[for the Ruby] and get less?The belt issue is HIGHLY over exaggerated to.I burned my belt up quickly on my 99 Sportsman,but I learned REAL QUICK when to use low and never had a belt related problem since.When in doubt,USE LOW RANGE.Its that simple.===Bill

 

Where are from and how much does they cost?

 

I bought my sportsman for $6100.

 

Rubicon, just thrashed the Sportsman this weekend. Water, mud, hills. Ground clearance is awesome ride is smooth, but got left behind waiting for my belt to dry, then it slipped most of the day.

 

Buckeye

Where were you riding this weekend? We were at Monday Creek. What a muddy mess that was? I had to let my wife drive the Magnum as she was having trouble with the two wheel drive on the slick wet hills. My Magnum is awesome in the mud. Just can't hit the mud holes fast or you will get the belt wet. The true four wheel drive really shined on a deep mudhole on the main corridor when the Kodiak and Rancher had trouble getting through and the Magnum powered right out.