If KAwi and Zuki used the same motor and frame w/ different plastics, it would be funny to see the reviews... You know they would say that one handles better or that one has more power than the other even if they were EXACTLY the same. LOL.

 

LOL.....I know what your saying there. And knowing them, it will happen as well.

They did this by accident in 1992.

Yamaha brought a 1992 BigBear and another BigBear with no decals for DirtWheels to test. The BigBear with no decals was supposed to be an altered BigBear for them to compare to the '92 production model. They did their little test, and commented at how great the "test mule" version was blah,blah,blah, suspension differences, they went on with a list of stuff they felt were changed on the test mule and said that they hoped Yamaha carried over these changes with the BigBear for 1993.

About three months later, Yamaha announced the arrival of the Kodiak400. Which then was a BigBear with a 400cc engine. No other differences. Same everything. Boy, did DirtWheels feel dumb. What was even dumber that when they tested the Kodiak in late 1992, all they talked about was how it felt NO DIFFERENT than the BigBear except for it's pulling ability at slow speeds.LOL What a green group of guys. The staff has changed there since then, but it seems that you still have to have the same educational background to get hired there. 2nd GRADE!!!LOL!

 

I personally like kawy. But with all this talk of merger. Im kind of hesitant to buy one. I dont know whether or not a suki or kawy engine is in the thing. I dont like zuki.(no offesne i just dont have good luck with um) and i like kawy. I dont like all this merger crap. I think this will dampen both company's names and yamaha and honda will get the benefits from this