Man I really appreciated this feature{EBS} this past weekend, we did a lot of steep downhill riding and at the end of the ride my hands were not hurting anywhere near as much as the other auto riders hands were. We all had a blast and we changed up riding each others quads for a short time and it was getting kinda hard to get back on something that had either manual shift or ebs. I enjoyed riding other quads and liked and disliked features on most models, but I can't say that I would trade the kodiak for any other quad.