Bigbadcat, that's fine that you think that. Me personally, I love the looks of them, even more so than the original 300's.

I do think that Honda doesn't require the full cc's because they always have a lighter weight quad, which helps a lot. But why not have both? Oh well, don't really matter.

 

Honda does seem to be able to keep their quads slim. The new Rubicon was surprisingly light from what I read somewhere;can't remember where, or exactly how much it weighed.But it was fairly light for the size.

 

It is supposed to weigh in around 597 pounds, but, if I read correctly, it is around 0.4" wider and 0.5" longer than the Polaris 500 (?).

 

Actually, displacement and power don't necessarily go hand in hand. There are other things such as compression ratio, valve timing and gearing that can easily negate a few (or even quite a few) cc's.

My 99 350 big bear has 348cc displacement <i think> and it is a poor second to a Honda 300 <282 cc> in a drag race.

If I were to race my Sportsman 500 <499cc> against a Scrambler 500, <499cc> I suspect I would lose by quite a margin.

Why does a 426 hemi produce more hp than a 501 Cadillac?

I wouldn't be surprised if the 350 rancher would outperform much of its' competition with a similar/larger displacement and manual transmission.

 

Well put tdhusker!

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