powder burner
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta, Canada
So a few of us went on a trip this weekend. 4 Hondas 1 can am, and my yamaha.
2 Honda rubicon 500
1 Honda 420
1 Honda rincon 680
1 kodiak 450
1 can am 800 2 up
From my observations during the ride there were some quirks. The 420 honda had the thumb shift tranny which the owner was not too impressed with. It would not shift higher than 3 rd gear but would show you in 4 or 5 when you tried to shift. Owner pretty much wanted to get rid of it and said"that Honda matic system is junk" lol. His words not mine.
The rincon did not have a low range and did overheat once on us. It did work fairly well other than the overheat issue. Personally I wouldn't buy a atv without low range.
The rubicons worked and no issues were noted. Both owners kept them in auto mode and didn't use the thumb shift much.
We all went through the same holes, over logs, etc.
The can am simply walked over everything and through a lot of places I didn't think it would. More than once I said to myself, holy crap well need a helicopter to get this thing unstuck. Although it weighed the most it still went through some serious terrain. I think the longer wheel base of the 2 up machine helped it a lot.
My kodiak did okay and got stuck just as much as the Hondas. I got water in the belt once after a very deep hole. im sure i got water in through the air intake at rear if the machine. nice thing was that a simple drain plug can be removed. put i neutral and rev engine to pump out the water. slick system. belt still wet but eventually dried out later on in the day and we could still carry on. Whole process took about 30 minutes. drove it right afterwards. little bit of powerloss until belt dried out later on. picked my way around mudholes until belt was dry. We never once had to winch or push the can am out of a hole. However I was told that on warm days the can ams have history of overheating as they all use a rad found on the 400. Would make sense I suppose as a big machine should have a bigger radiator...
The can am, kodiak, rincon, and 420 Honda all had aftermarket tires. The can am had a aftermarket pipe on it. Unsure which brand. Not a lot louder than stock but noticeable.
Another interesting part of the trip is was when we took the panels off my kodiak and were able to use the spark plug to light gas soaked paper to light a campfire. We all forgot matches and lighters. Other machines were a lot tougher to even get to, if not find the spark plug. All in all, country boys can survive
!
So take it for what it is, haters will always be haters. This was just a good trip that let me see how other machines performed. Real world use will always be more of a performance grade than a slick talking salesman.
2 Honda rubicon 500
1 Honda 420
1 Honda rincon 680
1 kodiak 450
1 can am 800 2 up
From my observations during the ride there were some quirks. The 420 honda had the thumb shift tranny which the owner was not too impressed with. It would not shift higher than 3 rd gear but would show you in 4 or 5 when you tried to shift. Owner pretty much wanted to get rid of it and said"that Honda matic system is junk" lol. His words not mine.
The rincon did not have a low range and did overheat once on us. It did work fairly well other than the overheat issue. Personally I wouldn't buy a atv without low range.
The rubicons worked and no issues were noted. Both owners kept them in auto mode and didn't use the thumb shift much.
We all went through the same holes, over logs, etc.
The can am simply walked over everything and through a lot of places I didn't think it would. More than once I said to myself, holy crap well need a helicopter to get this thing unstuck. Although it weighed the most it still went through some serious terrain. I think the longer wheel base of the 2 up machine helped it a lot.
My kodiak did okay and got stuck just as much as the Hondas. I got water in the belt once after a very deep hole. im sure i got water in through the air intake at rear if the machine. nice thing was that a simple drain plug can be removed. put i neutral and rev engine to pump out the water. slick system. belt still wet but eventually dried out later on in the day and we could still carry on. Whole process took about 30 minutes. drove it right afterwards. little bit of powerloss until belt dried out later on. picked my way around mudholes until belt was dry. We never once had to winch or push the can am out of a hole. However I was told that on warm days the can ams have history of overheating as they all use a rad found on the 400. Would make sense I suppose as a big machine should have a bigger radiator...
The can am, kodiak, rincon, and 420 Honda all had aftermarket tires. The can am had a aftermarket pipe on it. Unsure which brand. Not a lot louder than stock but noticeable.
Another interesting part of the trip is was when we took the panels off my kodiak and were able to use the spark plug to light gas soaked paper to light a campfire. We all forgot matches and lighters. Other machines were a lot tougher to even get to, if not find the spark plug. All in all, country boys can survive
! So take it for what it is, haters will always be haters. This was just a good trip that let me see how other machines performed. Real world use will always be more of a performance grade than a slick talking salesman.
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