i am into serious trail riding and i want a quad that i know will get me over and through any obstacle. mud will be an issue, i also want one which is preety fast. i already own a sport quad so i want a utility 4x4 with selectable 2x4. i'm thinking about the new honda rincon. how does it handle, how much power, and whaty is its top speed. will it get me through tight areas, and through deep mud and water. thaks for your responses.

 

take a look in the honda forum.

 

RINCON= 3 wheel drive, no low, and won't pull/haul near the load of Sportsman series. It is a great in between quad, not much of a sport quad or ute....but does both O.K.

 

come on wolfie...have you even ridin behind one? your opinions about the Rincon are based on your speculation about its performance. i suppose that if this guy was looking for what would haul more, you would be right. if this guy had asked, hey, what do you think about a polaris? you would have much insite. he specifically asked for input from those folks who could speak first hand of thier opinion of its performance.

 

Having worked on quite a few different quads, and recently a 2000 Sportsman 500, I'd go with anything but Polaris, the one I worked on seemed poorly built compared to Yamaha and Honda. Like really U-Joints??? Coarse screws holding the 2 belt case halfs together instead of nuts and bolts??? Good luck keeping that belt dry when you strip out a couple of those coarse screws. If I have 3 headlights, I want to be able to have them all on at once.

Other than that its a nice, powerful, fast bike with a good ride. Just high maintenance.

 

come on guys i need a little help here. oh, and thanks to the people who responded.

 

Let me see if I can help you out 250x. I was in the market for the same kind of quad late last year. I wanted something quick but still able to get down and dirty. The Rincon was the answer. I picked it up on New Year's Eve and have been very satisfied since. I will answer your questions first before I add my $.02.

First off, the handling is great. One would assume that the IRS would give a bit of a rolling feeling when taking aggressive turns, but Honda did their homework on their first IRS quad and gave the Rincon little if any roll on aggressive turns. The ride is also amazing. It was noticeable from the first ride I took. No other quads I looked at could come close (yes, including the sportsman 700). The suspension is very smooth which tends to make you think you are going slower than you actually are. I have gone out many times for an easy ride to look down and see the speedometer sitting at 50. Top speed on mine is right at 62.3 mph (GPS). I have talked to guys that claim they have gotten up to 65, but it is right in that neighborhood. That is plenty fast when you are considered that it is a 4x4 machine. As stated earlier, it does have a limited slip front drive system. Some people will say this is a bad thing, but I disagree. Locked front wheel drive is good in hard core climbing and few other times. You will not notice any problem in mud. Also, the good thing about a front that slips is that you can actually turn the quad when it is in 4x4. That is a good thing when riding in semi wet conditions while flying around trees.

I also have to address the comments made by Wolfhound. Spoken like a true critic. The same critics who said the Rincon is slow and didn't have much engine braking (a big pet peeve with me... due to the fact that the braking is just fine if you know how to ride and take the time to learn the characteristics of the quad). True it is not a sport quad, but then again anything can with the Baja right?? I would call the Rincon an all-around quad rather than an in-between quad.


P.S. Take a look at this topic I made earlier. Some guys point out almost all of the good and bad about the rincon.

 

thanks a lot schef thats really good info that you gave me.

 

hey 250xrkrider what mud are you going through that im not?

 

not now, but when i get it i plan to.