My grandfather had only a sixth grade education and had to work to feed his family. Do you have a problem with this? Should people only be allowed to post on this site if they graduated high school? What are you saying??

 

I wouldnt even dream of goin through many of the mudholes i see 4x4's go through! Put a snokel kit on a 4x4 and the right tires, and they all almost unstoppable

 

Mud and water are hard on a bike. If you plan to keep your bike for some time then avoid the wet enviroment. Boats are for the water. I know, everyone is already saying, but what if you have to cross a creek? Then yes you do have to go thru water, but you dont have to go the the deepest hole you can find.

 

No, but when you were in sixth grade, i tought your mommy some cool things.

 

jrpowersports is on a week long vacation, we won't hear from him for a while, if ever.

 

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Originally posted by: bluedino
Mud and water are hard on a bike. If you plan to keep your bike for some time then avoid the wet enviroment. Boats are for the water. I know, everyone is already saying, but what if you have to cross a creek? Then yes you do have to go thru water, but you dont have to go the the deepest hole you can find.

"dont have to go through the deepest hole you find"

I do!!!!!!! I know i shouldnt, but i cant help it!!

 

Haha. It Happens to all of us sometimes.

 

For what you describe i would not look at a four wheeler with out a true locker. The only brands that offer this are yamaha, kawasaki, polaris(with a little catch), suzuki, and arctic cat.

I would highly recommend the kawasaki 650i as it has everything you need at an excellent price but there are also other four wheelers that have what you need... i'd go test drive some before i bought any to see what you liked best...

 

For what you describe i wouldn't buy a four wheeler that didn't have a true locker... it would just flat out be scarey. Every brand offers one except for honda which has no form of locking and bombardier which has the visco lock which requires wheel spin to lock up and is scarey on steep and rocky surfaces.

I'd highly recommend the 650i from kawasaki because its priced extremely competitive and has everything you listed and then some. Personally i'd go test drive some from other brands and see what i liked best... because suzuki, kawasaki, arctic cat, and polaris all have what you want in a four wheeler but they all differ in many ways.

 

What people who don't have real experience with a bomb's visco- loc fail to tell you is that the visco-loc is a traction control system it locks PROGRESSIVELY and within a SPLIT SECOND. This allows you to steer easier than any other lockers, has no speed limitations, doesn't need to hold any levers in to be fully locked (Kawi & Cat) can be left in 4 wheel drive all the time and most important when doing extreme side hilling (off camber turning while climbing) it will not slide down toward the lower side (losing traction) like other lockers. This is very noticeable when on very slippery mud or on ice.

We have had many situations where the only machines to make it to the top regardless of drivers were visco-lock Bombs and some even had the same tires on (ITP ATR's). Different riders same results every time. Try a test yourself either on ice, greasy mud, loose rocks or gravel to verify this (we have). Place them all in lock up on an extreme side hill and try to turn uphill; you will clearly see the Outlanders will not slide nearly as easy to the lower side like the others. While you are at it try a tip over test on a side hill, again the Outlanders will be the most planted followed closely by Rincon's and King Quads. Polaris, Brutes and Cat's were easier to tip over than the others.

These are real world results from a large group of racers and riders from my two-dealer friend’s inventories and our personal machines.

All machines are good it just matters how extreme you want to go.