THe new issue has a shootout between the KQ, BF650I, and Rincon, and guess what? The KQ was the only one to get 5 stars overall across the board. BUTTTTTT, they made the Rincon the winner. I dont know who is more full of it, them or Dirt Wheels.

 

I hear the handling on a Rincon is unreal for an IRS machine, and I'm sure the power boost was welcomed. Honestly, the front-end twitch on the King probably took points away from the Suzuki, whether they mentioned it or not.

 

They are all insane with these shoot-outs. It seems like only half of them make any sense in the end of it all. I will say though IMO however I think DWheels does get it closest to reality, not perfect but close.

Actually from what I've seen of Quad Magazine they seem to be pretty sharp.

 

Yeah I used to subscribe to them and I saw on several ocassions where a machine would score more "stars" (like 4-vs-5) in the overal category only to lose the shoot out. Doesn't make any sense. I have also seen them do shootouts in back to back years on unchanged machines and pick a different winner. Like I said I USED to subscribe to them.

 

What did they say about the power between the BF 650i and the KQ 700?