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Nov 11, 2009 | 11:21 AM

#21

DODGE57HEMI

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Originally Posted by bitterfitter

Hey- I've got nothing against Yamaha, but really??

Keep on drinkin the cool aid. LOL

As long as we can mix in the Vodka!

Nov 11, 2009 | 11:27 AM

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From: Land of the misfit toys

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Originally Posted by HeftyLefty

Reader's Digest, which has published every month for 150 years, is in chapter 11. Thats how bad it is.

Yeah, but the Reader's Digest version is only 4 chapters.

Nov 11, 2009 | 01:04 PM

#23

ss97

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Originally Posted by KQ400Pilot

I subscribed (and continue to subscribe) to Dirt Wheels before Quad magazine began publishing. I grabbed the very first Quad Mag when it hits the newstands, and immediately subscribed to it, too.

Quad-IMHO-was much better written/edited, and, most importantly, featured unbiased reporting.

Dirt Wheels has always seemed to be more of a Yamaha sales brochure than anything else.

To DW's credit, in the current issue, they did rate the Kawasaki Prairie 360 over the Yamaha Grizzly 350.

Don't know why the Suzuki King Quad 400 was not included in their comparison (probably because they knew it would win--lol!!). Hey-I'm biased. But at least I'm honest about it...

Well if you've been reading DW that long, you'd know that they are not always about Yamaha...... Years ago people used to say the same thing about DW when it came to Honda....... It was all about Honda winning every shootout and every test.....Honda-Honda-Honda......

Now everyone claims they are all about Yamaha......

For a while there, the z400 was king of the World....and LT-R450 were winning every shootout they were in too. So was it Suzuki bias then? lol....

No I think they are as honest as a "group" can be..... If you put 10 ATV riders in a room and asked them to ride and report.....You'd likely get similar results.... Yamaha makes great ATVs, I cannot argue with that......

I'm a Suzuki guy, but that is me....I still run into more Yamaha and Honda ATVs on the trails...... are they better than my Suzuki? Maybe in some ways sure but maybe mine is better in others.......

Nov 11, 2009 | 01:27 PM

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From: Duluth,MN

I honestly don't care what people ride. It's all about THE ride. I have yet to bash another machine on the trails but they always seem to have negative comments about popo. I just politely inform them that I typically ride alone, hit lots of mud, and the only mud on my winch is from it being splashed on! Same thing goes with bikes. When I'd bring my custom Harley to bike night the Harley guys would chat with me and look it over. When I ride in on my Buell 1125R they won't give me the time of day(and it's built by Harley-go figure).

Nov 11, 2009 | 01:39 PM

#25

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Originally Posted by switzomatic

I honestly don't care what people ride. It's all about THE ride. I have yet to bash another machine on the trails but they always seem to have negative comments about popo.

So true!

I don't care what people ride either as long as they can keep up.

Nov 11, 2009 | 01:43 PM

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From: Land of the misfit toys

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Originally Posted by switzomatic

EXACTLY!

What I've bought and ridden I've done to suit me. I've gotten the occasional comment that my kfx is really just a z with different plastic. Yes, it is. But maybe someone should have told the Suzuki dealer that the plastic they had was 800 bucks more than the plastic I bought.

All the mags I've read, I've taken the reviews with a grain of salt. There's not one ride out there that's suits everyones needs. I'm sure if you get a person that loves sport quads and dunes reviewing a 4x4 mud monster, they're gonna find more wrong with it than right. And we're not any different. If we rode someone elses that was a different brand, we'd find some things we like, but what we didn't like is what would stand out.

It's a shame to see a mag go, regardless of what their views may have been on certain brands.