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Re: ATVs honest question???
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03/14/23 04:03 PM
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Maybe I can find a Good used Honda ( but probably not anyone selling a good machine.)
I got mine in Brainerd. It was used; a couple years old. I thought the price was really fair.
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Re: ATVs honest question???
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03/14/23 10:17 PM
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In my world ATVs see as much use as most peoples cars. In the reliability department nothing beats a Honda. Yamaha is a close second. If you like working on stuff or walking, get a Polaris.
A year or so back Yamaha brought back the 450 Kodiak. I know guys that have more than 30,000 hard miles on them and zero issues. This. I would add Arctic Cat to the mix, but they went under and sold out a couple years ago. I'm on my third Arctic Cat ATV, 14K on it, over 20K on both of the first two and they still ran. Honda makes the most reliable, but Arctic Cat made the TBX which was better designed for my use and reliable enough. The only experience I've had with CFMoto was with their kids ATVs and they are junk, brand new they were broke down and requiring repairs and maintenance more often than my Cats with 20K of hard work miles on them.
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Re: ATVs honest question???
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03/14/23 10:49 PM
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Got a CAN AM 570 not impressed.
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Re: ATVs honest question???
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03/14/23 10:52 PM
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Maybe I can find a Good used Honda ( but probably not anyone selling a good machine.)
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Re: ATVs honest question???
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03/15/23 07:03 AM
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Maybe I can find a Good used Honda ( but probably not anyone selling a good machine.)
Watch craigslist ,etc. my buddy never buys new and he finds some darn good machines all Hondas with low mileage ,like he says you can tell pretty quick if its been abused he says lots of people have them and never ride them , I've been trying to buy a 2007 450 Foreman ES from a deceased cousins wife it has 100 miles on it but I know it would take carb work etc just from the years of sitting in the garage it's a waste of a good machine.
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Re: ATVs honest question???
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03/15/23 07:26 AM
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Maybe I can find a Good used Honda ( but probably not anyone selling a good machine.)
Watch craigslist ,etc. my buddy never buys new and he finds some darn good machines all Hondas with low mileage ,like he says you can tell pretty quick if its been abused he says lots of people have them and never ride them , I've been trying to buy a 2007 450 Foreman ES from a deceased cousins wife it has 100 miles on it but I know it would take carb work etc just from the years of sitting in the garage it's a waste of a good machine. Good Tip... I hope you Get your machine
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Re: ATVs honest question???
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03/19/23 09:05 AM
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The problem with a lot of the Chinese ATVs used to be a lack of consistency in parts used. You couldn’t just look up your year and model to order a carb kit or wheel bearing. They used whatever was on the shelf to finish the production run so you end up trying to describe what the part looks like and usually a series of triple and error in ordering. Not sure if they are still doing that or not.
I have had Honda rancher TRX350s for years and years with little or no trouble and personally wouldn’t buy anything else.
Good luck! I have 2 Honda Ranchers, 05 and 06, at current rate they will be the only ATV's I will ever purchase. Oil changes and batteries....They will outlast my wife and I.
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