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New ATV #7962385
10/01/23 08:08 PM
10/01/23 08:08 PM
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Rock Springs, WI
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Picked up our new atv the other day. It is a 2024 Honda Rubicon, pretty similar to my old one, just 21 years newer. lol
Biggest changes are power steering, independent rear suspension and it is not full time 4 wheel drive.
It rides real nice and will be our Sunday go to meetin' outfit, plowing snow, ice fishing and so on. The old one still runs great
with 4500 miles on it and will continue to see the the rough stuff, getting firewood, dragging deer out of the brush, trapping, chained up for the winter, etc.
Would not want to get a scratch on the new one.

Zim

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962409
10/01/23 08:30 PM
10/01/23 08:30 PM
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Posts: 7,513
Warren, (Southeast) Texas
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Nice looking ride. Love mine.


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Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962410
10/01/23 08:32 PM
10/01/23 08:32 PM
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Wisconsin
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Nice Honda’s sure run a long time nice looking unit


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Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962413
10/01/23 08:36 PM
10/01/23 08:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,640
MN
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My 4 wheeler was bought on here about 15 years ago from JoshG and has been a GREAT machine. I admit, it has been worked HARD and had a rough life but just keeps going. It is some of the best money I ever spent.


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Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962419
10/01/23 08:41 PM
10/01/23 08:41 PM
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Asheville, NC
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My old 4-trac 300 Honda is a 1990. Developed a series of electrical problems that have cost me about what the machine was worth. At 77, I don’t want to buy another, but I don’t want to walk or drag a deer either. Got to have one.

Be very hard for me to own anything but a Honda, yet for an outboard, I prefer Yamaha. I suppose their ATV models are good also. Never liked Polaris much, but never owned one either.

I like my manual transmission. Seems like the CVT transmissions are always revving too high and they are loud as a result.

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962445
10/01/23 09:06 PM
10/01/23 09:06 PM
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Nice Bike Zim.
I use two hondas,my old 94 300 4 trax(still use it on the trapline) and my "new" 2006 420 rancher. I use the rancher for trapping and plowing snow at home in winter.
Hondas are extremely reliable Bikes.

Last edited by Boco; 10/01/23 09:06 PM.

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Re: New ATV [Re: Boco] #7962449
10/01/23 09:12 PM
10/01/23 09:12 PM
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Impossible to beat a honda got an older fourtrax and a much newer rancher the rancher is used almost daily congrats on the new one. You just as well run it through some brush and get it over with lol

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962450
10/01/23 09:14 PM
10/01/23 09:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2014
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Central Oregon
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Sweet ride !


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Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962455
10/01/23 09:19 PM
10/01/23 09:19 PM
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Posts: 1,593
Missouri
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I love to have that machine. I have an '07 Honda rancher 420. First year they come out with fuel injection. That thing is a tank. Can't imagine not having it. However taking it out to Colorado riding on the mountain roads it is extremely rough riding having a straight axle on the rear. I would love to have something else with independent rear suspension. They make Honda ranchers with independent rear suspension. I would like to find a good deal on a newer used one.

Ol dad

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962473
10/01/23 09:46 PM
10/01/23 09:46 PM
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Posts: 67,368
Minnesota
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Very Nice!!!


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Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962514
10/02/23 12:10 AM
10/02/23 12:10 AM
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Can’t go wrong with a Honda 4 wheeler my foreman was bought new in 04 and has had the tar ran out of it for sure

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962520
10/02/23 12:22 AM
10/02/23 12:22 AM
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Goldsboro, North Carolina
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We had Honda Foreman 300 4 wheelers in Alaska in the late 80s. We used them on bombing range clearances where we'd drag 500 and 750 dud bombs in one location for detonation. They worked flawlessly. One didn't work well after one member tried to cross the Tanana river that was a tad too deep where the crossing was. Worked good once it was overhauled. LOL


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Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962574
10/02/23 06:27 AM
10/02/23 06:27 AM
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Manitoba
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You won’t be disappointed. But I guarantee you it’ll soon be the work horse…..lol.
I don’t know if the finish on new bikes has changed, but I barely drove my 2004 Arctic Cat before I noticed little scuffs everywhere. And the old camo paint on Polaris would turn purple after a couple years. I think those were “indoor use only” hahaha


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Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962581
10/02/23 06:42 AM
10/02/23 06:42 AM
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Nice looking bike. Only 4500 miles in 21 years? Of course it runs well, it took you 20 years to break it in. You're the kind of guy I'd like to buy a couple year old one from, I'll put 4500 on one in a year and a half, I average around 3000 a summer.

Personally I wish you could still get straight axle atvs, sure they rode a little rougher, but they were a LOT less tipsy, and they could haul more weight. Honda is the only ATV to my knowledge to still offer a manual transmission option. Costs a couple hundred more for the foot shift over the electronic buttons on the handlebars, but well worth it for the reliability IMO. And I've been going up something steep so I'm standing up leaning over the handlebars and hit a bump and bumped the shift button with my waist a couple different times. It only takes a time or two of going from crawling up a steep hill to bumping the shift button and having it kick into neutral and be flying down the hill backwards to make you think that is maybe not such a good design. Don't hit the back brakes if you are ever in that predicament, because it will be coming right over on top of you if you do. To be fair, I've done the same thing with another brand and managed to hit the kill switch and bump it off, with pretty much the same results.

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962584
10/02/23 06:46 AM
10/02/23 06:46 AM
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Wisconsin
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I've never had power steering but I've heard it's awesome. Hard to beat Honda and Yamaha in that category - that will be a great addition.

Re: New ATV [Re: bearcat2] #7962619
10/02/23 07:40 AM
10/02/23 07:40 AM
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Rock Springs, WI
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Originally Posted by bearcat2
Nice looking bike. Only 4500 miles in 21 years? Of course it runs well, it took you 20 years to break it in. You're the kind of guy I'd like to buy a couple year old one from, I'll put 4500 on one in a year and a half, I average around 3000 a summer.

Personally I wish you could still get straight axle atvs, sure they rode a little rougher, but they were a LOT less tipsy, and they could haul more weight. Honda is the only ATV to my knowledge to still offer a manual transmission option. Costs a couple hundred more for the foot shift over the electronic buttons on the handlebars, but well worth it for the reliability IMO. And I've been going up something steep so I'm standing up leaning over the handlebars and hit a bump and bumped the shift button with my waist a couple different times. It only takes a time or two of going from crawling up a steep hill to bumping the shift button and having it kick into neutral and be flying down the hill backwards to make you think that is maybe not such a good design. Don't hit the back brakes if you are ever in that predicament, because it will be coming right over on top of you if you do. To be fair, I've done the same thing with another brand and managed to hit the kill switch and bump it off, with pretty much the same results.


Ya, I only put on a couple - three hundred or so miles a year. Most of them are hard miles, in the woods hauling firewood, plowing snow, going to and from deer stands, the gardens, etc. Probably got about as many hours on it as miles as I don't do any trail riding and it gets trailered to most of our trapping spots. It has chains on all 4 most winters. I tend to take good care of my equipment and the old 2003 is in pretty good shape. Hope the new one holds up as well as the old one.

Zim

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962665
10/02/23 08:51 AM
10/02/23 08:51 AM
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Wabash, IN USA
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Very nice!


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Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962776
10/02/23 12:57 PM
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Manitoba Canada
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I have one exactly like that-love the machine-really works well

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962815
10/02/23 02:02 PM
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fayette,al.
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Dang nice

Re: New ATV [Re: Zim] #7962886
10/02/23 04:20 PM
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Montana
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Excellent choice, enjoy


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